INCOMING: REVELL STAR WARS MODELS FROM LATEST 'SOLO' MOVIE

STAR WARS FANS QUEUE RIGHT NOW as it's time to see Solo, the latest movie in the four-decade old sci-fi saga.

FORD AIMS TO LEAVE CAR PRODUCTION, BUT HAS A GLORIOUS RETRO PAST, REFLECTED IN THESE TWO KITS

NEWS THIS WEEK reveals that Ford will be selling mostly SUVs and trucks in a few years time. The plans make two recent car kits of special interest.

HOT WHEELS FIFTY YEARS OLD - FIVE 'SWEET SIXTEEN' CARS RELEASED TO CELEBRATE

THE FIRST HOT WHEELS CARS were released in May, 1968. Known as the ‘Original Sweet Sixteen,’ those cars all had redline wheels, and original paintwork and style that directly challenged existing diecast toys such as Matchbox cars.

AIRFIX GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW ‘VINTAGE CLASSICS’ RANGE

AIRFIX BRINGS BACK A NEW WAVE OF OLD KITS for model makers with a taste for nostalgia.

THE RED BARON STILL FLIES HIGH IN A REVELL FOKKER TRIPLANE KIT

MORE THAN 60 YEARS OLD, this Revell kit still makes a decent aviation project for World War I buffs.

MEDIA MODEL MADNESS HITS THE STREETS THIS WEEKEND

LIKE THE MODELS THAT STAR IN MOVIES? THEN MAKE IT TO THE HAMEX ZONE this coming Sunday, May 6, 2018!

SINGAPORE STRIKES AGAIN WITH A 2018 AERO MODEL SHOW

HERE'S THE INFO on Singapore's 2018 National Airfix Aeronautical Model Engineering Competition.

SHOW-ROD AUTO DESIGNER JOHN BOGOSIAN SHRINKS A CLASSIC VW BEETLE BUS

DER BEETLE BUS IS A REBORN AMT show rod from the 1970s, and this 1:25 scale kit is the first reissue.

ARTIST HEROES WHO PAINTED MODEL KIT BOXES

THE VISUALS ON MODEL KIT BOXES are what the marketing men call ‘primary sales tools.’ Simply put, if you can spot an attractive box in a store or on screen, the odds are that you’ll want to home in for a closer look. 

RETRO-FUTURE STYLE: DOUBLE-BUBBLE LINCOLN FUTURA DREAM CAR

A KIT REISSUE THAT harks back to the golden age of Detroit dream cars.

1:144 SCALE CONVAIR NUCLEAR EXPLORATORY VEHICLE FROM MOEBIUS

IF YOU KNOW YOUR 1950s spacecraft kits, this new Moebius model of the NEV (Nuclear Exploratory Vehicle) might look familiar as a kit that Strombecker produced - except that it isn’t.

BLAST FROM THE PAST: SWEET NOSTALGIA FROM THE GOOD OLD DAYS

FOR THE MORE MATURE MODEL MAKER out there, then these old kits might bring back a few memories.

X-32 AND X-35B KITS FROM ITALERI

 

ITALERI HAS RELEASED AN INTERESTING double-kit, with two 1:72 scale experimental aircraft of the 1990s, issued together in a single box.

OFF-ROAD RACING STYLE: FORD BAJA BRONCO FROM REVELL

 

THIS IS THE second issue of a recent 1:25 scale Revell kit, which was created in response to buyers’ requests. And that proves that sometimes the model companies do listen to us!

STARSKY AND HUTCH FORD TORINO: REVISED 1:25 SCALE KIT FROM REVELL

WHEN THIS KIT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED we expected it would be a stock Ford Torino, with no real connection to the TV stars, Starsky and Hutch.