Issue 254 Dec 2016
Features:
OVERHAULING THE PATTON
Tamiya’s classic 1:35 M48, reworked on a budget
A MCLAREN FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
Fujimi’s 1:24 Gulf McLaren MP4-12C GT3
IT’S EASY BEING GREEN
How to make the most of an ‘old’
Tamiya kit using AM accessories
and Zero Paints
Contents
4 NEWS DESK
New kit and model product news and our
‘Mosquito give-away’ winners
6 SUBSCRIBE AND RECEIVE A FREE TOOL SET!
A very special TMMI subscription offer!
8 KOREAN WAR BIG SHOT
Brett Green takes a look at Tamiya’s magnificent
new 1:35 M40 US self-propelled 155mm gun
10 PRIZES FROM BELGIUM!
Tamiya’s 1:20 Williams FW11 ‘86 Belgian GP
16 A NEW AND NEAT NAKAJIMA
Airfix’s recently released 1:72 Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’ torpedo bomber
26 LOWRIDER LANG, PART THREE
Just a brief update on Tamiya’s RC Jagdpanzer IV
/70(v) Lang long termer
44 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES
New and recently issued modelling accessories
48 NEW RELEASES KITS
New full kits, reviewed
54 BOOK REVIEWS
New and recent books related to scale modelling
56 1:48 KIT OF THE YEAR, 2015?
Jean-Luc Formery feels that Zvezda’s new-tool
Petlyakov Pe-2 is worthy of the title
64 CONTACTS
Where to buy the products used
and reviewed in TMMI
66 THE EDITOR’S PAGE
We look forward to Tamiya’s
next 1:35 armour kit
