NOCH announces that their new Natur+ Meadow Mats are in hobby shops!

MRC is releasing a plastic clock inspired by a Leonardo Da Vinci sketch.

Another "Fallen Flag". German model maker Vollmer has announced they will cease business in the middle of 2014.

Rusty Rail has been casting away containers for cast-aways!

Revell are re-releasing the SMS Emden and SMS Dresden as a boxed set.

NOCH is at the 2014 International Nuremberg Toy Fair and has announced their theme for 2014.

W^D Models has released photos of their upcoming Great War-era Crossley 20/25 staff car.

I learned the very sad news this evening from Gordon Stevens that we lost one of the pioneers of the UK modelling scene just before Christmas - the inimitable Ron Firth:

Add On Parts continues to add on HO scale models.

A new O scale - 1/48 casting has been created at Rusty Rail, a parts cabinet with positionable door.

Atlas released Hurricane Sandy Relief "Save the Shore" hoppers in the three most common model railroad scales - O, HO & N.

NOCH has a crush on industry with a Laser-Cut Gravel Plant and Quarry Rock in 1/87 - HO.

Add On Parts is releasing a new corner building in HO and propane tanks suitable for No.1 Scale this September. These models are made of resin and ceramics.

Add On Parts is releasing new 1/35 sets of weapons and containers and buildings, plus a new corner building in 1/72 and HO (1/87) this September. These models are made of resin and ceramics.

Bar Mills announces a brand new model: Shaw's Ridge Equipment & Supply.

Armor35 whets railway modelers with this new 1/35 water column, plus a statue of Stalin to welcome travelers to the station.

The US Senate has supported a bill to charge a tax on internet based sales in an effort to level the playing field for bricks and mortar retailers.

Herpa has announced their summer releases in their July & August 2013 Cars & Trucks News. Oh yeah, and there's an HO helicopter, too!

Laser Modeling 3 has released their sixth craftsman kit, Gillmeister Coal Co. .

Railway Design Associates rings into the new year with a new model: French Camp Foundry in HO ( 1/87 ).

New from NOCH, an Outhouse; Tool Shed; Workshop; and Structure Accessory Sets.

New Standard Trees & Classic Bushes from NOCH are available in multiple scales.

Scenery source NOCH releases more great ground growth for your dioramas and train layouts. variety sets of tall and short grass, and a new tree scene can help you realize your creative talent.

NOCH PROFI Trees – Spruce Trees and Nordic Fir in 0, H0 and TT scales. Each package includes two trees with different heights.

Available now, the new NOCH Catalogue!

I got a notification from Archer about website issues.

NOCH releases an impressive new set of Laser-Cut kits, a small mine and an extension. It is associated with Märklin 2011 annual topic “Montanunion".

Dapol have released a new and easy way of reproducing the look of water. It is non-toxic and low odour so can be used both easily and safely by adults and children.

Noch has sent RailRoadModeling news of a number of new releases including three buildings in NOCH's ”Village Series”: a Workshop, a Residential House and a Garden Plot, the latter with three different types of sheds. Also released are a number of texture sheets for roofs, walls and streets. All the new releases have been cut using laser technology and NOCH are quite rightly very proud of their products.

Freightdog has sent us a bit of aftermarket fun for some 1:72 kits.

KitMaker Network is looking for new Editors to help add content. If you have an interest in online publishing, blogging, or just like to write yourself, you may be just the type of person we are looking for.

New Products Mirage, Hasegawa | SOON | In Progress

From the beginning of 2011 the offer was extended by 3 new kits of our new production and delivery of new products from Hasegawa. We also encourage you to familiarize yourself with models Mirage Hobby, which they will soon be on sale. In preparing the model of German submarine U-boat U-107 (IXB Turm I), the sale of it is scheduled for March 2011.

Tax increase coming....

We have launched a new auction service for our members. This new site is called KitMaker Auctions and is basically an auction site similar to eBay (minus a few thousand eBay employees).

Tragic news: Testors, the parent company of Floquil, Model Masters, Pactra, and Polly Scale, had announced that they will discontinue their superb line of Polly Scale military paints.

Hot on the heels of Volume 86 Type 42 Destroyer DVD, Ray D. Bean of Still Motions Photographics announces the release of Volume 85 Type 22 Class and Volume 84 Type 45 Daring Class DVDs. Each DVD contains over of a hundred images.

Ukraine model manufacturer AMP is proud to announce the upcoming release of their 1/144 Soviet midget sub “Piranha”. Retail price for this kit range from $16.45 in Europe to $32.32 in the Asian markets.

Tom’s Modelworks is proud to announce their latest 1/700 photo-etch set for the South Dakota class battleships. This comprehensive set has everything you need to upgrade your new South Dakota, Massachusetts or Alabama.

Continuing to expand their naval titles, Osprey has announced the upcoming release of British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought and U-boat Tactics in World War II. Both of these titles cover what is arguably two of the most important battles of the twentieth century, Jutland and the Battle of the Atlantic.

2 years in the making here is a great DVD for anyone interested in WWI aviation replicas. It gives you the basics of what a modern day flying circus has to do to move across country to meet up at the Annual Dawn patrol in Ohio. The flying sequences are breathtaking.

From the realization of powered flight by an obscure Bavarian emigrant to the weapons of aerial destruction used by Richthofen's flying circus,
this project attempts to archive vintage photographs of flying machines flown before and during the first two decades of the 20th century.

The collection currently contains 5134 downloadable images : 08.04.10

http://www.earlyaeroplanes.com/archive1.htm

Herpa announces, as part of their huge Wings series, the release of an N scale (1/160) Junkers Ju-52/3m of the Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis Museum.

Gary Marples of Suisoft Ltd. has announced a new and enhanced version of Kitbase, the database application for Scale Modellers. This is a free update for existing owners.

Resin Realities presents a new line of figures based off works from Ken Kelly.

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MK35 Editions have announced the release of a new female figure to their O scale civilian range.

We have reached a commercial milestone in the past week. Namely in we have sold out of all our primary banner ad spaces on Armorama (which includes our network-wide banner ads that show across all sites). We do still have some text ad spots available however.

MK35 Editions have announced the release of a new figure to their O scale civilian range .

The latest news from The Airbrush Company Ltd.

Dragon has released a 1/72 scale model of a P-38 Pathfinder containing all the special characteristics of this version of the Lightning.
It receives a clear nose thanks to a completely new mold that shows off the radar system installation.
Detail is finely rendered, and careful engineering ensures this model aircraft is easy to assemble.