Book Author(s)
Andy Evans
Review Author
Damon Blair
Published on
October 10, 2023
Company
Phoenix Scale Publications
MSRP
$15.00

The A3 Skywarrior was originally designed to be a bomber capable of carrying 10,000 pounds of bombs or a nuclear bomb. It holds the distinction of being the largest aircraft to routinely operate on and off of aircraft carriers.

This book has a brief developmental history of the major A-3 variants, starting with the prototype aircraft. It includes 73 photographs, of which all but a comparatively few are of the aircraft and variants. A small section has some interesting detail shots of the aircraft that modelers will find useful.

One very unique feature is the “Modelers Walk Around”. This nifty little two-page article within the book covers some of the lumps and bumps of several versions. Also included is a review of a build-up of the Trumpeter 1/48 scale ERA-3B kit.

Overall, I found this book to be an informative guide to the A-3, especially from a modeler’s perspective. Many thanks to Phoenix Scale Publications for my review sample.

Review Author
Michael Novosad
Published on
October 10, 2023
Company
Phoenix Scale Publications
MSRP
$7.33

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Pages 6-7 The Newsstand. Here this publications previews new model kits and accessories. The paragraphs are short and are accompanied with color images of the subject matter.

Pages 8-10 Czech News. New releases from Airmastr and Planet Models/Special Hobby are featured with the primary focus on the latter's 1/72 and /48 scale kits of the HESA Shahid 136/Geran suicide drones. Color images included. AZ Model, Valom, Eduard and Kovozavody Prostejov (KP) offerings are also featured.

Pages 12-13 In The Box. The Infinity Models 1/32 Aichi D3A1 Val is featured with a two page spread including some images of the kit contents plus information on Infinity aftermarket accessories for the kit.

Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
October 8, 2023
Company
ICM
Scale
1:144
MSRP
$44.99

ICM is known for their production of detailed kits of various genres of military and civilian subjects. Even with the current events taking place in their home country Ukraine, the company continues to provide new offerings for modelers of nearly any interest. One of their latest releases is this 1/144 scale Kriegsfischkutter. I appreciated the detail available as well as the relatively compact size of the completed model. Modelers with some experience handling very small parts should enjoy this representation of a unique subject.

Book Author(s)
Robert Pied and Nicolas Deboeck
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
October 8, 2023
Company
HMH Publications
MSRP
$36.00

The Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback is the latest publication from Duke Hawkins Books and is the twenty-ninth volume of a series of books that they have recently published highlighting modern aircraft. This series got its start with The Sepecat Jaguar in July 2017 and has been quite successful. There is also a special limited edition on the Belgian Air Force F-16 and on the Juan Carlos I Aircraft Carrier. This series of publications fall under the name of Duke Hawkins, but it is not clear exactly who Duke Hawkins is. If you check out other retail sites on this series, you can find Robert Pied and Nicolas Deboeck listed as authors, but there is not much additional information on them. One of the bylines goes like this:

Book Author(s)
Tom Cockle
Review Author
Peter Bucher
Published on
October 8, 2023
Company
Peko Publishing
MSRP
$30.60

The Book “Sturmgestutz- ABT-226 On the Battlefield World War Two Photobook Series” is a book published by Peko Publishing. The book is written by Ton Cockle and is in both Hungarian and English. The Book is 132 pages and takes you on a photographic journey in World War II with the German Army Sturmgeshutz unit ABT-226. The book is Hard Cover and is in Horizontal format. Much like the Squadron in Action books. The Book has a photograph and caption describing the photograph on almost every page.