Mushroom Model Publication has released the second volume of the Hungarian Fighter Color series. You can find a review of volume 1 at http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/hungarian-fighter-colours-1930-1945-vol…

The second volume continues the saga of authors Denes Bernad and Gyorgy Punka for what might become the definite reference books on the Hungarian Fighter Force during World War II.

This volume covers the Re.2000, Bf-109G, Fw-190F in extensive detail (each one of their chapters is over 40 pages long). Plus it has other shorter, but still well detailed chapters on the Me-110, Me-210, He-112, captured examples of PZL.11c, Avia B.534 IV and an indigenous design, the WM-23, which did not see combat but had exceptional performance for their time.

Most of the pictures (over 200 of them) are in Black and White and there are handfuls of color ones. There are over two dozens of full color profiles and for each one of them there is an accompanying picture showing the actual aircraft that the profiles is based upon.

This book is more than just a research on colors and markings. There is plenty of historical research on the operations of each type within the Hungarian Air Force. Reading this book will teach you more than just camouflage patterns, be sure of that!

The last section of this book contains tables that describe the Hungarian Air Force structure and all the victories and claims by Hungarian pilots during WWII.

Be aware that the book is not “self-contained”. There are several references to chapters in Volume 1 along the way. But the cross references does not detriment the value of the overall Volume 2 on its own.

Full book trailer available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbzAS5-mZpM

This book is simply excellent. Highly recommended to modelers for both the reference book value (color profiles and pictures) as well for the historical research value of it.

I would like to thank Mushroom Model Publications and IPMS/USA for the review sample.