28 LIGHTNING STRIKES
Our adventure with Tamiya’s all-new 1:48 P-38 Lightning begins…

32 LEICHTER
PANZERSPÄHWAGEN
Tamiya’s 1:35 Sd.Kfz.222 gets a makeover

40 ZED’S NOT DEAD, BABY
Tamiya’s 1:24 Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition

4 NEWS DESK
New kit and model product news
8 ULTRA-LIGHT LEND-LEASE
Tamiya’s new 1:35 M3 Stuart as a Soviet
HALF-TRACKED,
ALL AMERICAN
References for the WW2 US M3 halftrack
18 MEAN STREET MACHINE
Tamiya’s Yamaha XV1600, plus rider figure,
previewed
20 PARDON ME BOY…
Is that the new Chattanooga Mustang? Eduard’s
all-new 1:48 P-51D, previewed
22 LET’S BE FRANK
Using Alclad 2 metallic paints on Hasegawa’s
1:48 Nakajima Ki 84-I Frank’
46 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES
New and recently issued modelling accessories
50 NEW RELEASES KITS
New full model kits reviewed
54 SUPERSONIC STINGER
Hasegawa’s 1:48 F/A-18F Super Hornet,
upgrade with Aires resin Eduard PE
60 BOOK REVIEWS
New and recent books related to scale
modelling
64 CONTACTS
Where to buy the products used and
reviewed in TMMI
66 THE EDITOR’S PAGE
An impressive new
book on the Battle of
Berlin 1945