Scale Modelling Resource Centre – What’s New

27 November 2020

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

• Dry brushing with AMMO Dio Drybrush Paint (Acrylic paint) – HD Video Demo
• Quinta detail sets – how to add the F-14 detail set – HD Video Demo
• Blu-Tac putty – using rolls of putty – UPDATE – 5 HD Video Demos
• Cracked concrete for diorama bases Video Demos
• How to use AMMO Oilbrushers Video Demo
• How to apply AMMO Gunmetal Pigment with a Rubber Brush Video Demo
• Barbed wire, how to make it – HD Video Demo
• Creating a River Bed Diorama 4 Video Demos
• Painting Granite and Sandstone Rocks – VIDEO DEMO
• Spilled fuel and oil stains, how to with Mig Jiménez 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

• Airfix B-17G conversion to SB-17G 1:72 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Airfix Mustang Mk.IV, Italy 1944 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Revell Spitfire Mk.Ia, Geoffrey Wellum 1:32 – NEW PROJECT
• Airfix Vickers Wellington Mk.IA.C 1:72 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Special Hobby Folland Gnat FR.1 Finnish Air Force 1:72 – UPDATE
• Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IV Civilian Schemes 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (DC Build) 1:48 – FINISHED
• Revell F/A-18E Super Hornet (Boeing) 1:32 – FINISHED
• Tamiya P-38 F/G Lightning 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Kinetic T-45 Goshawk 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Kitty Hawk AH-6J / MH-6J Little Bird Nightstalkers 1:35 – FINISHED
• Airfix Handley Page Jetstream 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Zoukei-Mura F-4E Phantom II Early 1:48 – FINISHED PLUS VIDEOS
• Trumpeter US Navy F9F-2 Panther, Neil Armstrong 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk. I (DC Build) 1:32 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell Spitfire Mk.Ia, Geoffrey Wellum 1:32 – NEW PROJECT
• Meng Fokker F.1 / Dr.1 1:32 – HERE NOW
• eduard F-4C Phantom II, Good Evening Da Nang 1:48 – FINISHED
• Kitty Hawk SEPECAT Jaguar GR-1A, 6 Sqn RAF 1:48 – FINISHED
• AFV Club MiG-28 Top Gun, US Navy F-5E 1:48 – FINISHED
• Airfix McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR-2 Double Build 1:72 – UPDATE
• Airfix Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat 1:72 – NEW PROJECT PLUS VIDEO DEMOS
• AMK Grumman F-14D Super Tomcat 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• 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

• Tamiya British Army Chieftain Mk.5 1:35 – FINISHED
• Meng British Heavy Tank Mk.V Male with interior France 1918 1:35 – NEW PROJECT
• ICM T-34/76 DW Build 1:35 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Revell Leopard 2A6/2A6NL 1:35 – FINISHED
• Takom Iraqi Medium Tank Type-69 II Gulf War 1992 1:35 – FINISHED
• ICM Model T RNAS Armoured Car 1:35 – FINISHED
• Airfix Crusader Mk.III 1:32 – FINISHED
• British Rolls Royce Armoured Car Pattern 1914/1920 1:35 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Das Werk Borgward IV PzJg. “Wanze” 1:35 – FINISHED
• ICM FWD Type B WW1 US Army Truck 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

• 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

• 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
• HMS Warspite by Ian Ruscoe – GALLERY
• HMS Porchester Castle, Castle class Frigate by Ian Ruscoe – GALLERY
• Revell Type VII U-Boat 1:72 – UPDATE

THE LATEST VEHICLES CONTENT

• Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 by Loc Carabott – GALLERY
• Revell Golf 1 GTi 1:244 – UPDATE
• Revell Land Rover Series III LWB 1:24 – UPDATE
• Revell Porsche Diesel Junior 108 Tractor 1:24
• Tamiya Porsche Turbo RSR Type 934 Jägermeister 1:12 – FINISHED
• Revell 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 1:25 – HERE NOW
• Revell Trabant 601 Universal 1:24 – FINISHED

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

• 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
• HM Submarine Tabard P-342 by Ian Ruscoe
• Ostfront by Ian Ruscoe
• Avro Lancaster, East Kirkby by Graham Lynch
• Aoshima Ki-100 by Andrew Johnson
• Royal Marine, Falklands 1982 by Steve Noble
• Sukhoi SU-25A Frogfoot by Ian Ruscoe
• F-100C Super Sabre by Graham Lynch
• F-104J JASDF Aggressor by Jeroen Burger

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

• 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
• Leopard 2, Tank Craft Series No.28 NATO’s First Line of Defence 1979-2020
• How to Paint Bare Metal Aircraft – Solution Book No.8
• How to Paint USAF / Navy Grey Fighters – Solution Book No.6
• The Golden Years of Matchbox Art
• Airframe Detail No.9 – The Westland Lysander
• Porsche 911 Classic German Sports Car
• Fast Jets to Spitfires – A Cold War Fighter Pilot’s Story – VIDEO REVIEW
• Destroyer Cossack, Detailed in The Original Builder’s Plans – VIDEO REVIEW
• Poles in the Battle of Britain
• David Parker’s Crew School

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