Friday, June 29
Thursday, June 28
Revell Henschel Type 33 D I in 1/35th review
Revell are on the wagon! Well on the truck anyway – the Henschel Type 33 D I truck I mean – this large transport truck – although not as well-known as the Mercedes “blitz” trucks was just as important and looks to be quite an interesting model kit – let’s have a look..
Zotz 1/32 A-4E Skyhawks of the Vietnam War Review
Zotz from sunny Mexico have already released one set of decals that go along with
the A-4C
conversion in 1/32 (while another to come of "M'" skyhawk very soon) now Zotz have released their
latest decal sheet in 1/32 scale – this time their subject is the Excellent
A-4E Skyhawk in the Vietnam war – four different schemes are represented in
colours not yet seen in 1/32 scale we will review the sheet for you here...
Tuesday, June 26
Monday, June 25
EagleCals EC #143 Stuka Ju-87B Part I in 1/32 review..
Renown in the modelling world for excellence in research,
quality and subject choice EagleCals from the USA
have hit first in the decal market for the new Trumpeter Ju-87B kit in 1/32
scale. They have two sheets of which we will look at separately, first of all
the Part I sheet with only two choices but probably the most popular colours for this marque
of aircraft and most probably the best seller of the two. Let's take a look...
Sunday, June 24
Saturday, June 23
Friday, June 22
Thursday, June 21
Alpine Miniatures 35141: 1/35 German SS Panzer Commander Set (2 Figures) Review
You would think that Alpine Miniatures would run out of interested parties when it
comes to selling German SS Panzer men from WWII – but we just love them it
seems! Nearly every set of this subject sell out I am reliably told – Maybe excellent
sculpting and engineering help as well – we will see if this set is a worthy
companion to the other Alpine figures in our review...
Wednesday, June 20
BarracudaCast Mainwheels & four different tyre tread types in 1/32 review.
Anyone making the older Dragon, Hasegawa or Monogram
kits of the 1/32 P-51d Mustang have one thing in common – these kits all need a
better set of main gearwheels than the ones supplied in the kit.
Meanwhile the owners of these kits and the new Tamiya kit have one other thing in common – they ALL need better tyres for their kits!! Well Barracuda Studios from the USA have released some new resin replacements for both of the wheels and four different tread pattern resin tyres - and we thought we would investigate them and compare them to the original kit parts…
Meanwhile the owners of these kits and the new Tamiya kit have one other thing in common – they ALL need better tyres for their kits!! Well Barracuda Studios from the USA have released some new resin replacements for both of the wheels and four different tread pattern resin tyres - and we thought we would investigate them and compare them to the original kit parts…
Tuesday, June 19
A new quaterly weather forecast from AK Interactive
AK Interactive have made a name for themselves in the modelling world as a supplier of great modelling materials, and while they encompass all genres in their supplies you would have to say they specialize in weathering materials. Now – together with some of the most famous modellers in the world AK have released pictures of their brand new magazine called “the Weathering Magazine” - funnily enough dedicated to weathering scale models – click on for more in our preview of this new quarterly released periodical… (we have left these images large so double click them to see more of each page)
Monday, June 18
New LifeColor sets and a new souped up extractor from Airbrushes.com
Need some new acrylic paints to depict a northern French village
from WWII? Check
What about a southern French Village in WWII? Check
What about some “Dirty” Effects to make engines look used?
Check
What about a colour set for your British Battle of Britain
aircraft? Check!
Now you need an extractor? Well we have that too – a brand
new more powerful model! -
- Sounds like Airbrushes.com and their new products
for June!!
Sunday, June 17
Zotz 1/32 B-25J Mitchell at War Pt. 2 decal Preview
Zotz’ have released the second set of decals from their B-25 series of “Gun
Nose” variants – (The Glass nosed variants are reviewed here)
these are printed in 1/32 and 1/72nd scales and have some five ( six on the 1/72 sheet) colourful
subjects in their sights – let’s have a look in this preview
Saturday, June 16
Would you like to help Kagero move house?
Kagero are moving offices, and to
make the move a few less truckloads lighter they are selling off a lot of titles (132) throughout their range at some pretty amazing prices! Some books are on sale for
as little as three Euros! From life we all know most sales are pretty rubbish –
but this one really looks to have genuine value - Every-one of their ranges has
books in this sale and some really new books are there as well so it won’t hurt
to check them out at this link on their Webstore…
But be quick!
Friday, June 15
Dragon previews their updated early Raupenschlepper
One of the best models we saw at last year’s Euro Militaire was a model called "Gone with the wind” this was a kit of the late war tiny Raupenschlepper in a cold winter scene with a Luftwaffe field division crew-member losing his warm hat against the wind – it was a great vignette and it made me dearly want to model this kit – well it’s my lucky day because Dragon are bringing out a brand new tooled version of the early war RSO/01 Type 470 Tractor kit with lots of extras – let’s have a look at the early preview images and information in our preview..
Thursday, June 14
Brassin set MG 17 German WWII guns in 1/48 scale review
Eduard has released some new 1/48th “Brassin” range MG 17 machine guns to match your early war German fighters like the Bf 109 and Fw-190A’s or even as a self-defence gun on your Luftwaffe bombers – anywhere you want to show the detail off I suppose! We thought we would have a look at them and see what the quality was like in our review...
Wednesday, June 13
Master Details has a new kit in their sights...
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Need a bombsight for your latest 1/32 late war German bomber kit? Can’t find one in 1/32? Sell Master Details has made a new kit of the “Lotfernrohr 7” or Lotfe 7 bombsight – made by Zeiss lenses this was the German counterpart to the Norden bombsight in WWII and the “K” model was used in the Arado Ar 234 and Me 262 bomber versions – read on below to see more of Master Details Masterpiece in the preview info.
Need a bombsight for your latest 1/32 late war German bomber kit? Can’t find one in 1/32? Sell Master Details has made a new kit of the “Lotfernrohr 7” or Lotfe 7 bombsight – made by Zeiss lenses this was the German counterpart to the Norden bombsight in WWII and the “K” model was used in the Arado Ar 234 and Me 262 bomber versions – read on below to see more of Master Details Masterpiece in the preview info.
* Actual bombsight - click on below for the kit in the news article
1/32 B-25 Mitchell landing gear from G-factor Review
The new 1/32 scale B-25 Mitchell needed a few bits
and bobs to make it a truly great kit – first of all that I would have added
were some metal landing gear to strengthen up the stance of this massive beast
of a kit – well G-factor
have entered their own set of legs for your consideration – let’s have a look
at them in our review.
Tuesday, June 12
“Bikini Girls with Ma-chine-gunzzz” – Well not exactly Bikinis - 1/35th Machine Gun Girls No.I by Modelkasten
Well it was “the Cramps” song that
I thought of when I saw these figures – they seem to be resistance lasses
packing some ready-made retribution in 1/35th scale – check out their
vitals in this preview
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