Saturday, March 31

Revell of Germany kits built up on display in our April new release preview...

The new items from Revell of Germany this month include some very nice little aircraft, some from space and some from a stealthy sky, a popular big gun on the battlefield and some heavily upgraded WWII shipping - Today we show you the box-art, features & built-up models in this month's new releases preview

Friday, March 30

In-Boxed: 1/35th scale M911 C-HET & M747 Semi-Trailer from Meng Models


Andy Moore has set off on a rather large undertaking - The large, cold war era US M1911 C-HET Tractor and its accompanying Trailer the M747 Heavy Equipment Semi-Trailer in 35th scale from Meng Models. He has paused to give us a look at what is inside the kit box before he starts the build in two - that's right, TWO in-box reviews because it is so darn large. We will look at the trailer next, but today we look at the Tractor - truck unit. Honk Hoooooonk!

Wednesday, March 28

Pt.IV Painting & Weathering Guide: Lockheed Martin F-35A JSF Lightning II From Meng Models

Gary Wickham last left us on the cusp of the painting stage with his Meng's F-35A Lightning II in 48th scale. See how he finished and displayed this amazing looking model in the fourth part of the story here in "The News"

Tuesday, March 27

Roden releases an old Bird Dog with new tricks and a "Holt" to the tractor business.

The Bird Dog recently brought to market in 32nd scale gets all new colours from three Asian liveries, while the Holt 75 tractor in 35th scale gets the injection moulded treatment in Roden's two new kits of April, See what's coming in our preview...

Monday, March 26

Paint & Weathering Guide: Andy's 35th scale Lanchester Armoured Car from Copper State Models

Copper State Models 35th scale Lanchester Armoured Car of WWI vintage has already been reviewed and built up by Andy Moore. Today has taken up the challenge to get the kit painted and weathered to a great finish - see how it turned out and how you could do a similar thing to your own kit in the third part of the Lanchester story...

Saturday, March 24

Read n’ reviewed: Panzer Profiles II: Guide to Camouflage of the German Tanks 1943-1945 From Accion Press

Paul is right into his build of Takom's Panther A as we speak, so who better to give the new book from Accion Press "Panzer Aces, Panzer Profiles II: Guide to Camouflage of the German Tanks 1943-1945" for some research on his kit? Let's see what Paul thought after he read the book...

Friday, March 23

Build Guide Pt II: 1:35th scale T-55A EARLY Mod. 1965 from MiniArt - Turret & top of the hull details


Andy King has already given us his In-Box review and the first part of his build guide of MiniArt's new 35th scale T-55A EARLY Mod.1965 kit. Join him today as he shows you the second and final part of the construction progress before he starts painting and weathering this little beauty...

Wednesday, March 21

In-Boxed Italeri's BIG Schnellboot "S-38" In 35th scale

Italeri has launched their new whopping S-38 Schnellboot in 1/35th scale, and our mission is to build it up for you in a helpful construction guide. We want to see how it builds and what the quality is and to maybe even get some enjoyment out of this little boat in a large scale. This new S-Boat in their range is packed with interesting features, parts and decals. See what's inside in our inbox review...

Tuesday, March 20

Read n' reviewed: "Sherman: The American Miracle" from AMMO Publications

Clayton gave us a nice little workshop at the Sydney Scale Model Expo last weekend (coming soon to TMN) he used in that the new M4 Sherman sets and this book "Sherman: The American Miracle" from AMMO Publications as a guide. See what he thought about this book and what's inside in his review...

Monday, March 19

Build Guide Pt II: Panther Ausf.A Late in 35th scale from Meng Models: turret, tracks & tools...

Andy Moore has already shown us what's inside the box of his MENG 35th scale Sd.Kfz.171 Panther Ausf.A Late kit in his review and then Part I of the build guide, now, in Part II of the build guide you can see how it all seals up before he gets to painting the kit...

Sunday, March 18

Figure Preview: "After the Battle W-SS Pz Grenadier, Winter,1944/45" in 1/35th scale from Rado Miniatures.

We are well aware of Radek Pituch's great ability to populate his model dioramas with interesting and often customised figures. It is a welcome surprise to see Radek go into his own venture of figure making – we have some of the images and info on the latest release from his company "Rado Miniatures", "After the Battle - W-SS Pz Grenadier, Winter 1944/45 in /35th scale.

Friday, March 16

In-Boxed:1/35th Scale Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri from MiniArt Models

Today Andy Moore starts looking at Miniart's new 35th scale version of the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ("Hummingbird")  in 35th scale. This is the start of a whole new series of aircraft from the Ukranian model maker. Before he starts construction in his review see what Andy thought of the kit and its contents.

Thursday, March 15

A new set of 3 figures from Stalingrad for your T-34 in 35th scale to fight "General Winter"

To suit the very popular T-34 kits on the market and to counterpoint the recent King Tiger set they released, Stalingrad Miniatures has launched their own new set of figures to suit this venerable Soviet legend. In our preview, we show you these three look when built and painted and how they resemble their real-life inspirations...

Wednesday, March 14

Build Guide Pt I: 1:35th scale T-55A EARLY Mod. 1965 from MiniArt - Nothing dull in this Hull...

Andy King has already given us his In-Box review of the T-55A EARLY Mod.1965 kit From MiniArt in 35th scale – Today he gives us the first of two parts of his build of the kit - he shares how it goes together and what to know when making your own kit…

Tuesday, March 13

Ammos new paint set of Sherman Colours #2 - Clayton shows us just how to use them in his guide...

Just before his workshop at on the weekend, Clayton has stopped in to show us how one of the new "Olive Drab" paint sets from AMMO functions under the airbrush. See how to get the best out of this paint, how it performs and how it looks in his "How-to" guide... 

Monday, March 12

Build Guide Pt I: Panther Ausf.A Late in 35th scale from Meng Models

Andy Moore has already shown us what's inside the box of his MENG 35th scale Sd.Kfz.171 Panther Ausf.A Late kit in his review. To see how it goes together, and what he thinks of it in more detail in part I of his build guide...

Saturday, March 10

Construction Review: 1/35th scale from Alpine Miniatures WSS Grenadiers at Kharkov Set

Alpine Miniatures has sent us two of their latest sculpts, sent in singles or as a pair, in 35th scale. These two replicate Waffen SS soldiers in the Battle of Kharkov in 1943, and both feature the "Kharkov" parka  along with many other signature bits of clothing and equipment - see if they are up to the usual Alpine standard in our construction review...

Friday, March 9

Read n' reviewed: Ammo Modelling Guide - How to Paint with Acrylics

Paul has been reading the Ammo brand's new book that shows us how to get the most out of our acrylic paint - simple you might think - but to get these type of results we could all do with a little help - Let's see what he thinks in his review...

Thursday, March 8

In-boxed: Modelcollect's 72nd scale "Fist of War" E-75 Heavy Panzer Walker


Modelcollect has really gone into some weird territory with their latest series of "Fist of War" kits which give us a way beyond "What-if?" territory with their heavy tank walker E-75 concept. Andy Moore quite likes these kits, and he has given us the inbox of this new kit before he gets building the kit...

Tuesday, March 6

Trumpeter's March new releases - Delta Darts, Fireflies & the Big E...

Trumpeter's new releases for March - three items we think you might like, a Firefly, a Delta shaped Dart and the "Big E" are the subjects of our preview, with sprue shots, markings & boxart for each in today’s preview...

Monday, March 5

Italeri "Marching" on with Sprues, colours, boxart in several scales...

Italeri again has some really different models in several scales available this month - 72nd & 48th aircraft with rotors & wings and two very different trucks that are both pretty interesting - see for yourself with boxart, colours & box contents in our preview...

Sunday, March 4

Revell of Germany kits built up on display (also moving & lit up) in this month's new release preview

The new items from Revell of Germany this month include some very nice little aircraft, Camels, Typhoons SE 5a's Hunters and a Eurocopter and German mobile rocket launcher alongside another of the "Technics" series, this time the Flower class corvette with rotating and lit up additions  - We had our pick of them, showing you their built-up models in this month's new releases preview

Friday, March 2

Hasegawa's March kits have one or two newbies in there in all genres...

Hasegawa has some older moulds plus one or two brand new kits for you this month of March - something from the air, land and sea, some Egg planes (& gals) and some roadworkers this month. See what is coming in our preview...

Thursday, March 1

Water, Ice and snow, groundwork & real colours are all part of AK Interactive's new products of March...

AK Interactive has some new magazines and paint sets focus on aircraft and some diorama materials and an FAQ book to show you just how to use your new materials - all new in our March AK preview...