Polikarpov I-190

Polikarpov I-190

Amodel’s 1/72 Polikarpov I-190 Kit No. 72112 Cost: $12.00 Comments: Interesting 1930’s experimental fighter; recommend aftermarket decals History The I-190 was an experimental fighter prototype produced by the Soviet Polikarpov Design Bureau, which sought in the late...
Il-2m3 Sturmovik

Il-2m3 Sturmovik

Il-2m3 Sturmovik by Accurate Miniatures 1/48 scale Kit No. 3407 Cost: $25.00 Decals: One version – 566 ShAP (Battle Regiment) of the Soviet VVS, Summer 1944 Comments: Detailed construction; engraved panel lines, highly detailed cockpit and interior History The...
Kawanishi Type 94-1 E7K1

Kawanishi Type 94-1 E7K1

Kawanishi Type 94 E7K1 by Hasegawa 1/72 scale Kit No. JS-055-250 Cost: $15.00 -$20.00 Decals: One version – Imperial Japanese Navy Comments: Older kit; raised panel lines; good aircrew figures but no real cockpit detail; includes rear machine gun and bombs;...
Kayaba Type 4 Katsuodori

Kayaba Type 4 Katsuodori

Kayaba Type 4 “Katsuodori” Ram-Jet Fighter by Meng 1/72 scale Kit no. DS-001 Cost: $15.99 Decals: Two versions – Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy Comments: Engraved panel lines; includes two complete kits History The Kayaba Type 4...
Messerschmitt P.1101

Messerschmitt P.1101

Messerschmitt P.1101 by Dragon/DML 1/72 scale Kit No. 5013 Decals: Two versions – Luftwaffe 1945 Comments: Engraved panel lines, includes jet engine, photo-etch details for cockpit and radio aerial, Ruhrstall X-4 air-to-air missiles History The Messerschmitt...
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa “Peregrine Falcon”

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa “Peregrine Falcon”

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa “Peregrine Falcon” Allied Code Name “Oscar”  – by Fujimi 1/72 scaleKit No. 72031Price: $20.00Decals: One version – Imperial Japanese Army (Major Kinshiro Takeda, Commander of the 1st Hiko-Sentai, Hanoi...
Northrop N-9MA

Northrop N-9MA

Northrop N-9MA by Sword 1/48 scaleKit No. WE 48001Retail: $90.00 – $140.00 aftermarket (out of production)Decals: One version – U.S. (experimental aircraft)Comments: Detailed resin cockpit, engraved panel lines, vacuform canopy, two-blade propellers History First...
Vought OS2U Kingfisher

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

Vought OS2U Kingfisher by MPC/Airfix 1/72 scale Cost: $10.00 Decals: Two versions Comments: Old kit; detailing needed History The Chance Vought Kingfisher fulfilled a U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics requirement in the late 1930’s for an observation scout seaplane...
Gloster E.28/39 Pioneer

Gloster E.28/39 Pioneer

Gloster E.28/39 Pioneer by Novo 1/72 scale Kit No. F174 Cost: $6.00 Decals: One version – Royal Air Force Comments: Neat little kit for a quick weekend build; historical interest; separately molded ailerons, elevator flaps and rudder; raised panel lines. Ex-Frog...