An Airline Transport Pilot with a degree in art, Fred's first model was the AMT/MPC 1/25 Scale Tri-Axel Gravel Trailer and semi-tractor truck. Then Monogram's Lunar Lander right after the lunar landing. Third, Revell's 1/32 Bf-109G...he cried havoc and released the dogs of modeling! Fred's interests - if built before 1900 or after 1955, then he probably doesn't notice it.
P-38 LIGHTNING VS BF 109 is the 131st title in the OSPREY PUBLISHING series DUEL. It focuses on their clashes over North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1942–43.
First, this is about MONOGRAM, not Revell-Monogram. Next, how models get made is mysterious for many of us, and can lead to criticism of a models accuracy. Sometimes, that leads to eating sausage made of crow. How did Monogram's designers get their da...
JU 87D/G STUKA vs T-34 is a new title from OSPREY PUBLISHER in their series DUEL.
The Third Reich developed some sophisticated weapons including two guided bombs ("smart bombs") and a surface-to-air-missile (SAM). These examples are on display at Udvar-Hazy Center, the annex of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
BLACK SUNDAY - WHEN WEATHER CLAIMED THE US FIFTH AIR FORCE (SECOND EDITION) from AVONMORE BOOKS takes us back to the day that storms inflected more damage to a major air command than the worst the enemy ever achieved.
ALLIED TRANSPORTS: DOUGLAS C-47 SERIES, SOUTH & SOUTHWEST PACIFIC 1942-1945 is the 7th title of the PACIFIC PROFILES series from AVONMORE BOOKS. This series features research-driven analysis and original artwork based on photographic evidence.
Let us take a look at the KAGERO monograph NAKAJIMA KI-43 HAYABUSA, Volume II. This 80-page book features a good history of Ki-43 operations over many theaters during World War II, plenty of good photographs, and color artwork.
Museum docent explains the workings of the J31 centrifugal turbojet.
Bill Cross reviews the first of the new three-part series on France's war in Indochina, what many now call the First Vietnam War.
Have you ever heard the old axiom "you never want to know how the sausage gets made"? How models get made is mysterious for many of us, and can lead to criticism of a models accuracy. Sometimes, that leads to eating sausage made of crow. How did Monog...
MIG-21 “FISHBED” OPPOSING ROLLING THUNDER 1966–68 is a new title from OSPREY PUBLISHING. It is the 8th subject in the series DOGFIGHT.
F-8 CRUSADER, VIETNAM 1963-73 is the seventh title in OSPREY's new series DOGFIGHT. It examines the development, use, weapons, tactics and effectiveness of the US Navy's iconic jet dogfighter - "Last of the gunfighters" - of which the Crusader community...
ALLIED FIGHTERS: P-47D THUNDERBOLT SERIES, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC 1943-1945 is the 10th title of the PACIFIC PROFILES series from AVONMORE BOOKS. This series features erudite analysis original artwork based on photographic evidence.
Bill Cross brings word around the flight line that Red Pill Models is working on a new tool 1/32 F-4B Phantom in 1/32.
JAPANESE HEAVY FIGHTERS 1937-1945 from KAGERO explores those Japanese aircraft designs, Japanese aircraft machine guns and cannons, and features 330 archival photos, color profiles, and drawings.