The book is volume 17 of Helion & Company’s Asia@War series and, as noted in the title, is the third volume of its coverage of the civil war in Sri Lanka. The book includes over 50 black and white photographs, both of government and LTTE forces, 7 pages of color profiles depicting the aircraft, ships and vehicles of the security forces as well as the uniforms of both military and LTTE participants. There are also several maps of some of the more significant operations and a color map of Sri Lanka.
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This product is replacement resin tracks for any 1/72 Churchill Tank kit that you want to use the Light Cast tracks on.
The set includes 6 light grey resin strips of track more than enough for a single tank.
The detail is excellent and vey little flash and a breeze to cut of the runners.
The tracks are easily formed using a hair dryer to apply heat then form the track on the track rollers, wheels and Sprockets.
They are a great replacement for the rubber tracks supplied with the majority of the 1/72 scale kits on the market.
I recommend these parts are a great addition to any 1/72 Churchill tank model kit.
Thanks go to OKB Grigorov for providing this set to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them.
This product is replacement resin tracks for any 1/72 Churchill Tank kit that you want to use the Heavy Cast tracks on.
The set includes 6 light grey resin strips of track more than enough for a single tank.
The detail is excellent and vey little flash and a breeze to cut of the runners.
The tracks are easily formed using a hair dryer to apply heat then form the track on the track rollers, wheels and Sprockets.
They are a great replacement for the rubber tracks supplied with the majority of the 1/72 scale kits on the market.
I recommend these parts are a great addition to any 1/72 Churchill tank model kit.
Thanks go to OKB Grigorov for providing this set to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them.
This book takes an in-depth look at the development, selection, and early flight tests of the Volksjager (people's fighter) concept or what became known as the He 162. In the waning years of WWII, the Luftwaffe was desperate for a point defense fighter that could be produced in great numbers with a minimum of strategic materials. Although Germany had a jet fighter in the form of the Me 262, it required a lot of materials to build the airframe and two engines. The philosophy of a small single engine fighter was to build enough to station them close to all the potential Allied targets. This requirement meant the Volksjager could be a small aircraft with limited range. With a minimum of training, it was hoped that He 162 would provide the defense Germany so desperately needed.
The book provides great detail drawings of the German WWII night fighter Heinkel He 219 Uhu, which was introduced in November 1942 to the Luftwaffe. The first interesting fact I found was that the He 219 was never officially ordered due to dislike of Heinkel by the Luftwaffe officials. So the 274 that saw service were all officially trail aircraft.
I found the drawings in this book to be fascinating and show many of the variants of this very interesting aircraft. Along with the many outline drawings in 1/72 scale. there are also some very nice profile drawings. There is also a pull out outline drawings in both 1/48 and 1/32 scale.
I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in the He 219 Uhu and consider it a “must” for modellers. I am now off to the work bench to start on my 1/32 kit using this book!
Thanks go to Casemate Publishing for providing this book to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it.