CALLING ON ALIENS? 1:48 SCALE VOYAGER SPACEPROBE FROM HASEGAWA

Mat Irvine: It’s perhaps a slightly odd decision for Hasegawa to model a spaceprobe that is more than 35 years old… but let us be pleased the company did, as it is a very interesting kit for any space enthusiast.

INCOMING: TAMIYA F-4U 'BIRDCAGE' CORSAIR

Fans of big 1:32 scale will be pleased with the latest from Tamiya, due on display at the Shizuoka show in Japan in a few days time.

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE FROM ITALERI: MARTIN B-57G NIGHTHAWK TO I:72 SCALE

Italeri’s 1:72 scale Martin B-57G Nighthawk is one of those golden oldie model kits that’s been around for a looong time. But it remains an interesting subject, representing a highly successful early medium jet bomber.

SMALL-SIZE CARS, FULL-SIZE CARS: REPORT FROM AUTOMODELLISMO 2013

 

Mat Irvine: Last Sunday saw the third Automodellismo Show for auto miniatures, held in Hanslope, near Milton Keynes, UK.

INCOMING: 1:32 SCALE GLOSTER METEOR WORLD WAR II JET FROM HONG KONG MODELS

Here’s another big-scale aircraft from Hong Kong Models (HKM). It’s a 1:32 scale Gloster Meteor, the first British jet fighter, and first operational jet flying for the Allies in World War II.

INCOMING: SUPER-GIANT 1:32 SCALE AVRO LANCASTER FROM HONG KONG MODELS

It looks like the Hong Kong Models Avro Lancaster will be available sometime in June. And it looks a can’t-miss-out hit with modellers.

INCOMING: AUTOMODELLISMO 2013 MODEL CAR EVENT THIS SUNDAY, MAY 5

This year marks the 60th anniversary of 'America's sports car’, the Chevrolet Corvette, so the organizers of Automodellismo 2013 have made the tasty sportster star of the show.

MODELKRAFT SHOW 2013: A FEAST OF SCALE TALENT ON DISPLAY

MAT IRVINE:
The UK-based Milton Keynes Scale Model Club held its annual ModelKraft Show recently, and there were thousands of beautifully-finished miniatures on display.

VICIOUS DA VINCI WEAPONS: MULTI-BARREL GUN AND 18-GUN PANZERWAGEN FROM REVELL

MAT IRVINE:
Here are two more kits in the Revell-Germany Leonardo da Vinci range.

STEAMPUNK-MEETS-DECO SCI-FI FROM HASEGAWA: 1:72 SCALE ‘LAST EXILE’ VANSHIP DOUBLE-KIT

SMN REPORT:
“Command the skies of a dark, futuristic Earth” is the tagline to this interesting steampunk-meets-deco science-fiction kit from Hasegawa. It’s based on the Japanese anime series ‘Last Exile’, a drama that is set on (despite that tagline) a fictional alien planet called Prester.

SUPER-HOT FORD CAPRI: 1:24 SCALE GROUP 5 RACE CAR FROM TAMIYA

MAT IRVINE:
This is one of Tamiya’s latest kits in its 1:24 scale Sports Car Series. The car is a highly modified Ford Capri in Group 5 racing guise, as seen in the 1981 German DRM (Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft) auto racing series.

STUDEBAKER MUSEUM: MODELS IN MINIATURE AND FULL SIZE

MAT IRVINE:
The new 16-page colour booklet that comes with the AMT Avanti kit was produced to celebrate the Avanti’s 50th anniversary in 2013, in conjunction with the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana, also the home town of Round 2 LLC, who make the kit.

INCOMING: IRON MAN 3 FIGURES FLY IN FROM DRAGON

SMN REPORT:
Hong Kong’s Dragon Models (DML) is hot on the Hollywood trail with these two releases, both 1:9 scale kits, featuring action-figures from the newly released movie, Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr.

SOVIET LK LUNAR LANDER: NIFTY LEGO VERSION

We recently mentioned the upcoming 1:48 scale Soviet lunar lander from Fantastic Plastic, and now here’s another blast from the past, with the same spacecraft made out of Lego bricks.

INCOMING: POCHER KITS RETURN WITH THE LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR TO 1:8 SCALE

DAVID JEFFERIS REPORTS:
The tie-up between Hornby and the classic Pocher car kit brand has finally turned to modelmaking gold with the upcoming 1:8 scale kit of Italy’s finest - the Lamborghina Aventador LP700-4.