The Ukrainian company ACE Model have just announced yet another new, 1/72nd scale release...

The products of he Chinese manucfaturer, Voyager Model are featuring more and more in the review section of Armorama. Understandably, as few companies are producing such a diverse range of products...

A month or two ago, I wrote a news story by way of introduction, to the Polish company Armorscale. Now I am able to bring news of their latest and future releases - again in 1/35th scale..

With kind thanks to Rocco Alcaro at PlanetFigure for introducing me to Viriatus Miniatures and posting the original news item, herewith follows an introduction to the company and their latest release, as well as a sneak preview of a forthcoming release.

This is the second of what will be the complete list of Future Releases from Osprey Publishing up to and including September 2005. In this story, the attention tuns to books relevant for figure/diorama modellers with a bit of Military History thrown in as well. Once again, I have to acknowledge the assistance given in the compilation of this article by Rudi Richardson (TAROK)

Due to work commitments, I will not be present for the month of July. Therefore, I have decided, to leave the news of the Osprey future releases published here. In the first instance, I have to acknowledge that all the 'Spade-work' for this story, was done by Rudi Richardson (TAROK) - for this I thank him for his help...

The latest release from Monroe Perdu is an extremely versatile kit "The Sunken Road". This kit builds into a vignette to depict almost anywhere in the world you can think of. A rutted lane in Normandy, a washed out trek in North Africa, a wagon path in Italy, or a carved trail in the jungle of Vietnam are all possibilities with this kit.

A few weeks ago, when Dragon Models announced their new '3 -in 1' kits of the PzIV series, there was a considerable reaction in the modelling world....

A week or two ago, P.M.M.S. published a review of two products frm the Australian company, WW2 Productions. The subject of the review were two different products - a track set and a sprocket set for the KV Series of Soviet AFVs. Somewhat intrigued by these products, I mailed WW2 Productions and yesterday, I got a complete list of their products and ordering details which orms the basis of this news story...

Hobby 37 is a Spanish producer of diorama accesories in 1/35th scale. They have recently announced a number of interesting new releases, which we present here...

With kind thanks to Guy Herrick at PlanetFigure for introducing me to Aitna Model and posting the original news item, herewith follows an introduction to the company and 5 of their latest releases.

The U.S. company, Formations Models seem to have an endless appetite for improving and updating every possible aspect of 1/35th scale Shermans - these new releases continue the trend...

The HMMVV is rapidly becoming one of the most photographed and modelled subjects in history. The continuing conflict in Iraq has served to heighten interest in this vehicle even further...

3 new 1:35 scale resin offerings from Yosci (Miniature Park) will be released in June...

Andrea Miniatures' June 2005 new releases appear somewhat dull after the exciting May 2005 releases, but these may interest some modelers none the less.

The Czech company PlusModel have just announced two new releases in 1/35th scale....

The Czech-Republic based company PlusModel have featured in these news pages a number of times, however, it is a few months since they released any new products. Now is the time for an update....

Dragon have revealed a lot of new information about their two armor model and a figure set 1/35 scale releases and also announced one new 1/72 scale model.

The Ukrainian manufacturer, ACE Modelshas just announced yet another new 1/72 scale release...

It has been a little while now since we carred an update on the new releases of the Spanish figure company, Eite Miniatures.. However, as they say, some things are worth waiting for...

Concord Publications continues to publish excellent, moderately-priced books on a wide variety of subjects of interest to the military modeller. The latest release is no exception....

A few weeks ago, we published the news that the Spanish company Nimix was producing a series of 1/48th scale German tank crew....

It's been a month or two, since the Korean company Legend Productions announced any new releases - happily they are back with two attractive 1/35th Armor conversion/update sets...

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We are pleased to announce SQUAD48, a new range of 1/48th scale military figure/accessories kits.....

I have been rather lax in the last month or two with the new releases from the Italian figure compay Pegaso Models. As a way of rectifying this, here are their new releases....

There are a number of the 'After-market' companies who never fail to bring out interesting products. Amongst this very select list, are Tiger Model Designs who with these new releases have announced some interesting developments....

One of the continuing 'success' stories in the last year or so, has been the decals produced by Echelon Fine Details. Covering everything from Spanish Armored Divisions to vehicles in O.I.F., this company has been producing some of the most attractive decal sheets in the market. The latest sheets continue this trend with two new sheets, covering the Tiger I in 1/35th scale....

As DML announces the latest imminent figure release, I can hear Allied modellers give a good hearty cheer. DML's latest 1/35 figure, announced on May 5, 2005, is indeed an Allied set which will compliment, among others, DML's forthcoming Shermans.

Once again, this is one of the most pleasant 'perks' of being News Editor - being able to present a new company with some very exciting products... The new company is Armorscale - yet another of those Polish companies which are now having such a positive effect on the AM (Aftermarket) part of the hobby....

Yet more surprises from that most interesting Japanese company - Tristar

Every year in the Dragon Catalogue, there are a number of 'secret items' we can now reveal what they are....

Dragon USA announced the following new release on May 10, 2005. The set will clearly compliment the recently announced DML "88" (although I'm sure it'll suit the newly announced AFV Club Flak 18 just as well!).

Although previously announced here and on other sites, we are now able to bring some good images of the imminent release of AFV Club's Flak 18...

Trakz has released two WWII US Armor conversion sets. The first is the 75mm M3 Half-track conversion set (TX 0116). This set comes with a detailed instruction sheet for the many (many!) resin parts included. It also has a brass photo-etch piece for the gun shield.

Following from the previous story on Mig Productions new armor reeases, attention now turns to their interesting figure releases...

It's been a month or two since the Spanish manufacturer, Mig Productions announced new releases but now, the volume of their new releases is such that it is necessary to split their new releases into two - one for figures and this, for armor releases....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kancali Custom Modeling would like to announce a
major website update, and the release of several new products for the month of
May.
Kancali has upgraded their website capability, added more product in use photos,
and revamped the ordering page. We have added credit card payment options in addition to Paypal. And we now ship UPS which includes delivery tracking and insurance.

Recently, we have been featuring a increasing number of the Russian TANK 1/35th scale resin figures and their incredibly interesting range of weapon/accessory sets.The following 6 new figure sets are now listed on the TANK website and should be available shortly.

Perhaps in the last month or so, the new Andrea Miniatures' releases have (to my eyes at least), been lacking a certain 'innovation' or 'freshness' this months releases however, are VERY different...

Bison Decals is a company who has carved a niche for itself in the Armor Decal Market in a simple way - by being more imaginative than many of its competitors. These new sets come at exactly the right moment with the new DML & AFV Club 'Tiger Programs' well underway and modellers looking for something just a touch different....

This is going to reverberate. Several months ago, AFV Club announced a Flak 18 in 1/35th scale. Guess what?

MR Models is a German manufacturer who have previously only been working in 1/35th and 1/72nd. All this is set to change with the announcement that they are now producing conversion and update sets in 1/48th scale...

With the (re-vitalized) interest in 1/48th scale armor, hardly a week goes by, without a new, or existing, manufacturer announcing new products for 1/48th scale armor. The latest of these, is 'Battalion Bits' a 'sub-division' of the 1/35th scale company, 'Belcher Bits'....

Verlinden Productions has announced two new Armor releases in 1/48th and 1/35th scale...

Verlinden Productions have announced their latest diorama releases in 1/35th scale...

June 2005 will see the release of five new figure references from Verlinden Productions...

ACE just begun production of a 1/72nd scale plastic replica of the Canadian Cougar Fire Support Vehicle....

One of the least known, but possibly one of the more interesting figure/accessory companies that we have been covering in the News Section, has been the Russian manufcturer, TANK. This company produces both figures and weapons in 1/35th scale for a variety of nationalities....

New release by Military Miniatures Warehouse, features Lt. George Dixon, who was the last commander of the ill-fated by tactfully successful Confederate submarine, the CSS Hunley.