REVEALations as Revell of Germany shows us what is coming up in 2017...

So we have a list of the new kits of 2017 from Revell of Germany that are slated for this new year we find ourselves in. There are some VERY interesting new tooled kits which we all love to see and some not so new kits we are wondering if some are from other model makers. At the first view, these impress us a whole lot more than last year’s announcements did.

New plastic for the new year - Miniart's new T-54-2 in 35th scale (full interior kit)

In the race to provide the breakthrough Medium tank to her armies, the Soviet union provided a few stages of development before launching the T-54 as we know it. MiniArt continues to go through the family, with this new, full interior kit in 35^th scale of the T-54-2 variant. We take a look at the tank, the sprues, the CAD and markings in our preview...

Trumpeter’s Catalogue & new items of 2017-2018

 Trumpeter has released their latest list of new kits for next year fingers crossed - along with some you might already own there are some “New” items that are marked clearly in the catalogue. This should cause some discussion…

Check it out Peko Publishing's new book, along with an end of year sale in our preview....

Another title (the twelfth) in the War War Two on the Battlefield series is now about to be released. This book centres on the Su-76 Soviet Tank Destroyer & it's exploits in WWII - We have some great preview images and the info on what to expect in our preview...

Building the new Revell 1/72nd Spitfire Mk.IIa - A journey in easyland for the holidays.

If you study Francios' work, you will notice that he likes to model smaller projects with a faster turn around time, this gives a lot of satisfaction and helps build all of the skills in your toolbox with lots of completed kits. What better than an easy build over the holiday period then a new tool Revell Spitfire Mk.II kit in 72nd scale? Let's see what he thought of the kit, & how it turned out in his build guide...

A new SS Sturmmann, France 1940 & paint sets to shade them from Andrea Miniatures

In the very interesting Eisernes Kreuz series of WWII German soldiers - Andrea Miniatures bring another dose of an iconic image of an early war soldier from ϟϟ-Standarte „Germania.“ He will be available in both 35^th & 16^th scales, painted & unpainted. We have the info and parts pictures as well as the inspiration for this figure in our preview...

In-Boxed – Panda Hobby 9K330 "Tor" Air defence system in 35th scale

The state of the art TOR Air Defence System from Panda Hobby in 35^th scale is up for review today – Paul gives us a look inside before he gets cutting and glueing plastic. See what he thinks so far...

It's a bird, It's a plane its's ..a new 1/72 Haunebu II ?

Squadron has released the first in a new set of models – this one promises to bring something new to those who like their subjects a little more "Luft 50" over "Luft 46." A new "Haunebu II" in 1/72^nd scale is the subject of today's new kit preview...

Painting & Weathering the 35th scale Panda Hobby T-15 Armata/ Object 149

We have seen two parts of the build of this Panda Hobby T-15 Armata from Andy so far. He has reviewed what is in the box, and then a build guide of the contents now today gives way to Pt II – the painting and weathering of this massive vehicle. See how his processes are layered and how this machine turns out when finished...

Italeri has already started to plan what you might want to model next year – even if you haven't yet...

...This new bunch of releases for January looks pretty interesting for a few different types of genres. Check them out, with their sprues and colours, in our preview...