Madmike's

Scale Model Aircraft Reviews

Apart for a break of four years, I have been building models now for over 25 years. My main interests are aircraft in all scales, although I do dabble with AFV and Sci Fi models. It is sometimes difficult to combine building scale model kits with family life, but my wife is also a keen and talented 25mm fantasy miniatures painter, so we both try to include an hour or two downstairs in the hobby room each night to work on our latest projects.

I am currently the editor of the Perth and Districts Model Club which meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Getting a new club website up is something the club has been trying to undertake for a while now

Included in this web page are links to build reviews I have submitted to the excellent South Australian based SMAKR (Scale Model Aircraft Kit Reviews) web site. SMAKR's webmaster Mark has some 840+ build reviews and 490+ in-box reviews listed, with the site being updated on a regular basis.

If you follow these links, check out the other great reviews on SMAKR, as the kit you are thinking of building may already be reviewed, which may help you avoid any hidden pitfalls with that particular kit or allow you to experiment with a new technique.

The review list below has been organised into scale and subject type.

I hope you enjoy this website and any feedback is well appreciated.

Madmike

1:144 Scale Aircraft

Jet

• Minicraft 737-300 Ansett "Sydney Olympics 2000"

• Revell Bombardier Challenger CL.604 "Swiss Air Ambulance"

1:72 Scale Aircraft

Propeller

• Matchbox Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair

• Airfix Shorts Tucano T.1

• Airfix Fairey Rotodyne

• Airfix Fairey Rotodyne QANTAS "what if"

• Airfix De Havilland DH-88 Comet

• Matchbox Hunting Percival Provost T.1

• Airfix CAC CA-13 Boomerang

• Hobbyboss P-47D Thunderbolt

Jet

• Matchbox Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter

• Matchbox Messerschmitt Me262A-1a "Schwalbe"

• Hasegawa North American F-86D Sabre Dog

• Italeri BAe Hawk T.1A

• Italeri F-5E Tiger II

• DML/Dragon MiG-15 Fagot

• Italeri MiG-37B Ferret E (conceptualised) images only, build review by SMAKR webmaster

• Matchbox Grumman F9F-5 Panther

• Matchbox Grumman A-4M Skyhawk

• Matchbox North American F-86A Sabre

Helicopter

• Matchbox RAN Westland Wessex HAS.31

• Zvezda Kamov Ka-27PL "Helix" ASW helicopter

1:48 Scale Aircraft

Propeller

• LTD CAC CA-13/19 Boomerang

• Hobbycraft Hawker Hurricane IIC "desert rat"

• Hasegawa Messerschmitt Me109E-4 "Emil"

• Monogram Messerschmitt Me109G-10 "Gustaf"

• Pro-Modeller Dornier Do335A-1 "Pfeil" (Arrow)

• Fujimi North American P-51D Mustang

Jet

• Monogram Northrop F-20 Tigershark

• Testors-Fujimi Northrop T-38 Talon

• Monogram Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

• Monogram Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

• Hobbycraft De Havilland Vampire Mk1

• Premiere BAe Hawk T.1A

• Lindberg Convair XFY-1 Pogo

1:32 Scale Aircraft

Propeller

• Revell Focke-Wulf Fw190D-9

1:72 Scale Armour

World War 2

• Trumpeter JS-3M "Pike" Heavy Tank

Science Fiction

• Battletech MAD-3R Marauder Heavy BattleMech

Current Projects on the Workbench

• Airfix 1:72 F4-D Skyray 50%

• Revell 1:72 Fiat G-91 60% (on hold)

• Glencoe 1:32 (30) XV-1 Convertiplane 30% (on hold, till I pluck up some intestinal fortitude)

• Hasegawa F-20 Tigershark (RAAF F/A-20A Tigersnake "what if" (60%)

• Dragon 1:72 SU-100 Tank Destroyer 60%

as of the 22nd March 2008

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 ©Michael Johnson 22/03/2008