Wednesday, July 31

Revell's August 2019 new instant classics...

Revell Germany has four new releases for this month - a classic 'Cuda, THE classic jet fighter of WWII & the classic F1 chap's car in 25th scale also. See what Revell has already out there in shops in our July 2019 preview...

Tuesday, July 30

More information on MiniArt's new 35th scale AVRO 671 ROTA MK.I RAF

In today preview, we have more information on MiniArt's new 1/35th scale AVRO 671 ROTA "MK.I RAF" version that is slated for release next month. New Sprue pics, aircraft marking schemes and other pointers of the kit laid out in CAD for you to better understand what is coming...

Monday, July 29

Ammo has a great looking bunch of new releases this month to keep you at the bench...

AMMO has some great new books, new paints and a big box o' solutions for your latest projects that have just hit the market. They look pretty sweet to us, so we thought you would want to see them in our preview...

Sunday, July 28

Read n' Reviewed: PeKo Publishing's 40M Nimrod Tank Destroyer & Armoured Anti-Aircraft Gun

PEKO Publishing has brought us many titles of WWII vehicles and fighting units, often German orientated, but occasionally there is something from their native Hungary that is featured in amongst the StuG's, Panzers and Tigers. The Hungarian 40M Nimrod Tank Destroyer & Armoured Anti-Aircraft Gun is the subject of this new book from PeKo - see what we thought about it in our review...

Saturday, July 27

New books, flora for dios & t-shirts from AK Interactive & 502 this month

AK Interactive keeps on bringing out new vegetation for your dios, books and new wearable AK & 502 for you all. We have several new products in our preview from AK of their latest wares for this month.

Thursday, July 25

Tamiya's 1/48th scale Lockheed P-38 F/G Lightning is about to strike...

It seems the season for high profile new-toled kits. Eduard's Mustang is imminent, and now Tamiya confirms that yes, the P=38 Lightning is coming in 48th scale. We have some of the kit's features in our preview...

Wednesday, July 24

Painting, weathering & finishing the 35th scale Lanchester Armoured Car 'Russian Service' from Copper State Models

Andy Moore today presents the second and final part of his build guide of Copper State Models new Lanchester kit in 35th sale - this variant is the "Russian Service" version with the 37mm Hotchkiss gun. Today he paints, weathers and finishes the kit off rather very well in his excellent guide...

Tuesday, July 23

Preview: Eduard's new 48th scale P-51D - what we know so far...

So this has been coming for quite a while now - and you have all time to get your benches clear - the new 48th scale P-51D Mustang (along with t rest of the family) will be coming to our local hobby shops from August. What do we know about the kit so far? We show you a look under the curtain in our preview...

Monday, July 22

Read n' Reviewed: Peko Publishing's new WW2 photobook series Vol. 19 – German self-propelled guns on the battlefield


For the nineteenth book of the "On the Battlefield" series, PeKo Publishing has enlisted Jon Feenstra to show & tell us all about the self-propelled guns of the German forces of WWII.  A plethora of types is shown in large format pictures & text - See what we thought after we have read the book.

Sunday, July 21

In-Boxed: 1/35th Panhard AML-90 Light Armoured Car from Tiger Model

Always one for a delightful distraction - Andy Moore has taken up the challenge of the new 35th scale Panhard AML-90 Light Armoured Car from Tiger Model. Today he presents us with a look inside the box before he starts to build the kit in his "In-Boxed" review...

Friday, July 19

Straight from the Battle of Berlin - Das Werk's new Borgward IV Panzerjäger Wanze in 35th scale

From the Endkampf of WWII - Das Werk roars out of the flames of the battle of Berlin with a special limited release of a tiny tracked tank packing a great big punch! In collaboration with Amusing Hobby, Das Werk has produced a version of the Borgward IV Panzerjäger Wanze in 35th scale for a September release - see more about it in our preview...

Wednesday, July 17

Get the message? A Brand new Hornisse/ Nashorn crew & Dispatch rider on the way from Stalingrad!

We know that Dragon put the "cart before the horse" when it omitted the dispatch rider from it's "Poland 1944 boxing of the Nashorn, but now Stalingrad brings the news that they have made a full set to really capture this well-known scene in their latest release. We take a look at the horse, rider and TD crew in our new item preview...

Tuesday, July 16

Read n' Reviewed: Model Aircraft Extra No. 1: Building the Focke Wulf Fw190 from MA Publications

The team from Model Air Publications, lead by Andy Evans has collected the works of thirteen (I know a lucky number) model builds of the famous Focke Wulf Fw 190 into one publication in the first of a new series of special editions. The aim of this new series is to compile some of the best model builds of the same type into the one volume, and what better place to start than the popular "Wurger" huh? We have the new publication and have read it, so why not let us tell you what is inside in our review? Go on - let's do it...

Monday, July 15

Construction Review: German Luftwaffe Cadets (1939-1945) in 32nd scale from ICM

Today Gary reviews ICM's German Luftwaffe Cadets in 1/32nd scale from ICM Models. He has just the right aircraft to put these next to - so see if he thinks these are winners or not or whether they just won't get off the ground in his construction review...

Saturday, July 13

Dual construction Review: 72nd scale Russian Army Tractors Set: KZKT 537L & MAZ 537 from Takom

Takom has taken to releasing some kits alternate to 35th scale if recent - starting with 72nd scale in some well-known and much-loved machines that are already done to death in 35th scale and good on them for trying it. Today Paul Lee takes on a twin tractor tussle with the new set of two kits in a box "Russian Army Tractors Set: KZKT 537L & MAZ 537"...

Friday, July 12

A boat & several aircraft are amongst our cherry-picked "Limited releases" from Hasegawa in Sept/ August

We have ignored the many "re-sale" items of Hasegawa's September items and thought we might show you what they are selling as a "Limited Edition" in their releases of August/ September. See what is coming in our preview...

Thursday, July 11

Build Guide Pt IV: 1/48th scale Hawker Tempest Mk/V Series II - Final details, pilot & base

Calum Gibson has been hard at it with his Eduard 1/48th scale Hawker Tempest Mk/V Series II kit. In the final part of the story he adds the last touches to the kit, a Barracuda Studios pilot and a lovely base to bring the "Tiffie" to life. See how he finished it off in part IV of the guide...

Wednesday, July 10

Big n' little new kits in Hobbyboss' latest July releases are about to land...

Hobbyboss takes us from one extreme of aircraft modelling to another this month - from a diminutive JASDF T-4 trainer in 72nd scale to the second release of their massive B-24 Liberator in 32nd scale. We have the boxart, colours, decals, plastic &everything else inside the boxes of their two new releases for this month...

Monday, July 8

Revell's July 2019 new items are varied & well represented in our new item preview...

Revell Germany has several releases for this month - Some of modern subjects - some simple kits to the quite futuristic and complex. See what Revell has already out there in shops in our July 2019 preview...

Sunday, July 7

Construction review: 1/35th scale Russian Lanchester Armoured Car 'Russian Service' from Copper State Models

Copper State Models is making another version of their Lanchester kit in 35th sale - this varaint is the "Russian Service" version with the 37mm Hotchkiss gun. Andy has already built the British WWI version, but now, see how this Russian Service kit builds up and what has changed in his construction review...

Friday, July 5

Five new releases on tracks, wings, rotors & wheels this month from Italeri

A Zerstorer, a dramatic rescue at sea, Porche's Tiger, A gull-wing Merc & an F1 legend are amongst the new releases from Italeri this month. We have art, colours & sprues in our preview...

Thursday, July 4

Preview: Four new items with sprues, colours & boxart from Trumpeter in June

We wait every month for Trumpeter to add sprue pictures to their new item previews - it makes the preview just that little bit better to see even the small pictures of the plastic they are offering. This month's new items with boxart, model profiles, colours & the contents of the kit in our preview.

Wednesday, July 3

Construction Review: 1:32nd scale USAAF Pilots (1941-1945) from ICM Models

ICM has been making a few very nice 1/32nd scale aircraft for a while now - but what about the humans to populate them? You could go for a resin pilot or why not just take a look at ICM's accompanying growing range of 32nd scale figures? See what our man Gary thought about them in his construction review...

Tuesday, July 2

A new, updated & expanded take on the "Henschel Hs 129 Panzerjäger" available to pre-order from Chandos Publications

As some of our precious tomes of knowledge get long in the tooth sometimes you do wish for just that little bit more in an all-in-one reference book. Chandos Publications aims to bring that to the public with a revised and updated look of Martin Pegg's book on the "Panzerknacker" with their new title "Henschel Hs 129 Panzerjäger"  - Can you guess what's in the book yet? See a little more about this soon to be released book in our preview...

Monday, July 1

Aid from America in the form of the M3 Lee Late Prod Kit from MiniArt is on the way!


We have seen the Grant tank already - but now the US version of the tank is coming from MiniArt. The new 35th scale Lee (Late Production) kit will also be hitting our shelves. We have Colours, decals, sprues & features and some on the original tank in our preview.