NAVAL MODELS FROM SINGAPORE

WE'VE BEEN SENT SOME attractive model competition entries from Hobby Bounties in Singapore.

BUILDING THE SPACESHIP 'DISCOVERY' FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

 

A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 500 PARTS distinguishes this 1:144 scale Moebius kit. The subject is the Discovery, spacecraft star of the classic science fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

ANOTHER MODELLFAN ACCOLADE - THIS TIME FOR THE TAMIYA 1:48 SCALE MESSERSCHMITT Bf109 G-6

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO TAMIYA for collecting a ModellFan Model of the Year 2018 Award for the 1:48 scale Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6.

DID HEAVY METAL INSPIRE ELON MUSK'S TESLA IN SPACE?

ANYONE WHO SAW the SpaceX Falcon Heavy lift off on February 6, 2018, must have enjoyed the sight of Elon Musk's old Tesla Roadster in orbit, complete with its Starman passenger.

AIRFIX SUPERMARINE WALRUS WINS TOP 2018 MODEL AWARD

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO AIRFIX for collecting the Model of the Year 2018 award from the respected German magazine, ModellFan.

GARBAGE MUSIC BAND IN THE BACK OF A 1:24 SCALE MONOGRAM CUSTOM TRUCK KIT

THIS 1:24 SCALE GARBAGE TRUCK KIT FROM MONOGRAM is a custom design that only ever existed as a model kit, never being built as a full-size machine. 

RICHARD PETTY'S PLYMOUTH BELVEDERE DAYTONA 500 WINNER

A CLASSIC NASCAR RACER FROM 1964 is released by AMT.

1:32 SCALE BUCHER Bu 131D BIPLANE FROM ICM OF UKRAINE

THE BUCHER BU 131D JUNGMANN IS ANOTHER LARGE SCALE kit of an aircraft dating from the mid-1930s. It would sit nicely next to the recently-released Polikarpov I-16 to the same scale.

SCIENCE-FACT OUTPERFORMS SCIENCE-FICTION, AS FALCON HEAVY BLASTS INTO DEEP SPACE

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AT SPACEX for successfully launching the Falcon Heavy rocket on its first test flight. And seeing those two Falcon boosters make a near-simultaneous landing after their mission was amazing.

STAR WARS MODEL FANS HEADS-UP: TRAILER FOR 'SOLO' SHOWS NEW SPACESHIP DESIGNS

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY LOOKS LIKE A MUST-SEE movie this summer. And for sci-fi model makers, it'll be another cornucopia filled with fantasy techno to keep us busy nights.

'PACIFIC RIM UPRISING' OPENS DOOR FOR SCI-FI SCENES USING BANDAI JAEGER ROBOTS

ROBOT LOVERS REJOICE because Pacific Rim Uprising, the second movie in the monsters from the deep franchise is due for release soon.

EXPLORER 1: THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL UNITED STATES SATELLITE, LAUNCHED INTO SPACE 60 YEARS AGO

THE US LAUNCHED ITS FIRST successful artificial satellite, Explorer 1, on January 31, 1958. By February 1, it was in orbit, becoming the third satellite, after the Soviet Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2.