Frank Landrus
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Cross & Cockade International Spring 2022 Volume 53/1Published:
Cross & Cockade International is a non-profit UK based group known as the First World War Aviation Historical Society that publishes their journal four times a year. They also provide a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier for IPMS USA. This Journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front. The Spring 2022 journal of Cross & Cockade International features a nice sharp black and white photograph of a Felixstowe F2A, N4297, flying boat in flight on August 20, 1918. The rear inside cover has two more black and white photographs of Felixstowe F2As to coordinate with the first article in this issue. The rear cover has three color profiles of Nieuport XH floatplanes by… more |
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Me 163: Rocket InterceptorPublished:
Stephen Ransom was born in Oxfordshire, England, and studied aeronautical engineering at the University of Salford. He was employed by various companies' advanced projects offices in the aircraft industry, and also worked for some time in the space industry. He has a deep interest in the history of British and German aviation. Hans-Hermann Cammann was born in Celle, Germany. He grew up watching his father fly model aircraft as a hobby and took a deep interest in the history of the Me 163 and the men who flew it. He's become a regular guest at annual reunions. He was a serving officer in the Bundeswehr. Crecy and Specialty Press have brought back a literal Classic, as in Classic Publications, in this revised edition of Me 163: Rocket Interceptor. Originally released in… more |
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The Russian Cruiser AskoldPublished:
Based in Central Europe, Kagero Publishing House is the biggest publisher and exporter of English-written publications about military history, releasing nearly 60 titles every year. Founded by Damian Majsak in 1995, Kagero expanded in 1998 to release new publications in English. Illustrator Waldemar Góralski is one of many Kagero contributors, and has authored over twenty five publications. The Russian Cruiser Askold is one of the latest in their Super Drawings in 3D series. This edition is in their standard 8.25” x 11.75” format softbound publication that is 76 pages (including covers). This volume starts off with six pages of historical text followed by 64 pages of color 3D illustrations. As is sometimes available in other volumes of this series, there is a centerfold that… more |
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Ilyushin Il-28Published:
Guideline Publications Guideline Publications is the UK's leading publisher of modelling and hobby-related magazines. With a world-class portfolio of titles and an international Social Media presence, Guideline Publications has a dedicated readership that is constantly expanding into new areas. Nikolay Yakubovich is an aviation engineer and aviation historian in Russia. He has written at least seventeen monographs focusing on Russian aircraft since 2001. These include a Russian hardcover monograph on the Tupolev Tu-16, published on January 1, 2001 all the way to 2019’s Guideline Warpaint 124 on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. Publishers include Wydawnictwo Militaria, Tseyhgauz, Eksmo Yauza, and of course, Guideline. Warpaint's latest is their standard A4 format softbound… more |
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The Rif War Volume 1Published:
Helion is a UK based company that produces books on many aspects of Military History from the Late Medieval period through to the present day. Helion was established in 1996, and since then they have published almost 1,200 books, with 100 or more new titles coming out every year, for readers around the world. Javier Garcia de Gabiola, from Spain is a lawyer, and has published numerous articles and books related to legal issues. Always interested in military history, he also regularly contributes to various Spanish military history magazines, for which he has written more than 50 articles and has published multiple pieces with the Universidad Autónoma de México. This represents Javier Garcia de Gabiola’s third title with Helion & Company with his previous two books being… more |
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The MAS.15 Italian Navy Torpedo-armed MotorboatPublished:
Based in Central Europe, Kagero Publishing House is the biggest publisher and exporter of English-written publications about military history, releasing nearly 60 titles every year. Founded by Damian Majsak in 1995, Kagero expanded in 1998 to release new publications in English. Illustrator Waldemar Góralski is one of many Kagero contributors, and has authored over twenty five publications. The MAS.15 Italian Navy Torpedo-armed Motorboat is one of the latest in Kagero’s Super Drawings in 3D series. This edition is in their standard 8.25” x 11.75” format softbound publication that is 52 pages (including covers). This volume starts off with nine pages of historical text followed by 34 pages of color 3D illustrations. The next six pages are full of black and white line drawings.… more |
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Cross & Cockade International Winter 2021 Volume 52/4Published:
Cross & Cockade International is a non-profit UK based group known as the First World War Aviation Historical Society that publishes their journal four times a year. They also provide a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier for IPMS USA. This Journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front. The Winter 2021 journal of Cross & Cockade International features a nice sharp black and white photograph of a RAF SE5a that was brought down by ground fire. Flying C5329 January 13, 1918, 84th Squadron’s Lt. H.E. Davies became a POW. The rear cover and rear inside cover feature period black and white photographs of 84th Squadron aircraft, including RAF SE5a B4876, Sopwith F.1… more |
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Dornier The Yugoslav Saga 1926 – 2007Published:
Based in Central Europe Kagero Publishing House is the biggest publisher and exporter of English-written publications about military history, release nearly 60 titles every year. Kagero was founded in 1995, and began by delivering military titles in Polish. Their success led Kagero to start releasing books in English in 1998. Authors from Poland, Canada, USA, Australia and Great Britain, who were invited to cooperation, gave a beginning to a new range of products, which have put them on a position of one of the most recognized publishers on the market. Kagero has released more than 550 publications. Kagero is managed by Damian Majsak and his wife Joanna. Djordje I. Nikolić was born coincidentally on Aviation Day in Belgrade, Serbia. He graduated from the University of Applied… more |
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North American Aviation O-47Published:
MMP was founded in 1996 by Roger Wallsgrove, to publish "Mushroom Model Magazine". This quarterly modelling magazine was developed from "Mushroom Monthly”, a club newsletter which ran from 1985 to 1995, achieving a world-wide reputation for quality articles, fearless and honest reviews, and a great sense of humor. From 1997 the magazine was produced in collaboration with Robert Peczkowski and Artur Juszczak (Stratus), which meant a big leap in print quality and design. MMP expanded into book publication in 1999, and since then they have built up a list of books on aircraft and aviation, naval, military vehicles, and military history. MMP Books are distributed in North America by Casemate Publications. Dan Hagedorn is Curator and Director of Collections at The Museum of Flight… more |
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Fokker F.I/Dr.I Volume 1Published:
Albatros Productions Ltd. offers the World's largest range of World War One aeroplane and airship books / journals aimed at dedicated scale modelers and aero-enthusiasts. Whether you're a big fan of WWI aircraft camouflage and markings, squadron histories, technical data, rare archive photos, unique scale drawings, the very best 'Great War' aeroplane and airship monographs,or just passionate about modelling WWI aeroplanes. Ray Rimell’s (Raymond Laurence Rimell) latest replaces the “Building the Wingnut Wings” series with a new series called “WWI Scale Model Anthology Series”. Obvious with the success of the prior series and the demise on Wingnut Wings, this makes sense. The front cover is Ray Rimell’s completed 1/32 Meng Fokker Dr.I in Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen… more |