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Airfix Unveils Upcoming New Tool F6F-5 Hellcat in Massive 1/24 Scale [Video]

At the Telford model show over the weekend, Airfix announced the upcoming release of a new tool F6F-5 Hellcat model kit in 1/24 scale.

The Airfix team has been working on the project for some time, designing a kit with “over 600 parts, extensive detail and four decal schemes.”

The kit (A19004) is currently available for pre-order with an expected release in May 2019. Click below to check out additional images as well as newly released videos detailing the model and is development.

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Modelsvit Announces Development of New Tool 1/48 P-51H Model Kit

Modelsvit has announced the development of a new tool P-51H Mustang model kit in 1/48 scale.

Details are scarce at the moment, although the company has released the 3D CAD renderings seen above. They have also stated that the new kit is currently slated to become available sometime in 2019.

(Modelsvit via AeroScale)

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First Look: Eduard’s Newly Designed and Tooled 1/48 Tempest Mk V

Eduard’s newly designed and tooled 1/48 Tempest Mk V model kit will reportedly be introduced during the upcoming Scale Model World event in Telford, UK on November 10th and 11th.

The kit (82121) will be offered as a ProfiPACK edition representing aircraft manufactured within Series 1. It reportedly includes Eduard sprues, pre-painted PE-sets, a painting mask and Cartograf decals with six marking options.

The kit is currently slated for release in December, although, 200 pieces will reportedly be available for the Telford event. Click below to check out additional images.

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Brickmania Releases 1/35 F-4C Phantom II LEGO Model Kit

Brickmania has released a new, limited edition 1/35 F-4C Phantom LEGO model kit.

The offering reportedly includes 1,290 “new-condition LEGO bricks,” two custom-printed minifigures, retractable landing gear and a detailed cockpit with custom printing. The model also includes representations of armament including four AIM-7E Sparrows, four AIM-9 Sidewinders, two MK-77 napalm canisters and a SUU-16/A gun pod.

Click below to check out the product page and a video overview of the new kit.

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Tamiya Shares New Photos, Release Date For New Tool 1/48 Spitfire

Tamiya has shared new photos of their upcoming new tool 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk.1 model kit and stated that it will go on sale “around December 22.”

As previously reported, the kit (61119) will reportedly benefit from “new information to make this new release many times more historically accurate.” It will also include parts to recreate various specifications of the Mk. 1 while providing open and closed canopy options, realistic cockpit detailing, photo-etched parts, seated pilot figure and three marking options.

Click below to check out additional photos.

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HpH Models Releases New Interior Images of Upcoming 1/32 C-47 Kit

HpH Models has released new images detailing the interior of their upcoming 1/32 C-47 model kit.

As previously noted, two kits will reportedly be made available, beginning with the C-47 and followed by a DC-3. The company states that it is currently finishing work on the C-47, although additional details, including pricing and full kit contents, remain a mystery at the moment.

The kit will reportedly be available to purchase at the Telford show. Click below to check out additional pics.

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Freightdog Models To Release Supermarine Seafire Mk Ib Model Kit

Freightdog Models has announced a Supermarine Seafire Mk.Ib model kit in 1/72 scale.

The offering, which is described as “a cooperation with Kovozavody Prostejov,” will reportedly be a “complete kit,” wit injection moulded HQT plastic, additional resin conversion parts and Fantasy Printshop decals for two early and late schemes.

It is hoped to be a Telford 2018 release. Click below to check out livery profiles.

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Airfix to Release New Tool Hawker Hunter F.6 Model Kit

Airfix has announced the upcoming release of their new tool Hawker Hunter F.6 model kit (A09185) in 1/48 scale.

Originally entering service with the RAF in 1954, the Hunter went on to operate with a large number of countries and in a number of conflicts. Its design arguably peaked with the Rolls-Royce Avon 203-powered F.6 variant, which is described as “the definitive interceptor version of the Hunter.”

The kit’s livery options have reportedly changed since initial reports and are now said to include XE597/A of 63 Squadron (Commander’s aircraft specially marked for the 1958 Battle of Britain display), XF509/73 of 4 Flying Training School and N-209 of 324 Squadron.

The expected release date has also changed from October to December, although pre-orders are now being accepted. Click below to check out additional images.

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Modelsvit to Launch New Series of Experimental US Aircraft Model Kits With XP-55 Ascender

Modelsvit has announced the upcoming release of a new tool XP-55 Ascender model kit in 1/48 scale.

The aircraft, built by Curtiss-Wright, performed its maiden flight in 1943 but its performance was found to be lacking. Only three examples of the type were built – two of which were destroyed in crashes. The third is currently on long-term loan from Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Air Zoo to the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC.

The kit (4808) is the company’s first in a new series focusing on experimental U.S. aircraft and will reportedly include a PE sheet, adhesive masks, two canopy options, detailed cabin and two marking variants. A release date has not yet been announced.

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Zoukei-Mura Releases Update, New Renderings of Upcoming “Best Ever” Fw 190 Kit

Zoukei-Mura has released an update and new renderings of their 1/32 Fw 190 kit, which is currently in development.

The company states that the process has been “fraught with hurdle after hurdle” but “has at last reached a turning point”:

How should we bring you the SWS take on the famous “butcher bird”?! In search of the answer, we happily enjoyed an indescribable continuation of hardships. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. Just like those wise words, we have begun to see a terrific form of the Fw 190, fit for an SWS kit.

The company had previously stated its desire to make the Fw 190 kit the “strongest,” “most beautiful” and overall best SWS (Super Wing Series) kit ever. The recent update notes that the release will take some time due to “the confirmation of details, negotiation and meetings with the mold production,” but concludes on a positive note: “To all of the worried Fw 190 fans, now it’s just a matter of time and patience.”

Check out an additional rendering below.

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