News Category
Custom decal artwork archive
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »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 ...
Eduard’s July magazine is available
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »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 ...
Canadian CF-18 pilot has a lucky escape
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in News | 1 Comment »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 ...
Painted Mil Mi-24 Hind
Monday, July 19th, 2010 Posted in News | 1 Comment »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 ...
Model magazine references list
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »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 ...
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
Sunday, July 11th, 2010 Posted in News | 1 Comment »70 years ago, on 10 July 1940, the German Luftwaffe bombed London and south east England starting what was later to be called the Battle of Britain. Some 3,000 British airmen fought back and prevented a possible invasion. In a ...
SBX Model Shop are offering a 5% discount on all sales
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »On-line model retailer SBX Model Shop are offering a 5% discount on all items available through their web site, valid until at least 31st July. On top of this they are also offering an whopping 15% off all Iwata ...
Completed Airfix 1/24 scale Mosquito
Saturday, June 5th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »I know many of you have been thinking about buying and building Airfix's 1/24 scale Mosquito, but have been put off by the fact that it is an Airfix kit! For those wanting to see what can be done with ...
Andrea Miniatures tutorials
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »As well as announcing a new figure for May, scale figure maker Andrea Miniatures have also added a new tutorial section to their website where you can download painting and diorama construction guides (in pdf format) and view YouTube videos ...
70 years ago today…
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »70 years ago today, on 27th May 1940, Operation Dynamo began. Over a 9 day period a total of 338,226 troops were evacuated from the beaches and harbour at Dunkirk. The rescue started slowly with only 7,669 personnel evacuated from ...
Scratch-built 1/5 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I
Monday, May 24th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Ian Bartlett has passed on some amazing photos of a scratch-built 1/5 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. This massively impressive model was built by David Glen over 11 years and should act an an inspiration to us all! Check out David's ...
Airfix sale!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Airfix are currently holding an on-line sale with a fair number of kits reduced by 50% or more. Have a look on the Airfix Sale page for more details.
