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T-55 Mod. 1963 Interior Kit, Part 2

Published: January 24, 2022
Company: MiniArt

Introduction

This is part 2 of the review of MiniArt’s T-55 Mod. 1963 Interior Kit, including assembly of the turret, tracks, fenders, and the remainder of the kit. Part 1… more

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Panzer DNA

Published: February 3, 2020
Book Author(s): Daniele Guglielmi, Mario Pieri
Company: AMMO by Mig Jimenez

This book, published by AMMO by Mig Jimenez SL, is a guide to the subject of colors and markings of German military vehicles and units. The books stated attempt is to bring order to the complex and partly unknown topics, and to provide clarity to all of the information available on the Internet. The book is divided into chapters that deal with the main themes separately

Chapter 1: The… more

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T-55 Mod. 1963 Interior Kit, Part 1

Published: February 3, 2020
Company: MiniArt

Introduction

This is part 1 of the review of MiniArt’s T-55 Mod. 1963 Interior Kit. Part 2 will complete the assembly of the turret, tracks, fenders, and the remainder of the kit.

This kit is the first of MiniArt’s T-55 variants and follows their earlier series of T-44/54 Russian tank kits. Following their previous versions, this kit is first released with full interior… more

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The 101st Airborne in Normandy, June 1944

Published: March 31, 2018
Book Author(s): Yves Buffetaut
Company: Casemate Publishers

Summary

This book is a photo essay of the 101st Airborne in Normandy from D-Day through early July 1944. The first of Casemate’s Illustrated series, the book has many black-and-white and color photographs, colored vehicle profiles, color photos of key participants, and colored maps. Written descriptions of the 101st units and movements accompany the many photos. The text is fairly… more

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Jeannin Stahltaube Landing Gear & Wire Supts. (WNW)

Published: March 10, 2018
Company: Scale Aircraft Conversions

Scale Aircraft Conversions produces white metal replacement parts for kit details such as landing gear. This set provides metal landing gear, plow brake, upper & lower cable support struts, and outside wing cable supports for the WingNut Wings 1/32 Jeannin Stahltube plastic kit. These detail parts come in a 2 1/2”x 3 1/2”x 1” blister pack containing eight sprues with 12 parts. Parts… more

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Osprey Early US Armor - Armored Cars 1915-40

Published: February 9, 2018
Book Author(s): Steven J. Zaloga, Illustrator Felipe Rodríguez Náñe,
Company: Osprey Publishing

This informative and well-illustrated book covers early US armor from steam-powered units in the late 1800s, early armored cars used in pursuit of Pancho Villa, and armored cars in action during the Great War. Armored cars were abandoned prior to World War II in favor of more lightly armored scout cars and half-track cars that would see extensive use in World War II.

Prolific author… more

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Sd.Kfz. 2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad Typ HK 101

Published: February 3, 2020
Company: Italeri

Background on the vehicle is provided in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, and Russian. Colors are called out in Italeri acrylic paint numbers and some in RAL numbers. Detail color references are included in the various assembly steps. Diagrams of each of the sprues are included, which is important as the parts are not numbered on the sprues themselves. The sprue letter is only called… more

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Operation Dynamo Colouring Book

Published: February 3, 2020
Book Author(s): Dariusz Grzywacz
Company: Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books

This is the second adult coloring book published by MMP following their Classic Fighters book. The Operation Dynamo adult coloring book focuses on the airplanes and military vehicles used at the time of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.

The book is 8 1/4“ x 11 1/2“ and includes 32 pages with 15 vehicles on two-page spreads. Each vehicle or aircraft includes a black-… more

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Real Colors of WWII book

Published: November 28, 2017
Company: AK Interactive

AK’s Real Colors of WWII is a beautiful publication packed with historical information and photos documenting actual colors and camouflage patterns used on WWII military vehicles.

AK describes the book as a detailed study of documents and original vehicle material from each respective army, plus the synthesis of other publications which are recognized as benchmarks in vehicle color.… more

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Real Colors Acrylic Lacquer Paints

Published: February 10, 2020
Company: AK Interactive

Real Colors are AK-Interactive’s excellent new line of acrylic lacquer paints. These paints are new technically in the paint formula and new artistically with the statement on paint colors. These paint colors have been determined through scientific analysis of actual WWII paint samples to produce colors as accurate as possible. In addition to the paints, AK has published a book, Real Colors of… more