MAKING MATCHBOX TOYS HALF A CENTURY AGO

COURTESY PATHE FILMS here’s a look at the early years of this famous brand.

INCOMING: SMALLSPACE 6: 40 YEARS OF K-9, THE ROBODOG

HEADSUP TIME for your diary. Stardate: Sunday July 16 is the countdown date for the sixth Smallspace Show.

SCALE MODELS: ARE YOU A BUILDER OR A COLLECTOR? OR IS THERE A THIRD WAY?

 

THE SCALE MODEL PASSION divides pretty neatly into two worlds - the craft-driven hobby of scale modelling, and the collector-driven desire for a ready-built collection. 

STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO BUILD: MESSERSCHMITT Me 262 NIGHT FIGHTER

HERE'S MORE VIDEO EXCELLENCE from YouTuber David Damek and his Plasmo productions.

SCALE MODEL NEWS AT THE SHIZUOKA HOBBY SHOW 2017, JAPAN

FROM THE EXCELLENT folks at Hobby Link Japan, here's a report from the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2017. Lots of build-worthy stuff to see - enjoy.

STARSKY AND HUTCH ‘STRIPED TOMATO’ FORD GRAN TORINO SPORT: AN ALTERNATIVE SET OF WHEELS?

WHEN THE ORIGINAL TV SERIES STARSKY AND HUTCH was being made, the producers needed suitable wheels for David Starsky (Paul Michael Glazer), who drove the car. 

SPECTACULAR WORKING MODEL ROLLER COASTER

THIS FULLY FUNCTIONAL scale model of a classic wooden roller coaster was made by YouTuber Adam Throgmorton.

CITROEN DS 19: A FRENCH GODDESS FROM EBBRO OF JAPAN

AND ABOUT TIME TOO!  It’s taken 60 years for a 1:24 scale Citroen DS 19 to be released - and it’s not from Heller of France, but from Ebbro of Japan.

1:25 SCALE BATMOBILE, AS FEATURED IN ‘SUICIDE SQUAD’ MOVIE

 

THE SUICIDE SQUAD BATMOBILE KIT comes from the 2016 movie, and is a repackaged version of the existing Moebius Models 1:25 scale Batmobile, as issued for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.

STAR WARS 'THE LAST JEDI' FIRST OFFICIAL TRAILER

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY IN HOLLYWOOD and the new Star Wars teaser-trailer is already here. The countdown begins for the latest movie in the long-running saga, called The Last Jedi.

ORIGAMI ARTIST: SCIENTIST TURNS PAPER MODEL CREATOR

A QUARTER CENTURY AGO, physicist Robert Lang worked on laser technology at the US space agency, NASA. Things changed in 2001, when Lang left his job in order to follow his childhood interest, the paper-folding art of origami.

VISIT TO THE PEGASUS HOBBIES MEGASTORE

PEGASUS HOBBIES is billed as the largest hobby store in southern California (SoCal), and having walked all the aisles, I can confirm the statement is true.

CLASSIC SABRE JET FROM AIRFIX

YOUTUBER TOM GRIGAT"S stop-frame video builds are hypnotically excellent. And here's another one for you, of the Airfix 1:72 scale F-86F Sabre.

MINIATURE WINDMILL ADDS REALISM TO SCALE MODEL DIORAMAS

WE RAN ACROSS an old Airfix windmill kit in an antique shop recently. The kit was one of the Trackside Series range, all produced to model rail 00/H0 scale.

RIG A RUSSIAN! ACE STOP-FRAME VIDEO-BUILD OF A 1:72 SCALE POLIKARPOV I-3

HERE IS AN EXCELLENT STOP-FRAME VIDEO from YouTuber Tom Grigat.