Kitty Hawk model kits
76 articles
This was the third of my South African Air Force jet builds. The kit gave me virtually no issues, apart from the dive brakes not fitting too well in the closed position. Finish is good and the surface detail is fine. Paints used were Mr [...]
Just off the bench last night. Built completely OOB with kit decals used. Finished in Gunze Mr. Color and Tamiya. Painted the elevator travel areas a there was no decal for them. Kit seat was used. Not that bad of a kit. Wish there [...]
Here's my first entry into this group build, I couldn't find another subject with more than three cat references, this one has "CAT", "Jaguar" and "Kitty". It is, of course, Kittyhawk's 1/48 kit, which I [...]
Into the final stages of the build now, but first I wanted to revisit a comment I made in Part 2 about the side vents at the base of the rotor mast. There have been one or two comments about this and I wanted to clarify an issue.
Step 11 [...]
The first part of this review can be found here: (link)
Moving on with the main body of the machine, I'm now finding a few discrepancies - nothing major, but you need your wits about you.
In these photos, you can see that there are a few [...]
Bell UH-1D/H Iroquois (Huey)
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Kitty Hawk
Manufacturer Website: (link)
Ref.KH80154
MSRP: £37.99/$55.99
The Bell HU-1 Iroquois was developed in the 1950s for the US Army. The "HU" company development [...]
Yes, folks, this is the Kitty Hawk 1/48 F2H-2 Banshee. I don't think I need to go into the history of the plane as you guys already know far more about it than me, suffice to say that it's a jet fighter bomber designed for the US Navy [...]