SPITFIRE COMPETITION WINNERS: FROM PROTOTYPE TO 'STAR WARS' REBEL FIGHTER

PETER CHIANG’S LATEST MODEL COMPETITION in Singapore focused on an ever-popular subject, the Supermarine Spitfire fighter.

FANTASTIC SUPER-DETAILED OO GAUGE RAIL DISPLAYS AT PENDON

 

A SUPER-DETAILED LOOK at English rural life around 1930, seen through extraordinary dioramas that feature railways, villages and landscapes.

1:72 SCALE CHINESE DF-1 DONG FENG (EAST WIND) ROCKET KIT

 

IF THIS ROCKET LOOKS LIKE a German V-2 rocket, that’s because it is – sort of. The Chinese Dong Feng 1 (East Wind 1) ground-to-ground missile was based on the Soviet SS-2 Sibling missile, which itself was a lengthened V-2.

CUTAWAY MESSERSCHMITT Bf-109G IN AMAZING STOP-FRAME MOVIE

HERE'S ANOTHER SUPERB VIDEO from master model-maker, Tom Grigat. Enjoy!

1:25 SCALE 'MOONEYES' DRAGSTER FROM ATLANTIS MODELS

ATLANTIS MODELS CONTINUES to reissue kits from the past with this 1:25 scale Revell Mooneyes Dragster. However, it’s not quite the original Revell model. Although Atlantis has all the parts required, Revell never issued the kit in exactly this form.

ROMAN GODDESS LAUNCHES THE FIRST US SATELLITE

THIS 1:72 SCALE REDSTONE SPACE LAUNCHER is a recent issue from Horizon Models, a relatively new Australian model company.

1:24 SCALE REVELL VW T2 IS THE MISSING LINK IN BUS KITS

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING but finally the gap has been filled between the first Volkswagen MicroBus T1 and the third, T3 version. But now we can give an overdue welcome to this 1:24 scale Revell kit of the model in the middle, the VW T2.

DESIGNING A DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO MODEL KIT

THIS EXCELLENT VIDEO takes us behind the scenes to show the thought process behind creating a state of the art model kit, here the Airfix 1:72 scale De Havilland Mosquito.

'FAST & FURIOUS' MOVIE HERO CAR - 1:24 SCALE DOM'S PLYMOUTH GTX

WE ARE NOW AT NUMBER NINE in the Fast & Furious movie franchise, with at least one more in the works. The films have featured a very large number of cars, consequently it is slightly surprising that there haven’t been many kits of them.

FIRST BATMOBILE EVER?

YOU CAN SEE TOM GRIGAT’S wonderful workmanship again in the video (above). The fascinating subject is a 1:35 scale kit of the one-off Romfell Panzerwagen, built in 1915.

HOW TO TURN YOUR SCALE MODEL HOBBY INTO A FULL-TIME JOB

SMN VISITORS MAY WELL BE familiar with Peter Chiang, the dynamic head of Singapore's Hobby Bounties model store. 

FAREWELL TO ANDY YANCHUS, MODEL EXPERT AND PROJECT MANAGER AT AURORA MODEL KITS

A NAME THAT WILL BE familiar to many modellers, Andy Yanchus sadly died in Florida on 11 September 2021.

IT’S STAR TREK DAY TODAY, SO TRY THIS 1:32 SCALE ROUND 2 KIT OF THE SHUTTLECRAFT ‘GALILEO’

AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO using the matter transporter on Federation Starships, there were the box-like shuttlecraft. 

VEHICLES AND FIGURES MODEL COMPETITION

HOBBY BOUNTIES is run by Peter Chiang in Singapore, who ran another of his model competitions on 7 August 2021. Mat Irvine and Tony James of Timeless Hobbies (ex-Comet Miniatures) were asked to judge the entries.

BIG SNAKE IN THE GRASS FOR SCIENCE-FANTASY LOVERS

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT KIT FOR science-fiction and fantasy lovers. It’s to 1:48 scale, and is based on a TV series from the 1960s.

VIRGIN GALACTIC SPACESHIP TWO AND WHITEKNIGHT TWO FROM REVELL

 

WITH SIR RICHARD BRANSON beating his space entrepreneur rival, Jeff Bezos, into space by a week or so on July 11, 2021, it's time to take a detailed look at Revell’s 1:144 scale kit of the Virgin Galactic craft.

VULCAN KIT DESIGNER TALKS ABOUT CREATING THE SCALE MODEL

THE AVRO VULCAN V-BOMBER is a charismatic aircraft, one that was well-known for its characteristic engine 'howl' when it flew spectacular displays at air shows.

PHABULOUS PHANTOM COMPETITION SHOWS GREAT RESULTS

SINGAPORE'S PETER CHIANG recently ran a two-week Phantom II model build. For Phantom Phans, this was a superb competition, and the results reflect this.

EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT, PLASTIC LOVERS! HERE'S A SCALE SUPERCAR MADE OF WOOD!

OK, SO YOU NEED A FULLY-FITTED workshop to make it, but the result is fantastic – a scale Lamborghini Aventador, complete with working swing-up doors.

MORE MODELS FROM SINGAPORE

 

Model makers have been busy again in Singapore, these photos taken at the Easter weekend competition held by Hobby Bounties, under the direction of Peter Chiang.