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T-24 Medium Tank

Finished Nose Art

A-26C Invader

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Breguet Br.693AB.2 - French Ground-Attack Plane

Cockpit assembly

Yakovlev YAK-1, 1941

Suggested paint scheme

Yak-1b

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Rutan Quickie

Painting Guide

Grumman F-14A Tomcat

Eng-flash & drill spark plug locations

Stearman PT-13/N2S-2/5 Kaydet

Cockpit with PE

Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/14 ‘HARTMANN’ w/Figure

Engine Nacelle Underneath

Lancaster Mk.1B - Part 2 of 3

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Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Ko/Hei Toryu (Nick) - Finishing the Build - Part 3
Review Author
James Binder
Published on
Company
Zoukei-Mura
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$140.00

Part 3 of the 1/32 Nick build is the wings, painting, and final assembly

Construction of the wings began at the very beginning when the full span spar was added but now we’ll flesh them out. The first steps are adding the landing gear well walls and then the fuel tanks and aileron linkage rods. Then attach the lower wing panels. Make sure you drill out the holes in the bottom of each wing before doing so.

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T-34 "Tyagach" Model 1944 Soviet Recovery Machine
Review Author
Tim Hortman
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$53.99

The WWII Soviet T-34 is one of the most recognizable tanks out there. There is nothing about the T-34 that I can tell you that you probably don’t already know.

ICM’s newest release is something that you don’t see too often, and to my knowledge is the first time this variant has appeared in kit form. The ICM #35371 1/35 T-34 “Tyagach” Model 1944 Soviet Recovery Machine. This kit represents the ‘tractor’ version of the T-34 – made by replacing the turret of a damaged tank with a welded plug/hatch. These vehicles were used for towing and recovery operations during the World War II.

The kit comes in a nice study inner box with a hinged lid. The colorful box top comes off from that and has the typical printed information. Inside, this kit has six trees plus the upper and lower hull molded in green, one clear tree, four vinyl track parts, and two vinyl tow cables.

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Through Adversity The British and the Commonwealth War in the Air 1939-45
Book Author(s)
Ben Kite
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$44.95

Through Adversity is a detailed account of the British and commonwealth air war during the Second World War. The book covers every aspect from the RAF foundations to the Far east. It is written in a very engrossing way by providing all the facts interweaved with personal accounts.

The chapters cover the following:

  • Antecedents
  • Air Superiority
  • Strike
  • The Air War at Sea

The book is full of extremely good and rare photos that were another highlight for me. I read this book over three nights as it pulled me in and was very informative. This book impressed me from the moment I flicked through the pages when I got it. I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in WWII and the Air War.

Thanks go to Casemate Publishing for providing this book to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it.

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F-35B Lighting II STOVL

Review Author
Will Kuhrt
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$49.99

Thank you to Phil and to Bill for all the work that you do!

History

The JSF Joint Strike Fighter Program was a developmental project to create a new 5th generation all-weather multirole combat aircraft to replace the existing American and NATO strike-fighter force. The F-35B employs stealth technology and is characterized by its trapezoidal wings and application of the most advanced hi-tech systems, materials and avionics. The F-35B STOVAL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) capability has been specifically designed to operate from modern aircraft carriers such as the British H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth or the Cavour, the flagship of the Italian Navy. The U.S. Marines plan to deploy the

F-35B in both attack and ground support roles. From Italeri.

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Bomber Squadron - Men Who Flew With XV Squadron
Book Author(s)
Martyn R. Ford-Jones
Review Author
Luke R. Bucci, PhD
Published on
Company
Fonthill Media
MSRP
$38.95

Thanks to Casemate Publishing & IPMSUSA for the review copy!

This book is a second edition, with three new chapters. Martyn R. Ford-Jones is the historian for No. XV Squadron Association, Royal Air Force (http://www.xvsqnassociation.co.uk ). His wife, Valerie, is the Treasurer and would have been a co-author but declined the honor. Years were spent interviewing the participants in this book, their families, and careful gleaning of historical records to weave a compilation of human stories set in WW2 of a squadron of British bombers.