cab

Confession Before the Flight

Fuselage

Horsa Glider Wings & Rear Fuselage (Tail Unit) Set

Cockpit

SBD-5 Dauntless Limited Edition

Pinta Finished 2

Ships of Columbus

Overall

Horten Ho-229: Part 2 - Cockpit, Wheels and Wings

Weapon bays

F-35C Lightning

Underside

Tim Flock’s 1956 Chrysler 300B

Cockpit 3

Mitsubishi A6M5a Zero Type 52 Koh Fighter-Bomber

Overhead

Shenyang J-31 Gyrfalcon (Airshow China 2014)

Turret parts

Leopard 2 A6/A6M

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Defending Rodinu - Volume 2

Book Author(s)
Krzysztof Dabrowski
Review Author
Orlando Reyes
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$29.95

This book is number 26 of the Europe at War series and the second volume dealing with the Russian Air Force. The book is a detailed history of the Russian Air Force from 1961 through 1991. The book is divided into 11 sections. Each section touches on a specific topic describing the development and operational history of the Soviet Air Defense Force. In addition, the book has 2 Appendices, as well as a section describing the documents used in the book, as well as a Bibliography and notes. In addition, you will find a total of 24 profiles; 19 of then pertain to POV aircrafts of the period and 3 airliners shot down by POV, 1 American involved in a collision and a Turkish aircraft shot down by the POV. Two additional profiles are located on the back cover of the book.

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Ki-84 Special Attack Units
Review Author
Keith Gervasi
Published on
Company
Arma Hobby
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$28.00

History

The Ki-84 Hayate (Code name Frank) was born in early 1942 as a replacement for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar). The first flight was in March 1943 with the first deliveries were made in April. The Ki-84 was a fast (427 mph), highly maneuverable, heavily armed (Two 20 mm & two 12.7 mm or four 20 mm OR two 20 mm & two 30 mm guns) and armored (armor protecting the pilot and self sealing fuel tanks) fighter. In the hands of a capable pilot it could hold it’s own against any allied fighter. It’s first combat was in the skies over China with it’s first major operational involvement being the Battle of Leyte in 1944. Around 3500 were eventually built and even though it was designed as a fighter it also performed the duties of a fighter bomber and Kamikaze.

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Texaco Doodlebug
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$69.70

A new multimedia kit from Bregrun. It a 1/72nd scale kit of the Texaco Doodlebug fuel tank truck from the 1930s era.

In the Box

This kit has six (6) resin poured part stubs, 1 photo-etched (PE) sheet, 1 vacuum-formed (VF) clear plastic windscreen with & without frame moldings, and 1 decal sheet. Instructions are printed in black and white on a single piece of paper. Print is on both sides and well-illustrated but not much written commentary.

The resin parts are well molded with a few air bubbles that need filling. I used Superglue/Cyanoacrylate (CA) as the filler. The recessed panel lines are well defined and somewhat wide for this scale but acceptable.

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Waffen-SS Dutch, Belgian, and Danish Volunteers
Book Author(s)
Ian Baxter
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$26.95

Ian Baxter is a prolific author and has an impressive collection of photographs, many previously unpublished. The book follows the familiar Images of War format with brief introductions for each chapter followed by a lot of photographs to tell the story. The German war machine attracted followers from conquered countries. This book focuses on Belgian, Danish, and Dutch volunteers drawn to the Waffen-SS and their respective major formations and battles, including the 1944 Battle of Narva (2 February -10 August 1944) that also earned the nickname “The Battle of the European SS”. These combined units fought to the end in the Kurland Pocket, with only some evacuated by sea, while others fought in the Battle for Berlin in April 1945.

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Lebanese Civil War volume 3: Moving to war, 4-7 June 1982
Book Author(s)
Tom Cooper & Efim Sandler
Review Author
David Horn
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$29.95

Helion & Company publishing produces specialized military history books. Part of the “Middle East at War” series, Lebanese Civil War, volume 3 (third of a five part series) book covers a short period from 4 to 7 June 1982 known as the “Moving to war”. The publication is 96 pages of full color, black & white photographs, diagrams as well as artist illustrations.

The book starts out with abbreviations that will be found in the following pages and a map of Lebanon showing the control zones. Text and illustrations are laid out in chronological order covering all the groups on both sides of the conflict.