TREEMENDUS TREES AND OTHER MODEL-MAKING PRODUCTS BRING DIORAMAS TO LIFE

The wonderfully named Treemendus is a company run by Anthony Reeves that really does do 'what it says on the tin', as it is a supplier of all types of foliage, vegetation, and trees for modelling projects.

1914 RENAULT TAXI TO 1:35 SCALE FROM MACH 2 MODELS OF FRANCE

Here’s a neat little item that was first displayed at the 2014 Scale Model World show in Telford, UK. The 1:35 scale Taxi de la Marne was released by French manufacturer Mach 2, to commemorate the centenary of World War I.

HO HO HO - ’TIS THE SEASON TO MAKE MODELS OF SANTA, AND TO WISH ALL OUR READERS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND SPLENDID FESTIVE BREAK

HERE’S A QUESTION you could ask a fellow model maker: “Has there ever been a model kit made of Santa Claus?

AIRFIX 2015 - 1:48 SCALE ALBION REFUELLER TRUCK

HERE'S AN UNUSUAL and delightful kit to look forward to, a 1:48 scale Albion AM463 refueller truck. When assembled, the Albion should be suitable for any diorama featuring British warplanes of World War II. 

AIRFIX 2015 - NEW KITS TO KEEP YOU BUSY ALL YEAR

GREAT NEWS FROM AIRFIX today, with news of incoming kits for 2015. The big news for SMN is the 1:72 scale Avro Shackleton, shown here in cgi visuals.

WINDOW OF WONDERS - MAT'S MARVELLOUS MODEL MUSEUM

WE TOOK A LOOK through the window of Mat Irvine's 'Marvellous Model Museum' recently, and here are just a few of the pre-Christmas miniatures we saw there.

THEO JANSEN'S EXTRAORDINARY STRANDBEEST - MECHANICAL CREATURES STROLLING ALONG BY THE SEA SHORE

DUTCH ARTIST-MODEL MAKER THEO JANSEN has been creating various mobile creations he calls Strandbeest for decades. Over the years, Theo has tweaked his mechanical creatures to the point where they can now react to their environment in a realistically lifelike way.

GET YOUR LIFE FIXED IN A BOX - MONDAY SMILE FROM JOHN HOLCROFT

ILLUSTRATOR JOHN HOLCROFT'S artwork style has a 1950s-era retro flavour, and here he echoes one of rising stars of that time, Airfix, with this satirical take on modern life's need for instant gratification.

AIRFIX ANIMATED ADVENT CALENDAR - CLICK FOR COUNTDOWN OFFERS

THE ELVES AT AIRFIX have been working hard to produce this neat online Advent Calendar.

JUST PLAIN FOLKS? NO, WE ARE THE MUNSTERS - AND THIS IS A 1:9 SCALE KIT OF HERMAN

The Munsters TV series was made in the mid-1960s, and in back and white at that, but the story of America’s weirdest family is still intriguingly popular.

SEA THRU SEAPLANE - REPUBLIC SEABEE IN MINIATURE

THE REPUBLIC SEABEE IS AN unusual pusher-prop amphibian. And the 1:48 scale Glencoe Seabee kit is unusual too, for its transparent plastic components.

I'VE JUST SEEN A GHOST! THE PHANTOM MUSTANG FLIES IN FROM MONOGRAM

BACK WHEN 1:32 SCALE seemed an enormous model aircraft scale, the Monogram P-51D Phantom Mustang offered a truly unique extra, apart from sheer size - and that was in being transparent.

ROCKET REVISITED - REVELL SATURN V DATES BACK TO THE MOON MISSION DAYS, 46 YEARS AGO

THE 1:144 SCALE REVELL SATURN V is a reissue of a kit first produced by Monogram in 1968, released just as the giant rocket was making its first flights.

THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE - FULL OF ULTRA-USEFUL TIPS AND TRICKS FOR SCALE SUPER-REALISM

GOOD WEEKEND READING that should make those winter evening model-making sessions much more productive. It's a special online edition of a publication called 'The Weathering Magazine.'

HAMEX 6 MODEL SHOW THIS SUNDAY

THE HAMEX 6 MODEL SHOW takes off once more in Hanslope, UK, this Sunday, November 30, 2014. The show will be masterminded by the boss of modelling tools, paints and accessories, Paul Fitzmaurice.

BLACK FRIDAY BARGAINS - EXCELLENT MARKDOWN PRICES FROM AIRFIX

AIRFIX IS MAKING OUR MODELLING somewhat cheaper this week. The Black Friday Sale has started, and there are some amazing bargains to be had, direct from the Airfix website.

GORGEOUS RETRO BOX ART FOR THE RENWAL TWIN-FORTY SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT CANNON

WE ARE GREAT FANS OF OLD KITS AND retro-style box art at SMN, so news that Revell is re-releasing the old Renwal M42 Twin Forty AFV is very interesting indeed.

USEFUL AND UNUSUAL 1:48 SCALE ISUZU TX40 FUEL TANKER

JAPANESE AIRCRAFT MODELS FROM THE WORLD WAR II era will look good on display, when backed up by this Isuzu TX40 fuel truck group from Hasegawa.

CLASSIC AMERICAN DINER FROM STONEY CREEK DESIGNS

STONEY CREEK DESIGNS are run by Roger Malinowski, author of many enthusiast articles and creator of notable railroad layouts. Roger has done design work for various manufacturers, and some years ago decided to manufacture his own Stoney Creek product line, with an aim to build a variety of structure kits to 1:48 quarter-scale.

GERMAN JET - ME 262 ONLINE REFERENCE FOR MODEL MAKERS

THE MESSERSCHMITT ME 262 was a high point of World War II Luftwaffe air power. Faster than anything else in the sky, the jet had the potential for taking command of the air.