Reviews of scale model kits, products and publications.
A model that survives from the pre-Jurassic days of 1996.
Of all the awful airplanes the Royal Flying Corps went to war with, it is a tossup whether the F.E. series or the B.E. series can take the title of Worst of All. The two had [...]
I built this model 20 years ago when it first came out. I am including the review I wrote then, since Eduard is re-releasing this kit in February 2024, with the Spccial Hobby plastic and Eduard resin detail parts, and an Eduard decal [...]
In July 1941, Republic Aviation submitted two new designs, the AP-18 and the AP-19. The AP-18 was an interceptor fighter powered by the Wright R-2160 Tornado engine. The AP-19 was powered by the Pratt & Whitney Wasp X (R-4360). Both [...]
Chrysler began development of a massive new liquid-cooled engine in early 1940, which became the Chrysler XIV-2220, offering 2,500hp. To simplify things, Chrysler decided to put two V-8s together inline, producing an inverted 16-cylinder [...]
There were several attempts during the production run of the Bf-109G series to develop a “standard” model. The last of these was the Bf-109K-4, which appeared in the summer of 1944 powered by the 1,850 h.p. DB605D engine with a [...]
Eduard brought out the "classic" F4F-4 Wildcat, following that with the first really accurate FM-2 "Wilder Wildcat" in any scale, and then stealing Tamiya's fire about updating their 30 year old F4F-4 as an FM-1 with an [...]
2023 saw three new companies enter 1/48 kits with products that, when completed, can be called, "definitive" and "best in scale."
Arma's Hurricanes definitely win "best in scale." I took a Hurricane IIc and [...]