REMARKABLE HAND-CRAFTED FULLY-WORKING 1:6 SCALE DUESENBERG

SMN REPORT:
Appearance to the contrary, the picture shows not a real 1932 Duesenberg, but a beautifully constructed 890mm (35in) long working replica, made to 1:6 scale by skilled US craftsman, Louis Chenot.

1:24 SCALE IVECO STRALIS HIGHWAY HAULER FROM ITALERI

Trucking fans get a chance to build the pride of Italy’s highway haulers with this new-tool Iveco Stralis tractor unit.

BORIS BUS FROM CORGI ARRIVES ON STAGE IN MUSICAL MARKINGS

SMN Report:
The ‘Boris Bus’, aka the double-decker New Bus for London, nicknamed after Mayor Boris Johnson, is now available in various new liveries from Corgi Toys.

TWIN-BOOM JET TRAINER - 1:72 SCALE AIRFIX VAMPIRE

SMN Report:
The 1:72 scale de Havilland DH100 Vampire T11 from Airfix is now widely available. A look inside the box reveals that the new-tool kit is a good one.

REVOLTECH THUNDERBIRD 2 FROM KAIYODO, JAPAN

SMN report:
This is an addition to the ongoing Kaiyodo Revoltech science-fiction range. This time it's the ‘green bean’ Thunderbird 2 heavy-lifter from the classic Gerry Anderson TV show.

1:350 SCALE AOSHIMA H-IIB LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH MOVABLE LAUNCHER

Mat Irvine reports
Aoshima has added to its growing series of spacecraft models, with a modified HIIB space launcher kit, which now includes a movable launcher, similar to the NASA Crawler Transporter that took Saturn rockets and Space Shuttles to their launch pads.

1:43 SCALE WORLD RALLY CHAMP CITROENS ROAR ACROSS A REAL-LIFE 1:1 SCALE DS3 CAR

Citroen is a master of the World Rally Championship (WRC) and the latest rally car to be raced by the French company is the uber-chic DS3 model. To celebrate its many wins, Citroen has covered a road-going DS3 with a 1:43 scale model rally diorama.

SMALL-SCALE HORROR FROM POLAR LIGHTS - BATES MANSION KIT FROM HITCHCOCK'S 'PSYCHO'

MAT IRVINE WEEKENDER
A 1:87 (H0) scale building that’s especially useful for rail and diorama fans, here is the current version of the Polar Lights ‘Bates Mansion’ house of horror from the classic shocker movie, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.

FUTURE FANTASY RACE CAR - 1:18 SCALE X2010 SPEEDSTER FROM AUTOART

Sony PlayStation drivers will love this diecast future-machine, one of the star cars in the record-breaking Gran Turismo 5 video game. This one is now leaving the screen, to arrive as a real-life 1:18 scale diecast model from Hong Kong-based Autoart.

SALUTE TO RAY CUSICK, CREATOR OF THE DOCTOR WHO DALEKS

Raymond Cusick, the production designer behind Doctor Who’s Dalek enemies, has died aged 84. He worked on the BBC TV science-fiction series from 1963 to 1966.

1:24 SCALE RENAULT TN6 AUTOBUS KIT FROM HELLER

Bus modellers should be pleased to see this latest addition to the French Heller line. It’s a classic 1930s-era single-decker, a Renault design that gave reliable service for decades.

TAMIYA YAMATO, MUSASHI BATTLESHIPS - IMPERIAL JAPANESE SEAPOWER IN MINIATURE

SMN REPORT
1:350 scale seapower fans can model the most powerful ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, the famed Yamato, and her less-well known sister ship, the Musashi.

1:72 SCALE APOLLO 10 KIT FROM DRAGON

MAT IRVINE REPORTS
Here’s another space-history kit from Hong Kong’s Dragon, utilising the company’s interest in all things astronautical, especially the Moon landing missions of Project Apollo.

“WHO YA GONNA CALL?” AMT 1:25 SCALE GHOSTBUSTERS CADILLAC ECTO-1A

MAT IRVINE
Take one 1959 Miller-Meteor bodied Cadillac Ambulance, add an overloaded roof-rack, flashing lights and signs, and what ya gonna call it? The famed Ectomobile from the movie Ghostbusters II, that’s what. And now it's back again.

TAMIYA MAZDA 787B 1991 LE MANS RACER

MAT IRVINE REPORTS
It’s been a while - like 22 years - but Tamiya has now taken a 1:24 scale kit of a sports racing car it issued in 1991, reissuing it as a different car from the same race.

INCOMING - HOT STUFF FROM ITALERI

There's a good variety of kits coming from Italeri this month, ranging from World War II AFVs to pan-Euro highway trucks.

VOLKSWAGEN BUS - HERE'S A KITBASH CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW REVELL KIT

SMN HIPPY WORLD
News that the 1:24 scale Volkswagen Microbus kit is now being released as a delivery van gave us food for thought when we saw some pix of a snowmobile-style VW bus.

JAMES BOND ‘SKYFALL’ OR DEMOLITION DERBY ‘METAL ALIEN’? IT’S YOUR CHOICE, WITH RACING SETS FROM SCALEXTRIC IN BIG AND SMALL SCALES

MAT IRVINE REPORT
Scalextric features the latest James Bond movie as the subject of the Micro Scalextric 1:64 scale Skyfall set with track.

1:25 SCALE AMC GREMLIN KIT FEATURES ‘ORIGINAL-ART’ PRINT IN THE BOX

MAT IRVINE REPORTS
This is an updated version of an original AMT kit. In the metal, the Gremlin - and 1:25 scale finished model - is a smallish vehicle, though this new kit has a box that’s definitely on the big side.

INCOMING FIGHTING FRENCH BEAUTY - 1:48 SCALE MIRAGE F1B FROM KITTY HAWK

SMN REPORT
It’s taken a while, but at last the latest Kitty Hawk Models 1:48 aircraft kit is coming. It’s another tasty and unusual choice from this US manufacturer, a Dassault Mirage F1 swept-wing attack jet.