Eduard P-51D Very Long Range: Tales of Iwo Jima, 1/48th Scale, Kit No. 11142
Posted by Phillip Friddell on 16th Jun 2023
Imagine, if you will, that classic Clint Eastwood western The Outlaw Josie Wales, specifically the scene where he tells Chief Dan George “it helps to have an edge”. It’s not that much of a leap to take that line and apply it, as well as the Josie Wales character, to Eduard as a model company. Think about it; Eduard have had their share of failures and lost causes, and they’ve overcome them all to
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Kotare Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid), K32001, 1/32nd Scale
Posted by Phillip Friddell on 17th May 2023
Imagine for a moment a young man, maybe in his late teens or possibly a bit older,
sitting in a lawn chair beside a grassy field, basking in the sunshine of a late Spring day.
Maybe he’s looking at the shapes the clouds make, or thinking of a special girl he’s just
met, or trying without much success to take a nap amidst the chatter and horseplay of
his friends nearby. Now imagine that a telep
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Meng Fokker Dr.I, 1/32nd Scale, Kit No. QS002
Posted by Phillip Friddell on 31st Mar 2023
The thing about Irony is that so few people get it. Ray Wiley Hubbard said that and it’s one of those universal truths that touches every corner of life, and can even be found in the world of plastic modeling. Take, for example, the Meng Fokker Dr.I triplane in 1/32nd scale. It’s a dandy kit, a superb replica of one of the most iconic military airplanes ever designed and flown. It’s also a kit tha
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HK Models B-25J, 1/48th Scale, Kit No. 01F008
Posted by Phillip Friddell on 25th Feb 2023
It’s been a long time coming, this one; decades, to be precise. The late and heavily lamented Monogram Models did a B-25H/J kit back in the mid-70s and issued it as three separate variants of the basic airframe. The primordial glass-nose bomber, the 8-gun strafer, and the 75mm cannon-armed versions of the Mitchell were all released to an eagerly awaiting public and were, for a great many years, th
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