AIRFIX MODEL WORLD MAGAZINE LAUNCHES ON NOVEMBER 4

SMN reportThe new Airfix Model World magazine, promo’d by Key Publishing as ‘your complete guide to the world of scale modelling’...

DRAGON KITS ON DISPLAY AT JAPANESE MODEL SHOW

SMN reportLast week saw the 2010 Tokyo Hobby Show, and Hong Kong-based DML - Dragon Models Limited - put on quite a display...

NEW SCI-FI VISIONS FOR A GREAT STAR WARS REISSUE FROM FINE MOLDS

SMN reportWe came across a pile of old MPC Star Wars kits in the SMN Garage the other day. The boxes are somewhat battered...

SUPERHEROES REIGN IN WOODSTOCK MUSEUM

David Jefferis reportsThat’s not the hippie Woodstock, but the handsome town in folksy Olde Englande, on the edge of the...

CASH IN THE ATTIC WITH OLD DINKY TOYS?

SMN reportWe’re on something of a Dinky Toys hunt at the moment, helped by the discovery of the trio of childhood sweethearts...

THE MISSING YANC - ANDY YANCHUS, THAT IS...

SMN ReportOops, looks like we missed out the Andy Yanchus picture on the last post.So here you are, the man himself - plus...

AURORA LIVES - IN ‘LIVING DEAD’ PLASTIC MONSTER FORM ANYWAY

Mat Irvine reportsIf there was one thing that the original Aurora Plastic Company of Hempstead, Long Island, was famous...

SCALE STEAM WITH 1:50 SCALE CORGI TRACTION ENGINE

SMN reportHere’s another in Corgi’s long-running 1:50 scale ‘Vintage Glory of Steam’ series, and it’s well up to the standard...