RETURN OF THE AIRFIX CLUB
MODELLERS RECEIVED a welcome surprise on June 26, with the announcement that the Airfix Club was being restarted, with two levels of membership being offered.
PRIMARY PACKAGES
IWATA’S AIRBRUSHES and compressors are well-known for their quality and ease-of-use, and the firm’s Z-Model combo sets have now been expanded to contain a LifeColor Essentials paint set (ES01)
RE-OPENING PLANS
MUSEUM SHOPS are an important income source for many historical institutions, so their mid-June reopening (in line with UK government guidelines) mean there is welcome news from the Newark Air Museum.
DAS WERK DISTRIBUTOR
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION was provided in last month’s News article on the Das Werk Junkers EF-126/EF-127 entitled Three-in-One ‘What-if’
NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS
KENT-BASED S&M Models has released exclusive test-shot images of its upcoming 1/350 and 1/700 Oberon-class submarine, plus CAD drawings of its 1/48 and 1/72 Westland Wasp.
ARMOUR AND AVIATION
UK-BASED modellers have recently received the excellent news that Albion Alloys will now be acting as distributor for Dora Wings and Amusing Hobby kits.
TANKFEST MOVES ONLINE
FOLLOWING THE postponement of its annual Tankfest event, The Tank Museum has partnered with online gaming platform World of Tanks to host the show digitally, via live-streaming on its YouTube channel and Facebook page.
AIR COMBAT REFERENCES
JUNE HERALDS the arrival of a new range of aviation history books from Key Publishing, including titles specifically linked to the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
DEVILISH FELINE
VALIANT WINGS has delighted modellers with the news that its next Airframe and Miniature publication – the 15th in the series – will be dedicated to Grumman’s F6F Hellcat.
ROTARY ROAR
WITH ITS innovative ‘plug and play’ approach to motorised engines and associated sound effects, Belgian firm Magic Scale Modeling has brought electronic enhancement within the reach of any modeller.
GRAND-SCALE MODELLING
IF POLISH FIRM IBG impressed modellers with its 1/72 PZL.11 fighters, its upscaled 1/32 version (32001) will blow them away.
MONTE CARLO FABIA
ITALIAN CAR kit manufacturer Racing43 is well known for its 1/43 kits, but its latest offering is for a 1/24 Skoda Fabia R5 rally car.
RESIN DELIGHTS
JAPANESE MANUFACTURER Ushi Models is a new company to AMW, but its latest resin releases, featuring a mix of 3D-printing and conventional casting, are absolute gems.
INTRICATE HOLDERS
MILITARY MODELLERS will find much to savour from FC Model Trend’s range of 1/35 and 1/16 3D-printed accessories, which offer alternatives to fiddly photo-etched (PE) brass fittings.
THREE-IN-ONE ‘WHAT-IF’
HAVING DELIGHTED modellers with its experimental-themed armour and anti-aircraft artillery kits, Das Werk has released its first aircraft subject: the pulse-jet/rocket-powered Junkers EF-126 Elli/EF-127 Walli.
BUFFED TO A SHINE
ACHIEVING A showroom-quality sheen on auto models can be challenging, but UMP’s four-stage system should make this a much easier process.
Test-shot Treats
It's been a busy month for Airfix’s development team, with the release of test-shot photos of two newly tooled 1/72 kits: the Bristol Beaufort Mk.I and Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc.
Locos and Bombers
Trumpeter and railway model specialists Bachmann have joined forces to release a newly tooled 1/144 kit and limited-edition die-casts of the Avro Vulcan.
All in the Shadows
Here's A great new weathering product from Spanish manufacturer AMMO-MIG, in the form of the airbrush-ready Shader range of pre-thinned acrylic paints.
French and Israeli Combo
Having delighted modellers by collaborating with FRROM/ Azur for its newly tooled 1/72 Super Mystères (see Reviews, Oct and Nov 2019), Special Hobby has now released a limited-edition Duo Pack.
Perfect Patinas
Modellers wanting to create convincing corroded copper or iron surfaces now have a dedicated product to assist them, courtesy of US-based Flake King.
Double the fun!
When ICM released its first 1/48 Heinkel He 111s, few modellers would have considered a Z-1 ‘Zwilling’ (German for twin) glider-tug version in this scale – yet here it is, and it’s huge.
Wheely good extras
AIRFIX’S 1/24 F6F-5 Hellcat has received rave reviews, but there’s room for improvement even for this magnificent kit, with Barracuda’s replacement resin mainwheels.
Next-gen acrylics
AK INTERACTIVE unveiled its latest acrylic products at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, with a whole new range of paints.
Ticket please
MODELLERS HAVE waited patiently for MiniArt’s hotly anticipated 1/35 B-Type bus, which has arrived in Military Omnibus guise
Multi-purpose motifs
A TRIO of waterslide decal packs has arrived from Spanish firm Green Stuff World, containing street art, posters and labelling for a range of applications.
Foreign fishbed flyers
EDUARD’S SPLENDID 1/72 MiG-21 is now available as the PFM variant, also known by its NATO nickname Fishbed-F.
Army close-air support
FANS OF World War Two Japanese aviation are being treated to a batch of releases, such as Wingsy Kits’ delightful 1/48 Ki-51 Sonia attack/reconnaissance aircraft.
First horseless carriage
ICM SURPRISED many at this year’s Nuremberg Toy Fair byunveiling of a 1/24 Benz Patent-Motorwagen 1886.
Italian nieuports
LATVIAN manufacturer Copper State Models has added another arrow to its modelling quiver with the first in a series of decals for its splendid 1/32 Nieuport XVII