Scale Modelling Resource Centre – What’s New

21 February 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

• How to create a worn, used look – 9 HD Video Demos
• Turret periscope lenses on AFVs – HD Video Demo
• Basic safety equipment – introduction – HD Video Demo
• How to create realistic aircraft exhaust staining
• How to create realistic exhaust stacks and staining – Hawker Hurricane – 4 HD Video Demos

 

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

THE LATEST AIRCRAFT CONTENT

Aircraft Main Landing Page

• Revell Phantom FGR-2 1:48 – FINISHED, 100+ VIDEO DEMOS
• Zoukei Mura Hs 129B-2/RIII 1:32 – NEW PROJECT
• ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk.I 1:32 – UPDATE
• Zoukei Mura Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai 1:32 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Tamiya Grumman F-14D Tomcat – Double Build! 1:48 – FINISHED
• AMT.ERTL Boeing RC-135W Airseeker (Rivet Joint) 1:72 – UPDATE
• Airfix C-130K Hercules – conversion to CC-130E, 436 Sqn RCAF 1:72 – UPDATE
• ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk.I 1:32 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Airfix Hawker Hunter F.4/F.5/J34 1:48 – VIDEO REVIEW
• eduard P-51D-5 Mustang 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Trumpeter F-14B Tomcat (Bomb-Cat) 1:32 – FINISHED
• eduard Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 2, SM Build 1:48 – FINISHED
• HK Models Avro lancaster B.Mk.I 1:32 – UPDATE
• RS Models Airspeed Envoy 1:72 – FINISHED
• Trumpeter F-106A Delta Dart 1:48 – FINISHED
• Hasegawa A6M5c Zero 1:32 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Italeri S-2G Tracker 1:48 – UPDATE
• Revell (and MRC) Bell OH-58 Kiowa 1:35 – HERE NOW VIDEO REVIEW
• Revell Emirates A380-800 ‘United For Wildlife’ 1:144 – HERE NOW VIDEO REVIEW
• Airfix North American P-51D Mustang 1:48 – HERE NOW VIDEO REVIEW
• Zoukei Mura Hs 129B-2/RIII 1:32 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Eduard Roland C.II 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Airfix RB-57F Conversion from B-57 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Trumpeter Sukhoi SU-25 UB Frogfoot 1:32 – NEW PROJECT
• Wingnut Wings Sopwith 2.F1 “Ship’s Camel” 1:32 – UPDATE
• Hasegawa F-104G.S Starfighter to CF-104, 1.32 – NEW PROJECT

THE LATEST ARMOUR CONTENT

Armour Main Landing Page

• M13 40 by Davide Montaldo – GALLERY
• Italian C1 Ariete MBT by Davide Montaldo – GALLERY
• Tamiya M10 Tank Destroyer 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• AFV Club British CVR [T] FV107 Scimitar 1:35 – FINISHED PLUS VIDEO DEMOS
• Accurate Armour Scammell Pioneer SV/ZS 1:35 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Airfix GMC M10 Tank Destroyer 1:35 – FINISHED
• Airfix WWI B Type Bus ‘Ole Bill’ 1:32 – FINISHED
• Meng British Army Husky TSV 1:35 – NEW PROJECT

THE LATEST SCI-FI/SPACE CONTENT

Sci-Fi/Space Main Landing Page

• Raiders – FINISHED
• Scratch built Ma.K. Krote – NEW PROJECT
• APOLLO 11 Lunar Approach CSM ‘Columbia’ & LM ‘Eagle’ 1:72 – FINISHED
• Zaralon, Destination Location of the Future – FINISHED
• U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701D Star Trek AMT – NEW PROJECT
• 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

• HobbyBoss Surcouf French Submarine 1:350 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Higgins LCVP, with Gerhard La Crois
• Revell RMS Queen Mary – Luxury Liner 1:570 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Cold War Fleet Ships of The Royal Navy 1966-1991 – A Photographic Album – VIDEO BOOK REVIEW
• Revell Flower Class Corvette HMCS Snowberry 1:144
• Revell Type VII U-Boat 1:72 – UPDATE

THE LATEST VEHICLES CONTENT

• Fujimi Porsche GT3R 1:24 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell ’68 Chevy Chevelle SS 396 1:25 – UPDATE
• Airfix WWI B Type Bus ‘Ole Bill’ 1:32 – FINISHED
• Revell Land Rover Series III LWB 1:24 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Skoda Fabia S2000 with Les Venus
• Revell ’58 Corvette Roadster 1:25 – 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

• Nakajima B5N2 Kate by Rick Goodenough
• F-8E Crusader by Andrew Johnson
• B-26 Marauder by Sung Hee Yoon
• Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik by Rick Goodenough
• F-5E Freedom Fighter by Artur Oslizo
• Mirage IIIC with Jurgen Jaacks
• De Havilland Venom Swedish AF by Raimo Leino
• Boeing 737 CP Air by Massimo Santarossa
• F-4E Phantom Arizona Chicken AF70 371 by Celaleddin Aydogan
• Hawker Hunter F.6 by Phil Jones
• Sabre F.4 by John Martin
• Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.3a with Joseph Fenech

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

• DH-9, Airco de Havilland
• Sunderland Short MR5
• Flying Fortress B-17G, Boeing Part 2 Internal
• C-130J Lockheed Hercules
• Flying Fortress B-17G, Boeing
• F6F-3 Hellcat, Grumman

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

• Images of War, The Vought F4U Corsair – VIDEO REVIEW
• The Tornado Years More Adventures of a Cold War Fast-Jet Navigator – VIDEO REVIEW
• Blackburn BAe Buccaneer, Haynes Workshop Manual – VIDEO REVIEW
• Hot Spot of Invention – Charles Stark Draper, MIT, and the Development of Inertial Guidance and Navigation – VIDEO REVIEW
• Panzer III – Haynes Workshop Manual
• Images of War, 7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen at War 1941 – 1945
• Airmen of Arnhem – VIDEO REVIEW
• M1 Abrams – The US’s Main Battle Tank in American and Foreign Service, 1981-2019 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Heroes of Coastal Command – The RAF’s Maritime War 1939-1945 – VIDEO REVIEW
• The Dauntless in Battle – VIDEO REVIEW
• Luftwaffe Bombers, German WWII Designs by Claes Sundin – VIDEO REVIEW
• Airframe Detail No.7 Henschel Hs 123 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Images of War, Air War Over North Africa, USAAF Ascendant – VIDEO REVIEW
• RAF College Cranwell, A Centenary Celebration – VIDEO REVIEW
• RAF West Malling, The RAF’s First Night Fighter Airfield WWII to the Cold War – VIDEO REVIEW
• Challenger I, British Main Battle Tank of The Gulf War – VIDEO REVIEW
• Images of War – The Normandy Air War 1944 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Images of War – Early Jet Bombers 1944-1954 – VIDEO REVIEW

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