With the two new kit sin 1/32 of the Heinkel He 219 nightfighter on the way and due for landing on your desktop soon Valiant Wings are right on time with their new companion publication “Airframe Album” featuring Luftwaffe's ultimate nightfighter, the He 219 'Uhu.'” We have some information and the cover image and details of the pre order for you as well – read on to see more….
Monday, July 30
Valiant Wings Publications new series “Airframe Album” featuring Luftwaffe's ultimate nightfighter, the He 219 'Uhu'” Preview
With the two new kit sin 1/32 of the Heinkel He 219 nightfighter on the way and due for landing on your desktop soon Valiant Wings are right on time with their new companion publication “Airframe Album” featuring Luftwaffe's ultimate nightfighter, the He 219 'Uhu.'” We have some information and the cover image and details of the pre order for you as well – read on to see more….
Saturday, July 28
Constructed, engine, sprue shots & markings of the new KittyHawk F-35B in 1/48th scale
Thursday, July 26
Osprey Publishing's newest arrivals in their July newsletter
This month Osprey
has some really great titles out to entertain and enlighten you – the mix is
there to keep everyone happy – from the aircraft enthusiast to the military gamer
to the historian from Napoleonic times to the modern day battlefield as a
combat medic – you are covered with these books – have a look to see more…
A book and a Bust – Man-Jin Kim hits the ground running with his new company
We know Man-Jin Kim
from a lot of the amazing model box artwork he does for companies like Alpine Miniatures
- well it seems he has now taken the bit between the teeth and started his own
company called ST Models – And we
have some news on the promising company’s first two projects…
Wednesday, July 25
Tuesday, July 24
MiniArt 36045 1/35th Norman Street review
MiniArt have sent us a their kit of the latest 1/35th scale diorama in their series “Normandy Street” which has two tall buildings for a D-day (or + a few) diorama base. We investigate what comes in the box in our review…
Monday, July 23
Saumur Carrousel Cavalry and AFV show 2012
Sunday, July 22
Swedish subsonic spear – the Tarangus 1/48th Scale SAAB A32 Lansen A Pt. II
The second part of this Tarangus SAAB Lansen build from Eth and this kit
which looked a bit basic is starting to turn into something with potential –
today Eth takes us through the major construction of the fuselage and how to
fix any problems that occurred along the way. The promise of this kit is developing!
Thursday, July 19
New from Tatamiya! The glorious leader in 1/35th scale!
Yes you heard it right! TATAMIYA are releasing their first kit by the look of it!
We don't have any more information on this little man as yet – but as soon as we do we can give it to you! He does need some other companions cos he looks so “ronery” by himself. (Jokes people) - Have a great day guys!
Wednesday, July 18
Addons that dont look at all like they are add-ons.....
AddOn Parts has released news of their latest products to be released this month ( and a few from last month we thought we would throw in that we liked as well) These guys for those who don't know, make quality “add-ons” for your fave kits and diorama sets in resin and plaster and the detail is something that many other model houses cannot seem to match – click on below to see more of what they are doing this month..
Tuesday, July 17
MiniArt 35126 1/35th “U.S. Tank Crew” Review
MiniArt has released a bunch of figure sets this month for armoured fighting vehicles and we have the first of a few to review and show you more in depth what they are made of. Read on to see this set of a 1/35 US Tank Crew and whether you would want them in your Sherman diorama or not.
Monday, July 16
Farnborough Airshow 2012 gallery
Last weekend just passed we had the opportunity to go to the excellent bi-annual Farnborough Air Show in the south of England, and although the weather didn’t fail to show up (hey what do you expect in summer?) the aircraft didn’t fail to make an appearance as well – we have just a fraction of the pictures we took on the Saturday here for you in this gallery… ohh and double click these for large image sizes!
Sunday, July 15
Zotz 1/72 B-25J Mitchell at War Pt. I Reviewed
We have already looked at this sheet in 1/32 scale
but we thought we would check these two sheets off against each other and check
them out for all of the 1/72 scale B-25 (glass nose) kit owners out there who
desperately need some nice decals for their Mitchell – so without further ado
we compare and contrast Zotz Mitchell
at war Pt. I
Saturday, July 14
Scale 75 get Scary........
The people at Scale
75 put out regularly some great figures – and this month is no different -
From the Roman Praetorian guard soldier to two (make that three) literary characters
in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well as
Jack the ripper sculpts are up for your viewing, I can see the fog
rolling in off your workbench right now….
Wednesday, July 11
Mirror Models - A perfect reflection of the real thing
Revell Routemaster Bus build Pt V - Putting on your underwear before your trousers...
..Or maybe One trouser leg at ta time – you get to a point in a build you just want to seal it all up and finish it into a great looking build - but there are things you need to do first - especially on a kit like this with LOTS of internal detail. In the last section was all about getting lots of
decals on seats and lots of paint into the interior – but this part is all about
getting your underclothes on before your trousers and jacket.
Monday, July 9
Haynes Publishing’s Messerschmitt Bf109 Owner’s Workshop Manual 1935 onwards (all Marks) Review
The list of Owner’ workshop
Manuals from Haynes have been bolstered with lots of more unusual things
than cars recently – we have already reviewed one manual on the Tiger I tank
and the P-51 Mustang fighter and find them to be great reads and even better
reference. This manual – on the Bf 109 – looks to emulate the quality of the
first two books we reviewed, let’s see if it does…
Saturday, July 7
EagleCals EC#144 Stuka Ju-87B Part II in 1/32 review..
Following on from the first in this brace of decal sets for
the Ju-87B/R stuka comes this alternate set from EagleCals from
the USA. This time they have gone for quantity – four markings on this sheet instead
of two and they are some of the more familiar colour schemes of this early-war
terror of the skies – but with quantity have the kept the quality? Let’s
investigate these schemes and compare them as much as we can..
Friday, July 6
MiniArt let their top down exposing some new summer colour
MiniArt has sent out new details, sprue shots and CAD images of their new (Mercedes) Type 170V Cabrio Saloon and now have sent pictures of two of these excellently detailed little cars – check out the details like the number plates and headlamps! This kit is released very soon so check here to see all about it before it tears out of the injection moulding factory!
Thursday, July 5
Bovington "Tankfest" Pt. II - The afternoon displays
In this - the second part of the gallery from the Tankfest Armoured vehicle extravaganza on the weekend
of the 30th June/1st July we got to see some pretty
amazing vehicles quite literally “making tracks” – read on to see some massive
beasts (and some smaller ones) in action from the show.
Wednesday, July 4
AMS Resin propeller, prop governor and engine casing replacement kit for the HK B-25 kit in 1/32 review
When the HK kit of the 1/32 scale B-25 came out we mentioned in our review of the kit we thought some work could be done on the propellers ad they looked a little “out” - the thing is no amount of work would really fix this – sanding and such just wouldn’t cut it – the governors and the engine housing was a little basic a well in the detail department. To the rescue comes Harold of AMS with a set of replacement resin B-25 props, engine housing and prop governors to make the detail be something you can confidently show off at the competition tables.
Revell 1/32 scale He-162 “Salamander” kit re-released and re-viewed
When we heard there was a new Revell kit of the 1/32 scale
Heinkel He 162 A-2 kit we were pretty eager to know whether this was a new or
re-released boxing of this interesting aircraft. We have since found out that
it is a re-release but that is no reason to think that this isn’t a good kit –
we will investigate this model to see if it stands up to Revell’s recent
releases and indeed the rest of the market…
Tuesday, July 3
Tankfest 2012 Pt I. – The first half of the show…
Tankfest 2012 –
The Most Explosive Weekend In History! Or so the promo read – and really
Bovington did not disappoint! With the only notable omission being the black
prince (A43 Infantry tank – basically an oversized Churchill) we got to see
plenty of massive vehicles go round in the ring on the weekend – a friendly show
and plenty to see in the massive museum itself – three parts in all - So click on to
see the first instalment!
Sunday, July 1
Swedish subsonic spear – the Tarangus 1/48th Scale SAAB A32 Lansen A Pt. I - an Intro and the cockpit…
Eth gives us his unique perspective when building the new Tarangus kit of the SAAB A32A kit in 1/48th - today we look at the plane itself and get started a little on the cockpit and add some photo etch to the kit ...
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