I’ve just been reading the June issue of Airfix Model World. It includes an article on Airfix’s 1/72 “LCVP withJeep” kit.
I had assumed that the Higgins boat would be just a reissue of the old one that appeared in Airfix and Heller boxes. That kit isn’t bad, but it could be a whole lot better. The one described in the article apparently is a completely new, or at leased heavily revised, kit. The Airfix website describes both it and the jeep as “New Tooled.” It’s a little hard to tell from the photos, but it looks like a substantial improvement over the old version. I’ve always had a soft spot for the “P boats,” because my dad was a boat group officer on board an attack transport during WWII (which I hear was recently described by an NC middle school as “World War Eleven.” I’ll check this one out.
The magazine also has an article about the new Airfix Hawker Typhoon in 1/24. Spectacular. The new 1/72 C-47 looks mighty nice too.
