Features

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Darren Baker tries to provide an idea of what a visit to the IPMS Nationals are like, or as it tends to be known by many the Telford Model Show.

IPMS' 2019 US National Convention was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in August. Come sample the event through over 280 photos.

AK Interactive has released a completely new line of paints and these are some of the informative videos they have put out covering their origin and use.

Christian Scheffer shares with us a good number of photographs covering the Euro Model Expo in Lingen/Germany. This show was held over the weekend of the 25th and 26th March.

A thorough breakdown of the new acrylic paint system from Mission Models, including tests with weathering products and decals.

Darren Baker gets back from the latest Scale Model World and shares his thoughts and pictures with those unable to attend.

Todd Michalak takes Sparmax's ARISM Viz airbrush compressor for a test drive and shares his video review with us.

Darren Baker attends the 52nd Scale Model World event at the Telford International Centre. Here he shares his thoughts on this years show and shares a lot of pictures.

Matthew reviews and tests this new airbrush from Sparmax. The Max-4 can be configured either as a dual-action or single-action airbrush.

Matthew Lenton reviews Sparmax's new compact Arism airbrush compressor, kindly provided to us by The Airbrush Company in the U.K.

Matt Nethery shares with us a show report from the Orlando IPMS 2015 event.

Keith Wolters shares with us a very complete show report on the 2014 Salt Lake City IPMS Contest and Show.

Darren Baker shares with us his thoughts on SMW 2014.

A quick overview of eight new release kits just out (or coming out) from Tamiya during the summer of 2014.

Gary shows us some of his most recent builds, mixed with some other news. For more of Gary's videos you can check out his channel on YouTube (MakingModelsAgain).

I conclude my little trip through memory lane, as I am unboxing many items I put away oh so very long ago (1989-1995).

I brought quite a few old boxes of stuff I have had in storage for 15-20 years now. Let's see what we have here...

Rick gives us his impressions of the new Iwata Neo gravity-fed pistol grip airbrush.

I would like to wish all members a Happy Holidays and tell you a little about what to expect next year, as well as show you a few of the samples to expect to see on the sites very soon.

Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport, Tennessee, sponsored the 3rd annual Bays Mountain Park Model Expo at the Kingsport Renaissance center.

Todd gives us his impressions on this new airbrush from Iwata, the Neo Side-feed pistol-grip version.

Kitmaker has been provided with some details on the use of Deluxe Material products, and here is a look at use of Liquid Gravity.

Darren Baker shares with us a show report on Scale Model World 2013 which he and Kevin Brant attended.

Jim gives us an update on recent products that have arrived for review or feature write ups as well as his impending vacation.

Vallejo have been producing acrylic paints and other artistic products for several decades, and in more recent years have become very well known among the modelling community for their popular specialised paint ranges. In June of 2013, I had the opportun

Jessica Cooper reports back on the cross-site Ancient Airfix Assemblers Campaign. Lots of photos, and something for (almost) everyone.

We visited Warsaw Modelling Fiesta show and we have photos.

This new softcover book is chalk-full of tips and techniques on painting models. Definitely worth a look.

We visited the Silicon Valley Scale Modelers annual Kickoff Classic show and have photos and a few observations.

We visited this annual show put on by the Santa Rosa IPMS chapter in Petaluma, CA and snapped a few photos for your viewing pleasure.

Jim spent 3 plus days at the 2010 IPMS U.S. Nationals in early August. He shares his photos and info from the show.

The IPMS Kickoff Classic is held every year in the San Fransisco Bay area. Jim shares the photos he was able to take while at the show.

Rudi Richardson brings us a photo report of the 26th Annual Model Expo, held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia over the Queen's Birthday long weekend of 6 - 8 June 2009.

Jim explains how he does a review.

Here is another impressive scratch build from Barrie. This one goes far into the future with an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars. I shows you what some imagination and plastic sheets can build.

soldatino shares a method for making bolts to add to your projects. It take a popular kids toy concept (Playdough factory) and brings it into the military modeling world.

Barrie builds his own half track. Everything on this build is scratch built

Ever wonder which airbrush to buy, what's the difference between manufacturers? This feature is a bit of a unique feature, it reviews and compares three different brushes.

Henk shares a method for packing built models to keep them safe during a move.

Dave shares his techniques on how to build a stone wall for your next diorama. It's quick and easy, anyone can do it.

Emotional, that is what you get when you see one of JBA's dioramas. Each viewers has a different emotion, but we all feel something when we see his dioramas. This one is no different. He shares lots of tips and techniques from the ground up.

After all the 'drier' News Reports on Nuremberg, with this, I want to cover the manufacturers who didn't get a full report. It's also an opportunity to cover some areas i'm NOT particularly confident with (Aviation and Warships to name but two). Finally,

Making realistic water is a very popular topic. Lots of people try many different ways of making it. Here is one way of making water with waves on the surface.

Does the high price and complexity of resin casting keep you from making spare parts or custom parts? Here is a step by step process that shows you how to make parts quickly and easily for not a lot of money.

Jean-Bernard shares an older project of his. He started off with a strong sense of composition with strong water and aged man made elements as seen in this piece entitled: Abbey

Mike shares a technique that is universal to model building genres. Making Grab Handles can be done easily and add a great level of detail to a build. Mike shows us that it can be done inexpensivly with tools most all of us already have.

Have you ever been stuck with needing some extra detail in your base and didn't have AM products available? This simple method is applicable to a wide range of modeling genres and fits any budget and any skill level.

Grzegorz Ziecina (Pedro) recently treated us with forum post with an impressive looking riverboat scratch-build being the focus, and here, Greg shares the build story with us (and more images)!

Craig Whitaker shows us how easy it is to make attractive name plates using his word processor.