Construction Guide: Andy puts together the 35th scale Lanchester Armoured Car from Copper State Models

Copper State Models 35th scale Lanchester Armoured Car of WWI vintage has already been reviewed by Andy Moore. Today has taken up the challenge to build that kit and we see him doing just that in his second part of the story...

Painting & Weathering Guide: 1/35th scale M1 Abrams MBT from Pana Models

The mighty Abrams tank – still top of the heap on the battlefield and the modern warfare modelling benches. Paul has painted & weathered his 35th scale Panda Hobby M1 Abrams up very nicely in today's third part of his article.See how he went in today's story...

Construction Guide: Meng's 48th scale Lockheed Martin F-35A Pt.III: Canopy, Weapons & Sealing the Deal.

Today we offer the third part of the construction guide of Meng Models 48th scale Lockheed Martin F-35A from our man Gary Wickham. He works on the colours of the canopy, the weapons pylons, weapon bays and ordinance and he seals the kit up ready to paint in today's build...

Build Review: "At the Edge of the Universe - Strange Company’s Adventures. Episode 1: The first meeting" from Masterbox

Masterbox recently released a brand new series of far our out -space-age new figures that convey a galaxy far, far away. These four sets in 1/24th scale will suit many diorama and fantasy modellers and they blew Clayton's mind when he saw them, so who better to put them together and show you how they look completed in today's build review?

Build Guide: Italeri’s 1/32 F-35 Part III "Queen of the masking tape" finished!

The Belgian connection rides again! Nicolas & François team up to finish their great build of the Italeri F-35A Lightning II in 32^nd scale. See how they finished it and how they tackled the complex paint job in this, part III of their build guide...

Book Preview: New title from EuroModelismo - PANZER ACES Profiles vol 2.

Vol II of the books covering the Panzer Aces of the German forces of WWII from the Euro Modelismo has hit the printers. We have some preview pictures & information to show you a little bit more of what to expect in our book preview...

In-Boxed: 1/72nd scale MIG-21F from Modelsvit.

Modelsvit is a fairly new model company to us, so when one came past our desk intrepid Clayton put his hand up to build this - the Mig-21F in 72nd scale. He thought he would show you what is in the box of this before he got to make it into something special (as he always does). See what he thought about what was in the box in his review.

In-Boxed: 1/35th scale Lanchester Armoured Car from Copper State Models

Copper State Models are a new company that has specialised until recently in WWI aircraft, figures & aftermarket sets in many scales. Recently they have broadened their range into 35th scale early armoured cars with this kit of the Lanchester Armoured Car of WWI vintage. Andy Moore has taken up the challenge to build that kit - but first, see what he found when he opened the bow in his review.

Tools Tried n’ Tested: MENG Models MTS-026 Advanced Side Cutters

We got our buddy Andy Moore to test out the new precision sprue cutters from Meng Model,  and he got to using them in a "snip" - See what he thought about the cutters after two months or so of heavy use in his "Tried n' Tested" review today...

In-Boxed: Kittyhawk's 1/35th scale AH-6J/MH-6J Little Bird "Nightstalkers"

This new "Little Bird"  1/35th scale AH-6J/MH-6J Little Bird "Nightstalkers" model from Kittyhawk models is the perfect storm you might think - small, easy to produce for the model company, it has a large fan-base, and it is easy to display for the modeller, even at 35th scale... But what was in the box and how do the parts and options look? See what we thought in the first, "In-boxed" part of the review before we build it...

Build Review:Clayton builds an "Alpine Tiger" World War Toons Tiger II from Meng Models...

We have already shown you build guides of three of the "cute" style cartoon tanks from MENG, a Tiger I and a Sherman M4, as well as Clayton's earlier KV-2 - but now there is another beast in the same series to join them. We have Clayton's inbox and built up in a step-by-step guide to show you his new World War Toons Tiger II...

Gary's Construction Guide: Meng Models 48th scale Lockheed Martin F-35A JSF Lightning II Pt.II: A lot of bodywork and plumbing (did we mention re-wiring?)

After an In-Box and the first part of Gary's Construction Guide featuring the Cockpit tub & Pilot - today sees the second part of the build where Gary plumbs the gearbays in some great details and attempts to replicate the intricate bodywork seen on the real JSF to Meng Models 48th scale Lockheed Martin F-35A. See how it is progressing in today's story...

Read n' Reviewed: "Panther & Jagdpanther Units, The Eastern Front – From Operation Bagration to Berlin" by Dennis Oliver & Stephen Andrew

With all of these Panther kits coming on tot he market (Pantherquest 2018) from a bunch of model manufacturers what better time for the excellent collaboration of Dennis Oliver and Stephen Andrew? Their latest book on the Panther and Jagdpanther Units, The Eastern Front – From Operation Bagration to Berlin features this - THE model kit story of the year - see what Paul thought after he read the book in his review...

Inbox & Dry Build: Gary fits an extra seat in Kittyhawk's 48th scale Su-17/22UM-3K "Fitter"

Gary Wickham gave us an impressive review and "dry-build" of Kittyhawk's 48th scale Su-17/22 M3 a while ago, we think the best account of this kit we have seen so far - So when the two-seater became available who else should we give it to dry fit the parts and give a decent assessment of the fit? You guessed it...Gary shows us what is different and what is new with this boxing of the kit.

Trumpeter's new releases - Tracked, winged, finned and rolling off the production lines in February...

Trumpeter's February new releases are just leaving the factories now, with a new Tiger I, a Sea Vixen a Russian mine roller and the ultimate Japanese fishing boat - We have most of these kits sprue shots, markings & boxart in today’s preview...

Alpine Miniatures brings us two new late war SS 35th scale Grenadiers that really do look the bomb...

Alpine Miniatures has released a very intricately detailed pair of 35th scale Waffen SS figures from the late WWII period this month, they both have the usual choice of headgear and top-shelf details in their features, we thought we would take you for a walk around them in our preview...

Build Guide:Pz.Kpfw.38D mitt PZ.IV turm 8 cm PAW 600 from Amusing Hobby in 1/35th scale...

Last week we gave your our in-box review of this little kit from Amusing Hobby - We prophesied that it might be a simple, but fragile build in parts - Let's see how if that came true or not - and how it built up in our build guide Article...

Hobbyboss' five new kits for February...

Hobbyboss have five new models ready for us in this month - From below to above the seas, from tracks to rail to in the air above in a large scale - They are shown in our preview that includes markings and sprues…

Read n' Reviewed: The T-60 Small Tank and Variants Red Machines Vol.1 from Canfora Publishing

Canfora Publishing has a knack for turning out great books on modelling. They have launched a new series featuring the Russian tanks and AFV's featuring different vehicles in photos, profiles and blueprints. "T-60 Small Tank & Variants" is the title that Paul got to reading, and he thought he would share his findings in our "Read n' Reviewed" article today...

Tools tried 'n Tested: Yun Mo Precision Airbrush Review from MENG Model

Meng has entered the tool making business - no, not injection tooling - model making tools! Gary had a look at and a test run of their latest precision airbrush, the Yun Mo .2mm & .3mm Precision Airbrush. He examines and tests the brush out before he uses it on his latest kit in our review...

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 a very famous PT boat, A gaudy UNIMOG, Spitfires, F-16's Tigers, Half-tracks, a snub-nosed Russian and a stripey red Cobra, Ohh that and two brilliant Technics kits with lights and working prop blades - We had our pick of them, showing you their built-up models in this month's new releases preview…

Build Review: (1/550?) Star Wars AT-M6 First Order Walker from Bandai

That cheeky chappie Andy Moore loves his Bandai Star Wars kits - so hip arranging this new kit of the AT-M6 Walker from a little-known indie movie last ( the Star Wars?) year isnt a surprise. See what's in this kit's box and how it goes together in andy's review...

In-Boxed:1/35th scale Pz.Kpfw.38D mitt PZ.IV turm 8cm PAW 600 from Amusing Hobby

Not something that we had heard of until it turned up in Amusing Hobby's latest releases, the Panzer Pz.Kpfw.38D was a proposed light tank by the Germans in late WWII that never came to fruition. We have built our kit aleady - so what better time to do a good review of it once we know the ins and outs? see what's in the box in this first part of the review...

Preview of Italeri’s Catalogue & New Items of 2017-2018

Italeri has some very interesting new items coming to us this coming year. Some larger and smaller scale bits that we did not expect or think about but we are most glad to see them coming and some we have expected for a while. See what you can pick out as their newest amongst this lot in our preview…