AK Interactive is back in the headlines with a BUNCH of new releases for October!

AK Interactive has just announced a whole bunch of stuff for Santa to cram in his giant sack for your holiday wish list!

The first of several new releases are what appear to be oil paints but are actually Colored Wax, which can be polished. The True Metal line of paints is meant to heighten the modeling experience and give your projects that realistic finish.
“A new range of metallic paints created from a wax base. Made from high quality pigments, achieving extremely realistic effects. The basic product can be used in all branches of scale modeling, and it can be applied by brush, with the fingertip or with a cotton swab. Once dried, it can be polished to achieve a metallic finish. Recommended to prime it first.”

There are 10 colours available: Steel, Aluminum, Dark Aluminum, Old Bronze, Copper, Gun Metal, Iron Brass, Gold and Silver. These will be available individually or as a set of 10.

Next up is AKI Books!

Tracks & Wheels the third book in the AKI Learning series:

“Tracks and Wheels is the third release from the already famous AK Learning Series. The extremely talented artists within this book take you on a journey through every aspect of painting and weathering tracks and wheels through their very own words, guiding you through their styles and approaches. Follow along as they teach you the methods and skills they’ve developed over time, by explaining the how and why of weathering and environmental effects. Also explained are the affect they have on our scale models and perhaps more importantly, the manipulation of the colours used, and getting the most out of them in scale model painting.”

and WWI the First World War Book:

“This book provides a comprehensive and complete view of the crude beginnings and fast evolution of armored warfare during the Great War. It includes historical texts illustrated with period photographs, and detailed colour profiles of each of the most outstanding models. Also included is a brief reference to the evolution of military aviation during the Great War, with colour profiles of the most important fighter planes used by all contenders. As a bonus, the book offers a worldwide exclusive; a fantastic collection of large format black & white photographs, never before published; surely, such an amazing photo collection will inspire modelers into making accurate dioramas and vignettes of the First World War; the first mechanized war.”

The Next new Book from AKI is Static Model Manual Volume 8 from Auriga Publishing:

“Finally, by popular demand, we are able to offer a new volume of the Static Model Manual series, dedicated to aircraft modeling! Let’s follow the famous Polish modeler, Kamil Feliks Sztarbała, building and weathering three protagonists of World War II, in various scales. Let’s also discover the tricks and techniques which he uses to build his masterpieces. It doesn’t take much to realize a truly beautiful and lifelike replica of an aircraft; you need only be patient and careful in applying well-tested procedures, and the results will soon follow. The most important element is to have a clear and comprehensive guide that you can follow, step by step! Extra Bonus: exclusive unpublished archive pictures of a truly rare bird: the Junkers Ju 188 A-2 U5+KH!”

AKI’s next few items are all paint related and there are some really cool offerings for every genre.
First up is AKI’s Paint Stripper, and we all know how you love strippers. . . .and this one will be no exception. How many times have you botched something up due to an unsteady hand or an airbrush clog? Well now you can even strip those old kits and figures from your childhood days. AKI Paint Stripper does all that and all for a modest cover charge and no drink minimums!

“The definitive liquid to completely or selectively strip the paint from models or figures without damaging the plastic, resin or white metal.”


AKI also has some really cool paint sets for all you WWI fans as well. Starting with their British WWI colour set AK4040, a Khaki Brown set for modulation:

“This is a three colour modulation set to replicate the typical “brownish” look of most British tanks in 1917 and 1918, and is ready to breathe “life” into such a plain colour scheme. The Khaki Brown colour was created to “disguise” such low speed monsters in the mud and mire of ‘No Man’s Land’.”

And their WWI British Uniforms set AK3080:
“This set is specially formulated for painting WW1 figures with British uniforms. In this set, you will find the colours to paint the characteristic uniforms used by these troops. They can also be used also represent some uniforms of the British Army in WWII, as these colour tones were also used in that conflict. The set is composed of three bottles, one for the base colour, another for highlighting the original shade, and another for the shadows of the uniform.”

There are also two French specific sets for WWI fans as well, AK4050 French Colours WWI:
“This set offers the modeler the five most common colours used by tanks and artillery units of the French Army during the Great War. With this set, the colourful camouflage schemes used on Renault FT-17 and his variants, St. Chamond and Schneider tanks, can be replicated with accuracy. These colours are perfect also for Renault FT-17 US Army WWI tank units.”

And WWI French Uniforms set AK3100:
“This set is specially formulated for painting figures with WW1 French Uniforms. In this set, you will find the colours to paint the characteristic Blue Horizon uniform used by these troops. The set is composed of three bottles, one for the base colour, another for highlighting the original shade, and another for the shadows of the uniform.”

And not wanting to be left out of the party the Germans show up with their own colourful fancy dress with