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PANZER TRACTS PANZER IVH/J REFERENCE
Building the Panzer IV Ausf.H/J and need reference? Look no further than the updated Panzer Tracts book on these variants, which offers superb photos and highly detailed scale drawings.
Chris Clifford
NEW TRUMPETER KITS DUE SOON
Aircraft, maritime and military modellers all have items to investigate via Trumpeter's forthcoming releases, due August-October this year.
Chris Clifford
Silver Swimmer: Xtrakit’s Saunders-Roe SRA-1
Chris Jones completes the world's first ever 1/72 styrene Saunders-Roe SRA-1... a new tooling from Hannants' own brand Xtrakit.
Chris Jones
SPECIAL HOBBY MIRAGE F1 RETURNS
Special Hobby's 1/72 Mirage F1EQ/ED has been reissued, again offering modellers the chance to complete Iraqi, Iranian or Libyan airframes.
Chris Clifford
NEW ‘I LOVE KIT’ RELEASES ON THE WAY
Exciting 1/35 and 1/16 military vehicles from Chinese brand I Love Kit are due this August-October.
Chris Clifford
HELLER 1/72 FLANKER REISSUED
Markings for six different Ukrainian Air Force airframes accompany Heller's re-released 1/72 Sukhoi Su-27, which can be built in single- or two-seat format. Digital camouflage decals are provided too!
Chris Clifford
ICM COBRA DOWN-SCALED TO 1/35
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
GORGEOUS GHIBLI: ITALERI’S NEW-TOOL AMX
Italeri has released its new-tool 1/72 AMX Ghibli fighter-bomber... and it might just be the firm's best-ever aircraft kit in this scale.
Chris Clifford
AIRFIX F-80C SHOOTING STAR
Mike Williams revisits a favourite kit from his childhood... Airfix's 1/72 F-80C Shooting Star, now re-released as a Vintage Classics item.
Mike Williams
ITALERI 1/48 F/A-18F RE-RELEASE
Italeri's 1/48 F/A-18F Super Hornet has been re-released with stunning new decals... but the kit needs work to ensure an accurate replica.
Chris Clifford
AK INTERACTIVE 1/35 NEW-TOOL LAND ROVER 88 SERIES IIA CRANE-TOW TRUCK
AK Interactive's third new-tool 1/35 Land Rover release is this Series IIA Crane-Tow Truck, with three attractive colour schemes.
Stu Fone
TEN TOP: USAF Kits
AMW’s Chris Clifford, Stu Fone and John Fuller explore ten of the best kits depicting US Air Force machines
DANISH ‘HUN’: ESCI’S F-100D SUPER SABRE
Kev Baxter completes the Tamiya boxing of ESCI's old 1/72 F-100D as a Danish Air Force machine at the point of touchdown.
KEV BAXTER
AIRFIX NEW-TOOL McLAREN 765LT REVIEW
Airfix's new-tool 1/43 McLaren 765LT offers a stunning level of detail despite the relatively low parts count.
Chris Clifford
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
The Ukrainian paint brand Arcus Hobby Color is now available in the UK via online retailer Tyrell Models.
Chris Clifford
THE DARKEST HOUR VOLUME 2
Helion & Co's The Darkest Hour Vol.2 is now available, further explaining Japan's 1942 offensive in the Indian Ocean... with useful visual reference for modellers.
Chris Clifford
REWORKED SEAFIRE 46 FROM SPECIAL HOBBY
Special Hobby has reworked its 1/72 Seafire F.46 so you can now also portray the FR.46 fighter-recce variant.
Chris Clifford
EDUARD’S NEW 1/48 B-25J DECALS
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
HK MODELS 1/32 A-20G HAVOC REVIEW
HK Models has released what is arguably it's best kit so far, in the shape of a 1/32 Douglas A-20G Havoc with six-gun nose. It's brimming with detail.
Chris Clifford
AIRFIX 1/48 HUNTER AND COLLECTOR COIN BUNDLE
Airfix's excellent 1/48 Hawker Hunter is now available direct from the company with a limited-edition collector coin.
Chris Clifford
PHOTO FEATURE: 1980s-90s AVIATION
Enjoy a heady dose of nostalgia and gain modelling reference in the process, with our 1980s-90s aircraft photo feature.
Keith Boucher
EDUARD’S AIRACOBRA RETURNS
Eduard's excellent 1/48 P-400 Airacobra has been reissued in ProfiPACK format, with photo-etched metal and paint masks accompanying the styrene.
Chris Clifford
For Vendel! ICM’s 1/16 Viking Figure FULL BUILD!
Johan Augustsson boards the longship into the mists of past days to build the 1/16 Viking (IX Century) from ICM.
Johan Augustsson
ITALERI REISSUES NITTO PORSCHE RSR
Porsche fans can now tackle Nitto's original 1/24 Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo thanks to a re-release by Italeri, which adds stunning decals for two Martini cars at 1974's Le Mans.
Chris Clifford
AIRFIX BUFFALO AVAILABLE AGAIN
Airfix's Vintage Classics range now welcomes the 1/72 Brewster Buffalo, first tooled in 1972.
Chris Clifford
NEW DSPIAE TOOLS AT TYRELL MODELS
If you enjoy using high-quality tools, read about the three new items from Dspiae, available via online retailer Tyrell Models.
Chris Clifford
EDUARD ZERO AFTERMARKET ROUND-UP
If you plan to build any of Eduard's new-tool 1/48 Mitsubishi Zeros, check out the same firm's array of superb aftermarket upgrades for the type.
Chris Clifford
NEW BEAVER SCHEMES FROM XTRADECAL
Planning to build Airfix's 1/72 DHC-2 Beaver? Then you won't want to miss Xtradecal's new package with ten attractive colour schemes.
Chris Clifford
Brilliant Bovington: South West Model Show report
Malcolm V Lowe reports on the winter edition of The Tank Museum’s South West Model Show
Malcolm V Lowe