APOLLO SATURN V LAUNCH COMPLEX: MODEL MAKER BOXES CLEVER BY BUILDING WITH BOXES

At first glance, the giant 1:96 scale Saturn V launch complex built by John Ashton (above) looks as if it could be built from modern materials. But no, take a closer look, and you realise the construction is from an older period, the builder being someone who seems to like a lot of cornflakes, for he makes his models mostly out of cereal boxes.

BATTLEGROUND 1945A: ALLIED ARMOUR vs NAZI SUPER-SCIENCE

It's 1945, and the Allies are on the verge of winning World War II, when suddenly the Nazis unleash an arsenal of super weapons straight out of science-fiction, turning the tide of combat in their favour.

GREAT VIDEO REFERENCE: RAFALE PILOTS FLY TO THE LIMIT

Fast-flying canard fighting plane from France, with kits from Revell and other manufacturers to back up excellent video action at YouTube.

SUPER SOUNDS: ULTRA-DETAIL 1:24 SCALE AV-8S MATADOR FROM MODEL-MAKER GEORGE R. MUSTAFA

Here’s a prize-winning build of the 1:24 scale Airfix Harrier, remodelled as a Spanish Navy Matador. The kit is based on the old-mould Harrier, marketed a few years back with additional parts to build the GR3 version. Creator of the sound-enabled display model is US model-maker George Mustafa.

THE MODEL MARKET: NEW SCALE MODEL SHOW COMING SOON FROM THE HAMEX TEAM

The Model Market will run on Sunday February 2, 2014. That’s good timing, neatly on schedule to stock up on all those new kits you promised yourself for the coming year. And perhaps also to get the tools you need to finish the unbuilt stuff, left over from 2013…

EXTRAORDINARY LABOUR OF LOVE: PAPER MODEL BOEING 777 EVEN INCLUDES WORKING THRUST REVERSERS

In 83 days or so, Boeing can go from assembling a 777’s first components, to flight testing the assembled bird, to delivering it to an airline. A typical model kit might take anywhere from a day to a week. But Luca Iaconi-Stewart’s amazing hand-crafted paper liner has been a five-year production.

SPACE VIDEO: GREAT REFERENCE FOR REVELL VIRGIN GALACTIC MODELLERS

On January 10, 2014, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completed its third powered test flight. In command on the flight deck for the first time under rocket power was VG’s Chief Pilot, Dave Mackay.

TEST FLIGHT: IN THE AIR WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCALE RC MiG-25 FOXBAT

We don't do too much in the way of radio-control gear at SMN, though maybe we should if an amazingly huge model is anything to go by. In flight, it looks pretty much like the real thing (above) so be impressed with how they fly the mighty MiG-25 down under, in New Zealand.

AIRFIX INCOMING 2014: FOLLAND GNAT 1:48 SCALE TWO-SEATER JET

Fans of British jets will welcome the new Airfix 1:48 scale Folland Gnat, well-known as the high-speed mount for RAF aerobatic teams of the past, such as the Yellowjacks and the Red Arrows. This Gnat is a step up in size for Airfix, which already has a new-tool 1:72 scale Gnat in the range.

2014 INCOMING: REVELL AIRBUS A350-900 JETLINER TO 1:144 SCALE

Jetliner fans: this latest Revell airliner is for you, as it features the latest twin-jet from Airbus, the A350-900 XWB, which first flew in June 2013.

BATMAN 2014: ‘DARK KNIGHT’ MOEBIUS BAT-PODS TO 1:25 AND 1:18 SCALES

The single-seater Bat-Pod emerges (in slightly contrived fashion!) from the wreck of the bigger Tumbler in the first movie of the Dark Knight trilogy. This Moebius kit focuses on the fat-tyred two-wheeler.

BATMAN 2014: EXCELLENT MODEL MAKER'S REFERENCE 'BATMOBILES' BOOK BY MARK COTTA VAZ

This surely has to be the definitive book on the Batmobile. It's a big full-colour title by Mark Cotta Vaz, published by Titan Books.

BATMAN 2014: DARK KNIGHT 1:25 SCALE TUMBLER FROM MOEBIUS

Mat Irvine: This is going to be about as complex a model car kit in this scale (or any scale) you are likely to build, and initially the packed box of parts looks daunting.