Revell sucks at launching new kits. While other brands have started figuring out how to market new kits on this crazy thing called the internet and others have found proxies to get the word out for them, Revell persists in being terrible at the whole game. Literally up to the day the first boxes started…
Category: Previews
H-K Models 1/32 B-25J Mitchell – It’s Coming…
Last year, I was eager to be one of the first out of the gates when Tamiya’s masterful 1/32 P-51 Mustang dropped. Between a layoff, other builds on the bench, and an impending move, I waved off. I still haven’t touched the glorious thing. Now, another glorious 1/32 release is imminent – H-K Models’ ginormous…
WingXL Announces Their First Release – 1/32 Martin B-26 Marauder
While the modeling world – or portions of it – await the impending release of the massive H-K Models 1/32 B-25J Mitchell later this month, the other half of the Wingscale debacle appears to be moving forward as well. Rather than compete head-on with a 1/32 B-25 of its own (a B-25C/D is planned), WingXL…
Of Wingscale, Wing XL, H-K Models and Big-Ass B-25s
Last year at this time, one of the hottest stories in the modeling world was Wingscale and the imminent release of their massive 1/32 B-25J Mitchell (and announcement of a ridiculous 1/32 B-17 Flying Fortress). It seemed too good to be true, and then in March of last year, all of the sudden is was….
Announcing Future Build Previews!
UPS delivered some really nifty aftermarket bits this afternoon, and going through them, I had a minor epiphany. I love writing build reports, how-tos, and the occasional observation or rant about the industry as a whole, but I have this whole slew of really cool builds planned, and they stay more or less locked away…
Initial Thoughts on Tamiya’s 1/32 P-51D Mustang
So now that I’ve had a chance to look through the sprues and peruse the instructions for Tamiya’s new 1/32 P-51, I have a load of initial thoughts to share. First – I can’t imagine anyone but Tamiya making this kit and actually pulling it off. Several areas of the build depend absolutely on a…
A New Widow
The end must truly be nigh. Chinese kitmaker Great Wall Hobby (who is affiliated with Dragon in some way) is releasing a new-mold 1/48 P-61 Black Widow. You read that right. New mold. P-61. 1/48 scale. You could probably count more-requested kits on one hand. A new 1/48 B-17, certainly, along with the other big…
Doogs Models 