Scale Modelling Resource Centre – What’s New

15 January 2021

Below you will find links to all the main areas of Scale Modelling Now magazine plus of course quick links to what’s been recently added. Wondering what the Magazine content is like? No problem… check out these FREE SAMPLES!

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Techniques Bank – Scale Modelling Techniques : HD Video Demonstrations and Tips

SMN has dozens and dozens of illustrated techniques and HD videos to help you ! – whether you are a newbie or an experienced modeller it matters not, they are all designed to help you get the most out of your modelling and achieve great results time after time.

THE LATEST TECHNIQUES

• Washes and Pigments on Rust with Mig Jimenez Video Demo
• Camouflage Masking Putty, how to with Mig Jimenez 2 HD Video Demo
• Cleaning your airbrush with Mig Jimenez HD Video Demo
• AMMO Masking tape with Mig Jimenez HD Video Demo
• Weathering techniques for Star Wars Mos Eisley street scene
• Simple ideas for parts holders – HD Video Demo
• Epoxy lights – how to make them – HD Video Demo
• AK Xtreme Metal finishes – how to get an Aluminium finish – HD Video Demo
• Dry brushing with AMMO Dio Drybrush Paint (Acrylic paint) – HD Video Demo

 

The latest Magazine Updates and New Content by area: new builds, finished builds, latest kit releases…

THE LATEST AIRCRAFT CONTENT

Aircraft Main Landing Page

• Zoukei-Mura F-4J Phantom II Navy 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Zoukei-Mura F-4EJ Kai Phantom II Phantom Forever 2020 1:48 – NEW PROJECT and VIDEO DEMOS
• Airfix de Havilland D.H.82a Tiger Moth 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• eduard Hawker Tempest Mk.5 Series 1 Weekend edition 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Airfix F-5E Tiger II, The Mig 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Special Hobby Folland Gnat FR.1 Finnish Air Force 1:72 – FINISHED AND VIDEO DEMOS
• Meng Fokker Dr.1 Triplane 1:32 – FINISHED
• ICM Stearman PT-13/N2S-2/5 Kaydet 1:32 – NEW PROJECT and VIDEO DEMOS
• Revell Maverick’s F/A-18E Super Hornet 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Italeri Dornier 217 E-5 1:72 – NEW PROJECT
• Tamiya Grumman F-14D Tomcat video build with Dave C 1:48 – NEW PROJECT and VIDEO DEMOS
• Airfix BAe Systems Hawk 100 Series 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Revell Albatros D.III 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Airfix Top Gun Maverick F/A-18 Hornet 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Revell Junkers Ju 188A-2 “Rächer” 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Lukgraph Hawker Nimrod Mk.I 1:32 – HERE NOW
• Matchbox Westland Lysander 1:72 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Revell Messerschmitt Me210 A-1 1:72 – NEW PROJECT
• eduard F/A-18E Superhornet “SUPERBUG” 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell Junkers Ju52/3, m Civil 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Airfix Folland Gnat T.1, 1.48 – 2020 – HERE NOW
• HGW Models Messerschmitt BF109E-7 Trop 1:32 – HERE NOW
• ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk. I (DC Build) 1:32 – FINISHED
• Zoukei-Mura F-4EJ Kai PHANTOM II Phantom Forever 2020 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Revell Spitfire Mk.Ia, Geoffrey Wellum 1:32 – NEW PROJECT
• Tamiya P-38 F/G Lightning 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Zoukei-Mura F-4E Phantom II Early 1:48 – FINISHED PLUS VIDEOS
• Airfix McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR-2 Double Build 1:72 – UPDATE
• Italeri S-2G Tracker 1:48 – UPDATE
• Trumpeter Sukhoi SU-25 UB Frogfoot 1:32 – NEW PROJECT

THE LATEST ARMOUR CONTENT

Armour Main Landing Page

• JS 2 by Andy Burton
• Firefly tank by Ian Rusco
• Takom Krupp Minen Raumer S 1:35 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Ryefield Model T-34/85 Model 1944 No.174 Factory 1:35 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Airfix M18 Hellcat GMC Tank Destroyer 1:35 – HERE NOW
• Airfix M7 Priest 1:35
• Revell M109A6, Paladin Howitzer, 1.72 – HERE NOW
• Meng British Heavy Tank Mk.V Male with interior France 1918 1:35 – UPDATE
• Bronco Canadian Cruiser Tank Ram Mk.II 1:35 – NEW PROJECT
• Tamiya British Army Chieftain Mk.5 1:35 – FINISHED
• ICM T-34/76 DW Build 1:35 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• HobbyBoss US GMC CCKW 750 Gallon Tanker 1:35 – NEW PROJECT

THE LATEST SCI-FI/SPACE CONTENT

Sci-Fi/Space Main Landing Page

• Bandai B-Wing Starfighter 1:72 – HERE NOW
• B-Wing, Star Wars by Gav Brockie
• Y-Wing, Star Wars by Gav Brockie
• Scratchbuilt Alien Pod – “Tales from the Loop” – FINISHED
• Bandai TIE Fighter 1:72 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Scratch-built Antigravity flying boat
• Stormtalon Gunship Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine series 1:32 – NEW PROJECT and VIDEO DEMO
• Speeder Bike and Scout Trooper Star Wars Bandai 1:12 – NEW PROJECT

THE LATEST MARITIME CONTENT

Maritime Main Landing Page

• Lt. Commander David Wanklyn VC, DSO and Two Bars, RN by Ian Ruscoe
• HMS Hermione F-58 by Ian Ruscoe – GALLERY
• HMS Newcastle circa. 2003 by Ian Ruscoe – GALLERY
• HMS Somerset, Type-23 Frigate by Ian Ruscoe – GALLERY
• HM Submarine Tabard P-342 by Ian Ruscoe
• HMS Biter, Escort Carrier by Ian Ruscoe – GALLERY
• Mach 2 Vietnam River Boat PBR 31 Mk.II Pibber 1:72 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell Type VII U-Boat 1:72 – UPDATE

THE LATEST VEHICLES CONTENT

• Revell Deutz D30 Tractor 1:24 – FINISHED
• Revell Jaguar E-Type 1:24 – HERE NOW
• Revell Land Rover Series III LWB 1:24 – FINISHED
• Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 by Loc Carabott – GALLERY
• Revell Golf 1 GTi 1:244 – UPDATE
• Revell Porsche Diesel Junior 108 Tractor 1:24

This vast and growing area of SMN is all about sharing great work from modellers across the world – that’s modellers like YOU! NOW FREE ACCESS FOR ALL. Take a look and be inspired!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST GALLERIES

• JS 2 by Andy Burton
• Firefly tank by Ian Rusco
• Airco DH.9 by Christian Wery
• F-84Q Thunderstreak by Eren Erdogan
• BA-10 Armoured car by Andrew Johnson
• Western Front, 1917 by Andy Burton
• Jet Provost T.3 by Joseph Fenech
• HMS Somerset, Type-23 Frigate by Ian Ruscoe
• Famous Crew Visit the Tiger factory by Pete Schneider
• Werhmacht Officer, Winter in Russia by Steve Noble
• SAW Gunner Desert Storm by Steve Noble
• F-14A Tomcat VF-142 by Dave Coward
• GAZ-66 Truck by Andrew Johnson
• Panzer IIID by Andrew Johnson

Considered by many to be SMN’s jewel in the crown! A fantastic resource of thousands of unique modellers’ walkaround reference images to help you add all the detail you could possibly want!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST COLLECTIONS

• Wessex HC.2 XV728 Argonaut
• Dominie T.1, Hawker Siddeley
• Snipe, Sopwith

Latest Military History books, Scale Modelling books, i-books, e-books, CD ROMs reviews. All of these are FREE to access…

TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST REVIEWS

• Eyewitness RAF The Experience of War 1939-1945
• The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse, Airframe Album 16
• Hitler’s Attack U-Boats – The Kriegsmarine’s WWII Submarine Strike Force
• Supermarine Southampton, The Flying Boat That Made RJ Mitchell
• Strike From The Air, The Early Years of The US Air Forces
• Douglas DC-3 : Flight Craft Series 21
• A6M Zero : Flight Craft Series 22
• Jet Fighters of the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps
• Modelling and Painting World War II US Figures and Vehicles
• Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain
• Dambuster in Chief – The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane
• How To Paint Modern Russian Tanks – Solution Book No.7
• Vickers VC10 & Super VC10 – Flight Craft Series 20
• Hawker’s Secret Cold War Airfield, Dunsfold – Home of the Hunter and Harrier
• Figure Sculpting & Converting Techniques, Learning Series 11
• British Naval Weapons of World War Two, Vol III Coastal Forces Weapons
• Blood and Soil – The Memoir of a Third Reich Brandenburger

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