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Published: March 3, 2024 Book Author(s): Tom Cooper Company: Helion & Company
The David vs. Goliath nature of the inception and survival of Israel in the Middle East provides an element of fascination to those interested in military history, especially the air war component. Israel came into existence at a time when technology was taking giant leaps forward, but due to mixed support of the birth of the small nation, restrictions and embargoes played heavily into the… more |
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Published: February 17, 2024 Company: ICM
The modeling community waited for many years for an update to the Revell or MPM offerings of the Ki-21 Sally, and ICM has delivered in spades, creating several variants and boxings of the Japanese heavy bomber. Whereas I paid around $250 for a Revell boxing, and a bit less for the MPM boxing, the Sally is now available from ICM at affordable prices and with quality moldings. … more |
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Published: February 17, 2024 Book Author(s): Matthew M. Hurley & Jose Augusto Matos Company: Helion & Company
When it comes to the military history of Africa, it is a checkerboard of a multitude of generally smaller conflicts precipitated by a host of issues, from civil war to ethnic tensions to the demise of colonialism. Having an interest in military history, especially air warfare, I am intrigued by what lies hidden from my knowledge of the people, equipment, motivations, strategies, and the… more |
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Published: November 28, 2023 Book Author(s): Sanjay Badri-Maharaj Company: Helion & Company
The Indian Air Force celebrates 90 years of existence in October 2022. As the fourth
largest air force in the world, and one of the few with nuclear capability, the subject is
interesting and important both historically and in the context of its future role on the
global stage. Its position in Asia, sharing a border with China, only serves to heighten the
significance of this air service… more |
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Published: October 25, 2023 Company: Arma Hobby
This is my second Arma Hobby kit to build, and I continue to be impressed. The detail – from the cockpit to the panel lines and access hatches – is tremendous. In fact, for 1/72 scale, it is almost a case of over-engineering! It took me about as long to build the cockpit and close the fuselage as it did to finish, paint and weather the aircraft!
The box and instructions include colored… more |
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Published: June 23, 2023 Company: Tru-Color Paint
Tru-Color paints are a solvent-based acrylic paint, so are a bit hot and need to be used in a well-ventilated area or spray booth. Unlike other paints I use (AK Real Colors, Tamiya, MRP), it is recommended that these be sprayed at between 28-35 psi, and I’ve seen others recommend 30-40 psi. Tru-Colors makes paints said to be airbrushable, and another range said to be brushable. This A-10 set… more |
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Published: May 31, 2023 Company: Arma Hobby
The Fleet Air Arm drew from the backbone of the Royal Air Force to flesh out their ship-born fighter contingent, adding an arrestor hook and catapult spools to the venerable Hawker Hurricane to convert it into a naval fighter.
Arma Hobby are building a reputation for some great kits, especially in the underserved 1/72 scale. They have a growing line of Hurricanes among their recent… more |
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Published: January 23, 2023 Book Author(s): Poitre Butowski Company: Key Publishing Ltd
The movie-going public got its first look at Russia’s newest multi-role combat aircraft with the release of Top Gun: Maverick, as the CGI generated adversaries of Mav and Rooster at climax of the movie. The Su-57 is claimed to have entered service with Russian in December of 2020, though reading between the lines of this book there seems to be a lot of teething problems yet to solve before it… more |
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Published: December 9, 2022 Company: ICM
The Tupolev Tu-2, along with the Petlyakov Pe-2, are arguably two of the most eye-pleasing twin-engine attack aircraft of World War II. In 1/72 scale, the Airfix Pe-2 has been available to modelers since the 60’s. An injection-molded Tu-2 kit in this scale was finally boxed by ICM in the late 90’s.
The “T” is the torpedo-toting version of the venerable attacker, and the sprues… more |
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Published: October 22, 2022 Book Author(s): Juan Alonso Company: AMMO by Mig Jimenez
Although I’ve used several products from this prolific manufacturer, I’ve not had the opportunity to read one of their publications. The apparent premise and structure of the book (and all books in the Solution series I imagine) is to take a specific subject and then using paint and weathering products from AMMO of Mig, obtain a somewhat advanced result, at least to the paint and weathering of… more |