Luftwaffe 1/72 kitlist

• Arado Ar 196 - Heller (Raised panel lines)
• Arado Ar 234 - Dragon
• Blohm & Voss BV 138 - Italeri (Revell rebox) (Raised panel lines)
• Dornier Do 17 - Airfix, ICM
• Dornier Do 24 - Italeri, (Revell rebox) (Raised panel lines)
• Dornier Do 217 - Italeri (Raised panel lines)
• Fieseler Fi 156 - Academy
• Focke-Wulf Fw 189 - Condor/MPM (Revell rebox)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 - Coming soon.
• Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - Revell
• Heinkel He 111 - Airfix, Hasegawa (Revell rebox)
• Heinkel He 219 - Dragon
• Heinkel He 177 - Revell
• Henschel Hs 123 - Avis/Amodel
• Henschel Hs 129 - Italeri (Revell, Tamya rebox)
• Heinkel He 162 - Dragon, Hobby Boss
• Junkers Ju 52 - Italeri, Heller (Raised panel lines)
• Junkers Ju 87 - Coming soon.
• Junkers Ju 88 - Hasegawa, Revell
• Junkers Ju 188 - Hasegawa
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 - coming soon.
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 - Airfix, Eduard
• Messerschmitt Me 163 - Academy, Hobby Boss
• Messerschmitt Me 262 - Academy, Hasegawa, Revell
• Messerschmitt Me 410 - Fine Moulds (Eduard rebox), Italeri

Ak -Interactive Modulation Set Review

Lately I have been experimenting with color modulation and came across these sets from AK-Interactive. They contain ready mixed base, shadow and highlight color manufactured by Vallejo. The colors are pre-thinned for airbrush and behaves just like any other Vallejo acrylics. 

The set at the top is the "German Green & Brown Modulation Set" and contains, as the name suggest, the Green and Brown camouflage colors. The set at the bottom is the "German Dunkelgelb Modulation Set" and contains six colors plus primer and satin matt varnish. 

The instructions on how to use the set are very basic and in my opinion useless. I followed the tiny step by step pictures on the back of the sets as best I could but my result was not very impressive. I have no doubt that with better instruction and knowledge an excellent result can be achieved with these sets.

I purchased my sets directly from AK-Interactive webstore and I think the sets are excellent value for the money BUT they need to make better instruction to go with these sets! 

I will continue to tinker with these sets and make a build review of the Bengal Tiger in the near future. 

RAF WW 2 Kit List of Significant Aircrafts In 1/72 Scale

Updated 2015-12-13

This is not a complete listing of kits and aircraft! I am only focusing on fighting aircraft that was produced in significant numbers. I am also only listing modern kits but be aware that Airfix and Revell also may market old and obsolete kits of the same subject. I have not considered the accuracy of the kits so you should google kit reviews before you buy.

• Armstrong Withworth Whitley - Airfix
• Avro Lancaster - Airfix, Revell, Hasegawa
• Boulton Paul Defiant - Airfix
• Bristol Blenheim - Airfix
• Bristol Beaufort - Special Hobby
• Bristol Beaufighter - Airfix, Hasegawa
• de Havilland Mosquito - Tamiya, Hasegawa
• Fairey Swordfish - Airfix
• Fairey Battle - MPM
• Fairey Fulmar - Special Hobby, Vista (Revell, Airfix rebox of Vista)
• Fairey Barracuda - MPM
• Fairey Firefly - Special Hobby
• Gloster Gladiator - Airfix, Hobbyboss
• Gloster Meteor - Cyber Hobby, MPM (Airfix, Xtrakit rebox of MPM)
• Handley Page Hampden - Valom
• Handley Page Halifax - Revell 
• Hawker Hart* - AZ-Models
• Hawker Hurricane - Airfix, Revell, Hasegawa, (just to name a few.)
• Hawker Tempest - Academy
• Hawker Typhoon - Airfix, Academy, Hobbyboss
• Hawker Sea Fury - Special Hobby, Pioneer (Airfix rebox of Pioneer)
• Short Sunderland - Italeri
• Short Stirling - Italeri
• Supermarine Walrus* - Valom
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk I / II - Airfix, Tamiya
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk V - Tamiya, Italeri, Revell
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII - Hasegawa
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX - Airfix
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI - AZ-Models
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV - Fujimi, Academy
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIII - AZ-Models
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk 22 - Airfix
• Supermarine Seafire - Special Hobby, Sword
• Vickers Wellington - Trumpeter, MPM (Italeri, Revell rebox of MPM)
• Westland Lysander* - Pavla, Special Hobby 

* The Lysander is included just because I think its a cool aircraft and the Walrus did see some limited action. A few Swedish Hawker Hart fought in Finland 1939-40. Just ignore them if you disagree :-D

Revell 1/72 Junkers Ju 88 A4 review.

Revell 1/72 Junkers Ju 88 A4 review.

Let me start by saying that this really is an excellent kit. All the parts are beautifully cast and without any flash or ejector pin marks. The assembly starts with the cockpit and it is one of the most detailed 1/72 scale cockpits I come across. The only thing missing is the seatbelts. I followed the painting instructions but substituted Revell paints for Gunze acrylics. The seats had weak glue points and I reinforced with super glue to avoid having a lose seat spoiling the model once it were finished.

The fuselage and clear parts went together without any problem and the required only a small amount of filler. The wings however had separate wingtips and ailerons and I had some problem getting those parts to fit correctly. I never actually got these parts to look good on my model. The engine nacelles fitted ok but I used som super glue to secure them at a straight angle. The decal sheet is very nice but the instruction on were to put all the small decals are rudimentary to say the least! Most are just an arrow pointing att a general direction. After looking at some pictures of the real thing it was obvious that the instructions were useless. Lacking sufficient knowledge and reference material, I decided to skip all the small text and lines but not before I mange to get some decals at the wrong place.

I post shaded the panel lines with Tamiya Nato Black. This was a little stark for the Rlm 71 and a tad to weak for the Rlm 70. The yellow parts were shaded with a dark yellow brown. I finished the model with a coat of Citadel purity seal.

Not happy with the outcome, especially around other wing area and the decal placement, maybe I will give this kit another go in the future. I Just need to get some good reference first.


I highly recommend this kit, the fit problem with the wingtips and ailerons are easily overcome if you give it some time and care (witch I didn't). But get your reference material before you start.