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In 1969, then-Captain Hudner was ordered by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, to go to bases where race riots had occurred, take testimony and institute reforms to "establish justice." He was able to do this [...]
The last in this series of new kit discoveries in Telford is this forthcoming 1/35 scale Flettner Fl 282 helicopter from MiniArt. A complete set of testt shot sprues were demonstrated. They looked impressive, and the final kit shouldn’t [...]
On display at the Special hobby stand was also a complete set of sprues for the forthcoming 1/72 scale Viggen, delevoled in collaboration with Tarangus of Sweden.
On Saturday, Special Hobby inaugurated their brand-new kit, a 1/72 CASA C-212. The kit is looking nice on the sprues and provide alternative nose parts and fuselage inserts to cater for different versions of this Spanish light transport.
After a premiere three or so years ago, Zoukei-Mura's has come to be an appreciated presence at Scale Modelworld. Today this company has been announcing three forthcoming kits:
1/32 scale Heschel Hs 129
1/72 and 1/144 scale(!) Horten Ho [...]
Tamiya have been showing all the sprues of their forthcoming 1/48 scale Bf 109G-6. This kit is apparently ready for production, but it will probably be released at the beginning of the next year.
Airfix teases us with a 3D-printed prototype of their upcoming Bristol Blenheim in48th scale. Although looking a bit rough due to the printing process, this kit already looks very promising.
We will keep watching the kit's progress until [...]
Due to be released next May, the Wellington Mk Ic looks to be a stunner of a kit! Seeing this amount of interior detail in 72nd scale shows how far Airfix has come over the past couple of years.
One of the iconic planes from WWII, the B-25 Mitchell gets a proper treatment in 72nd scale. The C/D version is due to be released in December by Airfix. The built-up model sure looks the part!
There is something uniquely appealing about the Fleet Air Arm's colour scheme - and the new Airfix Hawker Sea Fury surely rocks it! Another release due for Christmas, it will definitely find its way on our wish list.
