Features

Crewmate Dade Bell (Karybdis) shares a fine set of images with us of his dual escort vignette, IJN Escorts Away!

Crew-mate Christer Johansson (ROY) shares his latest build of HMS Prince of Wales, portrayed in the setting of the Battle of Malaya, December 1941, in this MSW "On Display" feature!

Crew-mate Raul Guzman shares a very unique dio scene with us in this MSW photo feature, The H.M.S. Diana Quarterdeck!

This months MSW Artist Profile features modeler Jim Baumann, as he shares his thoughts, and fantastic model subjects with us!

Crew-mate Den Holmes (densships) shares his rigging savvy in this full color SBS pictorial!

Crew-mate Peter Fulgoney (peterf) sends us this fine portfolio of images of a very unique and imaginative scene, centered around Kombrig Models' Aviso Grille!

New MSW crew-mate Raul Guzman (raulguzmanjr) shares a fine portolio of a magnificent model subject, 24 gun privateer, The Oliver Cromwell, in his first MSW photo feature!

Crew-mate Mike McCabe shares a fine gallery of images of his latest build, HP Models, British Promise, in 1:700 scale resin.

Crew-mate Devin J. Poore (Devin) sends us a photo portfolio of the USS Juneau and USS Laffey, diorama setting.

Rob Kernaghan shares a batch of fine images of his conversion of Combrig Models HMS Britannia kit, into the King Edward VII-class battleship, HMS Hibernia!

Crewmate Den Holmes shows us his method of making your own rigging using a "Rope-Walk" in this Step-By-Step feature!

Den Holmes (densships) shares his complete scratchbuild of the USS Constellation in this MSW Photo Feature!"

Kenny (Gator) Loup took a recent trip to The Live Oaks Civic Center, in Live Oak, Texas, to the Alamo Squadron IPMS/USA Region 6 annual event, ModelFiesta, Number 27, and shares some of the show's highlights with us!

After all the 'drier' News Reports on Nuremberg, with this, I want to cover the manufacturers who didn't get a full report. It's also an opportunity to cover some areas i'm NOT particularly confident with (Aviation and Warships to name but two). Finally,

Join me in a closer look at The Small Shop, precision tool makers for the serious scale modeler, in this MSW Vendor Profile.

Crew-mate Devin J. Poore (Devin) shares a fine gallery of images of his build of the Benson Class destroyer, USS Farenholt, (DD-491).

In our next installment in the "MSW Artist Profile" series, this time, we present a one-to-one conversation with MSW crew-mate, contributor, and diorama artist extraordinaire, Jean-Bernard Andre!

Martin J. Quinn shares his build of Rhino Models, 1/350 scale, HMS Dreadnought, in this MSW Photo Feature!

Bob Cicconi sends us an image gallery of his latest build, Niko models USS-Hughes, DD-410, circa 1942.

New crew-mate Den Holmes (densships) sends us this fantastic gallery of images of his complete scratchbuild of this 64 gun British warship!

Shaun Symonds (muddyfields) shares this awesome Diorama with us, with the focus on his backdating the Italeri Models 1/35 scale PT 596 kit to the Zebra Camo Scheme, PT174.

In the last few weeks there have been a number of threads over 'how to start' writing reviews for the site. The first impression many people have is that it's a truly daunting prospect. It's not easy, but the difficulties are NOT insurmountable. In this f

Want to write a review for KitMaker? Our mate Bill Plunk, Managing Reviews Editor at Armorama, put together this tutorial to really simplify the submission form process!

Martin J Quinn shares a fine gallery of images of his 1/350 scale build of the USS Fletcher, using Tamiya Models 1/350 scale kit for his base kit.

Crew-mate Jim Baumann shares a fine gallery of images of his 1/700 scale build of the Austro-Hungarian Battleship, SMS Radetzky, using a base model kit by NNT Models.

Kenny (Gator) Loup sends us this fine gallery of images of his build of Cottage Industries Models, 1/72 scale, CSS David!

When you 'discover' the pot of gold, there's nothing you can do, than to get your tools and start a new project! Here's the result of finding some 1/700 plans published on a old magazine. Enjoy...

Crew-mate Kenny Loup (Gator) took a recent trip to Westlake, Louisiana to attend his local IPMS CALMEX XXII model show/contest, and shares some of the shows highlights in this MSW photo report!

Crew mate Mike McCabe shares this build of HMS Attacker,1943, based on the Tamiya Bogue kit.

This was my entry for "Leyte Gulf Campaign". Some extra work had to be done to accomplish was I was looking for.... Enjoy!

Rob Kernaghan shares this fine image gallery of his dockside C2 Transport diorama.

Crew-mate Mike McCabe shares a fine gallery of images of his 1/700 scale build, HMS Bedouin!

Join us in this month's MSW Artist Profile as we talk a while with modeler Bob Cicconi!

Crew-mate Pete Vill shares a fine gallery of images of one of his latest builds, Zvezda Models 1/350 scale, Soviet November Class Nuclear Submarine, K-3.

Crew-mate Pete Vill shares a gallery of images of one of his latest builds, Revell of Germany's U212 Class A Submarine, 1/144 scale plastic injection mold.

Crew-mate Peter Vill shares with us a gallery of images of one of his latest builds, FineMolds 1/72 scale Ko-hyoteki Class Midget Submarine, Pearl Harbor.

Frank Portela shares with us a fine gallery of images, of the IJN Seaplane Tender, Akitsushima.

Armorama Staffer Bill Plunk recently went on a trip to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and took a "closer look" for us at a 3"/50 deck gun mount, common to the Gato class submarine.

Crew-mate Bob Cicconi sends us his latest build, French pre-dreadnought, Charles Martel, circa 1900, "On Display" at MSW!

Crew-mate Glenn Cauley shares his technique and tool-making for realistic weld beads, in this MSW SBS (Step-by-Step) feature!

Jim Baumann shares his build of this years (2007) IPMS/UK Scale Model World "Best In Show", award, the magnificent R.M.S. Mauretania, (1907-1935).

Making realistic water is a very popular topic. Lots of people try many different ways of making it. Here is one way of making water with waves on the surface.

Martin J. Quinn shares his Tamiya conversion build of the German Battlecruiser Gneisenau with us in this gallery.

This months MSW Artist Profile features modeler Peter Vill (PeteV), as he shares his thoughts, and models with us!

Crew-mate Mike McCabe shares a fine build gallery of the ARA Comandante General Zapiola dio scene!

Crew-mate Steve Joyce (blaster76) shares his build of Trumpeter Models 1/350 Scale USS North Carolina!

Again, SMW surprised me with the quality and amount of models displayed. Here is the Ship Report. Enjoy!

Crew-mate Jacob Walker (redneck) sends us a gallery photo-shoot of his 1/700 scale, "IJN Sakura".

Crew-mate Bob Ciconni (bobciconni) sends us this photo feature of his 1/700 scale build of Hasegawa Models Furutaka, as she appeared in 1942.

Crew-mate Jim Baumann shares another great build story with us, this time, the Battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary is the focus.