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Keep up to date with all the latest modelling news on Key Model World with feeds from the Hornby Magazine railway and Airfix Model World scale modelling team every day. Check back regularly for the latest updates and new product releases.

Colour for KR Models’ ‘OO’ DHP1

MARK CHIVERS

KR Models has received decorated samples of its forthcoming newly-tooled ‘OO’ gauge model of Clayton’s Diesel Hydraulic Prototype 1 (DHP1).

MARK CHIVERS
NEW ‘I LOVE KIT’ RELEASES ON THE WAY News Freemium

NEW ‘I LOVE KIT’ RELEASES ON THE WAY

Chris Clifford

Exciting 1/35 and 1/16 military vehicles from Chinese brand I Love Kit are due this August-October.

Chris Clifford
ICM COBRA DOWN-SCALED TO 1/35 News Freemium

ICM COBRA DOWN-SCALED TO 1/35

Chris Clifford

In a move that will please many modellers, especially in the military genre, ICM has down-scaled its 1/32 scale AH-1G Cobra to 1/35.

Chris Clifford

40145 production sample arrives

MIKE WILD

Production samples of Key Publishing’s latest limited edition ‘OO’ gauge model of Class 40 40145 East Lancashire Railway have arrived. View them here and watch our full sound demonstration.

MIKE WILD

Win! Italeri’s new-tool 1/12 Bugatti Type 35B

One lucky reader has the chance to win an Italeri 1/12 Bugatti Type 35B kit, worth £174.99 - find out how inside!

ARCUS PAINTS NOW AT TYRELL MODELS

Chris Clifford

The Ukrainian paint brand Arcus Hobby Color is now available in the UK via online retailer Tyrell Models.

Chris Clifford

Hornby’s all-new 'OO' gauge ‘2MT’ 2-6-0 surfaces

MARK CHIVERS

Hornby has received the first completed production samples of its newly-tooled ‘OO’ gauge BR Standard ‘2MT’ 2-6-0 for inspection.

MARK CHIVERS
EDUARD’S NEW 1/48 B-25J DECALS News Freemium

EDUARD’S NEW 1/48 B-25J DECALS

Chris Clifford

Is HK Models' new-tool 1/48 B-25J Mitchell on your build list? If so, Eduard's aftermarket decals offer five cool schemes for airframes in different theatres.

Chris Clifford

Hornby ‘Salmon’ wagon ‘first shots’

MARK CHIVERS

First test shots from the moulds for Hornby’s all-new ‘OO’ gauge 50ton ‘Salmon’ bogie rail wagons have arrived for checking with the company’s design team.

MARK CHIVERS

Tulloch Bridge joins GETS23 line up

MIKE WILD

Three more layouts revealed for the 2023 Great Electric Train Show modelling railways from Scotland, the East Riding and Kent.

MIKE WILD