Saturday, August 31
Thursday, August 29
Wednesday, August 28
Tuesday, August 27
Two new figure sets & some stolen booty from Masterbox in October
Masterbox are bringing us two new kits for October - both in 35th scale - with one - vanilla, straight-up German WWII tank crew & the other being an almost out of this world scenario of a bunch of bloodthirsty amazonian post-apocalyptic warriors fighting over some booty! What a contrast & an interesting article in today's new item preview...
Monday, August 26
In-boxed: Jagdpanther G1 Early Production with zimmerit (no interior) limited edition including the Schwerer Plattformwagen Type SSYS
Takom has released their second version of the Jagdpanther - this time in a limited edition version of the G.1 kit. Kitno.2125X includes the Schwerer Plattformwagen Type SSYS by Sabre Model which was recently released in a bit of a crossover between these two companies. Clayton is just about to build both of these, but has paused to give us an early appraisal of the contents of the kit before he does in his "In-boxed" article today...
Friday, August 23
In-Boxed: 1/35th scale M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams US Main Battle Tank from VOIIO
A new model company on the scene bringing another Abrams to the mix - VOIIO has launched their new line of models with the king of American tanks - the M1A2 SEP V2 of the mighty Abrams in 35th scale. Andy Moore has already built this kit, but has paused to take pictures of the box contents and compare parts of the tank to the original in a neat "In-boxed" article in today's news.
Thursday, August 22
Wednesday, August 21
In-Boxed: 1/72nd scale Object 279 Soviet Heavy Tank (2 kits in one) from Takom
I got a secret - after already building two of these kits in 35th scale a few years ago, I have a hidden hankering for the Object 279. The UFO shape - those four runs of tracks and the idea of a vehicle built to survive a nuclear holocaust kind of piqued my interest. Now that Takom has made a pair of these tanks in 72nd scale in their new tool boxing made us want to show you just what comes inside the box...
Tuesday, August 20
Review: Tamiya's 1/48th scale P-38 F/G Lightning "white box" version
Recently at the US 2019 IPMS Nationals John Bonanni was able to pick up one of the early release "white box" variants of the brand new Tamiya P-38 Lightning - three months before regular release! John knew there was a lot of anticipation and excitement around this kit, so really wanted to show you contents in his "In-boxed" examination in the news...
Monday, August 19
Friday, August 16
Build & Paint Guide – 35th scale Fries Kran 16t Strabokran from Amusing Hobby
The Amusing Hobby 1/35th scale Fries Kran 16t Strabokran has been a kit that got a lot of press - but we had not seen any built as of yet. Clayton Ockerby took up the mantle to show us just what the kit shapes up like when it is painted & weathered with some of the new "Real Color" paints from AK Interactive in his very helpful build review & guide...
Thursday, August 15
Wednesday, August 14
Monday, August 12
Preview: Bronco Models new 35th scale Carro Veloce L3/35 Italian Tankette with Twin 34/37M Gebauer in Hungarian service (2 in 1 kit)
Expanding on their earlier release of the Italian version of the Carro Veloce L3/35 Tankette, Bronco brings us their new kit of the vehicle, this time giving the choice of either a Twin 34/37M Gebauer MG vehicle or a CV-35.M / CV-35 Command Tank in a 2 in 1 kit. see some of the feature set of the kit and the new colours of the eight marking choices in our preview...
Sunday, August 11
Build Guide Pt.II: 1/32nd scale Nieuport XVII (Early version) from Copper State Models
Our man Lukas is past halfway through his build of the new Copper State Models 32nd scale Nieuport XVII (Early version) biplane. This part of the story shows his progress on the fuselage, masking & sealing it all up and adding the first layers of paint to the model part of his build guide here on TMN.
Friday, August 9
Dry-fit Review: 1/48th scale Junkers Ju 88D-1 from ICM
Our man Gary has recently been interested in the new-tooled aircraft kits from the ever-improving model makers at ICM. But hey - every model must be judged on its own merit - so Gaz has put this new 1/48th scale Junkers Ju 88D-1 together to show you what he thinks about their latest twin-engined medium in his review...
Thursday, August 8
Wednesday, August 7
In-Boxed: M-46 Patton from Takom in 1/35th scale
We welcome John Bonanni to the TMN "crew" as he takes on Takom's M46 Patton in a spirited build guide. First up, he is showing us what is in the box, before building, and then painting and then weathering the kit to a great standard in separate articles. See what comes in the box first with his examination...
Tuesday, August 6
Darius Miniatures new "Lang" set of figures & stowage for your 35th Jpz.IV
Darius Miniatures from Poland has been making quality figures for some time, and of recently, they have caught our eye with this magnificent set of figures and stowage to match your 35th scale Jagdpanzer IV kit. They are sold as a group or separately, and we thought that we might give you a closer look at these figures by themselves and together in our preview...
Monday, August 5
Saturday, August 3
Friday, August 2
Thursday, August 1
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