VIDEO LOOK AT IPMS SCALE MODELWORLD, TELFORD 2015

FOR THOSE OF US WHO didn't make it to the huge IPMS ModelWorld at Telford, UK, here's a roundup of what was there.

RIP GEORGE BARRIS, KING OF THE KUSTOMIZERS

 

GEORGE BARRIS, PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN US car customiser - and inspiration for many custom car kits - died on November 5, 2015. 

2016 INCOMING - VICTOR B2 V-BOMBER FROM AIRFIX

ON DISPLAY THIS WEEKEND AT THE massive IPMS Scale ModelWorld at Telford, UK, is this latest 1:72 scale jet project from Airfix.

INCOMING: FLYING FLAPJACK FIGHTER FROM KITTY HAWK MODEL

LOVERS OF WEIRD and wonderful aircraft of the past will be delighted that Kitty Hawk Model has made an excellent 1:48 scale kit of a 1940s rarity, the Vought XF5U-1, tastily nicknamed the 'Flying Flapjack.'

700-PLUS ENTRIES RUN IN THE NAMELESS MODEL SHOW-OFF

ALSO HELD AT TOLEDO the year was an NNL (Nameless National Luminaries) model event.

INCOMING 1:25 SCALE WHEELS - RETRO AMERICANA AND NEW BATMOBILE FROM MOEBIUS

TOLEDO COLLECTORS TOY FAIR CAR KITS on display included some mouthwatering new releases from Moebius Models.

ROUND 2 MODEL CARS SHOWN AT THE 2015 TOLEDO COLLECTORS TOY FAIR, OHIO

THE TOLEDO COLLECTORS TOY FAIR was held earlier this month in Sylvania, Ohio. Today we look at the new models that were shown on the Round 2 stand.

NOT-SO-LONE RANGER FROM MOEBIUS MODELS

THIS IS THE long-anticipated release of the 1971 Ford Ranger pickup from Moebius Models, which definitely fills a gap in the market.

FLYING WING HORTEN GO 229 FROM REVELL - LUFTWAFFE 46 JET

THE HORTEN Go 229 WAS A WORLD WAR II German jet that could have made a difference in the air, had it been operational in time. And now here is the Revell 1:72 scale kit, back as a reissue once again.

1:72 SCALE STAR WARS MILLENNIUM FALCON FROM REVELL

STELLAR NEWS FOR SCIENCE FICTION FANS comes with the latest Revell Snaptite kit of the famed Millennium Falcon starship. Released to coincide with the latest Star Wars movie, the kit has some significant mods to bring it up to date.

2016 INCOMING - BIG NEW 'TIFFY' FROM AIRFIX

WORLD WAR II BUFFS will be delighted by the Airfix 1:24 scale Typhoon, due for release next year. No, it's not a Groundhog Day release, it's actually the 'car door' version of the Hawker Typhoon that preceded the teardrop canopy design already in the Airfix list.

A VISIT TO THE DuPAGE COUNTY TOY AND PLASTIC KIT SHOW 2015

THE TOY AND PLASTIC KIT SHOW was held at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, Illinois, on September 17, 2015. The show is held every spring and autumn, and although it occupies just two halls in the extensive County Fairgrounds, there is always plenty to see, and maybe even purchase.

AIRFIX 1:24 SCALE MOSQUITO - NEW KIT DUE NOVEMBER 2015

HERE'S A TASTY KIT that's coming up very soon. The new-tool de Havilland Mosquito FB VI looks a most exciting Christmas kit for World War II enthusiasts.

MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL GULL-WING FROM TAMIYA. STEP-BY-STEP BUILD GUIDE

WE HAD A QUICK LOOK at the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 1:24 scale Tamiya kit six months ago, and now here’s how we got on with building and finishing the model.

RANGER SURVEY CRAFT FROM 'INTERSTELLAR' RELEASED IN 1:72 SCALE FROM MOEBIUS MODELS

THE RANGER TRANSGALACTIC Survey Craft featured in the 2014 science fiction movie, Interstellar. And now here is a 1:72 scale kit of this spacecraft, from Moebius Models.

BOOK REVIEW - THE NEW SCALE SPACECRAFT PRIMER

IN 1990, SPACE MODELLER MIKE MACKOWSKI from Phoenix, Arizona, produced A Scale Spacecraft Primer. This was the first title in a modelling series called Space in Miniature, and now here’s an excellent 2015 update, The New Scale Spacecraft Primer.

SMALLEST MODEL KIT EVER MADE? A NEW CONTENDER WITH THE 1:144 SCALE SPACE CRUISER FROM FREIGHTDOG MODELS

SOME TIME AGO WE POSED the question, “What is the smallest model kit ever made?” We came up with an answer in the form of the tiny two-part Nike Hercules missile included as a ‘Revell kit’ in the My Merry Hobby Shop children's play set.

SPACE TECHNOLOGY FROM SIX DECADES AGO - 1:5 SCALE HAWK PROJECT VANGUARD SATELLITE.

PROJECT VANGUARD WAS THE FIRST US space launch programme. Now Round 2 has released the 1958 Hawk kit of this most important pioneer of spaceflight’s early years.

AMT 1:25 SCALE PIRANHA SUPER SPY CAR - OR IS IT A RIDE FOR THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.?

ROUND 2 MODELS HAS REISSUED A 1:25 SCALE AMT Piranha Super Spy car, though the box omits its heritage as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. car, with no mention either of the latest movie of the same name.

FUTURE FIGHTER FROM MASCHINEN KRIEGER WORLD OF COMBAT

MASCHINEN KRIEGER, Ma.K FOR SHORT, IS A LONG running Japanese sci-fi saga of the future. Hasegawa regularly releases kits based on the Ma.K combat universe, such as this Type MK44 robotic power suit to 1:20 scale.