Mouse House Enterprises, Australia Specialise in Modern Australian and Israeli 1/35 and 1/25 conversion sets. Although IDF vehicles are well covered by other aftermarket Producers Mouse House are targeting an under represented niche market concentrating on vehicles used by the Australian Army in Vietnam and Iraq.

First of all, my thanks to Mike Land for pointing me towards the I.D.F. Armor group Forums. The new release from Legend Productions will be a FULL, 1/35th scale resin kit - which for the I.D.F. (Israeli Defence Force) enthusiast should be a very welcome release indeed...

The latest releases from Gaso.line - specialists in 1/48th scale armor with conversions for Tamiya, complete kits, figurines and everything else for 1/48th scale.

Good though it undoubtedly is, DML's M2 Halftrack does need to be given that 'lived-in' look. This new set from the French manufacturer, Blast Models goes a LONG way in giving it that 'in-service look...

George Bradford's excelllent series of AFV Plans will need little introduction to many modellers. Now, comes news of their compilation into books...

The Czech company, PlusModel have regularly featured in the News section on Armorama. The company produce a range of items - Diorama accessories, AFV Conversions and complete kits, These are the latest releases in 1/35th scale:

The French manufacturer/retailer, MK35 Editions have a very interesting range of figures and diorama accessories. Here are some of their new releases:

Dragon Models Ltd. have just published the first details of their forthcoming Isherman in 1/35th scale...

MMP Books have announced the publication of Magyar Steel -the story of Hungarian armour operations during World War II. Covering, for the first time in English a little known area of non German Axis armour, this book will be of interest to military history buffs, Axis modellers and other modellers looking for a bit of a challenge.

At the Nuremberg Trade Show, I was introduced to the owner of Sparta-Modellbau who was showing the company's latest subject in 1/35th scale AFVs...

Although I spent a good deal of time at the Nuremberg Trade Fair talking to manufacturers and distributors, one of the most pleasant experiences I had was talking with the team of the Polish company Adalbertus - this is a company which does a LOT of material for many different areas of the hobby...

The latest 1/35th scale kit in 1/35th scale has just been announced by Dragon Models - an SU-100...

The Korean manufacturer, Legend Productions have just announced three new 1/35th scale conversion/update sets...

The much-maligned scale of 1/48th was present at the Nuremberg show - not perhaps in the quantity of 1/35th but certainly in the qualitative sense. 2007 is going to see some VERY interesting material in 1/48th scale - all that's needed now, is to convince the 'nay-sayers'...

The Sd. Kfz 251 series ran to four 'Ausfs' and some of these ran to 23 variants on the same chassis. One of the more impressive was the 251/17 - now the subject of a New, 1/35th scale kit from the Taiwanese manufacturer, AFV Club...

Havng spoken with one of the Alanger people at Nuremberg and having gone through their catalogue the company are going to be releasing (and reissuing) some very interesting subjects in 2007...

All too often the manufacturers forget about all those 'ancillary' vehicles and trailers which can bring a vehicle or diorama to life. This NEW release (the first of two reports) from AFV Club should be very well-received indeed...

At the Nuremberg Trade Fair, I was fortunate enough to have a meeting with the owner of the newly amalgamated Squadron Signal/VLS along with several of the company's well-informed employees. The news is that there are big things happening in the company for 2007....

Although the hobby appears to be dominated by the Far-Eastern manufacturers, there is still considerable energy being generated from Eastern Europe, which, although its may have seemed to have been overshadowed by Chinese manufacturers are still VERY much in business. A good example of this is Zvezda

At the beginning let me say that this report should serve simply as an indicator as to what to expect from Trumpeter during 2007. There have been other items announced which were not on show at Nuremberg and other items in the catalogue which may or may not appear this year...

On the 27th Feb The Wheatcroft Collection will have its own website where the public can for the first time view many of the items in the collection and also see details of onging restoration projects. The launch of the site will be simultaneous with that of the new Military Modeling site, where editor Vinnie Branigan will be featuring the collection in a lead article.

Recently having reviewed one of ICM Holding's recent figure sets, the conclusion I came to is that the company is making a big effort to come up with new and innovative products. Having got myself a copy of the 2007 catalogue there are certainly some interesting relaeses planned for this year...

Although 'Braille-scale' still remains a touch overshadowed by 1/35th scale, there is no reason to believe that it's in any danger of vanishing. Virtually all the 'majors' continue to support it and certain companies such as Mirage have some wonderful material coming out..

This story was originally posted on ModelGeek, and since there are some quite significant 'snippets' within it, I make no apologies for re-publishing it here.

As modellers, apart from building bigger piles of brightly-colored boxes containing various models, we are also great consumers of products such as glues or paints. In this report from the Nuremberg Trade Show, i'll be bringing some information of new ranges and some expansion within existing ones...

In this, the third report on Miniart's release plans for 2007, the attention turns to their AFV/Vehicle kits - included amongst tehm are no less than THREE subjects which have never been attempted in plastic

There is little doubt that one of the most welcome 'series' of vehicle kits in 1/35th scale were the KVs which started arriving a year or two ago amidst a great deal of critical acclaim. Now, the first of the HobbyBoss KVs are in production with many more to follow...

As any regular user of the News Section will realize, Masterbox Ltd. is a company which gets a reasonable amount of coverage. However, after my recent conversations with the company and the opportunity to see their NEXT releases, there are some extraordinary sets coming from them in the coming months...

Although MiniArt has gained a justifiably good reputation with its other ranges, one of the more innovative aspects of its release program has undoubtedly been their 1/35th scale buildings. Now, with the assistance of their catalogue, we're able to bring you their 2007 releases...

The last year or two has seen a series of new, injection-moulded styrene manufacturers emerge. One of the most interesting and imaginative, has undoubtedly been MiniArt...

Due to the prolific nature of DML's release schedule, the Nuremberg Toy Fair only saw a handful of new releases announced. These were covered, briefly, at the beginning of the show .on the News pages here. However, there is a LOT more coming in 2007...

Alpine Miniatures is proud to present new 1/35th scale figures for 2007!

This is the first in the individual reports of a series which will be under the N'Berg '07 title. To start, we look at the Italian manufacturer, Italeri, a company which is going to be making a HUGE impact during 2007...

The Nuremberg Toy Fair is probably the largest event of its type in the world. The show is held exclusively for professionals in the sector - manufacturers, distributors and retailers all attend to showcase their new products for the coming year. One of the (very active) 'sectors' is the area which concerns us - modelling...

Ask any modeller of WWII Allied subjects for a list of five subjects they'd like to see kitted-out in plastic and it's a reasonable certainty that one of them would be the Humber Mark 1 Scout Car Now, from the Czech Republic, the first of this year's Humbers in 1/35th...

Here are the first four announcements of new kit releases to come from the Nuremberg show, as expected from Dragon!

Much as the current 'crop' of new and revised Soviet armor kits are welcome, there still remains a difficulty in modelling some of the lesser-known variants. As these are unlikely (famous last words?) to be kitted-out in plastic, the alternative is to look for an AM manufacturer - step forward a relatively new concern: Anubis Creations...

As a taster for MORE new releases, which will be announced at Nuremberg, Dragon mOdels Limited have announced their latest Smart Kit in 1/35th scale - the 38 (t)..

No less than three manufacturers have announced the Stryker (and some of its variants) in 1/35th scale. However, it looks as if AFV Club may well be first off the starting blocks!

Although previously announced, Dragon Models Limited have now published images of their forthcoming Marder III in 1/35th scale...

Tank Workshop have just released a new item for Dragon's M2 Halftrack...

Czech manufacturer Eduard add over 12 new photo etched sets to their range this month, mainly in 1/48 and 1/35 scale, but there's even a 1/72 scale one to whet our appetites!

The Chinese AM company, LionRoar continues to bring some interesting AM releases for a variety of subjects...

A constant (and frequently correct) criticism of many 1/35th scale figure releases, is the 'static' nature of the poses. Now, the Ukrainian manufacturer, Masterbox Ltd. have announced three new, 1/35th scale, styrene figure sets which aim to provide a little more 'movement' into the available figures...

The Scorrish Armour manufacturer Accurate Armour has just announced an iniative which will help to take the strain off the shipping charges...

Schiffer Publishing is set to release four new titles of interest to Axis modellers...

The return of Yanks Miniatures who specialise in WW2 Allied figures
and diorama accessories was announced HERE (LINK) late last year.
Unfortunately they were some teething problems with their website. The good news, is this has now been sorted out....

The U.S. decal manufacturer, Archer Fine Transfers, have just announced five new decal sheets - with some emphasis on the M2 Half-track:..

Continuing with their incredibly disciplined approach to new releases, Formations Models have just announced three new releases for the M4 Sherman.

Bison Decals have just announced their first releases for 2007 with six new sets which cover a multitude of vehicle types, nationalities and historical periods...

Somewhat overlooked this morning when I was posting the OTHER Concord new release, this definitely is for the German enthusiast and, in particular, for those who have an interest in the early-war period...