Richard Caruana has made a available some of his own custom made decal designs which you can download, print and use on your models. Head over to the Decal Artwork Archive to see what Richard has to offer. To make your own decals, you will need a printer and some decal paper (such as this from Crafty Computer Paper) and then follow the simple actions as laid out in this step-by-step guide.
It may have taken a little time to complete the translation for the English edition of Eduard’s new-style ‘digital’ monthly magazine, but it is now feely available in PDF format for you to download. This month’s issue is full of news of all Eduard’s latest kits and accessories, as well as providing details of future projects. The main article is a detailed study of the Fw 190 A-8/R2 Sturmbock heavy fighter which includes many useful pictures and prints. Head over to Eduard’s website to download the July magazine (Volume 10, Issue 6).
Canadian Air Force pilot Captain Brian Bews got a little more than he bargained for when practising for an airshow at Lethbridge airport in Alberta. After losing control of his aircraft, Captain Bews was able to eject seconds before the plane hit the ground. Ground staff managed to capture the crash on film and it has since been doing the rounds. If you have not seen it, have a look below!
I am delighted to announce that Newbury Scale Model Club have a new Club sponsor. Suisoft are an independent software company offering a range of products including KitBase, a utility for tracking your model kits which helps you to catalogue your collection from the kits in your stash, though purchases and sales and on to display.
The first Club outing of the year was a short hop over to Cholsey for Cholsey Model Mania 2010. Now in its 13th year, Model Mania remains a very popular event, helped is no small part by the wide range of exhibitors who attend. This year was no different with many local model clubs, scale trains, large scale radio controlled armour, radio controlled aircraft, steam engines as well as the traditional flypast to entertain the visitors!
The laminator has finally arrived so Club membership cards should be in the post within the next 7 days or so. Any Club members not receiving theirs by the end of the month should contact the Club Secretary.
Bill Gregory has passed on some remarkable photos of a fantastically painted Mil Mi-24 Hind. Since 1978, around 2,000 Mi-24s have been manufactured, some 600 of which were for export. As such, there are 60 different countries currently deploying these aircraft, including the USA. Have a look at the photos below.
Eduard have announced two new 1/48 scale aircraft kits for July. First up is the Albatros D.III Oeffag 25, which comes complete with pre-coloured photo-etch parts, express painting masks and decals from Cartograph. Next, Eduard offer a ‘Weekend Edition’ of their popular Fw 190A-8 in its heavily armed and armoured “bomber destroyer” configuration, with marking options for Wilhelm Moritz, IV.(Sturm) / JG 3, Memmingen, Germany, July 1944.
July’s meeting had a good show of members and a great collection of models to look over and discuss, including a first look at the Group Build progress. The year’s upcoming meetings and Club outings were discussed, as well as the future of NewMod — but more about these in future updates. For the time being, check out the meeting photos below!
Associate Club member Steve Wright has updated his Gallery page with a few more photos of his latest build, Revell’s 1/271 scale Mississippi Queen. According to Steve, the hull looked a bit plain so he roughly scribed some planking into the plastic and added a layer of floor polish to seal the paint in. This was followed by a wash of abtielung wash brown, a further layer of floor polish then the stair case was masked off and airbrushed with Tamiya XF5. Head over to Steve’s Gallery page and have a look at his progress!
Just a quick reminder that tonight is July’s Club meeting from 7pm at the Royal British Legion, Newbury.
The Royal British Legion, Pelican Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1NP.Please bring any recently finished or in-progress models as well as anything you have for the Club Group Build.
John Loughman of Australia has been compiling a list of model magazine references for the last 30 years. The list now has around 19,000 entries, covering several thousand publications. John has published his list in Excel format and kindly offered to share it with the modelling community. The file is available for a free download from http://www.suisoft.co.uk/kitbase/datafiles.htm
