Thursday, October 31

Preview: We get the lowdown on Spencer Pollard's new book on modelling the British Harrier...

Spencer Pollard is well-known in the modelling world as a very talented modeller & an editor at ADH Publishing. He has paused his usual work to bring out this - an eighty-page A4 book full of knowledge on how to make a great replica of your British Harrier. See what the book is all about in our preview...

Wednesday, October 30

Master Box brings us three different kits from the old, wild west for November/ December

Masterbox presents us with three scenes from the old, wild west this month. These figures can be either used separately or interwoven into a scene together, or with Master Box' other Old west sets. See what they are all about in our preview...

Tuesday, October 29

Mantis Miniatures new Germans, Arabs, a falcon, snake & monkeys in 35th scale resin...

Late war Germans, some  African animals & Arabs to suit your north African dio in November from Mantis Miniatures with heaps of reference & inspiration for the sculpts included. See more in our preview...

Monday, October 28

Read n' Reviewed: The Iran Iraq War 1980-1988 Modern Conflicts Profile Guide Vol. IV from AK Interactive

Clayton loooves those profile books - so when AK Interactive brought out their new book on the Iran-Iraq Wars with a book packed full of profiles and pictures of these vehicles in the desert battles who better to read and review it? See what he thought in our story today...

Friday, October 25

Build Guide Pt IV: Finishing MiniArt's 35th scale Focke-Wulf Triebflügel Interceptor

The last part of Andy Moore's flight of fancy in the Focke-Wulf Triebflügel from Miniart in 35th scale is here as promised. He has done a very nice job in finishing it off as you will see in his "how-to" article today...

Wednesday, October 23

Read n' Reviewed: Damaged Magazine Issue 07 from AK Interactive

"Damaged" magazine from AK Interactive is already seven issues in, and this magazine seems to have six new builds of completely different models that look to show the modeller how to make their own kits better and maybe a little different- Chucky certainly looks damaged! Let's see how this issue fared in our review...

Tuesday, October 22

Read n' Reviewed: Marines - Vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)

The mighty Marines of the 24th expeditionary Unit are the subject of the latest book from author Ralph Zwilling and Pla Editions. Will this pictorial special to wake your diorama dreams? We have read it and written our thoughts in today's review...

Saturday, October 19

Preview: Italeri's new-tool 1/12th scale Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza

We have a new video and pictures of the latest large scale kit from Italeri - an all-new-tool Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza that is coming to our hobby shops in November. See the test kit and some slightly moving pictures in our preview...

Friday, October 18

Build Guide Pt III: MiniArt's 35th scale Focke-Wulf Triebflügel Interceptor

Today in the penultimate part of the guide on MiniArt's 35th scale Focke-Wulf Triebflügel Andy paints, weathers & prepares the kit for the final construction with some great skills on display. See how it's done in today's story.

Thursday, October 17

Read’n Reviewed: Abrams Squad #30 from Pla Editions.

Middle age comes fast to modellers - and we are already thirty issues into the modern armour specialist magazine "Abrams Squad". Paul has read his new copy, and he tells us whether he thinks it is growing old gracefully or still up and coming in his review...

Wednesday, October 16

Preview: 1/35th scale Sturmtiger crew in action, Western front 1945 (5 figs) from Stalingrad Miniatures

With the latest full interior Sturmtiger kits released on to the market, it seemed only a matter of time before someone smart and good with resin stepped up to the plate and made a crew - Enter Stalingrad Miniatures who has just sent us pictures of their new five-man crew for this little monster. We have a look at them in our preview...

Tuesday, October 15

In-Boxed: 1/48th scale P-51D-5 "Limited Edition" from Eduard

Lukas has in his possession the Limited edition new tool 48th scale Eduard P-51D-5 kit. He has already started to build and paint his own kit, but he has paused to take some quick pics and give us a brief overview of what came in his kit before he brings us his build...

Monday, October 14

In-Boxed: Takom's 35th scale US Army 1/4 Ton Utility Truck w/1/4 Ton Utility Trailer & M.P. Figure

Takom has just surprised us this year by releasing new tool 1/35th scale Willys Jeep "US Army 1/4 Ton Utility Truck". We have already built ours, but paused before we showed you how it goes together to show you just what you get in the box in this first part of the review...

Sunday, October 13

An AZ, a Kent, a BREM & a nice bit of Gammon, with sprues, colours & boxart from Trumpeter in October

Four new products should be hitting the shelves of your local hobby shop this month. A big Russian mover, a big Russian missile launcher, a big Russian recovery vehicle and the even bigger HMS Kent are on the table for this month. See what we mean as we look at the boxart, decal and marking choices and sprue layout in our new item preview for August from Trumpeter.

Friday, October 11

Build Guide - 1/35th scale M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams US Main Battle Tank from VOIIO

Andy Moore has progressed in his look at the new VOIIO 1/35th scale M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams kit to a point where it is built up and ready to paint. We were very interested to show you how this new company's model builds up and how to get the best out of the kit. See how andy put his together and what he improved (and what didn't need it) in the build guide of this kit...

Thursday, October 10

Dioramag #4 is available & we have a little of it in our preview...

The latest issue of Dioramamag is almost upon us, and the preview images we had seen looked so promising we thought we should share them with you. See a little of what is coming in the fourth issue of this already well-respected periodical in our preview...

Wednesday, October 9

Pt III: Construction Guide - 1/35th scale M-46 Patton from Takom

John Bonanni has finished his model of Takom's new 35th scale M-46 Patton to a wonderful looking replica of the real thing. See just how he finished this kit off so well in the third part of the story. 

Monday, October 7

A new 1/35th scale Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J Late / Pz.Beob.Wg.IV Ausf.J on the way from Ryefield Model

So next on the train of Panzer IV releases are Ryefield Model - they have a rather nice looking exterior only kit of the Panzer IV coming in a "2 in 1" kit that enables you to make a Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J Late Production or a Pz.Beob.Wg.IV Ausf.J. We have some of the features of this new kit in our preview...

Sunday, October 6

A brand new 48th set of P-47 decals of striped & checked Thunderbolts from Thundercals...

The biggest P-47 Thunderbolt fan I know (and there are many) is Norris Glaser. His decal making company is called "Thundercals" and guess what his latest release is... YEP - not the 1/144th Mirage F.1 - but a new set of decals featuring the P-47 in 48th scale - and they look very nice to this here Thunderbolt fan. See what the latest release is in our preview...

Friday, October 4

Build Review Pt I: Tamiya's 1/12th scale Honda Monkey 125

I was lucky enough to have a Minibike when I was a young lad, so when we saw Tamiya's new Monkey 125 Minibike in 12th scale at the Shizuoka Model show this year we had to make this kit. In this first of two parts, we will show you what comes inside the kit and paint and construct the main sub-assemblies of the bike before we finish and weather the kit in the next part. Let us take you for a ride in Part I...

Thursday, October 3

Italeri return to us with six kits in many genres & scales in our October preview...

Italeri has been quiet - too quiet it seems - but worry not modelling compadres - as they have a bunch of new items in different scales and genres for us this October, already on sale on their website. We take you through a preview now on the news...

Wednesday, October 2

Hobbyboss' November new kits - A Brewer, Canadian MBT & German big hitter in our preview...

Three new kits from Hobbyboss this month for November release. A lovely three-tone - Yak, A Canadian Leopard and a much-used German gun are the three to see in our new item preview...