iModeler Reviews
Reviews of scale model kits, products and publications.
Review: A Tale of Two Cougars – Kitty Hawk 1/48 F9F-8 Cougar
By the time Grumman’s F9F-2 Panther was entering fleet service in 1949, the advantages of swept wings had already been proven by the North American F-86 Sabre which had flown in prototype form within months of the XF9F-2. The big [...]
iModeler Review: Arma Hobby 1/48 P-39Q Airacobra
Arma Hobby has just announced a 1/48 scale model kit of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra. This entirely new product is a welcome addition to the company's emerging quarter-scale range.
I was privileged to examine the kit on the day of its public [...]
Review: P-51B "Little Jeep" – experimenting with Super Metallics
Between 1942, when the American Volunteer Group was disbanded, and 1944, US air forces in China were a shoestring operation at the end of a long supply line, operating in a theater of operations that was considered secondary by the Allies. [...]
Review: 1/48 Academy F-86F "Paper Tiger"
The F-86F was developed as a result of the combat experience over Korea against the MiG-15, which had shown that the F-86A and F-86E were outperformed by the Soviet fighter at high altitude. Appearing in Korea in the summer of 1952, the [...]
