SUPER-HOT FORD CAPRI: 1:24 SCALE GROUP 5 RACE CAR FROM TAMIYA

MAT IRVINE:
This is one of Tamiya’s latest kits in its 1:24 scale Sports Car Series. The car is a highly modified Ford Capri in Group 5 racing guise, as seen in the 1981 German DRM (Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft) auto racing series.

STUDEBAKER MUSEUM: MODELS IN MINIATURE AND FULL SIZE

MAT IRVINE:
The new 16-page colour booklet that comes with the AMT Avanti kit was produced to celebrate the Avanti’s 50th anniversary in 2013, in conjunction with the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana, also the home town of Round 2 LLC, who make the kit.

INCOMING: IRON MAN 3 FIGURES FLY IN FROM DRAGON

SMN REPORT:
Hong Kong’s Dragon Models (DML) is hot on the Hollywood trail with these two releases, both 1:9 scale kits, featuring action-figures from the newly released movie, Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr.

SOVIET LK LUNAR LANDER: NIFTY LEGO VERSION

We recently mentioned the upcoming 1:48 scale Soviet lunar lander from Fantastic Plastic, and now here’s another blast from the past, with the same spacecraft made out of Lego bricks.

INCOMING: POCHER KITS RETURN WITH THE LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR TO 1:8 SCALE

DAVID JEFFERIS REPORTS:
The tie-up between Hornby and the classic Pocher car kit brand has finally turned to modelmaking gold with the upcoming 1:8 scale kit of Italy’s finest - the Lamborghina Aventador LP700-4.

ROCKET THREAT FROM NORTH KOREA? THE SOUTH HAS ROCKETS TOO, AT LEAST FOR LAUNCHING SATELLITES

MAT IRVINE:
The Finescale model of South Korea’s KSLV-1 (Korea Space Launch Vehicle) is a satellite launcher, rather than a ballistic missile, but it is of a similar size to North Korean rockets presently being brandished by the aggressive North Korean regime.

BEAUTY FROM THE PAST: 1:25 SCALE 1963 STUDEBAKER AVANTI FROM AMT

MAT IRVINE:
A 3-in-1 AMT Trophy kit from the 1960s, the Studebaker Avanti has been reissued several times, but this is the first time it has returned to the original box design, albeit a box that’s slightly bigger than the first time round.

WINGNUT WINGS FOKKER DVII FIGHTER TO 1:32 SCALE: PLUS FREE 32-PAGE BOOKLET

This latest Wingnut Wings kit was released in late March 2013, at the Easter Weekend Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow, in New Zealand. Like other Wingnut aircraft, the Fokker DVII is a top-quality production.

1:24 SCALE ITALERI CARGO TRAILER: MATCHES RECENT IVECO STRALIS TRACTOR KIT

Much of Europe’s freight is hauled by efficient highway haulers like the Italeri Iveco Stralis we reported on last week. And now here’s a matching semi-trailer from Italeri, designed to match that kit.

YEAR 1970: APOLLO 13 EXPLOSION. YEAR 2013: APOLLO 13 DIECAST FROM BANDAI

Bandai from Japan has pulled out all the stops with this 1:144 scale ready-built model, featuring the various components of the nearly-disastrous Apollo 13 space mission of 1970.

INCOMING: 1:48 SCALE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE PR XIX FROM AIRFIX

A new-tool kit from Airfix that features one of the fastest and most graceful Spitfire versions made, powered by a Griffon engine.

A TALE OF THREE BOXES

MAT IRVINE:
I’ve mentioned ‘Annual’ (sometimes called ‘Yearly’) cars before, kits that featured all-new or refreshed models from the full-size Detroit auto companies. For a time AMT, Jo-Han, MPC - and to a certain extent, Revell - matched the showroom glitz with kit versions of their own.

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO AGAIN: NEW GERRY ANDERSON-BASED PROJECTS KICK OFF WITH A NEW LOGO AND TEASER VIDEO

The British design studio IDO has revamped the logo and website for the estate of the late Gerry Anderson, creator of cult TV sci-fi series such as Thunderbirds and Space 1999.

DRAGON WAGON UPDATE: BOX STILL INCLUDES A CAGED CRITTER, KIT NOW CALLED A CIRCUS WAGON

The Tom Daniel ‘Dragon Wagon’ from 1970 has been updated with a mould re-tool, a new name, and a new box. For 1:24 scale custom fans, it’s one of many similar kits on the launch pad from Revell-Monogram, even if this one is now called a ‘Circus Wagon.’

INCOMING: SECRET BLADE RUNNER FLYING ‘FUTURE CAR’ FROM FUJIMI

SMN REPORT:
Did you enjoy the classic sci-fi movie, Blade Runner? Did you laugh at the Back to the Future (BttF) time-travel trilogy? If so, we bet you didn’t know that Blade Runner’s Spinner cop car also appeared in the second BttF movie. And now here it is again, coming shortly as a 1:24 scale kit, from Fujimi of Japan.

INCOMING: SOVIET-ERA MOON LANDER FROM THE GLORY DAYS OF THE SPACE RACE

SMN REPORT:
Coming in to land next month is this intriguing LK Moonship kit from those masters of rare and fascinating sci-fi and space models, Fantastic Plastic.