SURF’S UP WITH A CLASSIC VW BUS FROM HASEGAWA

The classic ‘split-screen’ Volkswagen Type 2 bus just never goes away. Introduced in 1950, and with an uprated single-screen...

BLAST FROM THE PAST - WHO REMEMBERS EAGLEWALL?

FROM MAT IRVINESometimes ‘new’ is ‘old’. Recently an old friend of mine Jason Joiner - who runs the popular Collectormania...

TAMIYA REISSUES APOLLO 1:70 SCALE APOLLO 11

A MAT IRVINE REVIEWThe 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 has bought reissues of many original Apollo-era kits, and the latest...

TAMIYA 1:48 SCALE M8 LIGHT ARMOURED CAR FINISHED MODEL

Here’s another neat addition to Tamiya’s growing range of finished models. It seems that at last manufacturers have cottoned...

SO, JUST WHAT IS A 'BOILERPLATE'?

The term ‘boilerplate’ came up in the recent post about the reissued Airfix Lunar Module, and the fact that early test spacecraft...

A NEW TAKE ON THE ’57 CHEVY FROM REVELL

A MAT IRVINE REVIEWOne of the most popular American cars ever made was the 1957 Chevrolet. The US ‘Big Four’ in the model...

LIMITED EDITION CORGI STEAM TRACTION ENGINE

1:50 scale diecast collectors take note: Corgi is releasing a 1000-piece Limited Edition traction engine, to coincide with...

A NEW LOOK FOR THE AIRFIX LUNAR MODULE KIT

A MAT IRVINE REVIEWWhen asked by Airfix if I would take a look at two potential reissues to celebrate the Apollo 11 40th...

'FAT ALBERT' HERCULES HITS THE DOUBLE-NICKEL

Believe it or not, the Hercules transport made its first flight 55 years ago today, and has been in continuous production...

NUCLEAR POWERED CARGO SHIP COMPLETES MAIDEN VOYAGE

Sounds like a headline for the latest techno-whizzery, right? Well, actually the NS (Nuclear Ship) Savannah completed her...

SCALEXTRIC MERCEDES RACERS

Mat's piece on the Tamiya Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren reminded us that Scalextric produces a fine two-car set to 1:32 scale....

HELLO HAWAII - 50 YEARS IN THE UNION

Today’s the day in 1959 that President Eisenhower proclaimed Hawaii as the 50th state of the Union, a fact that’s celebrated...

TAMIYA MERCEDES-BENZ SLR McLAREN - A SUPERCAR IN MINIATURE

A MAT IRVINE REVIEWThere are several competitors in the ‘200-mph-plus’ street-legal road car market, and the Mercedes-Benz...

SUPERB HAND-BUILT SPACE MODEL AUCTION

For model makers, Russian space equipment is not especially well provided for, but for collectors it’s a different story,...

GLENCOE EXPLORER SATELLITE MODEL MARKS 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN SPACEFLIGHT

A MAT IRVINE REVIEWOne space anniversary that seemed to get lost in the build-up to this July’s Apollo 11 40th was...

IRON MAN'S ATTRACTIVE INSTRUCTIONS

Just thought we'd mention the neatly produced instruction sheet for the Moebius Iron Man model, pictured above. It's clean,...

RUSSIAN SUPERSONIC BOMBER FROM ANIGRAND

The 1960s were a mixture of turmoil and trauma - from Flower Power to the Vietnam War, Gagarin to Apollo - all set against...