JAMES BOND LOTUS CAR-SUBMARINE TO 1:24 SCALE FROM FUJIMI

“TRY NOT TO DAMAGE IT, 007…” That famous phrase from ‘Q’ in James Bond movies applied in spades to the famed Aston Martin DB5. But it also related to another Bondmobile, the Lotus Esprit S1 that served double-duty as a submarine in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me.

EXCELLENT STOP-FRAME BIPLANE KIT BUILD VIDEO

HERE'S ANOTHER HYPNOTICALLY GOOD video showing an Airfix kit build. This time, it's the turn of the 1:72 scale Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c of World War I fame.

ROUND 2 BATMOBILE: ANTON FURST DESIGN RELEASED TO 1:25 SCALE

THE NEW MOVIE BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE is due for release on March 25, 2016. So Round 2 has taken the opportunity of reissuing the AMT Batmobile kit, as designed for the first Batman reboot of 1989.

MILITARY MODELS AT THE TANK MUSEUM, BOVINGTON

THE TANK MUSEUM, BOVINGTON, UK, houses a wide-ranging display of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) with some 300 vehicles on show, making the collection a world leader. Among the many AFVs on view are the world's first tank, Little Willie, the deadly German Tiger, and the modern Challenger 2.

MODEL DEPICTS ENTIRE ENGLISH COTSWOLD VILLAGE TO 1:9 SCALE

EVEN IN THE HIGH-TECH 21ST CENTURY, THE QUAINT MODEL VILLAGE at Bourton-on-the-Water in the English Cotswolds is still a powerful magnet for tourists.

A PECULIAR EFFECT ON THE BBC - THE STORY OF BERNARD WILKIE, VISUAL EFFECTS GURU

A PECULIAR EFFECT ON THE BBC WAS WRITTEN BY the late Bernard Wilkie, a founder of the BBC Visual Effects (VFX) Department in 1954. The department started by making scale models for schools TV broadcasts.

EASY TO BUILD SNAP TITE REVELL 1:25 SCALE CHEVY CORVETTE

NOW AND AGAIN, IT’S GOOD to put a model together that doesn’t involve hundreds of parts, hours of painting, and a decal sheet the size of a small country.