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

The Fly is back!

Douglas Dc-9-30 ‘Adria Airways‘ Sabrekits 1/144, Ref. SBK14003 Fly’s 1/144 DC-9-30 makes another welcome return thanks to fellow Czech company Sabrekits, this time with markings for the recently (2019) deceased Adria Airways of Slovenia. The kit dates back to 2009 and has been released since by a number of companies such as 26 Models, Karaya

Hurricane Oh-la-la..!

Dassault Ouragan MD.450 Miniwing 1/144, Ref. Mini341, 342, 343 & 344 Miniwing had in the past, in 2016 to be precise, offered us a very neat-looking Dassault Ouragan in this scale, but a resin one. This material and possibly its price and relative unavailability from mainstream distributors unfortunately made that kit sightings rather rare. Having,

Sleek Air Bus

Airbus A350-900 Zvezda 1/144, Ref. 7039 The sleek-looking Airbus A350 is the latest of Zvezda’s airliner kits to reach us. The A350 is a very large airplane destined to replace the A330/340 family (and by the same token, compete with Boeing’s 777s and 787s). Made up of over 50% in composite materials, it features the

Top Quality 757 at last!

Civil Airliner Boeing 757-200 Zvezda 1/144, Ref. 7032 Another large box coming from the East, this one is bound to please many airline modellers, as the 757 from Boeing, despite being almost 40 years old, has not been well served by model manufacturers. The easiest kit to get hold until now was the Academy kit

Red Pike

Soviet WWII Shchuka (Shch) Class Submarine Zvezda 1/144, Ref. 9041 The Shchuka- (or Sh-, or even Chrch-) class submarines were medium-sized soviet boats.  111 of them were built in seven different dockyards and were used in anger during WWII.  ‘Shchuka’ means ‘Pike’ in Russian.  Their numbering reflected their area of operation: the 100 Series operated

Desert Storm Birds with a Difference

Desert Raiders, Part.2 Paulus Victor 1/144, Ref. PV-002-144 This recent PaulusVictor release takes us back to 1991 and Operation Desert Storm and in particular to little-known anecdotes and facts about this conflict.  Markings are provided for a F-15E Strike Eagle that managed to shoot down an Iraqi Hind helicopter with a laser-guided bomb.  Yes, you

Sleek New Airbus

Airbus A320neo Civil Airliner Zvezda 1/144, Ref. 7037 The Airbus A319/320/321neo are part of a ‘second generation’ family of airliners built upon the successful ‘A319/A320/A321’ family designed during the latter part of the past century.  The more modern design first flew in 2014 and entered service with Lufthansa in early 2016 and, with over 7,000 aircraft

First Generation Insectoid

Westland Dragonfly HR.3 / HR.5 / WS-51 Miniwing 1/144, Ref. Mini 334 A welcome release from Miniwing, this first generation helicopter Westland Dragonfly, a first in this scale.  Two boxings have just been released (Mini 335 is labelled Dragonfly Mk.1 with French Aeronavale markings). The Westland Dragonfly was a licence-built Sikorsky S-51 (also known as

Incoming Magister

Miles Magister M.14 ‘RAF Trainer’ & ‘Foreign Service’ Heroes Models 1/144 Heroes Models in Italy have recently announced the release of their next 1/144 complete kit, the Miles Magister.  Although their website is currently under maintenance, both the website AND the new kit should be accessible and released on the 1st of February 2021.  Only