The 57th All Japan Model & Hobby Show is being held this weekend at the Tokyo Big Sight East 7/8 Hall from September 29 Sunday till Sunday the 1st of October. Along with the Shizuoka show, this is the big industry show in Japan for the year, with many native and international companies releasing new products at the event. In time for the public show on the weekend, we have some preview information and a video supplied by the guys at Beaver Hobby company giving you a great rundown of what to expect on your visit...
Friday, September 29
Thursday, September 28
Preview: Bronco's Cruiser MK. I (A9 MK. I) & MK. I CS (A9 MK. I CS) in 35th scale
Bronco Models has released a new 35th scale British Cruiser MK. I (A9 MK. I) & a MK. I CS (A9 MK. I CS) in 35th scale. This tank has two main points that caught our eye straight away - see what's new with this variant, and some history on the real thing in our preview...
Wednesday, September 27
TAKOM adds another piece to the puzzle with a fully detailed turret of their 35th scale Panther A
Now we have the early, mid & late versions of Takom's Panzerkampfwagen V Panther A coming, we went data mining for more info on this incoming series. The full interior, choice of Zimmerit coatings, two engines we have already seen. Now we add the details to the turret interior with that powerful gun to the puzzle...
Tuesday, September 26
Construction Review: Alpine Miniatures 35th scale "Ambush at Poteau." set no#2
Alpine Miniatures has released the second pair of what is a larger set of German soldiers of the SS in the scene of the infamous propaganda reel called the "Ambush at Poteau" in 1944. These two figures have lots of points of interest that we thought we might bring to light in a construction review, so we put them together with historical references of the scene, uniforms and equipment to show you a little more about these two...
Monday, September 25
Read n Reviewed: On Display vol.4 - Under The Red Star - Soviet Hardware Step-By-Step
For their fourth volume of "On Display" Canfora Publishing centres their sights on the vehicles that bore the Red Star of the Soviet Union. These interesting vehicles have been in vogue of late – and what better way to capture the excitement of this genre than by a step by step pictorial publication (that is now on a pre-order discount special price.) We have read the book, and we thought we would hare the contents with you in our review...
Sunday, September 24
Friday, September 22
Build Guide: Our build of the Maschinen Krieger Moon Type MK44H Prototype Limited Edition...
This boxing of Hasegawa's version of the 20th scale Maschinen Krieger Moon Type MK44H Prototype was the subject of our review recently. We put the weekend aside to build this new kit up - and found something familiar but altogether different in the construction process. We decided to show you how we made it step-by-step and what to look out for in your own build...
Thursday, September 21
Lukas' build guide Pt III: HK Models' 32nd scale B-17 E/F Flying Fortress - Detailing the interior fuselage & sealing it up...
Lukas' build of the HK Models new E/F version of the Flying Fortress in 32nd scale continues apace. He has sealed it all up and already, and right now he is working on the wings, securing them to the fuselage. He has paused to take pictures along the way, and to write up another part of his step-by-step build guide to show you how he has got it to this stage.
Wednesday, September 20
Tuesday, September 19
Monday, September 18
Sunday, September 17
Saturday, September 16
Friday, September 15
In-Boxed: Andy's take on Takom's 35th scale M3 Lee Early – US Medium
We have both the US Grant and M3 Lee on the build review list here at TMN. We got this, the M3 Lee first, so before he gets to building it, Andy Moore gives us a great look at what comes in the box, with some great detail shot of the kit compared to the real thing for you to see for yourselves what the kit is made of.
Thursday, September 14
Wednesday, September 13
Build Guide Pt I: Andy's 35th scale IBG Models Scammell Pioneer SV2S gets it's undercarriage sorted...
The Scammell Pioneer SV2S from IBG Models was right up Andy's street, so when the chance to model one appeared he jumped into it. Pausing only to give us an "In-Boxed" article, Andy now gets building the kit in a smashing guide that all modellers should have a look at whatever their inclinations. See how he does it in today's build article...
Tuesday, September 12
Build Guide: Gary super details the 48th scale Vought F-8E Crusader 'Limited Edition'
Gary has already done a great deal of work on his "Limited Edition" boxing of Eduard's F-8E Crusader in48th scale - he has big plans for this kit, so big that he is actually building another Hasegawa boxing at the same time! In his article, you can see them come to fruition step by step as he takes us through his build in great details. Get ready to get informed with his excellent build...
Sunday, September 10
Friday, September 8
New books, mags & paint sets from AMMO this month in our preview...
The latest releases from the AMMO team have some new publications showing us the DNA of Panzers, the regular Aircraft & AFV weathering mags featuring camouflages of the fighting machines, and most notably we go back to the battlefields on mecha combat in a second volume of the series of books and some new paint sets to match – see them all in the AMMO preview for September...
Thursday, September 7
Wednesday, September 6
Monday, September 4
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