Wings 'n Treads is now accepting Pre Orders for Tamiya's Char B1 bis
Custom Dioramics, the diorama accessories subsidiary of The VLS Corporation, has recently announced the following two new releases for April 2006.
Well, they started with aircraft and armor masks. Then they added much needed ship masks. Now, they're launching a car modeling series of masks. Enter the "Tuner" series.
Verlinden Productions have recently announced their May 2006 releases, the majority of which are for the Allied modeller!
Osprey Publishing has announced their latest releases for April 2006. Once again, a wide variety of books to cover all possible interests...
In this news story, we're trying to play 'catch-up' with the announced releases for Diorama builders. Once again, a variety of new products are being offered in 1/35th, 1/48th and 1/72nd scale...
The Spanish company - Miniaturas Alemany has been around for a while now. However, up until now, their products haven't been seen much beyond Spain. Now the company has issued a considerable number of pieces for dioramas. A range well-worth a second look...
The Ukrainian Plastic manufacturer, Miniart Limited, has just announced its future release program in 1/35th scale building kits. These kits are a combination of vac-form and injection plastic (for window frames etc...
Some very interesting News from the Hong Kong retailer Lucky Model regarding some VERY attractive offers and VERY Interesting Pre-Orders...
NIMIX Miniatures, the spanish manufacturer, introduces a new line production on its catalogue: Metal gun barrels!
Also, NIMIX is announcing new resin accessories for 54mm figures...
Custom Dioramics, the diorama accessories subsidiary of The VLS Corporation, has recently announced the following two new releases for March 2006.
Spanish manufacturer Toro Models recently released a new 2006 catalogue. You can find new 1:48 and 54mm figures, new 1:35 and 1:48 dioramas and also new 1:35 accesories, and finally a new impresive bust which won a gold medal at the Leon Rampante Show).
As there are stories all over the forums of the various releases announced at Nuremeberg, the idea of this story is to summarize (with the help of the lists produced by (I.P.M.S. Deutschland) the new releases in Warships, Aviation and Armor. What I will be doing is creating a list of some of the genuinely NEW items.. Looking at some manufacturers lists, I really wonder if they have any pride left....

I will not be covering DML (armor), or Italeri (warships or Armor) as these have been adequately covered in the News section....

Custom Dioramics, the sub-division of the VLS Corporation that deals with diorama accessories, has recently announced the following two new releases.
I make no apologies for this news story - i've always been a huge fan of emergency vehicles of all types. This has been on Trumpeter's front-page for a number of weeks and now we can bring you the images of a very attractive new release....
Verlinden Productions have recently announced their February 2006 releases. Last month I commented on the growing number of 1:48 scale releases from Verlinden (which is not necessarily a bad thing), this month the 1:48 scale new releases actually outnumber the 1:35 scale releases!
Wings n Treads has recently done a lot of work updating and upgrading the web site....
Verlinden Productions have recently announced their January 2006 releases. Once again it is a compact mixed bag for both 1:48 and 1:35 scale modellers. I find it interesting to note the growing number of 1:48 scale releases, and must compliment VP on their capitalization of another well-known manufacturer's decision to break into the 1:48 scale market.
Osprey Publishing's January 2006 releases leaves me feeling a bit like a time-traveller, as their latest releases take us from Bronze Age Mesopotamia, to Classical period Ancient Greece, to the 1st Century AD Roman Emprire, to 16th Century Russia, and ending in the WW2 Pacific theatre with the Doolittle Raid and US Submarines.
Established in 1996, Italian company Model Victoria specialize in Italian 1/35th scale military and historical replicas - particularly the largely ignored subject of Italian WWII armed forces!
As a special Christmas bonus, Armorama and Dragon Models Limited are announcing their first joint Armor competition....
There are many useful ways in which to promote this site. Here is a recent one which was carried out by three Armorama members in the North of England...
Meteor has FREE shipping to APO/FPO addresses, and expanded the offer to UK, and other, servicemembers!
White Ensign Models will be stocking the full range of the excellent Voyager Models PE Sets, including aircraft and armour sets.
Wings n Treads is accepting pre orders for several interesting new items...
It has been quite a while since I published a news article about the site. For those who have been around most of our (almost) 4 years you probably remember me posting quite a few site "news" stories. We have a few things to announce prior to the sites birthday on December 16th.
Few modellers can be unaware of the name of Douglas Lee - a regular winner of gold medals in the most prestigious of modelling competions. Amongst his recent 'accolades' was a Gold in the diorama section at this year's Euro-Militaire. In this particualr piece 'Bloody Colonials', Douglas had done his own figures for the diorama, which are now being sold....
Once again Osprey Publishing has announced a series of new releases, which cover almost all possible areas of modelling interest...
The latest diorama releases from Mig Productions includes some very nice and different pieces....
ScaleMilitary.com has come out with a new line of products. They have taken a modular approach.
This is Scalewerke’s 1st online modelling contest and we decided to start small but with a specific topic. This year the focus is on Military Figure Painting in Camouflage, as long as it is a “Military related figure in camouflage”. Scale will be 1/35, 1/32 & 54mm only. Visit our website for further details. www.scalewerke.com
For many people, 1/35th scale buildings are one of those time-consuming tasks which are perceived to be complex and difficult to execute with conviction. There are certainly many buildings available from the AM people which in most cases give superb results. However, sadly, what puts many modellers off is the relatvely high price of these kits. Now, it appears, help is at hand from the Ukrainian company, Miniart Limited...
Osprey Publihing continue unabated with their release schedule. November will see a variety of new books covering several VERY different themes...
Mig Productions continue to bring us a series of interesting releases. This month, three new releases - two for the armor modeller and one for the diorama builder. The latter is going to have a multitide of applications for armor and warship dios in 1/35th scale....
Once again, Osprey Publishing has a list of new books for many different tastes and interests. Going from Berlin of 1945 to U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers, once again, Osprey is offering an excellent selection of books with both the modeller and military enthusiast in mind...
From 24th to 25th of September the IPMS Austria held its - so far - biggest model exhibition and contest south of Vienna.
Two special topics gave a special touch to this event:

35 year´s anniversary of the winning of the formula one racing car world championship of the famous Jochen Rind, who unfortunately died in the same year in an accident.

50 years anniversary of the founding of the Austrian armed Forces of the 2nd Republic after the Allies ended the occupation of the country.

Eastern Front AMPS (the AMPS chapter of New Jersey), has announced its first show...


The Czech-Republic manufacturer, Plus Model continues to add to its already considerable catalogue. In this news report, the focus turns to items for dioramas...
Now the annual Japan Plamodel and Radicon Show has finished, it is perhaps useful, to go back and take a look at some of the highlights. There were certainly some significant announcements although sadly, I don't have all the information I would wish for in Warship and Aviation releases...
The VLS Corporation has several 'sub-divisions' each catering to a particular genre in modellng. Trakz - for AFVs, Wingz - for Aviation related products etc. The sub-division which deals with Diorama related items is Custom Dioramics - the latter is the subject of this news report covering some fascinating new releases for October 2005...
September 2005 sees a compact, yet diverse, bunch of releases from PlusModel for both 1:35 and 1:48 scale modellers.
Dragon USA has launched a new shop at home, on line website for Modelers - Dragon-On Line- USA
Verlinden Productions have recently announced their October 2005 releases. Once again it is a compact mixed bag for both 1:35 and 1:48 scale modellers.
Back in january we published a series of links to enable people to contribute to the relief effort following the terrible events of the Tsunami disaster in S.E. Asia. Following the truly horrendous events following the Katrina hurricane, here are a series of similar links to enable people to contribute in a similar manner...
Although the American "Wild West" has never been of an historical interest to me, it's what the West inspires that has always appealed to me. It's the idea of new frontiers, a hostile land, high adventure...
The key to a succesful book on modelling is primarily accessibility. Far too many books are 'pitched' at 'expert/master' level, to be of much use to the 'average' modeller. One of the real success stories in recent years has been an initiative by Osprey Publishing of a series which has received much attention in the modelling world - The Osprey Modelling Series. The coming months will see a significant expansion of these useful books...
Czech-Republic based PlusModel have a few new 1/35 scale diorama releases this month, as well a very nice selection of 1/48 paving stones - well your 1/48 vehicles need something to drive on don't they?
Once again the latest offering from Verlinden Productions can be summarized in a single news article. Although I's nice to see another model company on the 1/48 band-wagon, let's hope Verlinden can bring something less mediocre to the table...
NIMIX has released a new article: C/52 Artificial Snow.
I am afraid I cannot tell you much about the background of French manufacturer DES Kit, but what I can tell you is that they have a fantastic range of vehicles, figures and diorama accessories in various scales. Most significantly, however, DES Kit addresses the shortage of WWI and WWII French subjects.