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1/144 MISTEL 5 COMBINATION FROM BRENGUN Review Premium

1/144 MISTEL 5 COMBINATION FROM BRENGUN

Chris Clifford

Luftwaffe fans who prefer smaller scales have a pleasing option in Brengun's new 1/144 Mistel 5 combination, featuring an He 162 and Arado E 377.

Chris Clifford
REVELL APLHA JET 50TH ANNIVERSARY TRIO Review Premium

REVELL APLHA JET 50TH ANNIVERSARY TRIO

Chris Clifford

Fans of small-scale aircraft - especially jets - have an interesting item in Revell's 50th anniversary Alpha Jet package, offering three whole kits in 1/144 scale.

Chris Clifford
Das Werk LARC-V Full Build Feature Premium

DAS WERK LARC-V FULL BUILD

Gary Radford

Gary Radford replicates a fascinating Vietnam War amphibian with Das Werk's 1/35 LARC-V.

Gary Radford
MINIART UPGRADES ITS NEW-TOOL P-47D News Premium

MINIART UPGRADES ITS NEW-TOOL P-47D

Chris Clifford

MiniArt's stunning new-tool 1/48 P-47D-25RE Thunderbolt has been re-boxed as an Advance Kit, with extra styrene, photo-etched metal details and three fresh colour schemes.

Chris Clifford
SWORD NEW RF-8 CRUSADER REVIEW Review Premium

SWORD NEW RF-8 CRUSADER REVIEW

Chris Clifford

Sword fills a huge gap in the market with its new-tool 1/72 RF-8A/G Crusader kits. Read our full review of the 'A' boxing.

Chris Clifford
DETAIL & SCALE B-24 REFERENCE Review Freemium

DETAIL & SCALE B-24 REFERENCE

Chris Clifford

Plan to build the B-24 or its derivatives? If so, Detail & Scale's recent reference book will be invaluable for detail.

Chris Clifford
ITALERI REISSUES 1/48 HURRICANE IIC Review Premium

ITALERI REISSUES 1/48 HURRICANE IIC

Chris Clifford

Italeri's own 1/48 Hurricane Mk.IIc has been reissued with fresh decals for six different airframes.

Chris Clifford

SECOND F-84F FROM SPECIAL HOBBY

Chris Clifford

Special Hobby's recent new-tool 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak has been released in a Suez Crisis boxing, with decals for three French Air Force airframes.

Chris Clifford
SINGAPORE AIRFIX MODEL COMPETITION News Freemium

SINGAPORE AIRFIX MODEL COMPETITION

Peter Chiang

Peter Chiang reports on this year's instalment of the annual Singapore Airfix Model Competition.

Peter Chiang
NEW ITEMS AT TYRELL MODELS: GREEN STUFF WORLD AND ANYZ News Freemium

NEW ITEMS AT TYRELL MODELS: GREEN STUFF WORLD AND ANYZ

Chris Clifford

New aftermarket items from ANYZ, plus a cutting block and different putty products by Green Stuff World, are now available via Tyrell Models.

Chris Clifford

IN STOCK NOW: Special Hobby F-84F exclusive bundle

Chris Clifford

EXCLUSIVE BUNDLE! This new bundle for the Key Model World Shop features Special Hobby's new 1/72 USAF F-84F with a set of paint masks to aid its construction. The bundle costs £21.99 and is available now.

Chris Clifford

NEW ARMY-FOCUSSED PERIODICAL FROM START

Chris Clifford

Having found great success with its Luftwaffe/U-Boot Im Focus reference periodicals, Luftfahrtverlag-START now explores the German army with its new Heer Im Focus series.

Chris Clifford
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AIRFIX 1/24 STUKA UPDATE FROM AIRSCALE

Stu Fone

With Airfix about to re-release its 1/24 Junkers Ju 87B Stuka, aftermarket specialist Airscale has been quick to produce a magnificent 3D-printed resin upgrade/update set that’s sure to impress.

Stu Fone
AIRFIX 1/48 BUCCANEER S.2B COMPLETED Feature Premium

AIRFIX 1/48 BUCCANEER S.2B COMPLETED

Chris Jones

Chris Jones' explores the First Gulf War with his build of Airfix's new 1/48 Buccaneer S.2B in 'Desert Pink'.

Chris Jones

OUTLAW PAINTS IN THE UK VIA SPRUE BOX

Stu Fone

Sprue Box announced at Scale ModelWorld 2023 it was the UK distributor for Outlaw Paints

Stu Fone

RADAR-NOSED HUNTER CONVERSION BY FREIGHTDOG

Chris

Fans of the Hawker Hunter, plus modellers who build test/development aircraft, may be interested in Freightdog Models' new 1/72 P.1109A conversion, designed to fit Revell's kit.

Chris
1/72 LVG C.VI BIPLANE REISSUE BY KP Review Premium

1/72 LVG C.VI BIPLANE REISSUE BY KP

Chris Clifford

KP's splendid 1/72 LVG C.VI has been re-released with three fresh German 1918 colour schemes.

Chris Clifford
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Scale ModelWorld 2023 Show Report Part 2

Stu Fone

In this second part of our report on Scale ModelWorld 2023, we focus on the multitude of club and Special Interest Group displays

Stu Fone

LIMITED-EDITION SPITFIRE AND CHRISTMAS JUMPERS FROM AIRFIX

Stu Fone

Airfix has announced a limited-edition Spitfire Starter Set in association with VisitBlackpool Illuminations... and its own Christmas jumper

Stu Fone
NuNu McLaren Feature Premium

NUNU 1/20 MCLAREN MP4/2C FULL BUILD

Oleg Makhortov

Oleh Makhortov explores 1980s Formula 1 with his NuNu 1/20 McLaren MP4/2C in 'Keke' Rosberg's livery.

Oleg Makhortov
NEW JAPANESE ARTILLERY FROM BORDER MODEL Review Premium

NEW JAPANESE ARTILLERY FROM BORDER MODEL

Chris Clifford

Fans of artillery pieces won't want to miss Border Model's splendid, detail-packed 1/35 Imperial Japanese Army 28cm Howitzer from 1905.

Chris Clifford
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Scale ModelWorld 2023 Show Report Part 1

Stu Fone

This year’s IPMS (UK) Nationals event at the Telford International Centre celebrated the organisation's 60th anniversary

Stu Fone
NEW LIFECOLOR PAINT SETS News Premium

NEW LIFECOLOR PAINT SETS

Chris Clifford

If you build fast jets or paint figures, you may find Lifecolor's new themed acrylic paint sets worth considering.

Chris Clifford
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Airfix Model World January 2024

The full issue in page-turning format

ARMA HOBBY 1/72 P-39Q AIRACOBRA FULL BUILD Feature Premium

ARMA HOBBY 1/72 P-39Q AIRACOBRA FULL BUILD

David Holmes

David Holmes completes Arma Hobby's delightful 1/72 P-39Q Airacobra as a South Pacific machine based in the Gilbert Islands.

David Holmes
GREAT WALL HOBBY 1/72 F-15C MSIP II IN-BOX REVIEW Review Premium

GREAT WALL HOBBY 1/72 F-15C MSIP II IN-BOX REVIEW

Chris Clifford

If you're in the market for a 1/72 F-15C Eagle, Great Wall Hobby's tooling offers superlative detail, as described throughout our in-box review.

Chris Clifford
PANZERWRECKS’ NEW GERMAN ARMOUR REFERENCE News Premium

MORE GERMAN ARMOUR REFERENCE FROM PANZERWRECKS

Chris Clifford

UK publisher Panzerwrecks' latest instalment of its German armour reference series has a fascinating Normandy focus... and heaps of detail.

Chris Clifford
NEW 1/48 CORSAIR FROM MAGIC FACTORY Review Premium

NEW 1/48 CORSAIR FROM MAGIC FACTORY

Chris Clifford

Tamiya's 'Best 1/48 Corsair' crown has been snatched by the new tooling from Magic Factory, which allows replication of the F4U-1A and night-fighting F4U-2.

Chris Clifford

RN WESSEX AND FRENCH MISTRAL MARKINGS BY MODEL ART

Chris Clifford

Model Art's new decal sheet offers plenty of alternative schemes if you plan to build the Westland Wessex HAS.1 or SNCASE Mistral SE535 Mistral in 1/72 scale.

Chris Clifford
NEW USAF F16D ‘VIPER’ FROM KINETIC News Freemium

NEW USAF F16D ‘VIPER’ FROM KINETIC

Chris Clifford

Kinetic's family of 1/48 F-16s has grown with the addition of a USAF D-model 'Viper', allowing replication of Block 30/40/50 formats.

Chris Clifford