iModeler Reviews
Reviews of scale model kits, products and publications.
Review: Zvezda 1/48 La-5
The Lavochkin La-5 was developed from the earlier LaGG-1 and LaGG-3 fighters, which had suffered from too-heavy airframes and lack of a suitably-powerful engine. They were among the least popular fighters used by the V-VS during the Great [...]
iModeler Review: Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Vb
In the development of the Spitfire, there is a recurring theme: that outside of the Mk.I, each major sub-type used was actually a “stopgap” design while the “definitive” design undertook more prolonged development. This applies to [...]
Review: Sprue tour! Revell 1/72 Vought Corsair F4U-1A
One of those surprising finds one finds when one finds one isn't looking for one.
Review: iModeler Review – New Tool 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Vb
Some of you may well be asking why do we need another 1/48 Spitfire? Hasegawa, and Tamiya have both produced excellent kits of the Vb, and there are readily available kits by some of the short run producers - Whether or not any of these [...]
Review: iModeler Review – Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim
Hot off the press – the new tool 1/72 scale Bristol Blenheim Mk1 by Airfix (£14.99 converts to $25 US). These, thankfully, bear no resemblance to the old tool Airfix Mk IV in terms of engineering, detail and, hopefully, build. The [...]
In Box Preview/review: Zoukei Mura 1/48 Kyushu J7W1 Shinden
The box (and its pretty dramatic "What-if" artwork) measures 30x21.5X7.5 cm (11.5x8.5x3 inches)so its not really overly large. (The Hasegawa box is about an inch longer and 2/3 as deep. Inside you will find it is very full with 5 [...]
iModeler Review: Kitty Hawk 1/48 F-101A/C Voodoo
This is taken from my review at Modeling Madness, with the complete collection of photos here.
Over the years, there have been a few kits of the McDonnell F-101A/C Voodoo, starting with - if I recall correctly - a box-scale kit from Revell [...]
