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Working with photoetch can be fraught with all kinds of difficulties but there's no doubt, it's a great way to enhance your scale models.

Tanks & military vehicles have all sorts of grab handles, loops & tie-downs dotted all around them. Here's a way to make them.

There’s quite a few different varieties of punch & die manufactured by RPToolz. This is their “circular” punch & die set.

The range of specialist model suppliers with innovative & unique products just keeps on growing.

Making your own rivets or nuts & bolts is sometimes a choice but, more often than not, a scale model making necessity. This tool will help out.

Standard-issue injection-moulded handles & grab bars can be notoriously fiddly & delicate. Here’s a way around that.

Every now & then a remarkable custom-made model making product emerges. Here's Panzer Putty from Mxpression.

Time for another in our series of video reviews, unboxings & demos, with a great idea for a set from Lifecolor.

For modellers there's a whole host of accessories on the market. What if you need more than just a one-off?

Creating a desert scene offers an easy first foray into diorama building, here's a product to get your groundwork started.

Here’s a technique that’s all the rage thanks to a range of dedicated bottled chipping solutions.

Trying to achieve a rusty eroded paint finish can be made easier with the simple use of this household staple.

Recreating realistic water is one of the skills you will need if you build dioramas to display your models.

Model making is all about fads & fashions – drybrushing was once all the rage. So here’s a quick guide to this technique.

Mud glorious mud! Any keen modeller will want to cover his creations in mud sooner or later, here’s one possible way.