Tom's Modelworks is offering new PE sets of cranes for 3 different classes of Second World Wary US Navy heavy cruisers.

Bronco is offering 3 versions of the Chinese Navy's Type 056 Corvette and a 3 pack of US Marine SuperCobra helicopters.

The Sea Slug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth (later part of the Hawker Siddeley group) for use by the Royal Navy. It came into operational service in the 1960s and was still in use at the time of the Falklands War.

Issue #15 of LOS! covers the USS Ranger CV-4, gray wolves of the US Navy, the Austro-Hungarian Navy and more.

No more scrounging around for figures to populate your landing craft. The latest from Italeri is a 1/35 LCVP (described as from new molds) fully loaded with US infranty troops!

Now for the Revell Cutty Sark kit, a wood deck to bring the big windjammer's deck to life. Scale Decks' name gives a clue to what they specialize in.

Orange Hobby has announced a new multimedia kit in 1:350 scale of the Pegasus class hydrofoil. Due to the type of ship it is, this kit will be offered only as full-hull version.

NOCH has been busy this summer preparing a winery and vines, water and coloring gels, and new trees!

Mediterranean dioramas and railroad layouts bloom with NOCH's new PROFI series Olive Trees and rows of Lavender!

For your 1/72 scale invasion fleet, a new landing craft kit from Airfix as part of thier big D-Day Anniversary product release. Used not only during Operation Overlord and the invasion of occupied France, the LCVP was also used throughout American naval operations in the Pacific, proving to be particularly useful during the operations at Okinawa and Iwo Jima.

White Ensign Models 1/350 HMS Portchester Castle (K362) Castle-Class Corvette is coming soon. The kit is currently being prepared for a late summer release.

An assortment of bags that can be used as cargo for trucks, or placed on piers to give life to dioramas.

For those with a 1/200 Yamato kit. L'Arsenal is planning on offering a replacment for the 155mm secondary gun turret.

The HMS Roberts-Class Monitor was launched on February 1st, 1941. This ship was fitted during her build with radar for aircraft warning which enabled the ship to be used for air defence as well as in her primary role for naval gunfire support. Her battles include Nort Africa, 1942; Sicily, 1943; Salerno, 1943; Mediterranean, 1943; Normandy 1944; Walcheren, 1944

Some new brass pieces are available from RB Models.

At the end of April we gave a glimpse of RC Subs' photo etch set for the Moebius/Revell USS Skipjack. Now RC Subs has provided images of those parts mounted to the kit.

Bronco Models has informed the KitMaker Network of some new models in the works. For the fans of all things that float Bronco Models has a 1/350th scale USS San Antonio (LPD 17).

A new kit from Aoshima of the airplane carrying IJN I-19 B1 Type submarine. This is the boat that sank the carrier USS Wasp and the destroyer USS O'Brien.

A retooling re-release of a WWII IJN Heavy Cruiser. The Takao was the first of four Takao-class heavy cruisers. She survived the war and ended her service as a target ship for the Royal Navy.

Master from Poland has 3 new 1/350 detail set offerings for Combrig's SMS Viribus Unitis and for British destroyers of vairous classes.

A deck gun for the Revell 1/72 U-boats (most commonly associated with the Type VIIs) in resin and brass.

A new kit tooling of this historic British destroyer class in the boxing of HMS Zulu. Launched in September 1937, the Zulu saw extensive action in the North Atlantic as well as the Mediterranean in WWII. She was sunk by Italian fighter-bombers on September 14, 1942 after bombarding Tobruk and while rescuing the crew from the HMS Sikh, which had been hit and sunk the previous day.

Takinga a departure form their usual armor fare, Balaton has released an AN-2 Hungarian Patrol Boat and a US Special Operations 'Special Boat Team' SBT-22 gun boat. Both are available now.

Tom's Modelworks has announced 3 resin World War II ship kits that they plan to release.

HMS Orion was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1910, she was the lead ship of her class. She was the first "super-dreadnought", being the first British dreadnought to mount guns of calibre greater than twelve inches, and the first British dreadnought to have all of its main armament mounted on the centerline.

First a blast from the past with Lindberg's re-release of a WWI 'Q-Ship' and now Iron Shipwrights releases a new kit of a German World War II counterpart, the commerce raider "Atlantis".

Now owned by Round 2 Models, Lindberg is re-releasing many of their classic line of kits. After a 50+ year abscence, I thought this one was worth mentioning.

In 1905, Japan showed the world what it was as a developing naval power by destoying the Imperial Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima. Now Hasegawa's 1/350 kit of this historic ship gets a Pontos workover.

Last September, Jeremy Hengest announced the coming of Hobby Boss's USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6. Now we have images of this kit as it's made available for modelers.

Announced for an end of July release, a waterline kit version of this ship with a complement of TBD torpedo bombers, SBD dive bombers and F4 fighters.

A submission of a review by David J. Salvin of a Gwylan offering.

Originally reported on last February by Jeremy Hengest for an April release, the USS Florida is to be released later this year.

HMS Portchester Castle was a Castle-class corvette launched on 21 June 1943 at Swan Hunter shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne. She was the only RN ship to be named after Portchester Castle in Hampshire.

The French Naval history magazine LOS! has released its 5th Special Edition publication, dedicated to the Aircraft Carrier.

To coincide with the re-release of their waterline Akagi kit, Hasegewa is offering a wooden flight deck accessory for the kit.

Introduced to the world largely through Tom Clancy's novel and later book-base movie The Hunt for Red October, Hobby Boss adds another submarine to their 1/350 fleet with a Typhoon.

New from AKA Models, 'Perfect Detail-UP Packs' PE sets for 3 of Aoshima's waterline IJN ships.

The U.S.S. George HW Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and last of the Nimitz class nuclear powered carriers. Italeri is now offering and updated version of their kit of this ship.

The Kaiserliche Marine Torpedo Boat, "A86". Operating at the shallow waters of the Coast of Flanders, almost 40 boats were built and were all known as excellent seagoing ships which also proved to be very maneuverable as well.

One of the few naval ships that truely revolutionized naval power. Launched in 1906, she served as the Royal Navy's flagship from 1907 to 1911.

Trumpeter continues to expand its1/200 fleet with the lead ship in her class, the USS Iowa BB-61. The Iowa was the only Iowa battleship to serve in the Atlantic durring WWII and also served in the Korean War and for a time durring the 1980's. She is currently a museum ship in Los Angelas, California.

This French langauge publication started in 2012, dedicated to Naval Warfare of the past, present and future.

Germany produced a total of 15 Zerstörer 1936A-class destroyers, which the Allies referred to as the Narvik class. They were actually closer in size to a light cruiser than a destroyer, and they were known only by their hull numbers and didn’t receive any names. They sported powerful 5.9-inch guns.

From Eduards' 'Big Ed' line of products, photo etch sets for Revell's Typ-IXC u-boat for the inside and out!

More enhancements for the big Trumpeter Arizona.

To dress up your Revell Fletchers or LSMs, new radar anntenae.

Revell’s big Type IXC boat is just getting all kinds of loving, inside and out! First we had brass and wood deck offerings, plus weapons sets from Nautilus Models and RC Subs and now CMK has announced new interior details sets for the kit.

HobbyScale Press have sent us details of an exciting development in modelling publishing - a new digital format magazine: Scale Modeling Quarterly.

Never done sailing vessel before or just want to add this subject to your 1/400 fleet? Here's a kit meant for beginners of what's often perceived as the Royal Navy's first ship.

RC Subs is releasing a new photo etch detail set for the Revell/Moebius big Skipjack kit.