Well looks like Hasegawa dropped a big teaser this week ahead of the Shizuoka Hobby Show coming up in May. Here are a few pictures of the BMW 2002Tii in 1/24 scale. Having a large cult following, this car is what put BMW on the map in the US with it's fun small zippy cars.

Thank you Tim Hutton for forwarding a Marsh Models Update.

A smattering of new samples from Miniart, Italeri, and new ship maker, Kajika who have a new 1/700 Kongo waterline kit.

HERPA rolls in the new year with this lot of new models and models in new liveries.

We got a slew of new items in from Tamiya. They include not only 3 new (likely as yet unreleased) kits, but also some new paints, dio pigments, and more.

Well, here is something out of the left field from Revell of Germany. At the start of 2017, RoG announced it will be releasing the second generation Porsche Panamera as well as the smaller Porsche Junior 108 (which is a tractor). This was indeed surprising news but great news nonetheless.

Jim unboxes the newest items we have gotten in this year as samples. Including kits from Flyhawk & Thunder Models, diorama materials from AK Interactive (including their new F.A.Q. Dioramas book), the new paint line from Mission Models and more!

Jim has more samples to share and just in time for Christmas too! Remember you can check out all the available samples on our online spreadsheets (links on the homepage in the Reviews block).

We got new items from Academy, Zvezda, Hasegawa, and more in this weeks Mail Call video hosted by Jim Starkweather.

Here's another great project that I look forward to seeing from BeeMax. Over the last week, Thanksgiving week to us Americans, BeeMax announced and teased us with digital 3D models of one of their future releases. One of those cars that rally enthusiasts have been wishing for for many years, the Lancia Delta S4 along with the Audi Quattro Coupe are both in progress at BeeMax.

This unfortunately sat in our news queue because apparently I am getting old and forgot to take it live. So a lot of these are already assigned, but not all! We got a Dragon USA large box as well as new items from MiniArt, Rye Field Model, Flyhawk, and, a new company, Resin-IM.

Jim gives us a peek at the new samples arriving at KitMaker HQ. Remember we are always looking for new contributors to review or build up samples sent to us!

Well, this kit definitely came out of the left field. Hobby Design previewed in 1/43rd scale Captain Nemo's car from the movie League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The kit is made in resin but it is highly detailed as depicted by the built photos. The photo etched parts make great engraved pieces for the hood (bonnet, trunk (rear hatch) as well as the front grill. Take a look at the photos for yourself and see what you think.

Jim opens boxes and shows us what has come in recently to the KitMaker office. These items are available to contributors for reviews and or feature articles.

Various wheel sets have been extremely popular with the aftermarket tuner model kit builders as of late. With the introduction of the low profile tires into scale models, tons of the younger builders have purchased sets by the cases so that they can modify cars in 1/24 scale.

Well folks, here is another teaser of the Lamborghini Diablo GT soon to be released in 1/24 scale by Aoshima. This should come as no surprise to many of us following the news from Aoshima as they have released many progress photos of the Diablo GT from CAD to rapid prototyping. Now they release photos of a fully built prototype. Don't mind the loose fitting parts and the cloudy clear parts as they will require more work to clean up. This prototype is simply used as a tool to show us what a built up example would look like in the near future.

This is definitely something a little out of the ordinary and different from the super cars, race cars and muscle cars that we typically see. Another release coming from ZoomOn Models to celebrate it's 2 year anniversary is the Honda Accord Euro R in 1/24 scale. Perhaps one of the lesser known Honda "Type Rs", the Accord Euro R does a nice job of combining luxury, performance and in a lightweight package.

Here are some videos highlighting recent samples we have gotten in folks like Tamiya, Academy, Aber, Ammo of Mig, and many more.

Happy Medium Press have sent us details of a new concept in modelling magazines - a quarterly all-digital format devoted to all genres and combining the strengths of traditional print-mags with build videos.

RUSTY RAIL has released new workshop interior models, one in 1/48 and several in braille scale (1/87).

Hobby Design is back yet again with another release for September. This time with the ever popular RWB Porsche 911 (993) widebody transkit. Although personally I am a big fan of the traditional OEM Porsche widebodies, the RWB kits definitely have a presence to them.

A new release of a Renault Vivastella posted on the Heller web site.

DAF XF 105 SMOKY JR released with "new chromed wheels"

One of the great British bikes released by Italeri!

Revell Germany has a Kenworth Aerodyne in 1/32 scale which would be an easy build for the young ones starting off in the truck building hobby.

For all you Euro truckers.

Breaking news! Tamiya will be releasing the new Acura NSX (or is it still a Honda NSX) in 1/24 scale later this year. The new NSX is the successor to the original although a lot has changed in the last 2 decades since the production of the original first started. This time around, the NSX will be AWD, a Hybrid and an automatic only. However, these differences do not hinder the car's overall performance and enjoyment at all.

A recent teaser popped up on BeeMax's facebook page of something that a lot of us have been waiting for. Although resin variations have been made in the past, fans of this car have been hoping for a mainstream styrene kit.

Yet another release from Hobby Design. This time, it is the Rocket Bunny ND Mazda MX-5 widebody kit. Although the Mazda MX-5 was released last year, it still appears to be a popular subject for aftermarket companies and kit makers as well.

Recently there has been a lot of small pop up model companies that flooding the transkit market with awesome products like never before. One of these companies is ZoomOn Models. What really brought the company into the spot light was their collaboration with EightyOne when they released the FD2 Civic Type R as well as the FD2 Mugen RR. These two resin kits were very well detailed and to date, no mainstream kitmaker has produced these two awesome subjects. Anyway they are back with another great release.

Jim shares what's just come in from Tamiya, MiniArt, Rye Field Model, and others. One being a mystery white-box from Tamiya USA.

Perhaps one of the most popular mass produced sports car of all time, the Mazda MX-5 is undoubtedly extremely popular. With the newest generation, the ND, Mazda is yet again going to have a popular car on its hands. The quantity of aftermarket parts for the new generation of the MX-5 will be limitless.

DER MASS:STAB Issue 3/June 2016 is available and full of cool model articles.

Just catching up on our Mail Call series. This is where we show you what items we recently have received for review. If you want to check to see if a sample is still available, just look at our electronic spreadsheets. The links are on the homepages under the Reviews area.

Eightyone is a fairly new comer to the model car scene. With their previous resin transkits and their aftermarket wheel sets, they had set out to make a name for themselves with a very nice variety of popular items.

Hobby Design, one of the most popular transkit and aftermarket wheel resin kit makers recently released a 1/24 scale version of the Voltex Honda S2000.

This release from Revell-Monogram will make a nice starting point for a detailed hot rod:-

For all the Le Mans fans Hasegawa has released a Sauber Mercedes® C9 1988 Limited Edition car:-

Revell- Monogram has released a 48 Ford Police Coupe 2 in 1 model:-

Hasegawa Models has released a 1/20 Lotus '79 :-

BeeMax has been rolling out some very cool models as of lately. The Beemax 1/24 Honda Civic EF was a huge success. Their soon to be released E30 M3 BMW is highly anticipated and looks like it will follow in the footsteps of the EF Civic. BeeMax is planning to follow that up with another race car in the AE92 Toyota Levin.

Well folks, this isn't exactly the latest news from Aoshima as these test shots/3D printed pieces debuted almost 3 months ago. These prints depict the Pagani Huayra in 1/24 scale. Definitely can't wait to see more developments on this future kit.

This highly anticipated 1/24 scale BMW E30 M3 from BeeMax is about to hit the stores (hopefully shortly). Shown again at the Shizouka Hobby Show, BeeMax showed us the sprues as well as an assembled example of the kit.

Airfix has released a Aston Martin DB5 starter set.

With the end of an era looming before us, Mitsubishi has decided to celebrate the the Lancer Evolution with the Final Edition. Aoshima has done another great job of replicating this special vehicle in scale form.

At this year's Shizouka Hobby Show, Aoshima decided to put on display three upcoming cars to add to their 1/24 scale line up. One of these is the highly anticipated Lamborghini Huracan.

The upcoming Mercedes Benz AMG GT kit release will be a nice addition to the Revell of Germany 1/24 scale line up.

Shown at Spielwarenmesse-2016 back in February were two widely anticipated 1/24 scale model kits. Rumors had been flying months before the show and it was finally revealed to be the Mclaren 570S and the Mercedes AMG GT.

Roy Sutherland has sent us details of a BarracudaCast resin upgrade set featuring replacement wheels for Profil24's Golden Arrow record breaker.

We got some great looking (boxes) of new kits from Takom, Plus Model, Flyhawk and Italeri.