Bogies

British Airborne Universal Carrier and Welbike

18

M1 IP Abrams MBT

Image of car on pavement in sunlight showing off the House of Color Purple Kandy vinyl top

Custom Cadillac Lowrider

Completed 3

Battlestar Galactica Pegasus

Sparrow

McDonnell Douglass F-4C Phantom II

Rear

M4 Sherman Tank

Finished

OKB Chelomey 16KhA Priboy

Turret

German Main Battle Tank Leopard 1A3/A4

Cockpit Complete 3

CF-188A '20 Years of Service RCAF'

Completed Build

2 cm Flak 38 WWII German AA Gun

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Front Cover

Hawker Hunter
Book Author(s)
Tony Buttler
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
Key Publishing Ltd
MSRP
$24.95

It’s always been my opinion that the well-known and well-liked Hawker Hunter is one of the most elegant jet aircraft to ever take to the skies. I’ve built dozens of models of this lovely aircraft over the years, from the 1/72nd scale offering by Airfix when I was a kid up to several iterations of the impressive 1/32nd scale Revell offering. There’s just no beating that look!

Product Package

Victory: 100-Gun First Rate 1765
Book Author(s)
Kerry Jang
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
Seaforth Publishing
MSRP
$28.95

If you’re even just a passing fan of classic sailing ships, you should be familiar with the unforgettable H.M.S. Victory, the famous ship-of-the-line that Lord Nelson commanded at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. More readily recognizable by the novice than even the U.S.S. Constitution, this ship has been a subject for virtually every major model maker in the last century, manufactured in metal, wood or plastic.

Product

Tracks for Tiger (P), Ferdinand/Elefant, late (Late)
Review Author
Doug Cole
Published on
Company
OKB Grigorov
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$16.14

About the Subject (from Wikipedia)

“The Ferdinand was intended to supplant previous light panzerjägers, such as the Marder II and Marder III, in the offensive role. A similar gun was used in the lightly armored Hornisse (later known as Nashorn) tank destroyer, built at the same time.

Product

Type 2 Tracks for the Maus (Late)
Review Author
Doug Cole
Published on
Company
OKB Grigorov
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$14.50

About the Subject (from Wikipedia)

“A German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached before the testing grounds were captured by advancing Soviet military forces.

he principal problem in the design of the Maus was developing an engine and drivetrain which was powerful enough to adequately propel the tank, yet small enough to fit inside it. The Maus was too heavy to cross bridges. As a result, an alternative system was developed, where the Maus would instead ford the rivers it needed to cross.

Product

Wheels for Mercedes G4, Continental GELANDE (Early Rim)
Review Author
Doug Cole
Published on
Company
OKB Grigorov
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$12.57

About the Subject (from Wikipedia)

“The Mercedes-Benz W31 type G4 was a German three-axle off-road vehicle first produced by Mercedes-Benz as a staff/command car for the Wehrmacht in 1934. The cars were designed as a seven-seat touring car or closed saloon, and were mainly used by upper echelons of the Nazi regime in parades and inspections, as they were deemed too expensive for general Army use.

The G4 was a development of the G1, launched in 1926. All had an 8-cylinder inline engine, in the first three years of 5018 cc (306.2 cu in) displacement delivering 100 PS (74 kW). It was a 6×4 configuration with four-speed transmission (synchronised upper gears) that transferred drive to all four rear wheels.