Scale Modelling Resource Centre – What’s New

31 March 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

• Ultimate APEX Airbrush – HD Video Demo
• Ultimate Decal Solutions, how to use them – 2 HD Video Demos
• FOD guards for jet aircraft intakes – make your own! – 7 HD Video Demos
• Mini chisel set to remove kit detail – 2 HD Video Demos
• Hiding join lines inside engine cowls – Video Demo
• Basic safety equipment – introduction – 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

• Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1:48 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk.I 1:32 – FINISHED
• Airfix de Havilland D.H.82a Tiger Moth, 1.48 – HERE NOW
• Airfix De Havilland Heron Mk.II 1:72 – HERE NOW
• Tamiya Lockheed P-38F/G Lightning 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Revell Avro Shackleton MR.3 1:32 – FINISHED
• Hasegawa F-4EJ Phantom, Goodbye Okinawa 1:48 – NEW PROJECT
• Zoukei Mura Hs 129B-2/RIII 1:32 – UPDATE
• HK Models Avro lancaster B.Mk.I 1:32 – FINISHED
• AMT.ERTL Boeing RC-135W Airseeker (Rivet Joint) 1:72 – FINISHED
• Revell Phantom FGR-2 1:48 – FINISHED, 100+ VIDEO DEMOS
• Zoukei Mura Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai 1:32 – DIRECT TO FINISHED NOW
• Tamiya Grumman F-14D Tomcat – Double Build! 1:48 – FINISHED
• 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
• Italeri S-2G Tracker 1:48 – UPDATE
• Revell Emirates A380-800 ‘United For Wildlife’ 1:144 – HERE NOW VIDEO REVIEW
• Eduard Roland C.II 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

• Tamiya Sturmgeschutz IV Sdkfz 163 1:35
• Airfix LCM3 and Sherman 1:76 – HERE NOW
• Copper State Models – Lanchester, Russian Service 1:35 – FINISHED
• 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
• 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

• Airfix LCM3 and Sherman 1:76 – HERE 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

• Bf109F-2 JG2 by Stuart Mackay
• F-104J Starfighter by Andrew Johnson
• B-24D Liberator by Stuart Mackay
• Tornado GR.1 by Ron Hilker
• Fokker Eindecker E.ll 37.15 by David Graham Lane
• 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

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

• Jaguar, Aircraft in Detail No.1 – VIDEO REVIEW
• Tempest V, An Illustrated History of the Temporary Tempest – VIDEO REVIEW
• The Focke-Wulf Fw190D and Ta 152 – VIDEO REVIEW
• The F-4 Phantom : Images of War
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – Queen of The Skies
• Battleships of the Iowa Class: A Design and Operational History – VIDEO REVIEW
• From Hunter to Hunted, The U-Boat War in the Atlantic 1939-1943
• RAF On The Offensive The Rebirth of Tactical Air Power 1940-1941
• Tales From The Frontline, The Middle East Hunter Squadrons
• Torpedo Bombers 1900-1950 An Illustrated History
• The Men Who Flew The Halifax
• M48 Patton American Cold War battle Tank – VIDEO REVIEW
• US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles – Images Of War – VIDEO REVIEW
• 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

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