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The RAF: 1918 - 2018

Published: February 4, 2018
Book Author(s): Julian Hale
Company: Shire Books (Bloomsbury Publishing)

This small volume is a primer in every sense of the word. Nevertheless, author Julian Hale has managed to admirably condense the 100 year history of the Royal Air Force down to sixty-four short pages. The value of this volume lies in introducing the reader, who may be familiar enough with the RAF’s participation in the Second World War or the RFC’s struggles through WWI, with some of the… more

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British Destroyers 1939-1945 Wartime-built Classes

Published: November 26, 2017
Book Author(s): Angus Konstam
Company: Osprey Publishing

This is Angus Konstam’s follow-up volume to his earlier work on Pre-war Royal Navy destroyers. As he explains, the real division between “pre-war” and “war-built” destroyers came in 1938, when the new “Tribal” class destroyers came into service. Between the First and Second World War, the Royal Navy operated many destroyers, but by the mid-1930s it was obvious that the Admiralty’s older… more

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Nakajima B5N "Kate" and B6N "Jill" Units

Published: June 25, 2017
Company: Osprey Publishing

The Imperial Japanese Navy entered the Pacific War with the most advanced ship-based attack bomber in the world, flown by the most experienced aircrews of any service. First flown in 1937, and introduced into squadron service during the Sino-Japanese conflict in 1938, the Nakajima B5N was faster, flew farther and carried a heavier payload than either of its British or American contemporaries (… more

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British Destroyers 1939-1945 Pre-War Classes

Published: June 7, 2017
Book Author(s): Angus Konstam, Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Company: Osprey Publishing

The British Royal Navy entered the Second World War with 160 destroyers, ranging from some holdovers from the Great War to recently commissioned vessels of vastly improved capability. In this volume, naval historian Angus Konstam describes the attributes of over a dozen classes of destroyers.

The opening chapter gives a general developmental history of the early destroyers of the Royal… more

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Japanese Carrier Junyo

Published: April 25, 2017
Company: Hasegawa

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Originally laid down as the luxury liner Kashiwara Maru in 1939, Junyo (along with her sister Hiyo) was part of an IJN subsidized building program of commercial and auxiliary vessels that could be quickly converted into aircraft carriers if the need arose. She was taken in hand by the Navy and commissioned in 1942 in time to participate in the Aleutians invasion in June,… more

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USN Bofors 40mm Twin and Quad Sets

Published: March 26, 2017
Company: Master Model

Master Model has been producing finely detailed turned brass and steel gun barrels for several years. Now, working with Northstar, they have produced complete 40mm gun mount sets that include brass barrels, photo etch and finely detailed resin parts. Each package includes all parts necessary for six complete gun mounts. Each also includes a resin Mk. 51 gun director with photo etch details for… more

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M50 Ontos and M56 Scorpion 1956-1970

Published: December 13, 2016
Book Author(s): Kenneth W. Estes
Company: Osprey Publishing

The Cold War produced a number of unusual weapons systems, and few were more unusual than the M50 Ontos (a Greek word meaning “entity” or “thing”). In the aftermath of the Korean War, The M50 Ontos and its cousin, the M56 Scorpion, were developed to fulfill the role of Tank Destroyers, a service corps left to languish following the end of World War 2. Both the Army and the Marine Corps had… more

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Zvezda Pe-2: Air Intakes, Exhausts and Bomb Fuzes

Published: December 5, 2016
Company: Quickboost

Zvezda’s outstanding new Pe-2 kit leaves little room for improvement, but as is often the case, Aires has still found a way to add just a bit more detail here and there with a few new parts from Quickboost.

  • QB48709 (Intakes) $7.00
  • QB48708 (Exhausts) $7.00
  • QB48712 (Fuzes) $5.50

The kit’s four air intakes are molded in halves, requiring seam clean up… more

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U.S Army Helicopter Pilot - Vietnam War 1960-1975

Published: November 29, 2016
Company: Aerobonus

Aerobonus continues its line of 1/48 Vietnam flight crew figures with this generic Army helicopter pilot in flight suit and gloves. He holds what must be cigarettes in his right hand (something no good 1960s era pilot would be without out on the flight line, right?), considering that one is minutely sticking up out of the pack. The arms are cast separately, as are the two different heads, one… more

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US Navy Light Cruisers 1941 - 1945

Published: August 31, 2016
Book Author(s): Mark Stille
Company: Osprey Publishing

The latest New Vanguard naval edition from Osprey covers one of the least well-known class of modern US Navy vessels, the light cruiser. The operational lifetime of the Navy’s light cruisers spanned 50 years, from the commissioning of the USS Omaha in 1923 to the scrapping of the USS Roanoke in 1973. Their heyday occurred between 1941 and 1945. By 1947, most of those that had survived the… more