Wednesday, July 30
Tuesday, July 29
Review build: Nic the Cougar tamer takes on Kittyhawk’s latest
Monday, July 28
Andrea Press' guide of the artifacts of the Vietnam War “Grunt” in review
Andrea Press has released a few lovely tomes thoroughly doccumenting the artifacts of the German soldier, the Luftwaffe and the SS that we liked quite a lot - this book – on the weapons, uniforms and everyday items of
the Vietnam War looks to be interesting to a lot of modellers out there - but is is just pictures with nothing to tie it to the soldiers themselves? Let's see in our review....
MiniArt are back! With the new 1/35th scale Panzer III.B due for September release...
Saturday, July 26
Do you want The Ultimate Paint Rack? A great new innovation from Massive Voodoo
NO space – paints falling over, a hassle to find and a pain
to store? Well we think the guys at Massive Voodoo have found the answer – a new
portable paint rack solution that they have launched a kick-start campaign to
get into production. They have already reached their target so if you want one
get in quickly to secure yours..
A new look for your big typhoon? Eaglcals 24th scale Hawker Typhoon Part I in Review
We have been very much looking forward to the new Airfix Typhoon in 24th
scale coming out – but seeing there are only so many 24th scale
markings going about it would not be long till alternatives to the box decals
are needed – EagleCals has answered
the call – we have one of their new sheets today for review…
Wednesday, July 23
Tuesday, July 22
An Erla packed with Barracuda? Nic takes the new 32nd Revell to the next level of detail with Barracuda additions..
Having built a “Vanilla” Revell Bf-109 G-10 already for
us here on TMN, top man Nic and the Belgian connection has turned out another in
double quick time to compliment the first. Not only is Nic using BarracudaCals
Decals this time but also he is using all of the corrections to this kit from
Barracuda Studios – see how the two compare with Nic’s second G-10 in today’s
build review...
Monday, July 21
Meng upgrades to a newer model - literally - the new AMX-30B2
Meng’s already established
(and popular) French Main Battle Tank AMX-30 kit in 35th scale has
been out for the best part of a year now – and they thought it was time to
anti-up to ta newer model – must be tax time! Click on to see the preview of their
latest kit – the 1/35th scale French
Main Battle Tank AMX-30B2
Sunday, July 20
Gary's build of the 48th scale F-15DJ Eagle from Great Wall Hobbies - Part I
WE are so glad to have a bunch of great staff builders here on TMN - Gary Wickham being at the point of the spear - he regularly makes great models out of some so-called "unbuildable" kits...Today look on as he tackles the already very good F-15 Eagle from Great Wall Hobbies he is just about to make even better...
Thursday, July 17
Wednesday, July 16
Tuesday, July 15
Monday, July 14
Sunday, July 13
“When Harry met the Meteor” HK Models Meteor F.4 build in 32nd scale
Recently the new HK
Models 1/32nd scale Meteor IV was released to a solidly good
response from the modelling community. There really weren’t that many choices
for good markings for this it until recently. Inspiration and some great first-hand
picture reference came to Didier Thomas when he met Sgt. Harry Saeys - the Meteor pilot….
Saturday, July 12
We review MJ Miniatures new 1/10th bust - Tiger Ace in Normandy, 'Michael Wittmann'
They sell like hotcakes, everyone seems to be interested in
them – but SS Figures and busts from WWII seem to divide modellers into
enthusiastic and “not another German” camps. Well we don’t really care about
the subject here – we just want to review any bust coming from MJ Miniatures Studio – let’s have a
look at him and compare him to the real man - Tiger Ace in Normandy, 'Michael Wittmann’ shall we…
Friday, July 11
Review: New rubber before you Schwimm? Replikant Technologies Schwimmwagen tyres and wheels in 35th scale..
The Volkswagen Schwimmwagen – whether it be in the VW166
short version from Tamiya/ Italeri or the longer VW128 we have just seen from
AFV club they both have one thing in common – rubbish anaemic tyres that don’t
really capture the look of the fat tyres often used in service. Replikant Technologies from Spain wants
to fix this case of anorexia with several types of new fat tires to match the
ground these amphibious vehicles frequented – let’s have a look at them…
Thursday, July 10
The big Airfix Typhoon is almost here - but first a short instructional video..
Build review: Jono gets Specific with his lightning from the Pacific..
Wednesday, July 9
Sunday, July 6
Gary gets heavily into Voodoo – in 48th scale from Kittyhawk…
The F-101A/C from
Kittyhawk in 1/48th scale. A kit many modellers would want in
their collections – but is this new version worth cashing in your old Monogram
kits for or should you rush out an buy this new kit? You never know until
someone who knows a little more than you might does a proper review of the kit –
so we handed this over to someone who knew a bit more than us – Gary Wickham
reviews the Voodoo in today’s news
Thursday, July 3
Review: Static Model Manual Volume 6 - Painting Models - Materials and methods
We were lucky enough to look at the number seven in the Static Model Manuals from Auriga Publishing last month – it showed
how to best paint and weather your models and no doubt it would be a lot of
help to a many modellers out there – this book – number six in the series shows
you just how to apply the paint – and all of the questions you might have ever
asked about the materials and methods before
you start getting’ it on in the first place…