TMN on Tour: RIAT Airshow - RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire Saturday16th 2011

We were lucky enough to see the exotic and dynamic aircraft at this year's RIAT Airshow in RAF Fairford in the UK. We took a bunch of pictures of the impressive aircraft and vehicles there, and we have it today for you in our photo-essay of the day and event.

Building a Modern Multimedia Kit Pt III

Building a Modern Multimedia Kit

1/32 Pacific Coast models Focke Wulf Fw 190a 0/1/2/3 kit.

Part III – the agony and the ecstasy…

Read on at the link below for part three

ICM 1/35 Admiral Cabriolet First Impressions

ICM Admiral Cabriolet, WWII German Staff Car

Kit no: 35471

Scale: 1:35
Parts: 185

5 Sprues in tan + 1 clear for windows

4 versions on the decal sheet included

Ages: 14 and over

Where I got mine: ICM website

Alpine Miniatures 1/35 kit: 35122 Tiger Aces in Normandy

The latest release for Alpine Miniatures features arguably the most famous German tank ace of world war two, that being Michael Wittman, and his gunner Baltahsar “Bobby” Woll.

Sorry i didnt have a Tiger on hand - but you get the idea!

These figures are sold as a combination set (or as singles separately packaged)

Kits 35120 1/35 Michael Wittman 1944 + 35121 1/35 Baltahsar "Bobby" Woll 1944  are put together to make a kit of two figures called  35122 1/35 Tiger Aces in Normandy

Great Wall Hobby Focke Wulf Fw189A-1 “Nachtjäger” Build Pt II

Last week we took a look at the new Fw189 kit from Great Wall Hobby, (if you missed it here is the kit review) this week we go deeper in and cut sprue, trim seam and fill injector pin marks!! 

Great Wall Hobby

Focke Wulf Fw189A-1 “Nachtjäger”

Styrene Parts: 182 (grey and clear) on 6 sprues

32 P/E parts on one sheet

Canopy masks + Decals for one aircraft

 Where I got mine: Airbrushes.com  for £34.99

New Zotz Harriers in 1/32

Zotz from Mexico have released two new sheets of decals for the Harrier II and Gr7 harriers respectively – the first being for the advanced harrier and covering US, Spanish and Indian harriers, the second being for British Harriers during the Afghanistan Operations “Telic & Herrick” as well as some display aircraft in Germany and another on deployment to Norway in 2004. These sheets are in 1/32 and are made by modellers for modellers – On Large Scale Planes, there was a kind of “Suggestion Box” where you could put forward your own favourite scheme and these schemes won out.

MasterBox - MB:3592: Friday Night's Alright For Fightin' ??

Master Box - No: MB3592
Hand –to-hand fight, British and German Infantry.
Battles in north Africa. WWII era. Kit 1

Building a Modern Multimedia Kit Pt II

1/32 Pacific Coast models Focke Wulf Fw 190a 0/1/2/3 kit.

Part I Here

Part II - "The Black Bird Commeth"

Vulcan Scale Models No:56006 1/35 " Zundapp K800" Review and build

Kit no: 56006
Scale: 1/35
Parts: 79
Sprues:  3 styrene + 2 metal spoke sheets +1 Brass P/E
Ages: 14 and over
Marking Choices:  2
Price: 9.95 - from Model Wholesale UK

MiniArt - 36044 1/35 Dioramas Series " River Embankment Section"

MiniArt - 36044 1/35 Dioramas Series " River Embankment Section"

Verlinden 2650 Jagdflieger Tactics & 2651 Jagdflieger Aces

Whilst looking at the latest offerings from Verlinden this month, I saw two very interesting new kits. They caught my eye because they were both depicting pilots/crew of Luftwaffe aircraft from WWII in a scale that is severely bereft of figures to choose from. It seems if you model in 1/32 scale there are scant choices for "out of the cockpit" diorama figures around, and so I thought we must take a closer look at these.

Alpine Miniatures 35116 US AFV Crew figure combo set

35116 WW2 US AFV Crew Set (2 Figures) WW2 US AFV Crew Set (2 Figures)

Master Detils Positionable Stabilisers

Master Details of the USA 1/32

 Kit: 32021

1/32 P-47D Thunderbolt Horizontal Stabs and Elevators

Four parts of cream resin

MSRP: US$15.95

Where I got mine: Master Details Site

Great Wall hobby Kit 4801 - The Fw189A-1 "Nachtjager" in 1/48 - Review and Build Part I

For your modelling degustation this week we have a new kit No 4801 – the 1/48th scale Fw 189A-1 “Nachtjäger” from Great Wall Hobby from China. This is a several part review/build in which the first part will be a traditional review - then a dry fit and also a picture essay of some of the parts and larger assemblies dry fitted to give you an idea of the aircraft kit’s features as well as its fit.The third part will be painting and finishing the kit off and my final conclusions.