INCOMING: NEW-TOOL 1:72 SCALE AIRFIX BOEING B-17G NOW RELEASED

WE'RE PLEASED TO SAY that the new Airfix Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress is now available, and very good it looks, too.

MEGA-MODEL BOMBER: TAKING ORDERS FOR HONG KONG MODELS B-17G FLYING FORTRESS

David Jefferis: The long-awaited 1:32 scale Boeing B-17G from Hong Kong Models is at last nearly ready, with orders being taken for July deliveries.

NEW FUNCTIONALITY FOR SMN SLIDESHOWS

SMN Report:
Scale Model News is expanding again, with the addition of a neat slideshow feature.

It's simple to use - after you click on the 'Read more' button, the rest of the article appears on a new page column. Click on any of the pix in the column and you should get a zoom enlargement on screen. Click on that (or press the right arrow on your keyboard) and you will sequence through the show, pic by pic.

FINE SCALE MODELER JULY ISSUE

In the world of paper publishing, Fine Scale Modeler magazine continues to provide readers with a wide range of subjects packed inside its covers. The current July issue is well up to FSM’s normal high standards, and includes a juicy 14 pages of kit reviews, plus the usual Reader Gallery photo delight, which always displays some very fine craftwork.

Features that appeal in this issue include the cover story, a Leopard tank kitbash, and the utterly fabulous 1:15 scale B-17G Flying Fortress, hand-made in metal by master craftsman Guillermo Rojas Bazan. Wow, it’s spectacular stuff, with skill levels that are rather humbling to a lesser modeller like this writer. Metal-forming a B-17? Now that really is kit-bashing!

There’s also a step-by-step conversion of a 1:144 scale Minicraft Lockheed Constellation, and a look at a kit classic - Revell’s 1960 release of the Bell X-5 to 1:40 scale. Years ago, this was one of my very first kits with something extra on offer, and I can confirm that in that age of ‘action features’, the wings did indeed swing in and out easily, though they needed a dab of vaseline to smooth their operation.

Fine Scale Modeler magazine is available through the usual retail outlets.