Grom! Croatian Decals '91-95

Albanian Air Force

Morane Saulnier MS.406

Hit Kit Spad 61

    Some of you will remember Hit Kit as a short run kit producer from Poland in the late 1990s.Their small catalog focused on a mix of rigged types flown byy the Polish AF during the interwar period. The Spad 61 kit is typical, with decently detailed parts with thick mold gates one a single sprue. All parts will need clean-up, while smaller detail pieces may be best replaced from the spares box. A small instruction sheet includes a detailed cockpit schematic. The real highlight is the colorful decal sheet featuring (20) markings options for Polish and Rumanian machines.
    I tried tackling their Potez 25 kit and eventually ran out of will power. I have yet to see you of these kits built, but, with a little preserverance, a nice model can be created.

    Hobbycraft's claim to fame seems to be their inconsistency in kit quality. Their Sabre series appears to be among the better of their catalog and most other reviews find these fairly accurate too. Petit surface scribing and decently detailed cockpit and undercarriage and wheel wells are all here. The real highlight of this issue is the decal sheet covering (8) schemes: West Germany, Canada, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, and Ethiopia. The markings are nicely printed and offer a neat alternative to the typically seen USAF NMF schemes.

    I believe this issue had gone OOP, but is readily available through eBay and modeling show vendor rooms.