NEWS BULLETIN
LATEST UPDATES10 View more news online: http://www.airfi xmodelworld.comNEW MANAGEMENT
HELLER’S 1/72 Concorde (since
re-released by Airfix and Revell)
hasn’t attracted much attention
from aftermarket companies, but
Brengun’s wonderful and well-
appointed photo-etched brass set
(BRL72144) will send detail hounds
into a flat spin.
There are four frets packed
with extras, from the 12-piece
thrust-reversers to tail skid
bay liners and doors, and a
wealth of embellishments to the
undercarriage and associated
bays, including replacement doors,
debris guards, scissor links and
actuator arms. The supersonic
airliner’s exterior benefits from
basic items, such as antennas,
pitots, attitude indicators and
windscreen wiper blades (for a
nose-down attitude). This is a
comprehensive upgrade to Heller's
already impressive kit, and while
time-consuming to add, it will
make a significant difference to its
refinement and final appearance.
For more on this and other
Brengun releases, visit:
http://www.brengun.czHIGH-SPEED UPGRADE FURTHER TO Revell-Germany’s
parent company, Hobbico Inc,
seeking bankruptcy protection
in the US (see News, Mar 2018),
the venerable manufacturer was
sold at auction on April 13, 2018.
In a definite good news story
for the hobby, though, its
new owner is Munich-based
international investment group
Quantum Capital Partners
(QCP). Notably, the sale included
‘key assets for the North
American business’, including
‘the extensive tool bank’ which
implies Revell-USA has also
been acquired.
It was also announced that
current head of Revell-Germany,
Stefan Krings, would operate
the firm’s worldwide business
(including North America), and
he welcomed the acquisition by
QCP: “Revell is very happy to
have Quantum Capital Partners
as a strong partner, who willassist the company to reach its
further international growth. At
this point I like to also thank all
trade and business partners for
the confidence they have placed
in us in the past weeks.”
QCP representative Steffen
Görig explained further: “Revell
is a well-known and well-
established company and it
has shown impressively in the
past how to found its position
as a successful toy brand. We
will build on this strength and
will further develop the Revell
brand with its unique position as
provider of model kits and toy
manufacturer.”
More information on Revell’s
current and future releases is
at: http://www.revell.de/enFEW THINGS are more frustrating
in our hobby than when an
airbrush ceases to work properly.
The Airbrush Company (TAC) has
recognised this all-too-common
problem, often the result of poor
cleaning efforts, and in response
now offers a Professional Airbrush
Valet Service, whereby one’s
‘brush is cleaned and serviced
professionally and returned for just
£40 including VAT (any necessary
parts are extra).
Experienced modellers with more
than one airbrush may have one
lying idle due to blockage or
damage, and this is the perfect
opportunity to get it sorted,
although TAC offers the service
purely for its own brands (Iwata,
Paasche, Badger, Sparmax, Premi
Air and Squires Kitchen), to ensure
full spares support.Airbrush technician Mike Vose
has years of technical/practical
experience in servicing airbrushes
and compressors, and the
customer will be contacted if any
spare parts are required. Returns
are via Royal Mail Special Delivery
for the UK, but if it’s beyond our
borders a surcharge applies.
Best of all, if one owns an Iwata
airbrush purchased from TAC (or
authorised reseller), and has proof
of the transaction, there’s a 20%
discount off the valet service.
One of the Editor’s own airbrushes
had sat in its box forlornly, in
need of such treatment, so to
test the new service, it was duly
dispatched, returning just days
later in tip-top order and with a
shiny new nozzle.
For further details visit:
http://www.airbrushes.comFEW THINGS are more frustrating
in our hobby than when an
airbrush ceases to work properly.
The Airbrush Company (TAC) hasAirbrush technician Mike Vose
has years of technical/practical
experience in servicing airbrushes
and compressors, and theRUSSIA’S T-14 Armata main
battle tank wowed military
commentators when it
appeared, and kit manufacturers
quickly released products of the
type, but Ark Models’ newly cast
1/48 offering is arguably the
most accurate.
It’s a limited-edition resin
package (48099), of which
just 200 will be produced,
each with its own certificate of
authenticity. The big difference
between Ark’s offering and
other T-14 kits is it’s based on a
production machine, rather than
a prototype...and the company
had access to exclusivetechnical drawings. Developed
in co-operation with Live
Resin, it comprises 122 finely
cast components, including
stunning upper and lower
hull halves, and exquisitely
detailed link-and-length tracks.
This package is definitely for
experienced modellers only,
due to a combination of basic
(un-numbered) instructions
and resin parts...but it will build
into a jaw-dropping replica
of Russia’s latest fourth-
generation tank. Parts photos
are on the AMW website, and
more details can be found at
http://www.ark-models.orgFOURTH-GEN ARMOUR
TWO-SCORE CLEANSING