Modelling Speical The German Tiger Tanks

Over the past decades many books have been published that were partially of some use to the average plastic modeller. Mostly however, these books are either purely technical or historical and represent a considerable invest" menu especially when they contain inadequate information on one particular subject. For this reason we, that is me and my regular team, consider the time to be more than right for a totally new and yet unseen series of books that has especially been set up for the plastic modeller. It is our intention to gradually make a complete range of books, each of which deals with one particular type of AFV model that is readilly available in kit form.

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Model Magazine International 12 2006

HMS Kelly was laid down on 26th August 1937 at Hawthorn Leslie Shipbuilders on Tyneside and launched on October 1938. She became the ship of Captain (D) Lord Louis Mountbatten in August 1939 and was preparing to serve in the Mediterranean when hostilities broke out. Lord Mountbatten had HMS Kelly and a few of the other ships in his Flotilla painted pink because he noticed that a passenger line whose ships were painted a similar colour tended to disappear on the horizon around twilight. Apparently the ships crews were the centres of a few brawls because of the taunts from other sailors... Kelly and the 5th Flotilla initially served in home and northern waters, until in late Autumn 1939 she was damaged at the stern by a magnetic mine, where upon she was towed back to the builders yard for repairs which lasted until February 1940. In May Kelly was hit again this time by a torpedo in No.l boiler room, causing flooding in both boiler rooms and nearly resulted in the loss of the ship, once again she was towed back to Tyneside for repairs which took until December. In late April 1941 Kelly and the rest of the 5th Flotilla were finally deployed to the Mediterranean, taking up escort duties Kelly became involved in the Battle of Crete in May 1941.

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Model Magazine International 11 2004

Tamiya are currently following the path of pre-made models, from 1:350 ships to 1:35 armour, in fact it seems most of Tamiya's scale model range is being considered as a potential pre-built 'collector's model'. Whether or not this excites you is of course a matter of personal taste, but it can't be denied that Tamiya's rapidly expanding line up of these items is impressive, particularly the cars and bikes which as kits require a lot of pre-assembly preparation, not to mention a perfect paint finish and immaculate decals. To many, the crowning achievement in this product range are the 1:12 scale Ferraris, of which there are now number three in the series. The latest to arrive is the simply breathtaking Enzo, and accompanying it in this review is the equally brash F50 'Giallo Modena', as promoted in our last issue. The two models are actually quite different in constructional approach. The, F50 was designed some time back, but not fully released until last year, and you'll find our review of the red edition in Issue 96, Feb/ March 2003. Now we have the yellow car, and as you would expect, it's physically the same as the first model.

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Model Magazine International 09 2004

The Multi-tool's primary task is for creating curves in photo-etched items, and using the seven different sized steps along the tool's length, pretty much any radius can be formed. The component to be formed is simply placed on a fingertip and the Multi-tool then rolled across back and forth across it until the desired effect is achieved. This technique allows for a degree of 'over-bending' which is necessary for the springy metal to retain its shape. If a conical form is needed, the cone-shaped head of the Multi-tool can be used, again pressing the part onto a fingertip and rolling back and forth to create the shape. The very end of the cone is rounded, and is designed to be used as a burnishing tool for the application of dry-transfer decals - the smooth anodised surface greatly helps with this operation. Two sizes of Multi-tool are available, Large and Small, and between them a wide range of roll diameters can be achieved. The bodies of the tools are aerospace grade aluminium but feature a hardened tool grade steel 'tail', as the alloy might bend under pressure at this narrow diameter. The varying diameter steps are finely calibrated and the tools are attractively anodised in blue (large) and bronze (small).

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Military in Scale 08 2007

I've mentioned it many times in these pages that I'm a real sucker for older publications Though I keep a keen eye on the latest magazines, models and modellers. I take equal pleasure in the reading of magazines and books from back in the day. It was the reading of just such a periodical that has inspired this month's column.
Whilst researching details on Hasegawas P-400 Airacobra. Hans Ali leant me a copy of Air Enthusiast from August 1971, stating that some of the details contained therein would be useful and so they proved to be. Within the pages of this issue was a feature, presumably found every month, called Model Enthusiast' written by a chap called W.R. Matthews Upon reading it. a number of things stood out to provide an interesting insight into the world on modelling in the early Seventies, the quality of the kits, their decals and the instructions used to assemble them - all aspects of kit production that we still deal with today!

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FineScale Modeler 09 2005

Let's face it,battleships make big models. Even a 1/700 scale Iowa-class battleship is nearly a foot long, so imagine building one in 1/96 scale. That's exactly what Steven Dunn decided to do when he tackled his USS Missouri project. Steven says he's "always enjoyed the lines of the Iowa-class battleships," and the Missouri in 1/96 scale fit the bill for this project, which he started in 2001. The hull of the "Mighty Mo" is fiberglass, produced by The Scale Shipyard, and the brass components that make up the majority of the superstructure are from Special Shapes. Prior to starting this 9'-long model, Steve set out to gather as much reference data as he could find. After purchasing a set of plans from the USS Missouri Association and all the related books on the ship, he visited and photographed the Missouri's sister, USS Wisconsin, berthed in Norfolk, Va. A friend of Stevens son vacationing in Hawaii provided photos of the Missouri. Armed with detail photos, plans, and a written design history of the ship, Steven started his project.

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