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.
THE super-detailer's book by THE authority on the Vought F4U-1 Corsair. Dana Bell has written the ultimate guide to the cockpit to satisfy information junkies and anyone looking to improve any Corsair model.
NAVAL BATTLE OF CRETE 1941, THE ROYAL NAVY AT BREAKING POINT is a new book from OSPREY PUBLISHING LTD. This recounts surface actions and air attacks...
OSPREY PUBLISHING has released H6K “MAVIS”/H8K “EMILY” VS PB4Y-1/-2 LIBERATOR/PRIVATEER PACIFIC THEATER 1943-45 as their 126th title of their series DUEL. It tells the story of large four-engine patrol planes in combat against each other other the Pacifi...
CASEMATE announces an air combat story of the US's top two-seater ace crews: A Pair of Aces and a Trey: 1st Lieutenants William P. Erwin, Arthur E. Easterbrook, and Byrne V. Baucom: America's Top Scoring World War I Observation Pilot and Observers.
AVONMORE BOOKS brings us PACIFIC PROFILES VOLUME NINE ALLIED FIGHTERS: P-38 SERIES, which covers Lockheed P-38 camouflage, markings, tail codes and units operating in New Guinea and the Solomons from 1942-44. It features original color illustrations, pres...
THE DARKEST HOUR from HELION & COMPANY is a two-volume systematic account of the Japanese carrier campaign to secure Japan’s western flank of their Pacific war by destroying the offensive capabilities of the Royal Navy Far Eastern Fleet. This second vol...
Lockheed F-104 G/J/S/AMA Starfighter is the 25th in the Duke Hawkins series of books published by HMH Publications. This new release is reviewed by Samuel Weaver, a.k.a. Spitfire.
ARCTIC CONVOYS 1942 from OSPREY PUBLISHING presents an account of the Luftwaffe's victory over convoys to Russia.
F-111 FORT WORTH SWINGER from AIRFORCES MONTHLY boasts 'A highly illustrated history of the F-111 and EF-111A', and it is. Kylie Newton provides this quick read of this iconic aircraft that is well supported with images of the aircraft in various stages...
McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat" is a new title in Osprey Publishing's series X-Planes. Using recently uncovered documentation and photographs, the story of this futuristic high-altitude, high-speed, long-range fighter is told.
THE MIGHTY EIGHTH, MASTERS OF THE AIR OVER EUROPE 1942–45 is a recent offering from OSPREY PUBLISHING LTD. It examines the aircraft, pilots, crews and operations of the US Eighth Air Force.
Bf 109D/E BLITZKRIEG 1939-40 is the third title in OSPREY's new series DOGFIGHT. It examines the development, use, tactics and effectiveness of Messerschmitt's iconic fighter - and key pilots - from the Kondor Legion of the Spanish Civil War, through the...
From AVONMORE BOOKS, this volume by a renowned authority in Japanese aerial warfare of the Pacific war covers Japan's floatplanes camouflage, markings, tail codes and units operating in New Guinea and the Solomons from 1942-44. It features original colo...
Modelers of the Mediterranean air war will be interested in MACCHI C.202/C.205V UNITS IN COMBAT, recently released by OSPREY PUBLISHING.
THE MIGHTY EIGHTH by Donald Nijboer is a forthcoming release from Osprey Publishing.