And for you 1:48th fans out there
Boeing crazy! ACH-47A Chinook…
You have to check out Les Venus’s stunning build in Finished Now. It just goes to show what can be achieved when you throw everything at a project and add a not inconsiderable amount of skill – great stuff!
100 images – how many! Yes, 100 images showing you HOW he created this stunning model and all spread across 55 A4 pages of review – now that’s unequalled value for money
Armour matters!
Bill C’s stunning Panzer 35t is nearly there now. This genuine Masterclass is what SMN stands for. Everything that you could possibly want in a comprehensive feature article:
- Every part of the build sequence covered
- Complete ‘how-to’ on the weathering including mud, filters – the lot
- How to create the groundwork – plants, shrubs, foliage trees even…
- Figures too…
- The complete base…
A serious amount of Wow-factor here – make no mistake
This week

More from Julian S on his Dragon Stug III – some great weathering experimentation going on here. Check it out this week.
More photo reference images coming… German and Russian armour AND more British subjects too, so be sure to check out your SMN Photo reference Library!
Maritime matters!

Tamiya’s IJN Yamato is moving ahead with Les at the helm – this week he shows you HOW to create a stunningly realistic wooden deck.
Also, you just won’t believe this…
He’s only gone and finished a Maritime Weekend Warrior in under 4 hours! No, really, he has – the whole model built, painted and weathered in under 4 hours. Just check in this week and see what he’s gone and done…
Back again next week – Have a good one.
Best wishes
Geoff
Geoff Coughlin, Editor SMN