Kit parts
Macchi M.5
Left rear
Spitfire Mk. XVI Dual Combo
Workshop parts 3
City Building and Workshop
Overhead view
MQ-8B Fire Scout
Image 4
US Pilots with JHMCS Helmet Seated in a/c
Suggested paint scheme
Yak-1b
Engine deck and pioneer tools
IJA Type 4 Light Tank “Ke-Nu”
Finished left
Lockheed C-140A JetStar
Front-right quarter
1941 Plymouth Four Passenger Coupe
Front
Grumman F8F-1/2 Bearcat
Finished Model
Cylon Raider
Interior 2
Russian Armored High Mobility Vehicle Tiger, GAZ 233014 STS
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PzKpfw. VI Ausf. E Tiger I (late)
Book Author(s)
Przemystaw Skulski
Review Author
Phillip Cavender
Published on
May 31, 2023
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$11.99

Founded in 1996, MMP Books is a UK-based publishing company with its book publishing division starting in 1999. Specializing in aviation and military history, MMP Books is known worldwide as a source for anything military.

PzKpfw. VI Ausf. E. Tiger I (late) Single Vehicle No. 06 is the sixth book added to the “Single Vehicle” line of books MMP Books in 2022. Others include Single Vehicle No. 01 ( SU-76M) published in 2021 to their latest Single Vehicle No. 08 (Polish Armoured Draisine TK) entered the market in 2023. MMP Books

This A4 format 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inch 24-page book is printed on satin paper with color pages printed on glossy paper. The front and back covers are both printed on glossy paper. The text is in English.

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Detail & Scale Volume 15 F-105 Thunderchief
Book Author(s)
Bert Kinzey Illustrator: Rock Roszak & Jim Rotramel
Review Author
Tim Hortman
Published on
May 13, 2023
Company
Detail & Scale, Inc.
MSRP
$19.99

You may be thinking that “I have the previous version (1982) of this book, so I don’t need this one.” – Well, you’d be unwise with that line of thinking.

This new volume on the F-105 Thunderchief has been totally updated. The text and photo captions have been rewritten and when possible, the photographs have all been printed in color. The plastic modeling section has also been updated to include the latest kit releases.

The book starts with a short introduction and history of the Thunderchief, followed by a detailed study of each of the Thud variants. Each variant is described in detail, and numerous photos illustrating each are shown.

Following the variants is a chapter on Arming the Thunderchief, with descriptions and photos of the munitions carried.

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Tank Craft – Panzer III German Army Light Tank, North Africa El Alamein to Tunis 1942-43
Book Author(s)
Dennis Oliver
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
May 13, 2023
Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$29.95

This is the 40th book in the Tank Craft series which details tanks and also covers model kits and accessories to build the tanks covered in the book. This book covers the German Army Light Tank Panzer III in North Africa El Alamein to Tunis 1942 to 1943. The Panzer III was the mainstay of the German Army’s Panzer Divisions in the early tears of the war made up the bulk of the North Africa Armored forces.

Although it was not as heavily armored as some of the opponents tanks it was very reliable, sturdy and its main gun was as powerful as the enemies armaments.

I found this book a fountain of information and rare pictures of both tanks. The Profile pictures are a particular favorite and awesome source for modeling.

The chapters on the different model builds and kits are of great interest and will provide a good resource when modeling these two tanks.

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Soviet Military Airfield 1980s
Review Author
Chris Smith
Published on
May 13, 2023
Company
ICM
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$38.00

It's not hard (at least not for me), to remember when anything related to Soviet military equipment and operations was a mystery in the west. Not until the cold war Soviet Union fell apart in the 1980s did, we get a good look at what the Soviets had been up to. This set from ICM give us the basics needed to portray what we might have seen behind the “Iron Curtain”. This kit includes two ZiL-131 utility trucks, a Mig 29 9-13 variant and 32 PAG-14 prefab airfield paving plates to create a base.

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Bristol Beaufort Mk.1A (With Tropical Filters)
Review Author
Jarrod Booth
Published on
May 13, 2023
Company
ICM
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$58.00

ICM continues to pump out high quality model kits for us eager, plastic hungry modelers around the world! This is the second release of the Bristol Beaufort and represents the Mk.1A with tropical filters. These filters mounted on top of the engine pods and were used in hotter/dustier Mediterranean and North African environments. The downfall was the larger filters increased drag and reduced the cruising speed by about ten mph. The Mk.1A was an improvement over the Mk.1 incorporating a new machine gun turret and an ASV radar for torpedo bombers to search for surface targets. The Beaufort and her crews were relatively forgotten and unsung heroes of the Second World War.