INCOMING - AIRFIX FIESTA RALLY CAR, 0/400 BIPLANE BOMBER

It's good to see production cars in the Airfix range, and here's one of the best Euro-hatchbacks around, the Ford Fiesta RS, here produced in its hot WRC version.

INCOMING - HAMEX 4 MODEL EXPO DUE SUNDAY

SMN PREVIEW:
The sales tables are booked, club stands organized, hot sandwiches on order, models good to go... Yes, it’s HaMeX again, this time the fourth in the annual event series. For anyone living in reach of the Milton Keynes area in the UK, this is the model zone to head for this coming Sunday.

SILVER DART SPACECRAFT FROM BLAP! MODELS OF CANADA

MAT IRVINE REPORTS
Canada’s headline space involvement is in supplying the Canadarm 2 robotic arm system presently used on the International Space Station (ISS). But here’s another, smaller, Canadian space product in the form of a sleek 1:72 scale resin kit of the Silver Dart hypersonic re-entry glider from Dave Guerin’s Blap! Models of Ontario.

SCALE MODELWORLD 2012 - THE WINNERS

MAT IRVINE REPORTS
The competition at Scale ModelWorld 2012 was split into a number of classes depending on subject, scale, and construction type. This has led to approaching 100 different classes, sometimes leading to some confusion as to which class to enter your creation.

MORE SCALE MODELWORLD 2013 ENTRIES TO ADMIRE AND ENJOY

The Scale ModelWorld just passed provided a galaxy of excellent modelling. Here's another roundup of goodies on show.

MORE ENTRIES FROM SCALE MODELWORLD 2012

Here are more of the excellent miniatures on display at Scale ModelWorld 2012, held in Telford, UK, over last weekend. 

COUNTDOWN TO HAMEX 4

Hanslope Model Expo (HaMeX) is due once again - this year it’s on Sunday December 2, so here’s a chance to see what's going on.

SCALE MODELWORLD 2012 - TALENT APLENTY AT THE SHOW

REPORT BY MAT IRVINE
The annual show of the UK International Plastic Modellers Society (IPMS) was held over last weekend, November 10-11, at the massive Telford International Conference Centre, now made even larger by the addition of a fourth hall.

MORE APOLLO 11 SPACECRAFT KITS FROM DRAGON - AND THIS TIME THEY’RE IN BIG 1:48 SCALE

Dragon of Hong Kong has added a pair of 1:48 scale Apollo 11 kits to its excellent - and expanding - range of real-space models. Both kits are enlarged versions of previous spacecraft made to 1:72 scale.

INCOMING - ‘SKYFALL’ JAMES BOND HELICOPTER FROM ITALERI

SMN REPORT

Here’s a well-timed kit release, a movie tie-in that’s bang up to the minute. It’s a variation on Italeri’s existing AW-101 kit to 1:72 scale, modded slightly to represent the triple-engined beast shown in the latest James Bond movie Skyfall.

SUPER-DETAILED HAND-CRAFTED 1:12 SCALE MINIATURE TOOL CHEST

Here’s proof that model making needn’t involve plastic components or a boxed kit. US miniaturist William Robertson spent some 1000 hours making this hand-crafted 1:12 scale replica of an 18th century Colonial-style tool chest.

NEW OUTFIT 'SCALE MODEL SCENERY' SUPPLIES DOWNLOADS FOR YOU TO PRINT OUT

The SMN Crew are extremely fond of dioramas, so news that there's a bunch of realistic downloads ready for instant purchase is good news indeed.

REVELL MINI COOPER Mk I - NEW TAKE ON THE CLASSIC CAR IN 1:24 SCALE

Fans of classic British cars will love this Mini Cooper Mk I from Revell, a neatly produced 126-part kit.

MORE FANTASY AND SCI-FI MODELS ON SHOW

 Here's the second of our two catch-up photo-reviews of the 'smallspace' modelfest held earlier this year. As with yesterday's selection, be very impressed with the quality of workmanship on display.

MODEL MAKERS' FANTASY AND SCI-FI FEST

There's a host of model talent out there, and these pix show off the sort of eye candy displayed at the smallspace show a while ago. Confession time - the shots were taken at the show, then misplaced in a flurry of camera changes and updates. But they are really too good to leave unseen, so enjoy the skills and imagination on display.