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February 07, 2019

Comparison Review: 48th scale Khibiny ECM Pods for Kitty Hawk & HobbyBoss Su-34 from Zactomodels

On his way to building the perfect Su-34 in 48th scale Andy has taken pause to compare and contrast the Zactomodels Khibiny ECM Pods with his Kitty Hawk kit. see what he thought about them as he shows us both in his review...
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May 30, 2020

Live Resin's new 35th scale "Pave Hawk" & "Little Bird" crew & PJ's...

Live Resin has several new figures to fill your Little Bird & Pave Hawks. They look very in tone with the scenes of these soldiers you see in the news and tv. We have some info on these figures and improvements to your kit in our preview...
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April 28, 2019

Dual Dry-fit Review: Kittyhawk's 48th Scale Metal Upgrade Sets

Recently KittyHawk has released some metal upgrades to their 48th scale Fullback and Flanker kits. Never one to shy clear of some aftermarket comparison Gary has attached his to the model and compared them to the originals in a dry-fit review so you can see them "in action" for yourself...
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September 08, 2020

Trumpeter's three new kits of October in plastic, decal & marking choices.

Three new kits from the Air + Sea in October's new items from Trumpeter. We have boxart, sprues and colour choices of the kits in our preview...
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February 07, 2020

Build Review: 1/48th scale North American FJ-2 Fury from Kitty Hawk

Gary has long been interested in the US Navy aircraft of the cold war period, so when Kittyhawk announced this kit he put his hand up for it. The 48th scale North American FJ-2 Fury is in effect a navalized F-86 Sabre - so the bridge between the first jets and latter variants is in evidence right the way through this build. The first part concentrates on the cockpit as you will see in part I...
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November 29, 2016

Building the Big Blue Banshee - Kitty Hawk's 48th scale F2H-2 & F2H-2P kit.

Francios & Nico were very happy to see the new Kittyhawk boxing of the F2H-2  /F2H-2P Banshee in 48th scale arrive they set themselves a challenge - They wanted to build it all up in only seven days. Would this help or hinder the process? Would the kit hold up? Let's see in thier build review today.
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June 08, 2015

Nic builds Kittyhawk's 1/48 F9F-8P Recce Cougar and finds no two Cougars are alike

Our man in Belgium Nic has already previously built the Kittyhawk fighter nosed version of the F9F Cougar in 48th scale for TMN. He did a great job amongst some controversial comments about the kit (at that time.) He found no real issues that some had noticed – now round two of construction begins with the longer nosed recon variant – would enjoy the build or no? Let’s see…
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October 13, 2020

Build Review Pt. IV - Kitty Hawk's 32nd scale Dassault Mirage 2000C - Paint, decals, weathering& finishing...

The culmination of several weeks of hard work and time at the bench (not to mention lots of writing & updates in between) Gary has finished Kittyhawk's 1/32nd scale Mirage 2000C in a brilliant desert scheme. In the fourth part of the story, he details the combination of some excellent attention to detail & in the painting, weathering & finishing to bring out this fantastic result.
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February 04, 2014

Review: 1/32 scale T-6 Texan - the first flight of the T-6

Now when the T-6 “Texan” was announced by KittyHawk in 1/32nd scale a fair few people got very excited – and one of those people is our man Nic who got his kit last week – and has already finished it! We thought we would shoot you his build report as soon as possible so you can get a better feel for the kit...
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July 23, 2018

Dry Fit Review: Andy Moore exams & dry-fits his 48th scale Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback from Kittyhawk.

Andy has already shown us what he thinks of the parts and pieces that come in the box of Kittyhawk's 48th scale Su-34 Fullback kit in his "In-boxed" review. Today he goes deeper & dry fits the parts, showing how they go together while looking at the kit build a lot more closely to better plan the build ahead. See what he thought in his "dry fit" review.
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August 13, 2020

Build Review Pt. I - Kitty Hawk's 32nd scale Dassault Mirage 2000C

Gary Wickham is one of the best at analysing a kit and getting the best out of what is offered to him. Today he begins his analysis and build of Kittyhawk's 32nd scale Mirage 2000C single-seater kit. See what he thinks of the model and how to get the best out of your own kit in part one of his build...
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July 19, 2018

In-Boxed: Andy checks out Kittyhawk's 48th scale Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback

The arrival of this model in the post has been a bit of a reunion for Andy Moore - who today examines Kittyhawk's new 48th scale Su-35 Fullback kit. See why he has been looking forward to seeing the kit, and what he thinks before he starts to make the kit in his inbox review...
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February 18, 2014

“Stylish Seasprite” François Laloux builds the new Kittyhawk Kaman SH-2F in 48th scale

Stop sniffing in boxes at garage-sales or dusty attics for that old 1/48 scale Matchbox Kaman Seasprite – Kitty Hawk produced a new one and it sure is a nice one! The Seasprite was the last helicopter that Kaman produced in numbers and although only 184 of the early SH-2 were built, it was for almost 40 years in service with the US Navy.
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March 08, 2016

Building Kittyhawk's 32nd scale Kingfisher OS2u - Part I of II


We have already looked at the sprues of the kingfisher in our preview – and today Nico & Francois team up to make the model before the next step of making a diorama for it to all fit into. They had some special motivation along the way – see how the kit built up in today’s Build story.
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May 25, 2015

Guillaume builds the 1/48th scale AH-1Z from Kittyhawk with Werner's Wings decals...

Kittyhawk has released their new tool AH-1Z "Viper" in 1/48th scale - to add to the kit Guillaume decided to use Werner's Wings new Decal sheet designed for this very kit - what happened? Let's see with today's review build...
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March 09, 2015

Taming the Bronco – Kittyhawks’ 32nd OV-10 review PT. II Painting and weathering…

Kittyhawk’s latest kit of the OV-10 Bronco is half completed on François and Nic’s combined working bench. This 32nd scale kit has already been constructed and we have seen some delicate cockpit and engine work – now for painting and weathering this cool looking aircraft. All this and final thoughts in Part II in this build.
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January 14, 2019

Construction Guide Pt.I: Kitty Hawk 1/48th scale Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback

Andy Moore has started off his 2019 projects with a build guide of Kittyhawk's 48th scale Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback. This aircraft has seen recent service over Syria so it is in the eye of the public and the mind of modellers worldwide. See how he makes his in part I of his construction guide.
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September 30, 2020

Build Review Pt. III - Kitty Hawk's 32nd scale Dassault Mirage 2000C - Wheels, Wings & whatever else can fit in there...

When we last left this build a few weeks ago Gary had sealed the fuselage and was about to add everything else to this deadly delta. See how he seals it all up ready for finals in today's story...
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March 22, 2017

Kitty Hawk’s dark horse: Building Kittyhawk's 1/32nd scale T-28B/D "Zorro" Trojan

Nico and François have been busy of late making lots of models, and (as usual) they have teamed up on the 32nd scale T-28 Trojan from Kittyhawk. A popular aircraft, but how would the new tool 32nd version of the Trojan build up? Only one way to find out. See what came out of their combined talents went in their build review...
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July 29, 2014

Review build: Nic the Cougar tamer takes on Kittyhawk’s latest

There has been a lot said about Kittyhawk kits recently. Here at TMN we have built quite a few of them and the old saying "you cant tar them all with the same brush" fits their kits perfectly. We have found that for a new company every kit's quality is on the improve, and particularly this kit of the Cougar TF-9J trainer in 48th scale which has been in the news lately – here is what our man Nic has turned out in about a week...
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