BIG B-1B 'BONE' FROM REVELL

FANS OF BIG BOMBER models could do worse than look at the Revell B-1B Lancer kit. It's a biggie all right - to 1:48 scale, the model measures some 921 mm (36.26 in) when assembled.

SCRATCH-BUILDING A ‘NEW HORIZONS’ PLUTO PROBE TO 1:8 SCALE

IT TOOK NEARLY TEN YEARS and a journey of three billion miles, but the space probe New Horizons finally flew close by the sub-zero world of Pluto on July 14, 2015. And here is Mat Irvine’s account of scratch-building a 1:8 scale model of the probe for a BBC TV show.

ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO 2015 - AIRCRAFT AND MODELS

A NICE VIDEO courtesy Airfix and Corgi of the UK's premier air display, the Royal International Air Tattoo 2015, held at RAF Fairford earlier this month. It makes good viewing, especially the camouflage-finish EFA Typhoon and bat-like Avro Vulcan. Click for full-screen mode, to max out on those all too brief glimpses of the modelling side of things.

1:72 SCALE AIRFIX BARGAIN - FOUR KITS IN ONE 'CONFLICT BUNDLE'

A BATTLE OF BRITAIN anniversary special from Airfix offers four 1:72 kits at less than half price. Three of the kits are aircraft: a Spitfire, Hurricane, and Bf 109. The fourth is an unusually good choice, in the form of the Airfix RAF Air Sea Rescue Launch.  

SMALLSPACE 4 - TV AND MOVIE MODELS

SMALLSPACE 4 FEATURED MANY STARS of the big movie franchises. This Ironman figure is finished with a neat metallic sheen, and also features a realistic lighting display.

SMALLSPACE 4 - GERRY ANDERSON TV SERIES

GERRY ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT ruled children's TV in the 1960s and 1970s, with series after series, all achieving great popularity. Above, the Mole, from the all-time classic, Thunderbirds.

SMALLSPACE 4 - BBC TV SCIENCE FICTION

BBC SCIENCE FICTION featured strongly at Smallspace 4. Outside the main hall (above) a bunch of Doctor Who lookalikes posed next to the Whomobile car.

SMALLSPACE 4 - STEAMPUNK TAKES A SOLAR SYSTEM PRIZE

THE STEAMPUNK DISPLAY at Smallspace 4 took the 'Best in Solar System' Prize, and deservedly so. Modelmaker Ian Crichton's display showed a range of beautifully finished models.

SMALLSPACE 4 - ABOUT THE SHOW

A LIFE-SIZE ASTRONAUT FIGURE GREETED the sci-fi fans who crowded into Smallspace 4 this year.

SMALLSPACE 4 - 'WHAT IF' AIRCRAFT DESIGNS

SMALLSPACE 4 MAY HAVE BEEN A SCIENCE FICTION fest, but what-if scenarios surely belong in the genre too. Just as well, as these aircraft models were well worth a look.

SMALLSPACE 4 SCIENCE FICTION MODEL SHOW

SMALLSPACE 4 launched to a flying start today, and carried on to successful orbit - as I write this, the show is still going at full throttle, and looks to be the biggest so far.

NATIONAL AIRFIX AERONAUTICAL MODEL COMPETITION, SINGAPORE

PETER CHIANG RUNS runs Hobby Bounties of Singapore, and also organises the Annual Airfix Competition for schools there, or to give its full title, the National Airfix Aeronautical Model Engineering Competition.

COUNTDOWN TO SMALLSPACE 4 SCIENCE FICTION FESTIVAL

SCI-FI FANS GET READY for the smallspace 4 sci-fi fest this coming Sunday July 12. It should be a great day for full-size and scale model fans alike. Star of the show will be the Whomobile, the futuristic ride of the famed TV Doctor.

TESTORS 1:48 SCALE UFO CRASH SCENE, INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1947

ON JULY 4, 1947, something supposedly happened near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, an event that the world has never forgotten. It was the purported crash of a UFO - an alien spacecraft - and the recovery of the crashed ship and several of its occupants.

SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL - FIVE NEW BATMOBILES FROM POLAR LIGHTS

IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH to remember the headline phrase from the 1960s TV series Batman, you are also old enough to remember a time when a conventional 1:25 scale Batmobile kit didn't exist. But now, a bit like waiting for the proverbial bus, several come along more or less at the same time.