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By Chris Clifford 8th May 2024

… & Co’s first book in a two-volume history describes not just the background to the events at home, but also the efforts of guerilla groups in … different scales, so you shouldn’t struggle to locate the kits you need. This engaging book offers the opportunity to …

By Stu Fone 5th January 2024

… Trooper and The Child, placing this kit as representing events from episodes 7 and 8 from Season 1 of The Mandalorian … vanes. Click here for more The Mandalorian -related kits and accessories Accurate replica Construction starts …

By MIKE WILD 28th February 2023

… a fair few family days out to the railway for various events, the first of which was in 1998. With younger … to achieve what I wanted in terms of kit building - not just rolling stock but locomotives too. Above: A classic … was used for the platforms, A4 Superquick station card kits were used for the buildings although modified using …

By Chris Clifford 3rd May 2023

… aircraft – especially those from the Schneider Trophy events. Racing, at least in the ‘golden years’ of aviation, … SBS Model has for some time been releasing boutique resin kits of Schneider-centric and other racing aircraft. … A handle arm is fixed to the port sidewall but it just needed a scratch-built handle from stretched styrene. …

By KEV BAXTER 1st June 2023

… and kicking back while perusing the shelves of kits filled with camouflage schemes and grey-painted combat … styrene’s very lightly dimpled surface. As this build was just for a club competition, it was decided to build it … every build, problems can arise, and it was at this stage events didn’t go according to plan. Matterhorn Circle …

By Harry Fielding 23rd December 2022

… available? A key ‘modeller’s law’ is that you always need just a little bit more room! Above: ‘Crosti’ boilered ‘9F’ … in that field. Through them MERG market all manner of kits and one range is called CBUS with modules for the … layout, such as control panel switches and produce digital events, while others take in the events and make things …

By DARREN GLASSON 13th January 2023

… A30 road, which in Nigel and Darren Glasson’s version of events, is being converted into a motorway. With rapid growth … Most of the structures have been modified using plastic kits from a number of manufacturers. The station buildings … Above: An aerial view of the illuminated station shows just how effective the hundreds of lights are – and how …

By DAVID WALLER 13th December 2022

… prime motive power for the line. I’ll say more about these kits later, but the crucial factor in our deciding to build … potential for a layout? We soon settled on Beddgelert, not just because it’s one of most well-known locations on the … well as many guests which make special appearances at gala events. While the mainstream manufacturers have been turning …

By Mike Verier 11th January 2023

… truer than in modelling; the catalyst for this chain of events was the arrival of a Revell 1/144 U-Boat from the … kit detail and would be harder to drill. In consequence, just the extreme bow PE decking was used. A more useful … is also the question of flags – those supplied in most kits are stiff and unrealistic – the only item for the Type …

5th August 2022

… in its current form, and is set to appear at two further events in 2022 including the Great Electric Train Show on … It is not a town but a small hamlet, around 100 houses, just north of Scunthorpe, and there is a railway nearby used … diesel depot buildings. These easy to assemble plastic kits can be joined together to create a larger structure with …

By Guy Craddock. 26th September 2022

… inspiration from across the region. Back in 2010 we had just more or less finished our latest project Dagnell End … exhibited at 25 shows including some of the big national events. It travelled over 2,000 miles in the process in the … the latter designed for use with the Scalescenes card kits. We have found the shop fronts and factory windows …

11th July 2022

… Region exhibition layout, Twelve Trees Junction. IT’S NOT JUST THE BARGAIN hunters who are suffering. Many people are … as this could indicate a potential issue. Above: These kits were all opportunist buys during the pandemic, acquired … you buy it. It’s handy to carry a 9v battery with you to events or shops so you can test the locomotive under power …

10th August 2022

… Wisbech Scale Model Club was formed in August 2014, from just four members, and welcomes modellers of all ages. Every … meetings every Tuesday at the same times. All of these events are well attended, with members joining meetings from … affairs where members catch up on progress, check out new kits that others have bought, and share advice and tips and …

19th January 2022

… Napier Sabre IV engine. Continuing the theme of weather events, the resulting Tempest (initially called the Typhoon … First on the assembly sequence (as per usual with aircraft kits) was the cockpit area. Airfix provides colour … All masking was given a coat of liquid masking fluid just to make certain there were no tiny gaps for the next …

28th December 2021

… the Allies’ Italian thrust is often obscured by other events; it also seems to be of less interest among modellers … quickly with cyanoacrylate adhesive, and required just minimal putty to fill a few gaps. Above: Black primer … section in a book. Subsequently, various figures, kits, buildings and the like are often acquired at hobby …