The latest from Mad Pete at Atlantic Models: ATEM 70002, HMS Tiger Helicopter Cruiser Detail set for the Revell/Matchbox kit in 1/700 scale (pictured right with applied set).

The Empire State of the high seas gets a the Pontos treatment with a new Detail-Up set. Meant for use with the Trumpeter Kit (No. 05339), this extensive set makes it a museum piece.

CMK (Czech Master) has announced the May 2015 release of a new three-figure set to their Naval Figure Series to crew the 1/72 scale Revell type IXC U-Boat

Round 2, under the Lindberg label, has announced the May 2015 re-release of two Pyro Plastics USN warships in 1/1200 scale.

Coming for the end of this month a new 1/350 Kaga. After releasing an early 3-flight deck Kaga in 1/700, Fujimi is rolling out a kit of the aircraft carrier's final appearance in the bigger scale.

Train Troll is operated by Andy Small in Westerly, Road Island and specializes in narrow gage railroad products and model ships. Their ship kits are steam era ships from the period of the 1890's till the 1920's. Original designs, they are based on prototypical naval architecture of the time and are typical of coastal and tramp steamers that plied the world's oceans and bays.

Now you can add interior detail from bow to stern for your Type IXC U-boat. Special Hobby has released A LOT of detail sets under the CMK line of interior compartments for Revell's big u-boat kit (No. 80-5114).

A new ship is here from Mirage Hobby -the M/S BATORY: Operation Husky. The new 1/500 scale M/S BATORY is on shelves now!

Two new WWII Imperial Japanese submarine kits are coming this spring from Aoshima. The first is the KD6 type submarine I-168 and they other the C-3 cargo type, I-52.

There's been a lot of aftermarket sets made for Revell's big U-boats and now RC Sub's latest is PE decking for the Revell 1/72 Gato kit (No. 05047). The Revell Gato was based off the USS Cobia, moored by the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, as she is today in late/post war decking.

A new publication is available from a master ship scratch-modeler. We recently highlighted a couple of Robert Wilson's projects and he explains more about his techniques in his latest write up.

Released in early 2014, the Trumpeter kit of the HMS Roberts (No 05335) was the first WWII Roberts-class monitor released in that scale. Now here's a PE set that adds crisp detail to this floating artillery battery.

The French "1 ,500 ton" fleet submarine (pre-WWII Redoutable class) will be available this Spring in 1/400 scale.

Now available, 15 Imperial Japanese Army tanks in a ship scale. Load up your transports, populate your docks or deploy them to the battlefield.

Adler’s Nest has announced the April release of a set of Kai-II Type 91 Torpedoes to outfit your 1/700 scale Japanese carrier air groups.

Another 1/1200 capital ship is coming to the market. This December, Revell of Germany is releasing a new kit of the HMS Prince of Wales.

Today the 93 year old Komatsu Limited company is the second largest manufacturer of heavy and mining equipment (after Caterpillar). During the Second World War, it was a major component to Imperial Japan's war machine and Niko has offers one of Komatsu's more ubiquitous products from that time.

4 battlewagons of the King George V class from The Great War have been released by Combrig for your Imperial fleets. 4 vessels from His Majesty's Royal Navy.

Available from KA Models' MK 1 Design line, an extensive set for updating the large scale Merit/Trumpeter USS Hornet (CV-8) kit. Included pieces range from wood flight decks to turned metal piecs for aircraft bomb and torpedo ordnance.

In addition to their full kits, Admiralty Model Works offers a number of accessory sets to jazz up 1/700 scale projects, among them this set of "universal" naval mines.

Another ship kit from Flyhawk model and in two versions. This one is of the first the ship that fired America's first shot in the Second World War, the Wickes class destroyer USS Ward.

Spanish for The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception the Santa María, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage and thus, one of the most famous ship names in naval history. What Zvezda is decribing as a 'new tool' kit is coming this spring.

Takao was the lead vessel of her class and they were the largest and more modern cruisers in the Japanese fleet. Her sister ships were Atago, Maya and Chōkai.This re-release of their previous Takao kit now comes with a dedicated photo-etch set.

One of the most unusual looking warships of the steam age, the Dupuy de Lôme is often considered to be the world's first armoured cruiser. This kit is being made with cooperation from U-boat Laboratorium using 3D modeling and CNC machines with photoetch.

L'Arsenal has released new small scale resin vehicles sets. They include boats, cars/trucks and aircraft.

Alliance Modelworks has released a number of items this month from tools to detail sets. Here's a run down of what they are.

Lion Roar's big PT-Boat detail set will be re-released this May with improvements. This set is meant to be used with Italeri's PT-596 kit (No. 5602).

Announced for a July 2015 release and made from new tooling. The USS Tennessee was the lead ship of her class of battleship and saw action from the day of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to her final assignment of the war, to cover the landing of occupation troops at Wakayama, Japan for September 1945

New from Micro Mark, small brushes to apply weathering. Add just the right amount of material to your to show your vessels' have seen time at sea.

Tetra released several new products for 1/350 and 1/700 scale at the end of January. They range from safety railings for contemporary ships to a wooden flight deck of the IJN Akagi.

From the 1960's animated TV series Captain Fathom comes a kit of his submarine, the Argonaut. Now who out there remembers Captain Fathom along with Clutch Cargo or Space Angel?

Two new PE sets for modern Royal Navy vessels from Atlantic Models. One is of railings and ladders and the other is of watertight doors.

Coming soon from Niko Model, 1/700 waterline kit of an H-class destroyer under the nameHMS Hardy. The H-class destroyers was a refinement to the G-class with twenty-four destroyers of both made for the Royal Navy (two later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and one to the Polish Navy) launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost in action.

Released last month, a set of US Navy anchors that can be used for almost anything in your fleet. From battleships to aircraft carriers to destroyers.

Last December we announced a new kit of the HMS Naiad was coming. It's now available and we have images of that coming kit and it looks like it's a real jewel.

Built in Italy during the mid 30's for the Polish Ocean Lines and named after Stefan Batory, the famous sixteenth-Century king of Poland, the luxury liner Batory was pressed into wartime service during the Second World War as an attack-transport. She subsequently became the pride of the Polish Ocean Lines merchant fleet and the entire Polish navy.

3 new wood deck sets are now available from Artwox Models. They include a flight deck for Merit's CV-5 Yorktown, Trumpeter's HMS Zulu and Pit-Road's Japanese Navy Transport.

The new L'Arsenal site is up with new products announced. Two new naval subjects (plus an Aerospace one) are listed on site.

What would become known to the West as the Foxtrot class was a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The Soviet designation of this class was Project 641. An actual 641 submarine was used in the filming of recent Jude Law film, Black Sea.

New PE Sets in two scales of flotation baskets of the post WWII era. Perfect for those who want to model US carriers of the 1950's and 60's.

The latest from Niko Models is what looks to be a beautifully done waterline kit of the US Navy cruiser USS Boise in her 1942 configuration. A Brooklyn class light cruiser, she served in both Pacific and European theaters of the Second World War.

X-Craft was a Midget Submarine developed by the British Royal Navy for Special Warfare and Merit introduces a new kit in 'big PT-Boat' scale!

This June Trumpeter plans to issue variations on two previously released battleship kits.

RC Subs has produced more PE details for u-boat kits from Revell and ICM in 1/72 and 1/144. Also new are ship railings.

The Ship Modeler's Review List Online has returned! After an absence to implement system upgrades, the Review List (presently at version 6.9.2-3) is back online.

For your Battle of the Atlantic vessels, 2 new camouflage color sets in the 'Western Approaches' schemes are now available.

Back in November we mentioned Trumpeter's HMS Valiant kit was on its way. Now we have a bit more detail on this kit.

Tenryu and her sister ship Tatsuta were Japanese light cruisers commissioned just after the First World War and used in WWII. Both fought at Wake island, off Guadalcanal, and around the waters of New Guinea. Tenryu was sunk by the submarine USS Albacore in late 1942 and Tatsua by the submarine USS Sand Lance in 1944.

Artwox is releasing several new wood deck products this month in several scales for ship ranging from aircraft carriers to destroyers.

Revell has announced a new version of its Type IXC boat in the IXC/40 fitting with a snorkel.