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Figures news

RESIN PILOTS AND B-26 WHEELS FROM PLUS MODEL

Chris Clifford

Plus Model has released two different sets of wheels for 1/48 B-26 Marauders, along with a 1/32 F-86 pilot and two aircrew for 1/48 Mosquitos.

Chris Clifford

AIRCREW FIGURES FOR BORDER’S NEW 1/35 B5N2 KATE

Chris Clifford

If you plan to build Border Model's new 1/35 Japanese B5N2 Kate - with or without the same firm's Akagi deck, Albion Alloys is releasing suitable resin aircrew figures.

Chris Clifford

MITCHES MILITARY MODELS’ NEW ROBIN OLDS BUST

Chris Clifford

Legendary fighter pilot Robin Olds is replicated by Mitches Military Models' highly detailed new 1/9 scale resin bust...

Chris Clifford

‘LOST IN SPACE’ FIGURES BY GREENSTRAWBERRY

Chris Clifford

Whether used for their intended purpose - populating Moebius Models' 1/35 Jupiter 2 Spacecraft - or individual display, Greenstrawberry's resin 'Lost In Space' figures are heaps of fun.

Chris Clifford

1/35 U-BOAT CREW FROM BORDER

Chris Clifford

While Border Model has recently released a superb 1/35 partial Type VIIC U-boat, it's also issued resin figures to accompany it.

Chris Clifford

Antarctic Appeal!

John Fuller

A pair of Royal Navy personnel have revealed the worldwide reach of the modelling hobby by playing a game of Warhammer in Antarctica!

John Fuller

Airfix Releases for August

August has been a busy month for Airfix, with a batch of newly available products - check out the full listing inside!

ALLIED AND AXIS AIRCREW

Pilot figures are great way to enliven any aircraft diorama or vignette. PlusModel's two new items are certainly worth considering, if you're building 1/32 Luftwaffe fighters, or RAF Spitfires/Hurricanes in 1/48.

MORE UKRAINIAN TROOPS

MasterBox continues to design new themed figure sets based on the current Russia-Ukraine War. This latest product has four Ukrainian troops posing with a captured Russian tank.

UKRAINE DEFENDERS FROM MASTERBOX

In spite of the current situation, Ukrainian firm MasterBox is continuing work and designing a new figure series... Russian-Ukrainian war 2022. The figures will be in 1/35 and 1/24 scales.

1/35 GERMAN WINTER SOLDIERS FROM MINIART

Figures are a great way to enliven any diorama or vignette, and there's a multitude of uses for MiniArt's new 1/35 styrene Totenkopf Division set, which features resin heads and a wealth of personal equipment and small arms.

LIFECOLOR’S NEW GERMAN UNIFORM PAINT

Figure painters have a useful new option in Lifecolor's Feldgrau 1939/1945 acrylic set, with six different uniform shades.

MILITARY AND FIGURE GEMS FROM ROYAL MODEL

Italy's Royal Model has released several superb new resin items for military/figure modellers. The sculpting is fabulous!

HELLENIC COMBATANTS OF YORE

The new book Ancient Greeks At War offers a wealth of inspiration for figure painters with Spartans, Hoplites and others to replicate in scale form.