Well Trumpeter have gone and released our fave Skyhawk or “Scooter”
the A-4M model – yes the one with the camel hump on it’s back... But the
cockpit detail is – well how do you put this – pretty basic for a kit worth 120odd $..Well Avionix have come up
with a new cockpit and some pictures we thought we would show you how it
looks in our preview…
Thursday, May 31
Eduard “Brassin” Bf 109E wheels 1/48th scale reviewed & constructed & compared
Eduard has just released
their new 1/48th kit of the Bf 109E and one thing it had over its
larger brother in 1/32 scale was improved wheels – Previously 1/32 scale kit
wheels were criticised for being too shallow in depth – well having revised
them in their latest 1/48th “Emil” Eduard have gone one better again, and
improved these wheels in their “Brassin” line of top quality kit additions. Are
these top shelf aftermarket wheels worth the extra expense now we have better
wheels on the kit you ask? Well let’s
have a look at them constructed.
Wednesday, May 30
Master Details 1/32 USAAF Fighter Pilot (Cold Weather) construction & review
Master Details are – as their name suggests – a company that are in the business of making things better, they take details from a particular kit – no preferences but usually a 1/32 aircraft kit – and try and improve on it. We have reviewed their improved P-47 tail and 1/32 Commonwealth pilot already here on T.M.N., but just touched down is this- their latest work – a WWII pilot from the USAAF in cold weather gear. We will review and construct the pilot to see if he is as cool as his name suggests.
Tuesday, May 29
MasterBox kit: - MB 3570 “Fraeulein, what are you doing today? German military men, WW II era” Review
MB 3570 “Fraeulein, what are you doing today? Was formerly named “Hat das Fräulein heute schon etwas vor? – I kind of
like the original name first - It includes 6 figures of the German servicemen
that could be combined in different arrangements. One of these figures being a
lady service-”woman” hence the title and the poses of the figures in the kit.
These figures can be included in the lovely MasterBox Tourenwagen kit complete with
all figures or just a few – Let’s have a look at them in our review…
Monday, May 28
Haynes Publishing:Tiger Tank Manual Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I Ausf. E (SdKfz 181) Book Review
Haynes have made quite an interesting series of
manuals for enthusiasts of vehicles – but now they have used this series to
branch out into the more mainstream ( and sometimes the more niche) interests
of regular day folk, not just people who want to fix their car. We have
reviewed the P-51D
Mustang manual and found it to be pretty much a one stop shop for all
you would ever need to know – will this title match its brethren in scope and
depth? Let’s have a look…
Friday, May 25
Dragon's 1/35 Leibstandarte Waffen SS, Kleisoura Pass 1941 preview
When I was a wee man (long, long ago) I used to
read books by Leo Kessler about the adventures of the
troops of the German Leibstandarte SS (LSSAH) unit under Col. Gier (the
Vulture) and his charges Major Von-Dodenberg and his non-coms Shultz and Matzi
– they were great romps and introduced me to this German elite unit whom which
I didn’t know existed before then (or that most of the stories were repeated or
made up) Anyway every time I see models of this unit in action I think of
Shultz, Matzi and the men in the unit – and I am always interested in these
figures – we thought therefore we’d show you Dragon’s new kit
in our preview..
Thursday, May 24
A2Zee Models news - Montex kits, Rotor craft and diamond Jubilee offers
Discounts, pre-prders and new books and e-titles Ahoj! - Osprey 's May newsletter hits
Practically everything that is going on in the Osprey Publishing's house is broadcast every month - all of their Pre-releases, new titles, items back in stock and special offers, as well as events and eBook titles(sigh) and even memberships are covered - all you have to do to keep updated is sign up to their newsletter and it will come to your inbox every month - but for those who don't want to do that - we'll always host it here!
Wednesday, May 23
BarracudaCast BR32016 1/32 P-51D Mustang Droptanks – Construction and Review.
Barracuda Studios from the USA have really gone to town in improving your new Tamiya Mustang. Decal sheets, internal decal placards and new colours for your new kit compliment internal cockpit details and some soon to come tyre sets you are really silly not to pick some up – one thing I noticed with the kit was some rather “adequate” drop tanks that aren’t as good as the rest of the kit – well Barracuda Studios have noticed this as well – we construct and review them here for you now..
Sunday, May 20
Some great releases from Kagero for May need a preview'in
Kagero from Poland have some excellent book
releases this month for most model genres up to the fifties – Legends of
Aviation in 3D with the Fokker D.VII, a “Units” book - no 1 - JG 52 Aces of the
Eastern Front(with decal sheet), one for the soon to be released Martin B-26 Marauder &
Douglas A-26 Invader in Combat over Europe (also with a decal sheet), also for the armour lovers there is
a great book on the Panther “miniTopcolors 31 Pz.Kpfw. V Panther. In Attack
& Defence” which includes decal sheets in 1/35, 1/48th and 1/72nd.
Let’s have a closer look in our preview…
Saturday, May 19
DML news from the Shizuoka Hobby Show - Plus - Dragon USA's Latest releases
Dragon USA has sent us their latest releases for the week - we thought instead of just picking the cream we would give you all of their stuff each week instead of picking the one we like the best- so then no one misses out! Also hot off the press are the latest images from the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan which is currently on - lots of images from dragon officially of their soon to be released stuff! Read on to see what they are offering ...
Thursday, May 17
Wednesday, May 16
GWH P-61A Black Widow “Clear Nose" & new Contrast Desaturation paint sets land at Airbrushes.com
Just announced from Airbrushes.com are four new paint desaturation sets for all of the major colours of military vehicles in WWII - Two German, a soviet and an Olive drab US set are here to compliment your models and especially the new 1/48th P-61 "Clear Nose" version which is also on it's way to this on-line store, we can tell you more in our preview...
Saturday, May 12
Mantis May figure preview - A Checkpoint for reptiles?
New this month from Polish figure maker Mantis miniatures are these modern Iraqi conflict figure and animal sets – Coalition troops from Iraq (and a man in a backpack) and some reptiles are on the loose in this preview where we show you the figures and some of the inspiration and background behind them…
Friday, May 11
Kingscale Models - 1/32 Catalina latest along with 1/18 engines & King Cobra pics
Kingscale have sent us lots of new pictures of their extra large 1/32 Catalina that looks like it would be an amazing kit to be released soon .The inside ribbing and superstructure of the aircraft are looking very impressive - too bad you will have to seal it up - have a look in our extended previews of all of their stuff..
Thursday, May 10
Squadron 's new releases - a Kidd, a Tub for two & a Skyknight?
Squadron
from the USA have
some interesting new products out this month – two new books – one on the Fletcher
class destroyer the USS Kidd in WWII and Korea as well as another of the excellent “In Action” series about
the Korean-Vietnam War era F3D Skyknight. Also on the books is a resin
replacement cockpit from True Details to replace the Roden parts in their T2
Trojan kit. Let’s have a look at all three in our preview
Wednesday, May 9
MasterBox 35105: 1/35th “Charlie on the Left” Review
MasterBox have released three kits this month – we have already built the kit number 3562 “West
European Cart” – and we liked it very much – time to look at this Vietnam –era kit which has three G.I’s and two of the afore-mentioned “Victor Charlies” or Viet Cong -V.C’s. Read on to see the kit in better detail in this review
Tuesday, May 8
Monday, May 7
The fifty-sixth (and currently the best) reason to buy MMIR is out now
Military Miniatures in Review is an
80-page, full colour, perfect bound, bi-monthly magazine. Regular features
include new product announcements, book reviews and figure reviews. This
current issue of the magazine has some pretty interesting looking feature
stories – have a look on our preview to see what’s new with this issue…
Sunday, May 6
1/35 Hetzer masks in two schemes from J's Work reviewed
J's work have already come out with some great masking
solutions with their masking set for the F-16 in Israeli service which
we reviewed last week – now comes the time to have a look at the masks
for the complicated camo for the Hetzer 38T tank which until recently has been
a modeller’s nightmare to paint – let’s have a look to see if these ease the
pain for us..
Friday, May 4
Zotz 1/32 B-25J Mitchell at War Pt. 1 decal sheet Reviewed and road-tested..
Zotz’ have come to the rescue of all HK Models kit
owners with some great new decals to colour up the new 1/32 B-25 kit. There are
scant choices for this kit so far – and the fact we may not have gotten decals
for this glass nose variant or even the kit itself) have made many modellers
very happy – let’s see if the reward is as promising as the anticipation...
Thursday, May 3
MasterBox kit 3562: 1/35th West European Cart review
Newest of the three models from MasterBox this month is the kit
number 3562 “West European Cart” – we thought - instead of just talking about
it lets do a construction – but then we thought – lets paint it and weather it!
– read on to see how we did it and what we thought…
Wednesday, May 2
Osprey Titles Released Early!
Want the latest OspreyPublishing titles and really don’t want to wait? Osprey has just PRE-RELEASED their newest
books in eBook form so they are available even before the printed editions –
Sam from Osprey lets you in on their little secret in our news item…
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