Military Modelling Magazine, Late April 2003 Issue

First of our 100-page special issues for this year features military vehicle models and going on past successes of this particular title we'vi added the odd diorama too. The next 'Special Issue' will be devoted to figure modelling and this will be published later this year in August, to be followed by the third, on Euro Militaire, in November.
We have again added some dioramas, including a working model railway exhibition layout will a military theme. It's said that military modelling and railway modelling go hand in hand, some modellers following both pursuits, and Darryl Foxwell certainly combines the two hobbies.
Marijn van Gils gold medal awardwinning 1:35 scale diorama "Gotverdomme!" of the the wrecked Panther tank in an equally wrecked church appears too, as does Neil Hewlett's smaller scale Road to Caen. More military vehicle modellers now tend to display their models on scenic bases which gives us food for thought on future special issues or magazine articles on purely scenic matters.
The more unusual vehicles feature alongside 'mainstream' types - Steve Zaloga's American version of the British 'Canal Defence Light' - the secret 1-10 Shop Trac tor - and the British 'Preying Mantis' is modelled by Peter Gillson with a history of this unusual vehicle by Peter Brown.
There is quite a range of different projects in different scales from 1:76 to 1:15 this time round with the odd soft skin and anti-tank gun included for good measure. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have producing it.
Ken Jones