HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

We wish you a very Happy New Year and all Good Wishes for 20...

LOOKBACK 2010 - FIVE FAVES OF THE YEAR

SMN annual reviewHow to condense a whole model year into a readable piece? Impossible without filling half of Wikipedia!...

WELCOME TO THE NEW-LOOK SCALE MODEL NEWS

It's been awhile coming, and it's not perfect just yet, but we hope you like the bigger and brighter look of SMN for the...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

As we enter the Christmas season, we can all look forward to 2011 which, if model world rumors even come partly true, promises...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE DOUGLAS DC-3

SMN reportThe Douglas DC-3 flew for the first time on December 17, 1935, 32 years after the Wright brothers made their epic...

OH SWEET NOSTALGIA!

SMN looks backFor the more mature model maker out there, then these old kits might bring back a memory or two. Once upon...

DECADES AFTER ITS FIRST FLIGHT, THE TSR2 RETURNS - AS A MISSILE-TOTING COMET KILLER

David Jefferis reports.A fascinating new Airfix release for the New Year will be a modded 1:72 scale BAC TSR2. This is the...

USEFUL SIZE CHART AND CUTAWAY FOR MODEL MAKERS

Congrats to SpaceX for the successful up-and-down flight of the Dragon space capsule.And for telling us about the el neato...

DRAGON SPACECRAFT RETURNS FROM ORBIT! X-37B LANDS ON RUNWAY!

SMN reportNews that the US company SpaceX successfully test-flew its Dragon space capsule today makes SMN really proud -...

SOPWITH PUP BIPLANE FROM WINGNUT WINGS OF NEW ZEALAND

SMN reportFor lovers of World War I and big-scale aircraft models, here’s a gorgeous 1:32 scale kit from Wingnut Wings,...

FUJIMI F-35B TO 1:72 SCALE

SMN reportNo sooner did we do the F-35 piece below, when we ran across the recent Fujimi 1:72 scale F-35B STOVL version....

STEALTH FIGHTER F-35 LIGHTNING II SOON TO RULE THE SKIES

SMN reportAfter years of development, and seemingly endless delays and price hikes, the ‘5th generation’ fighter jet from...