Scale Model News
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
1:16 SCALE RED BARON AND HIS DOG STOP-FRAME VIDEO
HERE'S ANOTHER FINE VIDEO BY Tom Grigat. It's an interesting vid featuring figure work, a subject we haven't featured before.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
CLASSIC 1957 CHRYSLER 300C TO 1:25 SCALE FROM AMT
IN REAL LIFE, THE 1957 CHRYSLER 300C came with long tail fins and a yawning chrome grille. And this 1:25 scale AMT kit models the original nicely.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
ROARING TIGER: 1:25 SCALE 'GET SMART' SUNBEAM SPORTS CAR FROM AMT
THIS IS A REISSUE of an original, and very popular, AMT kit. It’s a 1:25 scale model of the Anglo-American Sunbeam Tiger, a V8 roadster built from 1964-67, by the British Rootes Group.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
GERRY ANDERSON'S SPACE 1999 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL AREA DIORAMA KIT
GERRY ANDERSON MOONBASE ALPHA FANS have the chance to make a realistic diorama with the MPC 1:48 scale Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 2 kit.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Friday, December 28, 2018
Monday, December 24, 2018
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS
HERE'S HOPING EVERY SMN READER gets a chance to build a kit of their choice this coming year.
And maybe it's going to be the year when 'that old kit' comes down from its hiding place in the loft!
Saturday, December 22, 2018
FIFTIES-ERA BOAT KIT RETURNS AS A 1:25 SCALE 3-IN-1 CUSTOM
THE AMT CUSTOMIZING BOAT KIT was first produced in 1959. The boat was presented in much the same way as a car kit of the time, with a three-way assembly and some custom parts.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
DORNIER Do X FLYING MODEL: TWELVE SCALE ENGINES, ONE PROPELLER FOR POWER
THE DORNIER DO X was the brainchild of Dr. Claude Dornier, his aircraft taking off for the first time in July, 1929.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Sunday, December 2, 2018
SPECIAL HOBBY HAWKER TEMPEST: ANOTHER STUNNING VIDEO BUILD FROM TOM GRIGAT
FOR ALL WORLD WAR II FIGHTER FANS here's a great video by Tom Grigat, the master of stop-frame animated video model builds.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
WRC WINNER FROM 1979: 1:24 SCALE FORD ESCORT RALLY RACER FROM ITALERI
THIS IS A WELCOME ITALERI REISSUE OF what was previously an ESCI kit, Italeri having since acquired the tooling.
Monday, November 19, 2018
SECRETS OF THE NEW 1:24 SCALE AIRFIX F6F-5 HELLCAT
HERE'S A FASCINATING BEHIND THE SCENES interview with the people behind the upcoming Airfix 1:24 scale F6F Hellcat.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
INCOMING: SPECTACULAR 1:24 SCALE GRUMMAN F6F-5 HELLCAT FROM AIRFIX
AIRFIX IS ON A ROLL and this giant-size kit underlines the excellence of new products from this company.
Monday, November 5, 2018
1965 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1:25 SCALE WAGON CUSTOMIZING KIT FROM AMT
UNLIKE SOME RECENT AMT reissues that use more recent tooling, this 1:25 scale Lincoln Continental is based on the original annual kit, first released in 1965.
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