Finished aircraft, left-front

Avia B.534 III.serie

Front of Machine

Milling Machine

Rear

Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Bomber Model 11 Limited Edition

Fuselage Antennas

USMC F/A 18D

Another sprue containing fuel tanks, engine parts, and fuselage bulkheads

CM.170 Magister

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World War Toons British Infantry Tank A12 Matilda II

Finished

DKM H Class Battleship

Finished

German Heavy Tank Sd.Kfz.182 King Tiger (Porsche Turret)

Finished model

Yak-28PP Brewer

Completed Build

G7101 in German Service with Infantry

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F/A-18F Super Hornet A44-210 "100 Years 1 Squadron" RAAF – 2016
Review Author
Paul Bradley
Published on
Company
Syhart Decal
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$13.00

Frenchman Sylvain Hautier founded Syhart Decals (SY (Sylvain) HA (Hautier) , ART (design)) in 2006 with the aim of recreating in model form the special aircraft paint schemes that have been developed to celebrate anniversaries, participate in Tiger Meets, and for last flights.

No 1 Squadron of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1916 at Point-Cook (Victoria) In 2010, the 1 Squadron was converted to F/A-18F Super Hornet. The squadron attained full Operational Capability with Super Hornet at the end of 2012.

For the Centenary of 1 Squadron in 2016, one of these Super-Hornets, A44-210, received a special paint scheme, the tails being painted black with yellow silhouettes of former aircraft types flown by the squadrons on the inner sides, while the outer sides are adorned with the kookaburra insignia of the squadron.

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Rafale "Export Versions" (Part 3) - Croatia - "Croatian Air Force"
Review Author
Paul Bradley
Published on
Company
Syhart Decal
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$8.00

Frenchman Sylvain Hautier founded Syhart Decals (SY (Sylvain) HA (Hautier) , ART (design)) in 2006 with the aim of recreating in model form the special aircraft paint schemes that have been developed to celebrate anniversaries, participate in Tiger Meets, and for last flights. He also issues decals for regular schemes for lesser-known and unusual air forces for kits that offer limited decal options.

An example is the 1/72 Rafale C, with the kit issued by Revell offering limited choices. Sylvain’s answer has been to release a number of decal sheets for various air forces.

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F/A-18C Hornet J-5011 "Tigermeet 2011" Staffel 11 - Swiss Air Force
Review Author
Paul Bradley
Published on
Company
Syhart Decal
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$15.00

Frenchman Sylvain Hautier founded Syhart Decals (SY (Sylvain) HA (Hautier) , ART (design)) in 2006 with the aim of recreating in model form the special aircraft paint schemes that have been developed to celebrate anniversaries, participate in Tiger Meets, and for last flights.

Sheet 48-069 is titled F/A-18C Hornet J-5011 "Tigermeet 2011" Staffel 11 - Swiss Air Force, which was painted in this scheme for the 50th Anniversary of NATO Tigermeet which took place in Cambrai, France. The pack contains two decal sheets, one with all the special Tiger markings and the other with the rest of the aircraft’s national markings and stenciling, and a full-colour instruction booklet.

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Sturmartillerie Crewman - Sturmgeschütze, Panzerjäger, and Panzerartillerie
Book Author(s)
Simon Forty and Richard Charlton Taylor
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$28.95

The U.S. Army’s Tactical and Technical Trends (Vol. I, No. 11: July 1943) quoted Red Army sources,

The Germans make extensive use of self-propelled guns as assault artillery. Their most important mission is to destroy the opposition’s antitank and heavy infantry weapons… Assault batteries, which are assigned a limited number of targets, have the mission of supporting the attacks of the infantry, and of destroying the opposition’s heavy infantry weapons and strong points disclosed during the attack. In supporting tank attacks, the self-propelled artillery assumes some of the normal tasks of heavier tanks, including the destruction of antitank guns.

While the German Army was largely a horse-drawn army, the Germans focused, and relied on, armored vehicles for speed, mobility and shock.