Monday, February 29

Build Review PT.I : Paul takes on Bronco's early war 35th scale Pz.Kpfw Mk III Ausf A (Sd.Kfz 141)

Building the complicated Bronco kits does not have to be difficult. – you just gotta know what to spend your time on! Paul Lee is a Bronco veteran and he wanted this build to be short and preferably sweet – Let’s see if he got his wish with his build of the new Bronco 35th scale early model Panzer III Ausf A (Sd.Kfz 141)

Sunday, February 28

Italeri brings more World of Tanks in 56th scale to your workbench battlefield…


Brand new boxings in wargaming scale with some bonus codes and other extras are on the table from Italeri this month (ohh and a model inside as well!). Let’s have a look at what’s new from Italeri’s world of tanks crossover in today’s preview.

Saturday, February 27

Read n’ Reviewed: The Macchi MC.202 Folgore - A Technical Guide from Valiant Wings Publishing

Valiant Wings Publishing are well known for their Airframe Album series of books that try to place as much information about an aircraft in one place as possible – Gary has a copy of their latest “Airframe Detail” book on the beautiful looking MC.202 Folgore – see what he thought of the book in his review.

Friday, February 26

Andy finishes his Takom 35th scale MK.I in Palestinian theatre colours - trailer and all...

Andy Moore has finished his new Mk. I Male WWI Heavy Battle Tank in 35th scale from TAKOM. The Palestinian theatre scheme is finished with Mig Jimenez' Ammo paint & Penguin's Decals. This detailed version of the kit includes the extra trailer, pulleys and bars which make this look like no other WWI tank.

Thursday, February 25

Kittyhawk's large scale Trojan is built & painted & ready to fly, let's take a look...

Kittyhawk’s latest 32nd scale kit is going to be popular – the T-28 Trojan in B and D models has just been released. Let’s see what the new pictures of the made up test kit look like in addition to the earlier CAD pictures in today’s preview...

Wednesday, February 24

In Boxed: Clayton looks at Takom’s new 35th scale AMX 13/75 before his build...


The minute this one came out several World of Tanks fans jumped up and down with delight– this popular little tank has become even better known through this game. Always a fan of the IDF tank on the box, our man Clayton has already started building this kit. He takes a quick look at what is inside before we show you his build…

Tuesday, February 23

Build Review: MiniArt re-loads up with (special edition) plastic bullets…Let's see the changes & if they are for the better

MiniArt have re-released some German Artillery men to compliment not only the Russian German 76.2mm FK288 gun, but most of their other artillery pieces depending on how you manage the diorama. We built them up to see if they looked as good in real life as they did on the box-art. Let's see what's new or changed in our review...

Monday, February 22

Hasegawa’s new items for may 2016 are already here to preview for you…

Hasegawa know their market – no less than three different Bf-109’s are in this new bunch of May releases amongst lot of other popular aircraft , egg planes, a cartoon warrior and a few cool cars also -  Let’s see what’s in store in our preview…

Sunday, February 21

Fisher extend the life of your HK kit with their new Gloster Meteor T.7 Conversion set

Those familiar with building the Gloster Meteor F.4 kit in 32nd scale will know that it’s easy to put together, and that the possibilities for altering the simple kit are definitely possible. Fisher Model & Pattern have proved this already with their F.8 kit – now their Trainer T.7 kit is out on pre-order we thought you should see what they have come up with in our preview…

Saturday, February 20

Up gunned, updated and up-sized – we look at TANKART I's 3rd edition & what has changed in this version..

Rinaldi Studio Press has gone back to the future with an updated and refined version of arguably the most popular books of the series “TANKART 1 German Armor.” A raft of improvements necessitated RSP’s launch the 3rd Edition of this already very good book – we thought we would look at what’s changed and improved in our preview.

Friday, February 19

Clayton finishes his build of Takom’s WWI Heavy Battle Tank Mark V in 35th scale

Today’s build review of Takom’s 35th scale MK.V tank sees Clayton finishing what he started in splendid fashion. He has taken on one of the most challenging schemes to represent in his kit so let’s see how he got it all painted before the final stages of the build…

Thursday, February 18

Canfora press on with AFV Photo Album 2 - "Armoured Fighting Vehicles on Czechoslovakian territory 1945”

Canfora Press have brought us some of the most beautiful books on modelling today. We loved their recent “Rare Wheels” & “Wingspan” books as well as their other modelling books on varied subjects but a book that many modellers and AFV fans hold close is the AFV Photo Album. Now there is a second volume out we were keen to see what Canfora Press had in store (and at a pre-order discount price as well) …

Wednesday, February 17

MasterBox’ new kits - back to the future in 24th scale & the kindness of strangers in 35th scales

We see Masterbox evolving from the 24th scale Pin-up market into the 24th scale Fantasy market this month. Two of their new items really are out of this world whereas their third kit is classic WWII infantry – something for the traditionalists and the experimenters then? Let's have a look at what is coming in today's preview…

Tuesday, February 16

Part II of Clayton's Build Review of Takom’s WWI Heavy Battle Tank Mark V (3-in-1 Kit)

Today’s build review sees Clayton taking on Takom’s 35th scale MK.V tank that he reviewed last month. He has one of the most challenging schemes to represent in his kit so let’s see how he got it all painted before the final stages of the build…

Monday, February 15

In-boxed: Gary reviews Kittyhawk’s 48th scale Vought XF5U-1 "Flying Pancake"

The experimental Vought XF5U-1 "Flying Pancake" is an interesting shape and intriguing aircraft for many. Kittyhawk’s 48th scale kit has a fair few possibilities for those looking for something out of the mainstream. Out Man Gary was onto this kit and has dry fitted the major components in his review for you…

Saturday, February 13

Construction review: Stalingrad Miniatures two 35th scale civilian Women figures from their large set in put together...

A while ago we saw a terrific “Big Set” of civilians from Stalingrad Miniatures that showed a lot of humanity from the eastern front. We have had a chance to build two of this set in our review and thought you would like to see how they build up in our review...

Friday, February 12

Sang Eon Lee's 1/10 scale resin bust “King Tiger Commander s.Pz.Abt. 503 Hungary 1944”


Well it seems this guys just cannot stop challenging himself to up the ante. Now we see another bust from Life Miniatures and it is now painted and ready to be shipped – we thought we would give you a look at him unpainted as well as some references of the source material in today’s preview.

Thursday, February 11

Preview: "Landscapes of War. Diorama Vol.II” from the Greatest Guide from Accion Press


We got a chance to review the very nice "Landscapes of War. Diorama Vol.I” from the Greatest Guide series a while ago and we found it a really interesting and equally as informative guide. When we heard about the second book coming and received new pictures we thought you would want to see what’s new in our preview of Volume II…

Wednesday, February 10

Read n’ Reviewed: The Weathering Magazine Issue #14 “Heavy Metal”

We get a chance to look at a lot of the top modelling from around the world in the form of magazines here at TMN. Recently there has been a spike in new publications full of SBS model builds – Mig’s Weathering Magazine is one of the most popular on the market and today and we look at the new “Heavy Metal” issue #14 in today’s review…

Monday, February 8

Big wheels keep on turning with Italeri’s new items of March 2016...

Five new and pretty handy kits from Italeri are sure to pique more than some interest with modellers around the world. A large scale Augusta motorbike and some large truck tyres and rims add to the usual military stuff. It all looks good to us - Let’s see the sprues and pictures in our preview…

Saturday, February 6

IBG’s Catalogue & new items of 2016-2017 – Things are looking very interesting this year...

Count us "IN" for one or two of the new releases from IBG this year – We have the new catalogue of this year’s releases with new items highlighted in good quality. Have a look and maybe plan out your builds after you have seen this lot…

Friday, February 5

Construction review: Alpine Miniatures 35th scale figure Joachim Peiper Kharkov Set


Alpine Miniatures have released this set featuring both an SS soldier and the figure representing the controversial figure of Joachim "Jochen" Peiper in the time of the battle of Kharkov in 1943. Peiper - an SS commander during WWII was tried and convicted for being in command of troops who participated in the “Malmédy Massacre”. Well we will cut past these other considerations and show you the figures built up in today’s preview…

Thursday, February 4

Preview: We look at Hobbyboss’ new items for March 2016

Hobbyboss have five new releases for March – with some nice looking armour – new and old, add a pretty looking post-war ME-262, a simpler Bf-109 to ensure some interest. Let’s see the kits and sprues in the Hobbyboss preview…

Wednesday, February 3

Hasegawa’s new items for march 2016 are already here to preview for you…

Hasegawa’s new items for March 2016 have some interesting for aircraft and ship builders especially... Hopefully by the March you will be ready to build one of these? Let’s see what’s in store in our preview…

Tuesday, February 2

We read n’ review Abrams Squad No#13

The Abrams Squad No#13 from Pla Editions has just arrived on our desk and no doubt in the shops near you. We spent some time reading it today and thought it was only fair to tell you what we thought about this latest edition in today’s review….

Monday, February 1

We preview Meng’s new MK.V Female WWI tank in 35th scale

Last year we saw the “Male” version of the Mk.V from MENG released and those of us who were more inclined towards the “Female” version wait no longer – We have news of the Hotchkiss MG’s and many more new features along with the boxart in our product preview…