Eastern ruggedness!

Ural-4320 Russian Army Truck Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 5050 L’Ural 4320 est un camion 6×6 tout-terrain, multi-usages, possédant un moteur diesel et une carrosserie blindée. Démarrée en 1977, la production se poursuit de nos jours. Engin simple et sans prétention, le véhicule est capable de franchir des tranchées et des fossés, de franchir des pentes au

Warsaw Pact Backbone

T-72B3 Russian Main Battle Tank Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 5071 Le T-72 est un char de combat conçu à l’origine comme une version simplifiée du T-64, moins chère tout en étant plus fiable et destinée à équiper massivement les armées du pacte de Varsovie. Plus de 25.000 T-72 sont sortis des diverses chaînes de fabrication.soviéto-russes, d’Europe centrale, du Moyen-Orient et

Panzer Slayer

ZIS-3 Soviet anti-tank 76-mm gun with crew Zvezda 1/35, Ref. 3671 La production du canon antichar ZIS-3 de 76mm débuta en décembre 1941 ; il commença à être utilisé par l’armée rouge en 1942. En 1943, il devint le principal canon d’artillerie divisionnaire. Au total, un peu moins de cinquante mille furent construits en temps de

New Approach

Until now, and in contrast with our Dutch/French languages quarterly magazine, our Blog entries were published in the English langage as a way to reach out to more scale modellers but also as a way to save time and resources. Translating each article into French and Dutch would take up too much of our translators’

Warring Mirages

Mirage IIICJ Special Hobby 1/72, Ref. SH72352 Expected for a while now, Special Hobby’s Mirage III is now available. This first boxing will be followed y others, offering different markings and options, inclusing our very own Belgian Mirage 5. This first kit is that of the Israeli Mirage IIICJ. There are, in this kit, 5

Upgraded Herk

American Heavy Transport Plane C-130J Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 7325 Third Hercules variant in Zvezda’s drive to get modellers to switch to bigger, larger workbenches is this C-130J. A large sturdy cardboard box holds 335 plastic parts spread over 13 sprues, one of which in clear plastic. Having built the first Zvezda C-130 kit, the content

Monster Truck

KAMAZ-43509 Truck Zvezda 1/35, Ref. 3657 KAMAZ have, over the past few years, earned themselves a name in truck racing, in particular when it comes to competing in the very demanding Dakar Rally. Zvezda have recently released the 2022 variant of the massive KAMAZ-43509 ‘Master‘ that performed so well during that year’s Dakar. This is

Hi-Res Bomb Crew

RAF Bomber Crew (WWII), Ref. 481133 USAF Bomber Crew (WWII), Ref. 481134 PJ Production, 1/48. Two new ‘must-haves’ from PJ Production for the 2nd WW RAF and USAAF bomber enthusiasts: those who like to bring life to their cockpits will be pleased with these two recent sets, each providing two seated pilots. One features RAF

Post-war Fokker Trainer

Fokker T-21 ‘Instructor’ KP 1/72, Ref. KPM0373 Hot from the presses in the Czech Republic is this 1/72 Fokker T-21 Instructor plastic kit, or rather, as is often the case with most manufacturers nowadays, a series of Fokker S-11 / T-21 kits. Four boxings have so far been released, featuring machines flown as basic training

Sikorsky’s Workhorse

Sikorsky H-34 in Europe Mark1 Models 1/144, Ref. MKM144146 Mark1 Models have been kind enough to provide us some pictures of their forthcoming 1/144 H-34 helicopter, a much welcome subject in a scale that is slowly but surely becoming ever more ‘mainstream’ with each passing years. Mark1 Models catalogue is now pretty extensive and offers