GLORIOUS DREAM CARS IN MINIATURE FROM PAUL'S MODEL ART MINICHAMPS

Scale readymades in 1:18 and 1:43 are featured in this excellent 2014 catalogue from Paul's Model Art. But the stars of the show are the superb miniature dream cars from days of retro-futures past.

HOBBY JAPAN MAGAZINE - 300 MAGABOOK PAGES PACKED WITH INTEREST

Hobby Japan is a highly respected publication that comes in a thick paperback format. The printing is excellent, and as for the content... Well, if you like everything from robots to battleships, then you'll enjoy these hundreds of pages of online reading.

Official Batman: Arkham Knight Batmobile Battle Mode Revealed

Here's a video-peep at the next Batmobile, in battle mode, to boot.

1:35 SCALE FANTASY SKY-BOAT 'WALDO' FROM INDUSTRIA MECHANIKA

Science-fiction fans start here, with this whimsical fantasy aerial trampship, named Waldo. The concept was penned by designer Ian McQue, made available as a kit from Industria Mechanika to 1:35 scale.

MIGHTY MISSILE FROM RUSSIA: ZVEZDA SS-25 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER TO 1:72 SCALE

There was a time when missile models of all types littered the model catalogues. But things changed and they have become, like many of the real things, obsolete. Consequently, this 1:72 scale kit of the SS-25 TEL (Transporter-Erector-Launcher) by Zvezda, Russia’s major kit manufacture, comes as a bit of a surprise.

USS ‘HORNET’ APOLLO RECOVERY VESSEL FROM REVELL - REISSUE OF A 1969 KIT THAT CELEBRATED THE APOLLO 11 MOON-LANDING MISSION

The USS Hornet (CVS-12) Apollo Recovery Vessel is a reissue by Revell-Germany of a kit first produced by Revell Inc in 1969. The kit was titled ‘Hornet + 3’ and featured the Prime Recovery Ship (PRS) for the returning Apollo 11 Moon-landing mission of July 1969

FIRST REVELL ONLINE 'MAGAZIN' BREAKS COVER WITH SELECTION OF ARTICLES

The Number 1 issue of Revell-Germany's 'Magazin' is online and available to view.

POLIKARPOV I-16 FLIES IN NEW ZEALAND

This video shows the first public display of a rebuilt Polikarpov I-16, as flown at the Wanaka Air Show, New Zealand, in 1998.

ONLINE READ: RUSSIAN SUPERSTARS FROM ARK MODELS OF MOSCOW

Ark Models of Moscow features in today's online brochure. It's full of interesting Russian and Soviet machines, plus a sprinkling of what look like remarketed ex-Frog/Novo kits.

FACTUAL-FUTURISTIC SPACE KIT: LINDBERG PRE-APOLLO US MOON SHIP

The Lindberg factual-futuristic US Moon Ship is a reissue from Round 2. The 1:96 scale spacecraft was released by the original Lindberg company in 1958.

MICROSCOPIC MODEL TRAIN MAY BE THE SMALLEST EVER MADE

At barely 6.35 x 3.18 mm (0.25 x 0.125 in) in size, New Jersey model train builder David Smith’s tiny train must be in the record books for the smallest ever - it works out to 1:35,200 scale. It’s not a feature in its own right however, for it represents a model train running inside an already small Z-gauge 1:220 scale display.

LLRV TEST VEHICLE: BUILT TO TEST CONTROLS FOR THE APOLLO LUNAR LANDER

This intriguing 1:72 scale model represents the LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle) built to test the controls of the Apollo Lunar Module before flight. Two LLRVs were built.