This book covers Australian Sunderland operations against the U-boats in Europe in 1942 to 1943. The book is divided into 10 chapters along with an introduction and three appendices, telling the stories of Nos. 10 and 461 Squadrons and their exemplary service in the RAF’s Coastal Command. Serving from UK territorial waters to the Bay of Biscay these Sunderland crews faced the many hazards of weather, long patrols over sea, German fighters, and flack.

These two squadrons were responsible for sinking 11 German U-boats and one Italian submarine. Of the 54 aircraft used by these squadrons, 23 were lost. 12 were shot down by enemy aircraft, 6 crashed on takeoff or landing, 1 disappeared after an SOS and another was lost at sea, after engine failure, 1 was shot down by a U-Boat, 1 exploded while in flight and another crash landed on an airfield.

The Topdrawings series specializes in line-drawings of a given subject in each booklet. The 104^th installment in this series is devoted to the Dewoitine D.520.

This booklet has line drawings (front, back, left, right, top, bottom, plus fuselage contours) for the D.520 C-1 early series (long spinner), D.520 C-1 late series (short spinner) and the two seat trainer the D.520 DC. All drawings are reproduced 3 times: in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale (in a pull-out sheet). There are also drawings describing the armament setup and access panels.

In addition to the B&W line drawings, you also get 2 color profiles, in some cases with multiple views (left side, right side, etc) of the same aircraft. Markings are for French service.

The booklet also includes a brief description on the overall history of the aircraft.

If you are looking for detailed drawings of the D.520, this book is the answer.

Highly recommended.

This 5cm anti-tank gun vehicle kit comes is a small, 7 inches by 11 inches, sturdy box. There are four tan color sprues individually wrapped in plastic and a separate hull. The small decal sheet has 14 decals on it. The instruction booklet is small too, 9 inches by 7 inches. It has an antique paper look with 14 steps on 12 pages. The front shows Das Werks and Amazing Hobbies logos, so that tell me this is a partnership between this two model companies. The assembly instructions are typical line drawings and easy to follow. There are four full color painting and marking guides on the last four pages with Ammo by Mig color information. There are no photo-etched or clear parts.