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Scale Modelling Tips, Reviews and Techniques
“Please keep up the good work, as a modeller returning after 40 years I am finding the help and advice available on the site invaluable and access to the walkaround pictures is great!” DA
“Just joined mainly so I could read your opinion of the Sea Vixen kit just released from Airfix but am impressed with the whole site which I shall enjoy reading and learning from.” PW
Thinking of joining this fantastic new community of scale modellers for in-depth reviews and scale modelling tips? This is why you should, just look at all these member benefits – much, much more than you will get with paper-based scale modelling magazine. AND all for a highly competitive membership fee:
Here Now – New stuff!
This area is where you’ll find early inspection reviews (EIRs) of all the new stuff released by the manufacturers – both kits and resin/etched metal accessory sets. Early assessments of new products, what’s good and what isn’t so good?
Sample Here Now Reviews:
Airfix Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1, E-3 and E-4 1:48
Tamiya German Tank Destroyer Jagdpanther [late version]
White Ensign Models H.M.S Starling Modified Swan Class Sloop
Miliscale Israeli Airbase Tarmac Sheets
Read more…
Build Now – in progress builds
as they happen through daily and weekly updates. You won’t have to wait weeks and months for a completed review to be published in a paper mag.
Read more…
Finished Now – completed builds
This is where all the in-progress builds end up. All have a PDF option so you can easily print them off to read and work from too. Most of these completed articles have lots more images and text than you’d expect and are included in your membership or individually through our Pay-As-You-Go option.
View some FULL Finished Now review to see the quality and detail of our reviews:
Airfix Harrier GR.7 1:72
Italeri Sd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther 1:35
Revell USN GATO Class Submarine
Currently available Finished Reviews.
This area of the website is intended primarily for modellers taking their first steps into the hobby as beginners or those returning to it who want to refresh/update their modelling skills.
With this in mind we will be concentrating mainly on models built straight out of the box using only the provided kit parts, decals and colour scheme options, keeping construction straightforward and easy to follow while also keeping your budget to a minimum.
Techniques Bank
Scale modelling tips and tecniques with extensive details of how Geoff Coughlin and others use their techniques. Especially some of those elusive challenges like natural metal and ‘silver’ finishes; Luftwaffe mottling; realistic weathering; getting back into the hobby; what you need to get started.
Lots of high res images showing ‘rolling sequence’ of images to illustrate any given technique. All these techniques can be learned with a bit of practise, they are all within your grasp given a bit of a steer from others who have already tried them out successfully. Check out a sample Techniques Bank…
Book Reviews
See the latest books reviewed and get a comprehensive insight into their relevance and appropriateness to scale modellers. Most books will be reviewed by the Editor, Geoff Coughlin. We are encouraging as many publishers as possible to send in copies of their latest reference texts relating to military subjects – all with the intention of giving you the information that you want to know as fast as possible. Read a sample book review…
Photographic Reference Library
Here you’ll find literally hundreds and eventually thousands of genuinely unique photographic images that you can use to obtain the reference detail you need to complete specific areas of your model. The vast majority of these images have not been published to date, making them truly unique. Most of the images have been arranged in useful sets linked to specific military aircraft and armour subject types – all with the intention of helping you get the reference pics you need to finish your project successfully.
There is a rapidly growing library of aircraft and armour images to help you and some maritime images too, but, over the coming months we are looking to expand this area of the site considerably by adding a lot more images, so do keep checking in and watch this space…More images are being added all the time!
Here is what we currently have available.
In-Progress Reviews and Early Inspection Reviews updated as soon as we have new material – quicker than in paper-based mags! When a manufacturer sends us a new kit for review we will upload an Early Inspection Review as soon as possible.
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