Friday, July 26

A finishing touch - Clayton's diorama for Takom's 35th scale M29 weasel in Pt.III of his video series.

We have a treat for you in the culmination of the M29 Weasel, MiniArt's Ardennes road signs & lots of smart figure & diorama work in Clayton's video showing how these elements came together to make a neat scene. We take a look at them in his story today...

Preview: MiniArt's 1/72nd Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.G May-June 1943...

MiniArt's 1/72nd scale StuG III Ausf.G from the May-June 1943 period is in our preview today. We look at the plastic, etch, & original machines that are in this boxing in our preview...

Thursday, July 25

Preview: Border Model's Fw 190 A-8 R2/R6/R7/R8 in 35th scale

Four-in-one sounds like a good weekend - for some! But Border Model is offering just this, with a new 4-in-1 kit of their 35th scale Fw 190 A-8 kit, coming with extra parts to make the R2,R6,R7 or R8 versions. Interesting! We look at these differences & the kit test shot in our preview...

Meng's new German Pkw.K1 Kübelwagen Type 82 (North Africa) in 35th scale...

Meng has put in some research (& taken advice from customers - a rare thing) in devising their new Pkw.K1 Typ82 Kübelwagen Type 82 (North Africa) in 35th scale. Can it beat a few others already on the market? We have the art & product features to give us an understanding in our preview...

Wednesday, July 24

Preview: 1/35th scale L701 German 3t Cargo Truck from MiniArt.

MiniArt Models is releasing the alternate Blitz in 1/35th scale. The L701 German 3t Cargo Truck is on the way. We look at the CADs showing the features, art & the original trucks in our preview...

Tuesday, July 23

Canfora Publishing's "SU-122 Self-propelled Gun - Red Machines Vol.4" on sale at a discount for a short time...

We have reviewed a few in this great series so far to some admiration. It is good news that the fouth in the Red Machines" series is about to be released. Canfora Publishing's "SU-122 Self-propelled Gun - Red Machines Vol.4" is on pre-order sale at a discount for a short time...

Monday, July 22

Preview: MiniArt's 1/35th scale US Army Radio Set SCR-299...

The only place you were able to get this SCR-299 radio set up was from expensive & hard-to-find resin kits. MiniArt takes it upon themselves again to provide the full set-up with a table, wiring drums, generator, R/T equipment, etc in this latest set of accessories. We see them & the real thing in our preview....

Sunday, July 21

Mantis Miniatures run the gamut of emotions with their five new emotion-filled face sets...

Let's get our heads together to show some emotion, & figure out these new face sets from Mantis Miniatures in 35th scale with slightly different sizes (we will explain later). Check them out in our preview...

Saturday, July 20

New Afrika Korps sodliers at rest from D-Day Miniature Studio...

D-Day Miniature Studio has a few new figure sets & accessories for us this month. We have already seen some great roadsigns & Fallschrimjager in Italy - Today we look at a scene filled with the Afrika Korps the subjects. We look at the time, the scene & the figures in our preview...

Friday, July 19

Video & build review: MiniArt's 35th scale German Road Signs – Ardennes, Germany 1945

Seeing he was using his set in his forthcoming diorama, Clayton Ockerby (of Workbench Hobbies), thought he'd show you how they build up in a nice review & video. See how these signs & poles in MiniArt's 35th scale "German Road Signs – Ardennes, Germany 1945" kit look in his review...