Thursday, November 30

Preview: MiniArt's new Hummingbird takes off in 35th scale

We have some details about Miniart's new 35th scale version of the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ("Hummingbird") that sets them on a new (hopefully upwards) trajectory. If this, the first in their aircraft miniature series is half as nice as their new tanks we might be in for a winner. Find out more about this new kit, its parts, how it looks going together & the real aircraft in our preview...

Wednesday, November 29

Roden’s new 1/32 scale Cessna O-2A Skymaster takes off - everything BUT sprues in our preview...

We have been waiting to see Roden’s new O-2 Skymaster in the flesh, and now it is released we thought we might look at the box, decals and aircraft chosen in the new release…

Monday, November 27

In-Boxed: 1/35th scale Sd.Kfz.171 Panther Ausf.A Late from Meng

Panther, Panthers, Panthers! Here there and everywhere right now. Along with the tried & true Tamiya, ICM, Revell and everyone else there are three brand new-tooled Panther’s coming into the market within the space of a few months. We have the first of the new breed from Meng in the 35th scale Sd.Kfz.171 Panther Ausf.A Late kit. Andy gives us a look at the all new kit before he starts making it in his “In-Boxed” section today.

Sunday, November 26

Hobbyboss' new Items for December: Sprues, Colours & Boxart of four of their latest in our preview...

Hobbyboss have four new models ready for us in December - Two cold war adversaries in the air, A train that looks like a tank and a truck carrying a tank are shown in our preview that includes markings and sprues…

Saturday, November 25

Andy's Guide: JPG's Resin C1-10P 'Chopper' 'Droid 1/12th scale kit finished with lots of upgrades & a killer paint job...

JPG Productions new C1-10P 'Chopper' Astromech Droid is selling through Tirydium Models, ever the Star Wars and even more so an Astromech 'Droid fan, Andy shows us how to upgrade & finish it like a show winner in today's article.

Friday, November 24

Preview: A combo of Loyd Carrier, Six Pounder & figure from Bronco in 35th in December

With a gun added from Riich Models and a figure added as a bonus Bronco Models give us a combination of a British Loyd Carrier With 6 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun kit that looks just as detailed and intricate as their previous best. See what we know about the kit and a little about the carrier in our preview of Bronco's up-coming combo...

Thursday, November 23

Trumpeter's new kits - Stealth on a small scale, Russian Medium in massive scale & a couple of missile launchers ready to fire in December...

Trumpeter's December releases China's new stealth aircraft making a big show in 72nd, to missile launchers of US and Soviet origin in 35th and a HUGE MBT in1/16th scale - We now have the sprue shots, markings & boxart in today’s preview...

Wednesday, November 22

Preview: Bronco's 35th scale Krupp Protze Kfz.69 L 2 H 143 with 3.7cm Pak 36 (Early version)

Could this possibly be the most detailed Protze in 35th scale? We take a look at Bronco Models newest kitting of the Krupp Protze Kfz.69 L 2 H 143 with 3.7cm Pak 36 (Early version) in our preview - see what's coming in this well known (and very neat looking) Truck and gun combo...

Tuesday, November 21

Two new Variations on a much-loved theme from takom on the way...

Looks like Takom are expanding on two popular designs with the King Tiger (Tiger Ausf. B) – Initial Production and the Merkava Mk.II in 35th scale to hit soon – see what we know and how these variants are different in our preview…

Build Guide:Clayton puts together Takom's British M3 Grant Medium Tank

We have already seen the review of the review of the sister kitthe M3 Lee from Andy - Now Clayton gets building his Grant in earnest - Check out how it all went together in his construction guide...

Sunday, November 19

Read n' Reviewed: Mike Rinaldi's new "SM.03 Sazabi Custom" Single Model Book

We have already looked in detail at two books in the interesting new "SM" series (single Model) in the form of the first - SM.01 Fish Submarine & then the SM.02 S-65 Tractor in review here on TMN, but now, the third in this series is almost upon us, we have read it and now we can take you through what to expect if you were interested in this new volume...

Saturday, November 18

Tamiya has a tiny Goliath & Rice's Red Devils Easy Eight coming in early 2018.

Tamiya has a tiny Goliath and Rices Red Devils coming in early 2018. Two new kits - one an updated U.S. Medium Tank M4A3E8 Sherman “Easy Eight” Korean War and another, the tiny obstacle clearing remote controlled "Goliath" with tree crew members ready to escort it into battle.

Friday, November 17

New books, & paint sets & a gun for your AMMO this month in our preview...

The latest releases from the AMMO team have some new publications showing us the latest in three publications from the team at AMMO and three paint sets to match - most importantly for AMMO the launch of a new airbrush to apply all of this to our models - see them all in the AMMO preview for November...

Thursday, November 16

Preview: the new 32nd scale Super Wing Series Hs 129 (& others) from Zoukei-Mura on the way in 2018

There is always great news from the Scale ModelWorld in Telford show every year – Zoukei- Mura had two kits in 1/32nd scale that were previewed heavily, the Japanese Ki-45 Kai "Toryu" & the German Heinkel Hs-129 that will come even sooner, we thought we would show you some info on the latter in our preview today…

Tuesday, November 14

Preview: Two of Kitty hawk's 35th scale built up MH-6J/AH-6J “Little Birds,” full of cargo and ready to deliver in December

We have some built up pictures of Kittyhawk's new long-awaited 35th scale updated version of the MH-6J / AH-6J known as the “Little Bird” is slated for a forthcoming release. With the help of expert Floyd Werner from “Werner’s Wings” to help this will hopefully be a great update on the old “Loach” kit you might have built as a kid. We have two builds of the kit - both full of storage - human and chicken - ready to take off in our preview...

Monday, November 13

Build Guide Pt III: Andy's 35th scale IBG Models Scammell Pioneer SV2S ready to serve...

See how the Scammell Pioneer SV2S from IBG Models looks after all of the building, painting & weathering is done with the help of some extra tools and rigging from Kamil's KFS-miniatures models & AK-Interactive shades in the last part of his build guide...

Friday, November 10

Read n Reviewed: Ammo’s Weathering Magazine #21 – “Faded”

Faded? Let’s see about that – as Paul reads n’ reviews the latest Weathering Magazine from AMMO -  See what he thought…

Thursday, November 9

Stalingrad Miniatures new figures in three scales, Mobile and Grossdeutschland germans and a portrait Princess in our preview...

Stalingrad Miniatures has sent us pictures of four new sets of figures in three different scales. These include a set of motorcycle troops and Germans in a staff car in 35th. We also see the second of the 1/16th scale figures and even a 75mm figure in a new series. They look great as you can see in our preview...

Wednesday, November 8

Paul's Construction guide of the Takom Merkava Mk.I in 35th scale

Paul has his hands on TAKOM's 35th scale Merkava Mk.I and he has finished the build phase already, however, he has paused to give us his construction notes on building the kit - See how it went together before the paint & weathering goes down...

Tuesday, November 7

Build Guide Pt. I: Kittyhawk's 48th scale Su-35 "Flanker E"

Kittyhawk has brought its 48th scale Su-35 “Flanker E” to the market, and our man Bruce is building his at apace - he is up to his guts in plastic right now, see just how it is coming together in his build guide...

Monday, November 6

Italeri's newest of November with Sprues, colours, boxart in several scales...

Italeri again has some really different models in several scales available this month - the highlight being by far their new Fiat 500 - but there is much more to this lot than that - see for yourself with boxart, colours & box contents in our preview...

Sunday, November 5

Construction Guide: Andy puts together Takom's 35th scale M3 Lee

Andy Moore has immersed himself into the build sequence after the In-box review of Takom's M3 Lee to show you how the kit goes together. He included some great tips & tricks you might want to use on your own build. See how it went together in his second article...

Friday, November 3

MENG's heavy metal models in 35th scale scare or shift everything else off your workbench...

So we had already done our story of the day - but when something as tempting as these two come out what's another story to add to the mix? MENG has released news of two heavy metal machines that are on their 35th scale release schedule. Well researched with the help of experts, we look at what is to come in the detail we are given so far in our preview...

Thursday, November 2

Hasegawa's December early Christmas presents are here in our preview to help you decide what you might want...

Hasegawa's December items will hit our stores just before Xmas (or whatever) The releases are, as usual, diverse, very nice looking whilst again fairly familiar to a lot of people out there, Check them out in our preview to see what is new and what has changed in their December kits...