Three Fuel Tanks
F-4B Phantom, Part 2
In the dark 1
Seaview 8-window Movie Version
Finished Model - Engine and Prop
Sopwith Camel F.1 “First World War Centenary”
Painting suggestions, soft cap
USAAF Fighter Pilot WWII - 8th Army (European Battlefields)
Perfect Wheel Allignment
Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf. E/F
Finished hull
British Holland Class Submarine
Image 12
Stug III 75mm Assault Gun
10
Jagdpanzer Marder I (Sd.Kfz.135)
Completed kit - underbelly, above.
TS-11 Iskra Bis DF Expert Set
Left front
JGSDF Type 10 Tank
RIght-rear view
Bf-109G-6 Erla
Top view
USS Lexington 'Blue Ghost'
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C-160 Transall
Book Author(s)
Jens Schymura, Marcus Fülber
Review Author
Jarrod Booth
Published on
May 30, 2022
Company
HMH Publications
MSRP
$32.00

The C-160 Transall is a twin engine transport aircraft conceived and built by a French and German alliance. It is about the same size as the Lockheed C-130 but uses two high powered Roll Royce engines as opposed to the C-130s four smaller engines. The Transall is slowly being fazed out and replaced by the larger Airbus A-400 Atlas.

This soft cover book is made using high quality paper and is superbly put together. It shows the aircraft in its various air force colors, variants and an extensive pictorial excursion around it. There are hundreds of beautifully detailed photographs of every part of the Transall, from close ups to action shots of the aircraft on the ground and flying.

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Guide To German Night Fighters in World War II - The Night Defenders of The Reich
Book Author(s)
Eduardo Manuel Gil Martinez
Review Author
Brian R. Baker
Published on
May 30, 2022
Company
Kagero Publishing
MSRP
$46.95

Historical Background

This book presents a detailed description of the efforts of the German Luftwaffe to defend against the night bombing offensive of the British Royal Air Force during the course of World War II. Of course, the Americans were also involved, but their primary attacks were carried out in daylight, so the main German efforts were against the RAF bombers and Mosquito night fighters. The author gives a good account of the course of the war, and the technological development on both sides as the war dragged on. The Luftwaffe’s main problem was their shortage of fuel supplies, and resulting restricted training programs. There were a number of approaches to the problems of locating enemy aircraft flying into German territory, and shooting them down without being shot down in return was a major issue.

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The Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide #15 Building A 1/25th Scale Love’s Fuel Tanker Trailer
Book Author(s)
Richard Marmo
Review Author
Phil Peterson
Published on
May 29, 2022
Company
Scale Publications
MSRP
$3.99

Richard Marmo’s 15th e-book is a build of the AMT Tanker Trailer kit but it goes a slightly different route and actually ends up with a What If even though he doesn’t say it.

Is inspiration for this build is the Love’s Truck Stop bright yellow fuel trucks but what makes it a what if is that Love’s uses Beall tankers but the AMT kit is a Fruehauf design.  This bit of knowledge just tickled me so what is in this e-book?

This is a build he did back in 2013 and where things have changed as far as availability, he offers more modern options.  I really like that in a build.

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Modern Luftwaffe Vol.1 Acrylic Colours Set
Review Author
Paul Bradley
Published on
May 28, 2022
Company
AMMO by Mig Jimenez
MSRP
$15.00

This is another paint set by the prolific Ammo by MiG concern out of Spain. I’m sure many of you already use these acrylic paints and so are familiar with their ease of use with both brush and airbrush. The featured colours come in the familiar yellow-capped 17ml dropper bottles and include those colours needed for a range of modern Luftwaffe aircraft in the NORM 72 and 83 schemes, such as the Tornado, F-4F, F-104, Alpha Jet and UH-1H. The bottles are contained in a tray inside a sturdy card box that features a summary of the paints included and a nice colour profile of a Tornado.

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Luftwaffe Paints, Volume 2
Review Author
Phil Pignataro
Published on
May 28, 2022
Company
AMMO by Mig Jimenez
MSRP
$13.99

Looking through the reviews on the IPMS USA website, I saw several about “AMMO by Mig Jimenez” Acrylic Paints and all agreed with my own assessment of this product. Rather than rehashing those reviews, suffice it to say, these are high quality paints, come in a wide assortment of colors, provide excellent coverage, are relatively easy to use either with an airbrush or brush, and are easy to clean up afterwards.

To complement their “Modern Luftwaffe Vol.1” AIR SET which provides colors for the Luftwaffe’s green and black camouflaged aircraft, AMMO released another set for the gray camouflaged aircraft. This AIR SET, “Modern Luftwaffe Vol.2” provides the gray shades of paint used on the Mig-29, F-4F, and Typhoon II.

From viewing internet photos (very unscientific, I know), I think these colors can also be used on the Luftwaffe’s Airbus A310, Airbus A400, and Tornado IDS.

The colors in this set are: