A bit of analysis
Here you'll get an overview of the various evaluations and unboxings of kits.
Dodge WC 54
Zvezda 1/35, Réf. 3711
Le DODGE WC-54 est un véhicule ¾ T introduit en 1942. Sa production cessa en 1944.
Il est sorti plus de 26.000 exemplaires des chaines de production pendant cette période.
Il s'agit d'un véhicule permettant de transporter 4 brancards.
Par Renaud Labarbe
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Freedom 7
Redstone Rocket w/ Mercury Spacecraft
Dragon 1/72, Réf. 11014
Toujours à la recherche de sujets originaux, mais aussi de kits ‘faciles‘ pour me détendre entre deux projets plus ambitieux, il me fut impossible de résister à la fusée Redstone-Mercury au 1/72 de Dragon; la boite date de 2012, fait partie d’une série de kits d’engins spatiaux qui dans l’ensemble ont une excellente réputation au niveau de leur qualité (photo 1). Un certain nombre d’entre eux faisaient d’ailleurs déjà partie de mon ‘stock‘.
By Dominique Jadoul
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F-35B Lightning II
Q-Men (Chibi, no scale), Réf. 01002
C’est la marque chinoise Kitty Hawk qui se cache sous le label Q-Men, et qui ajoute elle aussi son grain de.. riz au monde grandissant des ‘Egg Planes’, ces kits de caricatures d’avions qui font mon bonheur depuis près de 50 ans maintenant. En effet les premiers ‘Egg Planes’ de Hasegawa apparurent en 1978, et ils étaient en fait des créations d’une société américaine appelée... Kitty Hawk, ce dès 1976. Mais ces kits ne connurent pas, semble-t-il, de commercialisation. Nous noterons toutefois que Revell-USA nous gratifia des premiers kits de caricatures d’avions dès 1972.
By Dominique Jadoul
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F-14D Super Tomcat
AMK (AvantGarde Model Kits) Ref. 88009
F-14D of the VF-31 Tomcatters with its red tail fins decorated with ‘Felix the Cat’ during the catapult phase.
By Renaud Labarbe
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North American Rockwell
OV-10 Bronco
Academy 1:75 Ref.: 1665
This beautiful kit dates from 1999, as far as the injection mould is concerned.
By Luc Simon
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DEWOITINE 501
Heller 1:72 Ref.: 156 (1977)
This Heller kit is a good vintage model from 1977, for making the injection mould.
It allows you to make 2 versions of the plane: 500 & 501, with a set of decals for 2 decorations.
By Luc Simon
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Boeing 747SP SOFIA
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
AMP 1:144, Ref. 144-014
The Boeing 747SP (for Special Performance) was Boeing's attempt to give its latest Jumbo Jet ‘longer legs’ and, to kill two birds with one stone, to compete with the wide-body tri-jets from Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas. Carrying ‘only’ 275 passengers over longer distances than the 747-100 on which it is based, the SP is most recognisable for its shortened fuselage and taller, more impressive vertical fin.
By Dominique Jadoul
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WC-51 "BEEP"
US MILITARY MULTIPURPOSE ¾T VEHICLE
Zvezda 1:35, Ref. 3656
The DODGE WC-51 was a multi-purpose ¾ T vehicle introduced at the end of 1941. Production ceased in 1945.
Over 120,000 units rolled off the production line during this period.
This is a multi-purpose vehicle that can be used to transport both people and ammunition.
By Renaud Labarbe
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F3-R Rafale
The Ultimate Reference Guide (Aviation Guide 1)
By John Lekkas & Ilias Gkonis, Eagle Aviation, 2024, ISBN 9786188516557
A beautiful full-colour publication in Italian-style paperback, this book details the most recent operational variant of Dassault's beautiful fighter, mainly through magnificent shots of Greek aircraft.
By Dominique Jadoul
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North American P-51 Mustang
Tiger Model (Chibi, no scale), Ref. TM109
Following our article on Tiger Model's Fw 190 chibi, here's another new addition to the brand's ‘Cute’ range, the equally famous American Mustang! The Mustang, in its ‘Merlin engine’ version, is not the first chibi of its kind, since such an animal has existed for ages in Hasegawa's Egg Planes range. However, this is a much more modern kit, etched with much more detail than its esteemed predecessor.
By Dominique Jadoul
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Focke-Wilf FW-190 Fighter
Tiger Model (Chibi, no scale), Ref.: TM110
After many long years, the new Tiger Model chibis have finally arrived! Among them is the Fw 190A, the famous German fighter of the Second World War.
By Dominique Jadoul
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Airbus A380
Revell 1:288 Ref.: 03808
This kit, published in 2023, is in fact the third reissue of this model, which entered the Revell catalogue in 2009.
The 1:288 scale is rare, but not unknown for this type of aircrafts with its large dimensions. In fact, even in 1:288 scale, this Airbus is 25.2cm long for a wingspan of 27.7cm. That's still bigger than many 1:72 kits.
By Dominique Jadoul
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