Revell of Germany Photo Etch Sheet 00715 He 111P-1 Interior Details Review

Just when you thought there was no aftermarket coming out for your new Revell Germany He 111P-1 kit they all come at once – foremost of these is the add on Photoetch set from Revell themselves to add more detail to the cockpit area – let’s have a look…

Hasegawa November 2011 New Releases (Warning this article contains some egg-planes)

Hasegawa has the list of their latest kits out in November - and dont worry they are not all Egg-planes!! there are some interesting F-18s in 72nd and 48th scales, a 1/32 Bf-109G-2 new tool in desert colours and even a new tooled mini-sub!...( which looks like a grasshopper)

Panda-Hobby's 1/35 Oshkosh MRAP M-ATV Test shot Review

We are very privileged at the Modelling News and we know it – some days we feel more privileged than other days - today is just one of those days as we are lucky enough to get our hands on one of the first test shots of the first kit from Panda-Hobby from the Far East. - It is of the latest Humvee replacement for the U.S. Army the MATV – more precisely in this case the MRAP M-ATV or the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle in 1/35^th scale.

 

3D Glasses for a book? lets have a look!

Kagero have done something different with next month's releases - they have announced some titles in  3D!! well I never - we shall see when we get them if this is a winner or not - They certainly look interesting though -  the latest titles for November are...

1/48th Great Wall Hobby Focke Wulf Fw189A-1 “Nachtjäger” Part V

The last instalment of the building of this great little kit from Great Wall Hobbies left us at the 90% construction completed and the undercoat on – the main painting was next for me – and with some new paints to try and a nightfighter scheme I wasn't completely at home with (and there being no information on this particular bird) would this come out all right?  Read on intrepid Fw-189 fans….

Latest news from HGW - New seatbelts for the Pfalz D XII

HGW add more seatbelts in 1/32 to their micro-textile seat belts category: This time new additions to the Wingnut wings kit in 1/32 - the  Pfalz D.XII click on below to see them and all of HGW's recent releases.

 A picture i took this year of the Pfalz D XII (1918),@ the Musée de l'Air, Le Bourget, Paris

1/32 carrier deck accessories - blown up turrets, Panzergrenadier MG teams - sounds like Verlinden's January Releases!

The time has come to show you the latest releases slated for January 2012 ( yes its flying by but it will be here faster than you think) from Verlinden.

Some pretty interesting things this month on release – If you need new aircraft carrier gear for a new Skyraider you are building, if you have a jeep you need filled, and especially if you like to show dioramas with strongholds six shades blown out of them! – click on below to see what I mean…

MasterBox November Release Preview

 The latest pics of some great kits coming from Ukrainian model makers MasterBox have hit our desk. These three kits are slated for release in November, and are as varied as they are impressive…

Alpine Miniatures Kit: 35125 German DAK Fallschirmjäger #2 Reveiw & Construction

Interestingly this month Alpine Miniatures have released a pair of figures that aren’t really a set! As the answer to their earlier pairing of figures sets which had only one released each they bring a the matching pair, both from the African theatre - these are the 35125 German DAK Fallschirmjäger #2 and the 35123 35123 WW2 Italian AFV Officer, both in 1/35 scale.

Alpine has forged a nest for itself in the top of the figure tree in this scale, has their hectic schedule of releases made them less diligent? When you are at the top the only way to go is down isn’t it? Let’s see if their new figures match to their past efforts - starting with their German DAK Fallschirmjäger 35125 kit…

Latest add-ons for the P-40 and Spitfire in 1/32 from EMD

Eclipse Model Designs from Great Britain has sent us some images of three of their latest add-ons to two iconic aircraft in 32nd scale – the Supermarine Spitfire and the Curtis P-40.

 The late model 20mm curved fairing set would be a great addition or indeed improvement to the latest Tamiya Late marque Spitfire kit, while the P-40 replacement propeller, the fishtailed, hollowed out exhausts and two different sets of treaded tyres would bring detail and depth to any of the Hasegawa kit including the P-40F/L conversion kit – I will let them talk you through the products..

This is not a bust! It’s the new releases from Pegaso this month...

Pegaso of Italy have three new lovely releases for us this month, in white metal and resin, a bust and two full figures in  75mm – if beautifully sculpted historical figures are your thing then click on below for more info and pictures…

Introducing Maketar - Premium Mask Makers

A brand new company has surfaced from Serbia called Maketar – (Pronounced “MUCK-AT-R” – which is Serbian for "Scale Modeller") Headed by Modellers who have combined their skills in Modelling and graphic art, Maketar makes both Kabuki and Vinyl masks for scale models of all types.

At the moment the company have produced twenty different launch products with at least another twenty to come before the end of the year. Masks are available for aircraft and armour in scales from  1/72 to 1/35. Click on the link below to tell you more about this interesting new company and their products

MasterBox MB 3594 – “Allied Forces, WW II era, North Africa, desert battles series Review

 

Anyone of you see the 1995 tele-movie starring Jim Belushi called “Sahara”? Well in that movie there was a bunch of rag tag soldiers who were defending a well in the middle of the desert against a numerically superior force of German infantry. 500 German soldiers versus nine soldiers from many of the allied nations in the world at that time, most prominently were a Senegalese infantryman, and Aussie Bren Gun soldier, and British young soldier, a Free French soldier and the American Tank Sargent (Belushi). Well I was inspired to watch that movie today when this set arrived on the doorstep from MasterBox – Clearly inspired from the movie (this isn’t a bad thing at all) called “MB 3594 – “Allied Forces, WW II era, North Africa”

The whole charm about these figures is that they are based (unofficially) on the 1995 movie. As I had just re-watched the movie I had the instant connection with them and could see the colours and painting of these figures in my head already.

Revell of Germany Kit no 06675: TIE Fighter Star Wars Easykit™ Review

Did you know that the Sound of a TIE fighter was made by combining the sound of an Elephant with a car driving on a wet road? - Well neither did I! And because we like Star Wars here we have something fun for you today – the Revell Easykit of the Twin Ion Engine (or TIE) Imperial fighter.

When I saw this Easykit™ come up on the Revell Germany site I really did have to have a look at it in the flesh – and before Vader could say “nooooooooooooooooooooooo” I had ordered a sample for us to all have a “look” at, notice I said look and not Play???

"TIE noise" then  "they came from ...behind...."

Adam Wilder - Dealing with PhotoEtch - DVD Review -

What precisely can we expect from this title you ask? Well you get everything you need to know as a good base of skills for a start. From the planning to the tools, tips and actual application of all of these together this DVD deals with all of the intricacies of Photoetch – that love it or hate it resource for modellers.

“Hello I’m Adam Wilder” is usually not the start of a played-by-the-numbers DVD. I have watched a few DVD’s that Adam has presented before… and none of them have been boring - how does this one - his first independent release fare? Let's see..

Anyone for more P-51's? Zotz present their latest scheme "in action"

Just when you thought that you had seen all of the P-51D Mustang you could see this month we have been sent the completed Tamiya P-51 wearing the Zotz "Big Dick" decals that we had reviewed earlier this month. The creator of the decals Eli has sent us these pics of his latest set "in action" - so without further ado here they are...

The Bodi - No not elle Machperson - but some other figures alltogether !

From Hungary come the excellent figure makers “the Bodi” This company has long been turning out monthly releases of great quality – I thought I would take you through this month’s releases one by one with a few pictures of each painted and constructed by The Bodi’s famous model makers.

Aftermarket Aftermath - round up of the best P-51D replacements for the Tamiya kit

We have gone Mustang Krazy this week – I promise to give you all of the latest news on the latest add-ons to the Tamiya P-51D Mustang kit that a lot of people will be getting for Christmas – I thought that while this kit is so in the public eye and on everyone’s wish list I would add on some of the newest add-ons that are coming for this excellent new kit.

We showed you BarracudaCals latest yesterday - now is the turn of the other manufacturers...

BarracudaCals latest blog, latest item details & their new 1/32 P-51D Placards reviewed

The latest Blog from Roy at BarracudaCals tells you of his latest addition to the newest Mustang kit in 1/32 from Tamiya

Instead of ruining it all myself by trying to explain let’s let Roy tell you about his latest master works for this kit and the later additons he has in the pipeline – I added to the blog entry the reviewof these stencils and placards that we have so you can get your own “eyes on” look at the decals yourself…

Tools of the workbench review: The Xuron Professional Modeller’s Tool Kit

When my last set of sprue cutters died and tried to “de-eye” me in the process I thought time to “get Zerious” as Arnold would say and invest in some new sprue cutters and P/E scissors – I also needed some Ad-hoc P/E bending tools – in this set from Xuron I think I have met my match! I have been using these for several months to fully test them out and to give a proper assessment of their usefulness.

Latest news on He-111P add-ons from Eduard

The latest news from Czech kit makers and aftermarket specialists Eduard is the announcement of their latest set of Aftermarket add-ons for the 1/32 Revell He-111P1 kit. Slated for the next few months through till February they certainly look very impressive!

Review - MB3593 - "Zum Sturm! Vorwärts!" German Infantry, DAK, WWII Era

Ok - Forward! Into this review! we go –Today we are looking at Masterbox’s newest release and the third in its “North Africa Desert Battles” series after MB 3580 “British Infantry in action, Northern Africa, WW II era” and MB 3592 "Hand-to-hand fight, British and German Infantry. Battles in Northern Africa” – we have seen and reviewed these other sets – let’s have a look at this set to see what the German infantry is made of – quite literally…

Review - Zotz 78th FG Mustangs - The Duxford Eagles

The P-51 Mustang really is in the modellers minds right now – with many being built I thought I would show you to brand spanking new sets from Decal makers ZOTZ today.

Hasegawa New Items for October

Is it October already? well according to this latest press release by Hasegawa it is – and I am glad because of the good kits they are sending our way – in amongst them are ships in 1/350^th like the HIKAWAMARU, a lovely 1/12 Honda NSR250 and assorted aircraft like the B-17G flying fortress  in 1/72 -  there is something for most tastes here in this month’s releases.