NEW LOOK COMING TO SCALE MODEL NEWS

Just a word to say we've been playing around with layouts recently and think we have something that will be cleaner, more attractive, easier to read, and will include a far better way to look again at previous articles.

So come back very soon for more news of the update's progress - we're loving it and trust you will too.

btw The aircraft shown is a 1:72 Hasegawa A-10, modified as a Reno Racer for the first remote-piloted UAV race, Year 2020... or thereabouts!

HAMEX MODEL EXPO - H-MINUS ONE DAY...

The HAMEX co-hosted event is on tomorrow Sunday, November 29. If you’re in reach (there’s a map on the link below), it’ll be well worth coming.

HAMEX (Hanslope Model Expo) model-master Mat Irvine, will be showing his BBC Special Effects models and props, including the Doctor Who K-9 robodog, the Liberator spacecraft from the classic Blake’s 7 TV series, and a world-first: space models from the 1973 BBC science fiction series Moonbase 3.

UPDATE Mat will also have some spacecraft models from the ultra-long running astronomy series 'The Sky at Night' hosted by Sir Patrick Moore CBE. Mat will also run question-and-answer sessions at 1130 and 1430, when K-9 will be rolling around!

HAMEX co-host Paul Fitzmaurice of Little Cars will be showing tools and accessories for model makers.

Scale Model News will display a range of items from the SMN vaults, plus a slide show.

Check out the Hanslope Model Expo here.

Check out Little Cars here.

If you like spacecraft models, check out the interesting Space Craft Science Kits site here.

They’re back: Egg Planes are here again

It seems to be Hasegawa week at SMN, but sometimes repetition is worth it – or at least it is if you’re a long-time fan of those portly little plastic Egg Planes that used to decorate my shelves.

This time round, we get nine of them in ‘Limited Edition’ form, with one new-tool addition in the form of an F-15 Eagle.

Available for around the £5.60 GBP ($8.10 USD) mark, from various sources including Models For Sale and HobbyLink Japan.