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Windsock World War Centenary Autumn 2015, Vol.31, No.3
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Review Author(s)
Frank Landrus
Book Author(s)
Ray Rimell, Editor
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$15.00
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WindSock Volume 31, Number 3
Company: Albatros Productions, Ltd. - Website: Visit Site
Provided by: Windsock Datafiles - Website: Visit Site
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The Autumn 2015 edition of Windsock World War Centenary is the third edition of Volume 31. This edition’s cover story features an enlarged version of Ronny Barr’s Pfalz D.III 4059/17 side profile as Lance Krieg dives into the Silbergrau color debate. David Hardie provides his build notes for the Wingnut Wings Roland C.II ‘Walfisch’ along with 19 photos illustrating how he did it.

The first of a series by the late Harry Woodman focuses on an unpublished update to his rare Scale Model Aircraft in Plastic Card that portends to be a must have. This feature provides updates to the original and is supplemented with plenty of archival material and color photos. The color feature by arvoart.com is the 15th part of the Great War Paint and depicts fifteen aircraft, highlighted by the Swedish Thulin D. Of course all the usual suspects also are here with reviews of on-topic books, journals, calendars, kits, accessories, and last, but not least, figures

Chapters include:

  • From the Dug-Out (Ray Rimell)
  • Frontline News
  • Our Reader’s Gallery
  • Show Report: IPMS USA National Convention 22-25 July 2015 (Ed Boll)
  • Logbook Entries (Book / Journal Reviews)
  • Tipping the Scales – Just Who Was James Hay Stevens?
  • Coloured Thinking: Silbergrau? (Lance Krieg)
  • Pfalz Profiles (Ronny Bar)
  • David Hardie Offers His Build Notes for the WNW Roland C.II
  • Practical Modelling… Part 1 (Harry Woodman)
  • Archive – Snapshots In Time…
  • Great War Paint No. 15: Morane Saulnier Type L & Variants, France, 1915-’19 (arvo@arvoart.com)
  • On the Transfer List (Decal Reviews)
  • …In Your New Kitbag (Kit Reviews)

This publication is highly recommended to WWI aircraft model builders and those with an interest in WWI aviation history. The publication contains excellent color images of real aircraft and advertisements that provide one with the compass to find aftermarket goodies.

My thanks to Albatros Productions Ltd. and IPMS/USA for the chance to review this great book.

Highly recommended!

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Reviewer Bio

Frank Landrus

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Frank retired from the Ophthalmic industry with over thirty-six years of Research and Development experience. Frank's first model kit was a 1959 Hawk 1/72 US Marines Vought AU-1 Corsair and has been building models for over sixty years. Frank's first encounter with IPMS was attending a North Central Texas ScaleFest show in 1984. Frank soon became more involved in Make-N-Take activities and became the IPMS Western Coordinator for Make-N-Takes [West of the Mississippi River]. Make-N-Takes quickly became a local model contest and airshow staple reaching a high of reaching over 1,300 children before the COVID shutdown. Frank has volunteered to assist in contest judging since 1985 and is currently the Nationals Head Figure Judge until he is dead or they find someone better.