Closeup view

MQ-8B Fire Scout

Finished

B-26 C-50 Korean War "Glass Nose"

I didn’t actually add this “aftermarket” extra from my spare, but while applying decals I did think about it. My apologies to 2001 buffs and Stanley Kubrick.

U.S. Navy UCAS X-47B

Turtle deck

B-17E, F, and Early G: Part II - The Finished Model

VAQ-141 Squadron insignia

EA-18G Growler "USS Ronald Reagan CVW-5 CAG" Limited edition

PE Set

Bf109E-1

Cockpit to fuselage, spar, and wing center section 2

Il-2 Sturmovik Single Seat Ski Version

Back of Archer

British Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Gun Archer

I-365 Landing Craft Closeup

Submarine I-365

Cockpit 1

Tornado GR. 4

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Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45
Book Author(s)
Mark Stille; Illustrator: Paul Wright
Review Author
Frank Landrus
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Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$18.00

Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He has worked in the intelligence community for 35 years including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He is currently a senior intelligence analyst working in the Washington DC area. He is the author of at least two dozen Osprey titles in the New Vanguard, Duel, and Campaign series, primarily focusing on naval history in the Pacific.

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Shadow Over the Atlantic: Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5 'Atlantik'
Book Author(s)
Robert Forsyth
Review Author
Paul Mahoney
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$30.00

When I first inquired about reviewing “Shadow Over the Atlantic”, I assumed it would be of a similar format many of Osprey’s “Combat Aircraft” or “Aircraft of the Aces” softcover series of books. It turned out this is a hardback book, and is a much more in-depth volume than those from the standard Osprey series. I am a huge fan of those softcover books, but they always leave me wanting more!

“Shadow Over the Atlantic” is a detailed history of Fernaufklärungsgruppe (FAGr) 5, which operated Ju290 aircraft on long-range reconnaissance missions over the Atlantic

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - The Famous Flying Tigers Fighter
Book Author(s)
David Doyle
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Schiffer Publishing
MSRP
$19.99

David Doyle’s latest book is one of the initial entries into a new series called ‘Legends of Warfare’ with entries in Ground, Naval, and Aviation. The first Ground book is focused on the Panzerkampfwagen IV, the first Naval book is on the USS Yorktown (CV-5), and the first two Aviation books are on the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (#4) and Douglas TBD Devastator (#3). The first and second in the series (Wayne Mutza’s Bell 47/H-13 Sioux Helicopter is #1 and David Doyle’s Grumman F4F Wildcat at #2) are scheduled to release later this year.

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M40 Gun Motor Carriage and M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage in WWII and Korea
Book Author(s)
David Doyle
Review Author
Eric Christianson
Published on
Company
Schiffer Publishing
MSRP
$19.99

DavidDoyleBooks.com (Schiffer Publishing) out of Memphis TN, has just announced a new offering in the widely held ‘Legends of Ground Warfare’ series, called ‘M40 Gun Motor Carriage and M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage in WWII and Korea’, by popular author David Doyle. Anyone familiar with Mr. Doyle’s previous work will recognize this authoritative combination, and this latest release won’t disappoint.

M40 Gun Motor Carriage comes as a hardcover, 9.5inch square book, following the format of Mr. Doyle’s previous ‘Legends’ volumes, containing high-resolution images printed on heavy, high quality stock paper. Like most of his other works, Mr. Doyle’s M40 is comparatively priced, and a great value.

The book opens with a table of contents and a brief, two-page introduction to the various vehicles covered in the book, as well as a comparison chart of the two main types; the M40 155mm Self- Propelled Gun (SPG), and the M43 8-in. Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH).