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Steampunk Modeller is set to immerse you in a wildly imaginative, wonderfully outrageous parallel world of 'what ifs', presenting you with retro-future modelling scratchbuilds and projects the like of which we guarantee you've never, ever seen before!

Contents include:

• Martian Excursion Vehicle
• Steamfleet Communicator
• Anti-Vampire HAST tank
• Martian tripod
• The Iron Mole
• Steam-powered super-bike
• Deadly Ironclad
• Nemo's Watch
• Steam Puppet theatre

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Each subscription covers a complete year of Sci.fi & fantasy modeller (four volumes) starting with the next volume to be published (volume 25). Subscribers enjoy 25% savings on cover price of each issue. No need to worry about missing an issue - each volume is sent out automatically on publication.
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Announcing Volume Twenty-Four of Sci.fi & fantasy modeller. One hundred, all colour, perfect bound, pages bring you a thrilling line-up of science fiction and fantasy modelling projects, mainstream and garage kits, scratchbuilds, studio-scale replicas and more. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, Volume Twenty-Four's essential reading includes:

• Doctor Who City Of Death Jagaroth spaceship scratchbuild!
  
• Thunderbirds Thunderizer kit reviewed!
  
• The Pearson Project: Seaview dry-dock diorama!
  
• Moebius Moonbus build and launch pad diorama!
  
• War of The Worlds Thunder Child diorama!
  
• Pegasus War of the Worlds Tripod diorama!
  
• Hal 9000 scratchbuild!
  
• Thor ...Barry Ford's superb figure build!

...Plus much, much more!

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Announcing Volume Twenty-Three of Sci.fi & fantasy modeller, the must-have genre modelling title. One hundred, all colour, perfect bound, pages bring you a thrilling line-up of science fiction and fantasy modeling projects, mainstream and garage kits, scratchbuilds, studio-scale replicas and more. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, Volume Twenty-Three's essential reading includes:

• Quatermass and the Pit - stunning diorama by Andy Pearson!
• Pegasus My Favorite Martian spaceship build and exclusive shots of series miniature!
• Awesome giant Silent Running Drone!
• Moonbase Alpha studio miniature feature Part II.
• New Cassini Models Sky One kit review
• Background story on the kit by Jim Millett!
• Round 2 Batmobile and Batboat reviews!
• John Goodson interview - amazing model shots!
• New Travel Tube kit build!
• Spooky Roswell saucer crash diorama!
• Sixteen 12 Supermarionation replica puppets feature!
• Large scale Enterprise-A project!

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It's here: Volume Twenty-Two of Sci.fi & fantasy modeller, the all colour, perfect bound, one hundred page genre modeling title packed with exclusive science fiction and fantasy modeling features, from kits to conversions, studio scale replicas to scratch builds. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, Volume Twenty-Two's must-read lineup includes:

• Scratchbuild DUNE Ornithopter!
• ALIEN Derelict - large-scale replica!
• Eagle Transporter's Altares kit.
• Scratchbuilt Blake's 7 Liberator!
• Doctor Who Polyphase Avatron replica!
• Classics up close: VINCENT and the Interplanetary Mystery Ship!

...Plus much, much more!

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Bursting onto the genre-modelling scene comes Volume Twenty-One of Sci.fi & fantasy modeller. This issue's one hundred, all-colour, perfect bound pages present the genre modeller with a feast of exclusive science fiction and fantasy modelling articles coupled with superb photography throughout. Volume 21's not-to-be-missed line-up includes:

• Emerald Garrison interview - meet the creators of full-scale Star Wars replica spacecraft and characters!
• The Mole diorama - International Rescue's legendary drilling machine is back in action!
• Classics up close - enter the world of Babylon 5 kits.
• Amazing Doc Savage/The Spirit diorama by Barry Ford!
• Building the Altares kit from The Day After Tomorrow!
• Star Trek K-7 space station conversion!
• Scratchbuilt District 9 dropship!
• The miniature SF-FX of Avalanche!

Plus much, much more!

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• PK 40 Fledermaus
• Future revvers: K.A.R.R.; Frankenstein from Death Race 2000; Thunderbirds cop car
• 2001 German satellite and Discovery kits
• Bill George exclusive interview
• Moebius Battlestar Galactica build
• Helijet - the Holy Grail of Thunderbird kits
• UFO Lunar Module resin kit reviewed

Plus much, much more!

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Volume 19 (published 22nd October) is now in stock.

• Warp Space:1999 Eagle boosters kit reviewed.
• Pegasus Hobbies Galaxy Quest ship and hand props build.
• Sci-fi Airshow ? behind the scenes with creator Bill George!
• Jaw-dropping studio-scale Millennium Falcon scratchbuild.
• Huge Hasegawa Machinen Kreiger hardware kits!
• Pegasus Hobbies War of the Worlds Martian.
• Blake's 7 Orac scratchbuld.

Plus much, much more!
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• Blueprinting 2001 spacecraft for Filming The Future.
• New Star Wars kits reviewed.
• B.P. Taylor Scratchbuilds the awesome alien Stayn Destroyer.
• Jupiter II translating Lost In Space studio sets into the Moebius kit interior - awesome shots and information!
• Jules Verne Nemo and Nautilus kits - a unique and definitive guide.
• Replica Empire Strikes Back studio-scale articulated Tauntaun puppets!
• Neill Gorton on creating nine-foot-tall robot suits.
• When Worlds Collide space ark kit preview and build!
• Classic Time Machine kit review!

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• A major article on researching and creating the blueprints and drawings behind the Moebius Jupiter II kit. Packed with information and images on the original studio miniatures!
• Creating aftermarket replacement landing gear for the Moebius Jupiter II.
• Star Wars studio scale TIE bomber scratchbuild.
• MaK Fireball conversion.
• Meet the Futura 27 - the coolest spacegoing car scratchbuild ever built.
• Classic Black Hole Maximillian kit revisited.
• New Spider-Man and Green Goblin kits reviewed.
• Awesome Battlestar Galactica Moebius Mk II Viper build.
• Julian Bloom recreates The Wicker Man in miniature!
• Amazing Han Solo Cantina diorama!
• Messiah Valkyrie build.

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• A special section on modelling the iconic Jupiter II from Lost In Space including an exclusive and major article in which we build the new Moebius Jupiter II kit.
• Amazing new Space:1999 Swift kit - we report on making the master and test kit.
• Silent Running - your jaw will drop at the size of these large-scale Drone replicas.
• We tell you how to scratchbuild a Blake's 7 teleport bracelet.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey - we reveal the Russian Titov spaceplane.
• Convert yourself an Indiana Jones revolver.
• Moebius Iron Man limited edition kit build by Barry Ford with customised base.
• Oggle at the huge new 1:24 scale Space:1999 Moon Buggy kit.

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• Meet the Kestrel - Space:1999 Eagle variant scratchbuild.
• 1/350th Moebius Seaview build.
• Putting the colour into Big Frankie's cheeks.
• Robot Chicken - lovingly recreating Star Wars sets in miniature.
• Purple Salamander Living Ship - quite a mouthful for a strangely familiar looking ship!
• Lighting and building robots B-9 and Robby.
• Sith Infiltrator resin build.
• Daleks in Manhattan - Airfix kit built and enhanced.
• Blake's 7 Scorpio - at last a resin of this must-have spaceship!
• A L I E N environment suit - awesome 1:1 scale project.
• Aries 6 MaK scatchbuild.

...You won't want to miss this one!
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• The traditional (ie: model) FX miniatures and props of Moon.
• An awesome large-scale ALIEN Space Jockey project.
• From pixels to plastic - translating computer game spaceships into display models.
• Star Wars Republican Star Destroyer release review.
• Creating Gerry Anderson-esque Transporter Mobiles.
• Airbrushing Star Wars mini kits.
• Scratchbuilding a SHADO concept jet.
• Batman miniatures part 2 - Batman Begins and the Dark Knight.
• Pegasus War of the Worlds Martian ship review.

Plus many more exclusive articles! Volume fourteen is packed with features.
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• New Moebius Flying Sub kit build and review.
• Batman movie miniatures special feature.
• Dark Star movie miniature up close - photos and article.
• Invisiible Man kits x 2 plus an incredible diorama setting.
• Scratchbuilt Steam Punk Phaser

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• Reworking Fine Molds Star Wars TIE Interceptor kit to studio standard.
• Scary Monsters - Neill Gorton takes you behind the scenes to show you how he created the creatures for Doctor Who Season 4.
• More shocks - this issue Neill also explains how he developed some of the creepiest aliens ever for Torchwood series 2.
• Down and dirty - making and weathering the new Moebius Lost In Space Chariot kit.
• Drama in the peaks - a stunning Thunderbirds diorama based on the episode End of the Road.
• Fireball XL5 relaunched - we review the new eight-inch resin garage kit.
• Restoring the Mckinley Station studio miniature from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• How to create an awesome Bride of Frankenstein diorama.
• Lighting and weathering the Revell Babylon 5 Starfury.
• Creating convincing panels for your Babylon 5 miniatures.
• MaK mini-dioramas - placing those tough 1/32 scale troops in fighting suits in convincing surroundings.
• We test drive the new Talon TG airbrush on the Star Wars Pocket kit X-Wing.

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• A major article on building the new Moebius Seaview, plus a full guide to the accessory kits available.
• A review of the new Stargazer Aires 1B kit.
• Perfect flesh tones - Barry Ford shows you how, step-by-step, in his inimitable style.
• A-Wing diorama from a piece of drainage pipe? No problem - and you'll be amazed at the results!
• Thunderbird 3 round house - a large scale scratchbuild with lights and even smoke in the chimney!
• Hellboy - garage figure build and scratchbuilt diorama.
• Battle damaging the Star Wars Hover Tank.
• Building the Aliens Pulse Rifle kit.
• Scratchbuilt large-scale Borg cube.
• Mak suits and Cosmo Tiger fighters reviewed as only Andy Pearson can.
• Jean-Marc Deschamps restores the Liabe - a piece of television history from Message from Space.
• New Derek Meddings book review.

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• Scratchbuilt studio scale Thunderbirds Master Elevator Car.
• Bug attack!! ? Our exclusive Starship Troopers 3: Marauder feature ? go behind the scenes with the starships the miniatures and the monsters.
• 2001 ?a trio of astronaut dioramas.
• Archive exclusive - Restoring the Supergirl sphere prop.
• Moebius new Lost in Space Space Pod build up step-by-step.
• A look at the return of Airfix with build-ups of their Doctor Who and Wallace and Gromit kits.
• Black Sun 1/72 Raptor review.
• Moebius Seaview preview.
• Barbarella ? a curvaceous build-up with a workbench-full of figure building and painting tips.
• Scrapyard Sculptures ? Steel SF and fantasy masterpieces created from used objects.
• Amazing new Derek Meddings book previewed.

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Volume Nine of Sci.fi & fantasy Modeller is out now and is set to be one of our biggest-ever genre modelling events:

• In the definitive feature on the subject, David Sisson, master model maker and owner of the forty-four inch Eagle One studio miniature, shows and tells us how he set about the restoration of this priceless original. His profusely illustrated article includes many shots specially taken for our title, bringing you everything you want to know about the Eagle's construction, including all those usually hidden nooks and crannies.
• We also take a trip to Eagletranspoter.com, a website and forum for Eagle builders and enthusiasts. As you'd expect, or article is fact-and photo-packed.
• Steve Davies takes you step by step through his scratch construction of a three-feet-square Eagle pad.
• We review Warp's nuclear waste pod and Eagle manipulator arm kits.

And, as if that wasn't enough, there's our usual giant helping of special features.

• A new classic Galactica kit is waiting in the wings. Scott Spicer takes you through every stage of the construction of its master.
• Timeslip Models' rag-tag fleet spaceship kits are made and reviewed.
• The new 2001 French weapons satellite kit is placed under the spotlight.
• Classified - we build the X-Files UFO from the episode Deep Throat.
• Declan Sibley presents a stunning real space Vostok hard-landing diorama.
• We examine Fine Molds' impressive 1/48 snap X-Wing.
• Whatever happened to the Heart Of Gold from the TV version of Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy? We'll show you.
• A visit to Hobby Link Japan, where Scott T. Hards introduces us to some of the options available to modellers who wish to begin making manga and anime kits.
• A Studio scale UFO from Gerry Anderson's series of the same name has just been produced. We track it down and build it up.

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Yes, folks, Volume Eight of Sci.fi & Fantasy Modeller is now available, and is set to make your new year sizzle with the very best in genre modelling articles and features from around the globe. How's this for a sensational line-up

• Alfred Wong - An in-depth interview with the master-making maestro, featuring shots from his collection that will have you drooling into your Cornflakes.
• Scope Dog - We build the amazing new Japanese metal-option kit.
• F-116 - an experimental plane from Joe 90 is given the Mike Adamson expert scratchbuilding treatment.
• Bespin for a tenner? - Is it possible t
• recreate a convincing Cloud City skyline, complete with spaceships, for just a few pounds? Gary Welsh shows you how.
• Moebius 2008 - what's in store for us over the next twelve months from this major new force in genre injection kits? We have the answers, plus exclusive shots of the upcoming Seaview, Chariot and Space Pod releases.
• Easykits - we review the latest Star Wars pre-painted quartet from Revell.
• Platz Enterprises - Andy Pearson builds the Enterprise-B straight from the box, whilst your humble Ed battle-damages the C.
• More magic from Neill - we conclude our two-part look at Neill Gorton's creature-making for the third season of Doctor Who, covering scarecrows, weeping angels and Toclafane don't Blink!
• Jason Eaton modifies the 1/20th Wave Maschinen Krieger AFS Mk II.
• Moebius Voyager - it's back, the rarest of Aurora kits under an enterprising new label.
• Buck Rogers Ranger 3 - we unfreeze Fantastic Plastic's remarkable resin shuttle.
• Iconic Replicas - all that's new from IR, with exclusive shots.

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Just how much modelling can you shoehorn into one colourful, exciting, fantastic volume? You're about to find out! Volume Seven of Sci.fi & fantasy modeller is bursting at the seams with exciting stories and superb photography - this perfect package of genre modelling will bring you:

• An exclusive interview with new genre kitmakers Moebius plus a review of their upgraded Doctor Jekyll as Mr. Hyde kit.
• A tour of Fantastic Plastic's Virtual kit museum with respected kitmaker Alen Ury.
• A to-die-for studio-scale Snowspeeder scratchbuild.
• Building a whole squadron of Fine Molds' new Y-Wing kits.
• A review of Century 21 FX. Untold, Unseen - Alan Shubrook's amazing new book.
• A studio-scale Spectrum Helicopter kit conversion.
• 2001 trilogy
• scratchbuilt space station 5.
• sratchbuilt orbital weapons platform.
• scratchbuilt large-scale Discovery.
• Mike Tucker on creating Dr. Who miniatures in the '80s. with never before seen shots.
• Neill Gorton's series 3 Dr. Who creatures.
• James Wong masters a Nova-class starship.
• Jason Eaton reviews Revell's completely updated Cylon Raider.

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Bringing you a superior medley of genre modelling magic that will include:

• Massive Venator Star Destroyer scratchbuild.
• Impressive scratchbuilt Captain Scarlet hovercraft.
• Awesome Galaxy Quest lighting project.
• Mysterious Alterra 1 - a brave new world of kits.
• Blockbuster Original Kong feature and rare shots of the stop-motion puppets made for the movie.
• Authentic Blake's 7 Pursuit Ship Scratchbuild.
• Compelling Blake's 7 chase craft kit review.
• Fascinating Fantastic Plastic Galactica and Trek kits reviewed.
• Top-secret Captain Scarlet Swift Removals scratchbuild.
• Terrifying spider antics - Neill Gorton's full scale Empress of Racnoss for Doctor Who.
• Tempting Iconic Replicas - exclusive interview

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We've something extra special to shout about where Volume Five is concerned...
V5 is a Collectors' Limited Edition, and will contain a special section in celebration of the 30th. Anniversary of Star Wars, bringing you amazing Star Wars behind the scenes miniature shots (and lots of them!), many of which have never been published before, by kind permission of Lucasfilm. It will also feature exclusive interviews with key Star Wars FX-ers; a groundbreaking modelling project involving the recreation of the death star trench complete with laser turrets. X and Y-wings, a cutaway light sabre project and an AMT Millennium Falcon conversion.
You can also expect the usual mix of unique modelling projects, including:

• Martian Excursion Vehicle building a Mike Noble, TV-21-style version, with awesome shots and step-by-step pictures.
• Gunther diorama - the fighting machines are coming, with a guide to how to paint and weather them and create convincing bases.
• Hot 2007 release news and pics from Product Enterprise.
• Galactica Raider and Colonial One from Fantastic Plastic.

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Book four includes:

• Jaw-dropping scratchbuilt large-scale Thunderbirds Mole.
• Neill Gorton's tempting 1/1 scale Doctor Who prop replicas project.
• Creepy Torchwood prosthetics.
• Modelling Jules Verne's weird and wonderful vision - the true shape of things to come.
• Easykits - four new classic Star Wars releases under the microscope.
• Joe 90 explosives truck - both scratchbuild and UNCL kit versions featured.
• Lighting Polar Lights' Enterprise NX-01 - fascinating step-by-step article.
• Hubble telescope scratchbuild real-space feature.
• Andy Pearson puts together Fine Molds' exquisite new Slave 1 kit.
• A beautifully illustrated piece on cult genre modeling phenomena SF3D.
• Invaders vaporiser gun.

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Book three includes:

• Amazing Captain Nemo figure conversion.
• Extensive, all-new Mike Trim interview and book review, including dirtying-down techniques for UFO craft revealed and amazing photographs and artwork.
• Mike Tucker's large-scale Columbia FX
• Awesome 2001 Orion and Pod lighting project.
• Classic Dr Who Cyberman suit build.
• Product Enterprise figures - special feature.
• New Battlestar Galactica 1/48 Raptor scratchbuild
• Fine Molds' TIE fighter/Interceptor kits built and reviewed.
• Lee Allwood replica puppet heads update.
• Giant Aliens 1/6 scale remote control Armoured Personnel Carrier.
• Product Enterprise new release reviews including Gay Ellis figure.
• Vehicles of the Imagination - scratchbuilt Achilles spacecraft.
• FAB 1 scratchbuild step-by-step.

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Book two includes:

• An in-depth review of Fine Molds' 900+ part Millennium Falcon kit.
• Studio-scale Y-wing project - ogle at the craft that was three years in the making.
• A review of Titan Find's Blake's 7 Liberator kit.
• Cyclops 'sculptorial' (a fascinating article that, in words and pictures shows, step by step, how to create a castable master fantasy figure).
• Explosive miniature effects from the Christmas Invasion Dr Who episode.
• Mike Tucker on building miniature Alien Worlds and creatures.
• Classic Captain Scarlet Angel aircraft scratchbuild.
• Massive Zero-X replica scratchbuild.
• Product Enterprise release update and reviews.
• Comet's new Martian Handling Machine kit review.
• Making futuristic props for a low-budget SF movie.
• Exclusive - and extensive! - Dr Who series 2 feature (so hush-hush it's under wraps until one minute past midnight on our publication date!).
• Vehicles of the imagination - meet the amazing All Terrain Scout Craft, plus other fantasy hardware scratchbuilds guaranteed to get those creative juices flowing.

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Book one includes:

• BBC modelshop - new Dr Who first series miniatures
• Building a studio-scale Battlestar Galactica
• Full-size Dalek - Builders' Guild reveal their secrets
• New Stingray garage kit reviewed.
• New Galactica Viper kit.
• Making a replica Gerry Anderson puppet.
• Creature FX from Millennium FX
• Star Wars kits reviews

Plus much, much more!
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• The Next Step: Revell's Space Shuttle and Boosters.
• Saturn V three-stage modelling mission: Stage One: from the box.
• Modelling 'The Eagle' for Dangerous Films' Moonshot.
• Tested to destruction: Special Hobby's X-15A.
• The Real Stuff: A look back at Philip Kaufman's classic The Right Stuff.
• Building Revell's 1/288th scale Sanger transporter kit.
• Scratchbuilding the 1947 British Interplanetary Society Moonship.
• Saturn V three-stage modelling mission: Stage Two: kitbashing the Saturn V.
• Moon Modeller: A look at the Real Space projects of Pete Malaguti.
• Improving Airfix's classic Lunar Module.
• Saturn V three-stage modelling mission: Stage Three: accurising the Saturn V.

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Announcing 21st Century Modeller. 128, all colour, perfect bound, pages bring you a thrilling line-up of Anderson-esque science fiction and fantasy modelling projects. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, this essential reading includes:

• "Photographing the future" how to create convincing Anderson dioramas!
  
• Stingray X-20 submarine and World Navy sub scratchbuilds!
  
• Anderville: creating Sentinel Tracker Base!
  
• Recreating Fireball XL5's LP-22 Light Patrol craft!
  
• UFO mobile diorama!
  
• XL5 original figure and jetmobile project: Venus's Daughter!
  
• Space:1999 Bringers of Wonder scout craft kit!
  
• Scratchbulding Joe 90-style Transport Helijet A-12!
  
• Original studio miniature shots including Space: 1999 craft and UFOs SKY 1!

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Modelling the 21st Century Volume 3 (published 22nd October 2010) includes:

• Scratchbuilt Stingray 'Ghost Of The Sea' submarine.
• Thunderbirds Zero-X Lifting Body Hangars project.
• Thunderbirds Fireflash Diorama.
• Ed Straker's car from UFO.
• Stingray Eastern Eclipse jet.
• Captain Scarlet helijet from the 'Model Spy' episode.
• Thunderbirds Transmitter Truck.
• Scratchbuilt Supercar.
• 'What-if' Flying Police Car Scratchbuild.

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• Scratchbuilt Thunderbird Three.
• UFO - inspired Mothership.
• W.A.S.P. Arrowhead Interceptor.
• W.A.S.P. Spearhead Bomber.
• Zero-X.
• The Mole from Thunderbirds.
• Thunderbird 6 Tigermoth with figures.
• Supersonic Airliner SL6 from Fireball XL5.

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• A photo-packed interview with respected Anderson replica modeller David Sisson.
• Scratchbuilding the concept Moonbase Interceptor from UFO.
• Project Moondog, a new craft based on the hardware from Space:1999.
• Studio-scale SPV scratchbuild.
• Studio-scale Thunderbird 2 scratchbuild.
• Large-scale Fireball XL5 scratchbuild.
• UN-10 strike aircraft from Trapped In The Sky.
• Large scale Spectrum Hovercraft.
• Large scale Master Elevator Car.
• J-17 Interceptor and Angel Interceptor builds.

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Announcing the second title in our acclaimed SF Master Modeller Library book series.
Published in June and penned by Sci.fi & fantasy modeller regular Andy Pearson, Exercises in Imagination and Scratchbuilding is bursting at the seams with techniques and projects to fire your imagination, and is packed with inspiring photography that will have you heading for the workbench.
Andy has really let his imagination run riot in this unique book, showing you how to create stunning vehicles, incredible craft and exotic settings from the most mundane objects, and how to detail, paint and weather them for a super-convincing finish. Exercises in Imagination and Scratchbuilding is an essential title every serious sci-fi and fantasy modeller will want to add to their booskshelves.
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Announcing the first title in our SF Master Modeller Library book series. Published February 26th and written by popular Sci.fi & Fantasy Modeller teamster Barry Ford, How to Build Better Dioramas is packed with invaluable information to make your hobby even more exact and exciting, and features page after page of step-by-step photography you'll want to refer to time and again. Written with Barry's characteristic wit and attention to detail, and covering a wide range of subjects in depth, from painting and weathering to customising and super-detailing in a variety of scales, How To Build Better Dioramas is the must-have title every serious sci-fi and fantasy modeller will want to own.
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