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 So far Arma Hobby released two kits that contains P-51B/C. This time we get Mustang in reconnaisance version designated F-6C. Courtesy of Arma Hobby Model Kits I am the happy owner of   70040 F-6C Mustang Expert Set Kit.    As usual boxart is delightful, even my wife noticed its aesthetics.:) Available painting schemes are announcement on back side of the box. The content is neatly packed in a plastic bag. There are three sprues in the kit: As you can see plastic content of this box is the same as in previous P-51B/C kit. I have described its advantages and disadvantages in previous post so if you are interested in check it out . Kit includes precut paper masks. Unfortunatelly they are not too photogenic... In the box we can find also plate with photoedged parts. It is rather small but contains everything we need I think. Despite only four variants of markings the decal sheet is included in the kit is quite large. Decals, printed by Techmod, are of very good qualit...

I reviewed bigger Mustang from Eduard on this blog, so it is time for smaller one from Arma Hobby. I decidet to buy kit with overtrees, becouse in Expert Set there are doubled decals. Due to that almost without any additional aftermarkets you can build two models. Sounds great isn't it?

For me there is nothing more American than Mustang. Both Ford Mustang and P-51 Mustang. I was schocked to discover that without Royal Air Force this plane would probably never have been designed. Isn't it ironic that the USA owes its iconic plane to Great Britain?

Although I build models mainly in 1:72 scale, I have a few iconic planes also in a larger scale. I believe that the Spitfire was the most beautiful WWII fighter, so it must be in my collection. However, I had to be patient, because almost all Eduard's kits disappeared from the market for some time, both in 1:48 and 1:72 scale. Fortunately, after release of early versions of the Spitfier, Eduard is gradually resuming older sets with this iconic British fighter. So far, in 1:48 scale, but for fans of 1:72 something interesting will also appear soon.

I have posted review of PZL P37B Łoś and PZL P.11a so this is time for another polish plane from interwar years. Polish light bomber PZL 23 Karaś II. Box contains two bigger sprues with fuselage and wings and a plenty of small sprues with parts right for partiuclar version of plane. As for a model that is arleady a few years old (most of the sprues were designed in 2017) it looks very nice.

For many modellers from Poland polish aviation constructions of the interwar period are iconic. It should not be suprising that we are proud of talent and abilites of our constructors. After all they were able to create planes that were the best in the world. It was not easy in the realities of Second Polish Republic. To the joy many polish modelers, IBG Models decided to treat us with several Polish constructions from that period, including PZL P.11a and PZL 37B described today.

Few days ago Arma Hobby released brand new kit with Ki-84 Hayate in 1:72 scale. Fortunately, one hit my desk.      As you can see, kit is packed in typical for Arma Hobby box. What's new is the author of boxart. This time it's painted by Shigeo Koike, known from Hasegawa boxarts. Modellers, especially from Asia, will apreciate it, but I miss boxart in good Arma Hobby style.