Mat Irvine Model Kits

Destined to become another must have on the bookshelves of scale model makers this new title is written by smn contributor mat irvine.

Mat irvine model kits.

Four shows are run under hamex events. Two shows are detailed below. Nearly 70 years later despite suffering from ups and downs the vibrant plastic model making scene has grown tremendously and is now a world wide hobby. And even if you have i doubt if they will have been in this form.

The image below shows us both outside the route 66 museum in pontiac illinois. It covers a bit of history of the hobby in relation to cars. Mat irvine does it again with this scale car modelling book. The guest introduction is by long time model car builder and musician dean milano.

Mat irvine does it again with this scale car modelling book. Mat irvine is probably best known for his work as a technical consultant and visual effects designer who worked on television primarily for the bbc from the 1970s to the 1990s. It has 10 chapters on all aspects of building model cars from straight out of the box to conversions customs dealing with resin kits building a rat rod and renovating a junker. Considering the historical significance of the benz patent motorwagen it is slightly surprising that the world s first road vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine has never featured as a model kit before there have been diecast models and toys but this is the first construction kit.

He builds so many different car models in this book it s great for inspiration and ideas. Mat is no stranger to modelling having worked as a professional model maker for the bbc s visual effects department where he produced miniatures and effects for such well known series such as dr who blake s 7 and the multi. All four can be accessed direct from the hamex home page plus the two currently having a rest. In recent years haynes has added titles on a range of subjects including air space sci fi and now scale.

Model making is centuries old but the introduction of polystyrene a stable plastic in the mid 20th century provided the opportunity to make the plastic construction kit available to the amateur model maker. Mat irvine has produced a fantastic title on not only building plastic construction kits but modelling in general. Way back in the heady days of the 1970s mpc issued four kits of vehicles from the 1968 9 cartoon series wacky races. The model builders manual is a 188 page hardback from haynes publishing well known for its comprehensive range of automotive guides.

Stock to customs to show cars. It covers a bit of history of the hobby in relation to cars. Smallspace the model market and media modelling click on the logo right to take you to the main hamex site. From all kinds of kits.

He builds so many different car models in this book it s great for inspiration and ideas. The kits involved are hardly new but i suspect many smn readers will have not have seen them before.