Scale Modelling Resource Centre – What’s New

25 October 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
• Painting the Desert Diorama for Star Wars Figures – Part 1 – VIDEO DEMO
• Painting the Desert Diorama for Star Wars Figures – Part 2 – 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-4E Phantom II Early 1:48 – UPDATE PLUS VIDEOS
• Meng Fokker F.1 / Dr.1 1:32 – HERE NOW
• eduard F-4C Phantom II, Good Evening Da Nang 1:48 – FINISHED
• Revell F/A-18E Super Hornet (Boeing) 1:32 – UPDATE
• 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
• Kitty Hawk AH-6J / MH-6J Little Bird Nightstalkers 1:35 – NEW PROJECT
• HpH Models F7F 3P Tigercat 1:32 – FINISHED
• Airfix McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR-2 Double Build 1:72 – UPDATE
• Special Hobby Folland Gnat FR.1, Finnish Recce Fighter 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Planet Models CAC CA-25 Winjeel 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Airfix FAA Hellcat, Michael S Build 1:24 – FINISHED
• Airfix Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat 1:72 – NEW PROJECT PLUS VIDEO DEMOS
• Sikorsky S38 1:32 – scratch-build – FINISHED
• Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (DC Build) 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• JUST IN: Zoukei-Mura F-4E Early Phantom II 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Revell F4U-1A Corsair 1:32 – FINISHED PLUS VIDEO DEMOS
• Italeri HH-60J Jayhawk, U.S. Coastguard (USCG Kodiak) 1:48 – FINISHED
• Tamiya Lockheed P-38F/G Lightning 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Maverick’s F/A-18E Super Hornet 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Bristol Beaufighter IF Nightfighter 1:48 – HERE NOW
• Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer S2.C 1:72 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Revell Grumman F-14A Tomcat 1:144 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• 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

• ICM Model T RNAS Armoured Car 1:35 – FINISHED
• Revell Leopard 2A6/2A6NL 1:35 – NEW PROJECT
• Tamiya British Army Chieftain Mk.5 1:35 – NEW PROJECT
• 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
• Takom Iraqi Medium Tank Type-69 II Gulf War 1992 1:35 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell Tiger II, Ausf B Full Interior Platinum Edition 1:35
• Takom Imperial Japanese Army Type 94 Tankette 1:16 – FINISHED
• Royal Marine, Falklands 1982 by Steve Noble – GALLERY
• HobbyBoss US GMC CCKW 750 Gallon Tanker 1:35 – NEW PROJECT

THE LATEST SCI-FI/SPACE CONTENT

Sci-Fi/Space Main Landing Page

• Scratchbuilt Alien Pod – “Tales from the Loop” – FINISHED
• Bandai TIE Fighter 1:72 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Scratch-built Antigravity flying boat
• Scratch built Ma.K. Krote – FINISHED
• Closer To One of the Big Ones, Millennium Falcon by Ian Ruscoe
• 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

• 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

• 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 Land Rover Series III LWB 1:24 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell Trabant 601 Universal 1:24 – FINISHED
• Tamiya Mercedes-AMG GT3 “Mercedeschmitt” 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

• 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
• F-14A Tomcat, VF-1 Wolfpack by Dave Coward
• F-14A Tomcat VF-84 Jolly Rogers by Dave Coward
• Westland Wasp HAS.1 by Ian Ruscoe
• F-104G Starfighter by Mark Rooks
• Mitsubishi F-1 by Jeroen Burger
• Dornier Do335A Pfeil by Rick Goodenough
• Mirage F-1 by Jeroen Burger
• English Electric Lightning F.Mk.3 by Robin Cain
• MALTA’s 1000th Spitfire Mk.Vb by Ian Ruscoe

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

• Dominie T.1, Hawker Siddeley
• Snipe, Sopwith
• Hurricane, Hawker Mk.IIc

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

• 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
• The Modern Cruiser – VIDEO REVIEW
• P-51 Mustang, Flight Craft Series
• Samurai Phantoms, The McDonnell Douglas Phantom II in Japanese Service, Vol.1 F-4EJ
• F-100 Super Sabre in Detail & Scale Series Volume 11
• Battle of Britain 1940 The Finest Hour’s Human Cost
• Heinkel He 219

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