THE FASTEST
HUNK OF JUNK
Upgrading Hasbroa€ s large
Millennium Falcon
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TELFORD SHOW REPORT
Photo report from Novembera€ s IPMS Nationals in Telford, UK
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THE EASIEST EIGHT!
Tamiyaa€ s new 1:35 M4A3E8
Sherman, full-build
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4 NEWS DESK
New kit and model product news
6 NEW ARRIVALS
A new section showing some of the new kits
received at TMMI
8 MAZDA M-XELLENT!
Pre-production sprues of Tamiyaa€ s new 1:24 Mazda
MX-5
18 ALONG CAME A SPIDER
The new Hobbyboss SS-23 Spider, previewed
20 A RIVETING EXPERIENCE!
Applying decal rivets, a revolutionary way of creating
surface detail
30 MAXIMUM QUALITY,
MINIMUM PRICE
Sparmaxa€ s new MAX-4 dual-action airbrush, great
quality and an attractive price
42 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES
New and recently issued modelling accessories
46 NEW RELEASES KITS
Eight new full kits, reviewed
50 LETa€ S GO BACK TO THE CLASSICS
Revella€ s Imperial and Rebel ships from the original
Star Wars films
52 OPEN-AIR MUSEUM
A line-up of KOa€ d tanks in a Normandy field
53 SHAR ORIGINS
Brett Green examines Kinetica€ s new 1:48 scale Sea
Harrier FRS.1
54 LUXURY LANCIA
TMMIa€ s Editor inspects Model
Factory Hiroa€ s new 1:12 a€~Rally 037a€
super-kit
56 TEAa€ S UP LADS!
Airfixa€ s 1:76 Bedford British Army
truck
60 BOOK REVIEWS
New modelling-related titles
reviewed
64 CONTACTS
Where to buy the products
used and reviewed in TMMI