Bill O'Malley
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"Pave Hawk" HH-60G, Part 1 InteriorPublished: February 13, 2020 BackgroundMissionThe primary mission of the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is to conduct day or night personnel recovery operations into hostile environments to recover isolated personnel during war. The HH-60G is also tasked to perform military operations other than war, including civil search and rescue, medical evacuation, disaster response, humanitarian assistance,… more |
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The Second World War Illustrated - The First YearPublished: December 24, 2019 This series by Pen & Sword features photographs from each year of the Second World War. This first volume includes photographs and illustrations of the first year, 1939 to 1940, and covers the contributing factors that led to the outbreak of hostilities. The book includes 750 images and photographs in a picture strip or collage style. It’s a quick, convenient, visual history of the first… more |
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Sherman Tank, Vol. 2Published: February 17, 2020 Sherman Tank, Vol. 2, is the second book in David Doyle’s Legends of Warfare series on the Sherman Tank. The first volume of the series covered the Sherman M4A1 Tank in several variations. This Volume 2 covers the Sherman M4 medium tank, which is a welded hull, radial engine-equipped tank. The M4 was the predominant US tank in WWII until late summer 1944 when it was replaced by the… more |
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HMEE-1 (High Mobility Engineer Excavator)Published: December 21, 2019 DescriptionThe HMEE-1 is an armored backhoe loader designed for high speeds in order to self-deploy with military convoys, and capable of towing heavy loads with good off-road mobility. It is based on technology from the JCB Fastrac tractors. The maximum speed of the HMEE is 60 mph on improved roads and 25 mph on secondary roads. Wikipedia Panda’s kit is the -1 version of… more |
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Armies of Russia’s War in UkrainePublished: December 20, 2019 In February 2014 the “Maidan Revolution” in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv toppled the pro-Moscow government of President Yanukovych. This started a process which led to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and an undeclared bloody war in southeastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Armies of Russia’s War in Ukraine describes the forces on both sides and how they have evolved… more |
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Kaiserliche und Königliche Eisenbahn-Bau Kompanie in Western Galicia 1914-1915, Vol. 2Published: November 19, 2019 This illustrated photo album includes over 120 B&W pictures of the Kaiserliche und Königliche Eisenbahn-Bau Kompanie unit (German Imperial Railway Construction Company) which operated during early stages of WW1 in the Western Galicia, now southern Poland. The railways are mostly narrow gauge. The book uses black & white photographs to illustrate various construction or repair… more |
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Model T 1912 Light Delivery CarPublished: February 3, 2022 BackgroundOne of the most numerous and famous cars in world history was the Model T produced by the Ford Motor Company. It became the first mass-production car and was affordable for middle class. The first examples of the Model T were built starting on October 1, 1908. It had a four-cylinder engine of 20 hp. The mass production was launched at the Highland Park Ford Plant, Michigan… more |
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American Gasoline Loaders (1910s)Published: January 24, 2021 FiguresThis is another kit in ICM’s series of Model T vehicles and figures, and includes two figures that can be posed loading gasoline cans into the rear of ICM’s Model T Light Delivery Car, or other 1/24 truck. The Figures and Delivery Car are combined in another ICM Kit, #28019. Gas and oil can accessories are included with the kit. The kit comes on three sprues molded in… more |
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M4A1 Sherman with U.S. InfantryPublished: February 3, 2020 Italeri’s Description of the Sherman“The M4 Sherman medium tank was the primary tank used by the United States during World War II. It has been produced in a significant number of units and it formed the backbone of United States Armed Forces during that time. It has been produced in several variants and versions. The first version to be produced on wide scale was the Sherman M4A1,… more |
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Standard B "Liberty" with WWI US InfantryPublished: December 30, 2020 This is the third release of ICM’s excellent kit of the Liberty B Truck. This release includes four figures of WWI soldiers that are extremely well sculpted and detailed. Standard B Liberty WW1 US Army TruckICM‘s description of the truck: “The US Army Liberty Trucks produced at the end of the 1st World War were the first attempt in the world to create a standardized range of… more |