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
At the armoured tip
BEST-SELLING author Adam Makos’s Spearhead, which tells the true story of US Army tank gunner Clarence Smoyer during late World War Two, has just been released in a paperback edition.
Clear vision
SPECIAL HOBBY has embarked on a new venture with its Special Mask sets, providing an easy solution for modellers owning the firm’s 1/72 Dassault Super Mystère or Saab Viggen kits.
NUREMBERG NEWS
At several first glance, notable there absences were at this year’s Nuremberg Toy Fair, including Hasegawa, Kinetic and Takom, but these were balanced by the first-time presence of firms such as Copper State Models, SMER and Dora Wings.
Inside-out double gunner
MINIART’S RECENT 1/35 M3 Lee tank returns with a full interior and Australian markings to depict vehicles used for homeland defence and training during World War Two.
Thoroughbred packages
BULLSEYE MODEL Aviation has produced a bumper selection of decals for Eduard’s newly tooled 1/48 Mustangs, with four ‘Yoxford Boys’ packs depicting RAF Leighton, Suffolk-based 357th Fighter Group machines.
Easy airbrushing
IWATA’S SUPERB HP-CH airbrush has been re-packaged as a ‘Total Control’ product, in keeping with the firm’s recently introduced five-category purchasing guide.
Reduced-size references
HAYNES’ ICONS series has been expanded with a selection of manuals based on preserved machinery; its latest selection covers the Flying Scotsman, Tiger tank and HMS Victory and is certain to be popular with modellers.
