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| britmodeller bargains: Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne Tony Landis, Dennis R. Jenkins, 2000 Covering one of the most radical and highly developed helicopters ever, this work details the evolution and eventual failures of the aircraft. |
| britmodeller bargains: Luftwaffe Colours, 1935-1945 Michael Ullmann, 2008 Much has been written about the Luftwaffe, but no aspect has been more controversial than the question of camouflage and markings of the aircraft. Here, author Michael Ullmann follows the development and use of many colors and establishes the links betwen the then-standard RAL colors and those adopted by the German Air Ministry. He reveals how and why these finishes were developed and applied to both military and Lufthansa aircraft. Supplemented by more than 300 photographs, drawings, detailed color aircraft profiles, and a highly accurate chart of real paint chips, Luftwaffe Colours 1935-1945 presents a remarkable insight into the art of World War II German camouflage markings. |
| britmodeller bargains: Malta Spitfire George Beurling, Leslie Roberts, 2011-07-14 An aviator’s true story of WWII air combat, including two dramatic weeks in the skies above the besieged island of Malta. Twenty-five thousand feet above Malta—that is where the Spitfires intercepted the Messerschmitts, Macchis, and Reggianes as they swept eastward in their droves, screening the big Junkers with their bomb loads as they pummeled the island beneath: the most bombed patch of ground in the world. One of those Spitfire pilots was George Beurling, nicknamed “Screwball,” who in fourteen flying days destroyed twenty-seven German and Italian aircraft and damaged many more. Hailing from Canada, Beurling finally made it to Malta in the summer of 1942 after hard training and combat across the Channel. Malta Spitfire tells his story and that of the gallant Spitfire squadron, 249, which day after day ascended to the “top of the hill” to meet the enemy against overwhelming odds. With this memoir, readers experience the sensation of being in the cockpit with him, climbing to meet the planes driving in from Sicily, diving down through the fighter screen at the bombers, dodging the bullets coming out of the sun, or whipping up under the belly of an Me for a deflection shot at the engine. This is war without sentiment or romance, told in terms of human courage, skill, and heroism—a classic of WWII military aviation. |
| britmodeller bargains: B-25J "Mitchell" in Combat Over Europe (MTO) Marek Katarzyński, 2013 This unique photo album contains numerous B-25J ,,Mitchell photographs showing this particular B-25 version participating in air campaign in the skies over southern Europe (MTO). You will find 140 photos including 36 in color published on 80 pages. All images are captioned with author's descriptions both in English and Polish. Many of the photographs presented here have never been published before. Another interesting feature of this album worth attention highlights participation of Polish fliers among bombing crews. Moreover this publication includes not only 4 outstanding B-25J color profiles painted by Janusz Światłoń but also extremely rare decal sheet with individual markings for the following planes: B-25J-2 MMR - (Margaret Mary Rustin) - s/n 43-27751 - nr 50, B-25J-2 ,,Paper Doll s/n 43-27473 - nr 73, B-25J-2 ,,My Naked Ass! s/n 43-27704 - 7A. |
| britmodeller bargains: Allied Coastal Forces of World War II, Volume I: Fairmile Designs and U.S. Submarine Chasers John Lambert, Al Ross, 2018-11 The major contribution made by coastal forces to the Allied war effort has had surprisingly little coverage in the literature of World War II. Motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches, and submarine chasers served with distinction throughout the war, and in every theater. They performed invaluable service as patrol boats, convoy escorts, minelayers and minesweepers, harbor defense vessels, light landing craft, RAF rescue boats, and transports for agents and clandestine missions. |
| britmodeller bargains: British Battleships 1919-1945 R.A. Burt, 2012-02-28 The classic reference on the Royal Navy’s battleships and battlecruisers, now expanded with dozens of additional photos. Offering an unprecedented range of descriptive and illustrative detail, this naval history reference describes the evolution of the British battleship classes through all their modifications and refits. As well as dealing with design features, armor, machinery and power plants and weaponry, the author examines the performance of the ships in battle and analyzes their successes and failures. In addition to covering all the Royal Navy’s battleships and battlecruisers, he also looks in detail at the aircraft carrier conversions of the WWI battlecruisers Furious, Glorious and Courageous. British Battleships 1919-1945 is a masterpiece of research, and the comprehensive text is accompanied by tabular detail and the finest collection of photographs and line drawings ever offered in such a book. For this new edition, the author has added some 75 new photographs, many of them never before published. A delight for the historian, enthusiast, and ship modeler, it is a volume that is already regarded as an essential reference work for this most significant era in naval history and ship design. |
| britmodeller bargains: Modelling Naval Ships in Small Scales Mike McCabe, 2021-04 Modelling Naval Ships in Small Scales provides a wealth of practical guidance on building and painting realistic model naval ships aimed at those who are new to this hobby through to the experienced modeller. An in-depth look at the creation of four models is included The Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring (Dragon) The pre-war aircraft carrier USS Wasp (Aoshima) The River-class frigate HMS Nadder (Starling Models) and The 'pocket battleship' Admiral Graf Spee (Academy). With a focus on the popular kit scales of 1/700 and 1/350 in the waterline style, this book demonstrates the techniques used in building model ships, from the basic to the more complex, larger-scale models requiring many differing skills. There are chapters on the fundamentals such as building resin kits, painting and weathering, rigging and creating a water effect. It provides guidance on more advanced techniques such as the use of photo-etched parts and creating rough-water effects. Finally, it is packed with helpful tips and finishing touches, such as making flags and how to take professional-standard photographs of your completed model. |
| britmodeller bargains: Junkers Ju 87 D, G Maciej Noszczak, 2019-09-19 Ju 87 D (Dora) is another version of this popular dive bomber. Despite the weak armor and less sufficient performance, the Stukas were still produced due to the lack of a successor. However, the plane underwent some modifications that allowed it to be used for a variety of tasks. Ju 87 D had a more efficient water and oil cooling system, a more aerodynamic fuselage and modified crew cabin that was more spacious and better thought out. Dora was driven by one of the two Junkers' engines: Jumo 211 J-1 with 1420 hp or Jumo 211 P with 1500 hp. Fuel tanks were increased up to the capacity of 1370 l, which allowed to achieve an average flight length of 2 hours and 15 minutes. In the case of using external drop-tanks, the flight time increased to 4 hours. In relation to the Ju 87 B version D could carry much bigger load of bombs. It was a jump from 500 to about 1200 kg of bombs, and with minimum amount of fuel and for short-distance missions, the aircraft could carry up as much as 1800 kg of bombs. Individual variants - from D-1 to D-4 - differed in the used armor and equipment: D-2 - was planned for tropical operations, D-3 - was planned for night (D-3 N) or tropical missions (D-3/trop), D-4 - torpedo-bomber version, |
| britmodeller bargains: Junkers Ju 88 Manfred Griehl, 1990-01-01 |
| britmodeller bargains: Mighty Eighth War Manual Roger Anthony Freeman, 1991-02-01 |
| britmodeller bargains: The Focke-Wulf 190 Heinz J. Nowarra, 1965 Beskrivelse af Luftwaffe-jagerflyet Fw 190 kendt fra 2. verdenskrig. |
| britmodeller bargains: Fighting Colours Michael John Frederick Bowyer, 1975 |
| britmodeller bargains: Steve McQueen Don Nunley, Marshall Terrill, 2017-03 |
| britmodeller bargains: The Big Show PIERRE. CLOSTERMANN, 2019-02-21 'THE BIG SHOW IS AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL EVER GET TO FIGHTING YOUR LIFE FROM THE COCKPIT OF A SPITFIRE OR TYPHOON. PERHAPS MOST VISCERALLY EXCITING BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY A FIGHTER PILOT' Rowland White, Author of Vulcan 607 Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. The Big Show, his extraordinary account of the war has been described as the greatest pilot's memoir of WWII. ' A truly remarkable book ... the most gripping descriptions of aerial combat I have ever read' New York Times 'A thrilling read ... ranks among the finest accounts of war' Guardian 'A magnificent story' Daily Telegraph 'A classic ... gripping, ripping, full of action' Economist 'Vividly captures the spirit of air combat' The Times |
| britmodeller bargains: German Starfighters Klaus Kropf, 2002 This highly illustrated and authoritative study, by a former Luftwaffe F-104 pilot, explores the aircraft's diverse roles from high-level intercetpion to low-level maritime attack. |
| britmodeller bargains: North American XB-70A Valkyrie Dennis R. Jenkins, Tony Landis, 2002 This top-flight series provides a review of the world's most exciting combat aircraft. |
| britmodeller bargains: From Barbarossa to Odessa Dénes Bernád, Dmitriy Karlenko, Jean-Louis Roba, 2007 New, and often unexpected and controversial, information continues to emerge on the massive air campaign fought over the Russian Front during World War II. This text, the second of two volumes, presents a study on the air combat that took place on the southern flank of the Eastern Front following Operation Barbarossa. |
| britmodeller bargains: How to Kill a Panther Tank Craig Moore, 2021-01-28 Using only original official period documents from the Second World War this book tries to provide the reader with the same information on the Panzer V Panther tank that was available to British and Commonwealth senior officers and tank crews during the war. As soon as intelligence reports confirmed the existence of the Panther tank the hunt was on to find reliable information on how to knock out this new German tank. Most people believe that the only way to stop a Panther was to penetrate its armour with an armour piercing A.P. round. Luckily the British 17 pdr anti-tank gun could do that but the British were also looking how to knock them out by using other weapons. They tested using high explosive artillery rounds and 20 mm air attack aircraft canon rounds to penetrate and damage the tank's rear engine deck and puncture the vehicle's radiators. Loss of water would cause the engine to overheat and stop working. Tank radiators were large and spares were not carried on the tank. If the Panther could not be recovered back to a maintenance depot the crew would have to abandon the tank and disable it by setting off internal explosive charges. |
| britmodeller bargains: Verlinden Productions Francois Verlinden, 1997-02-01 |
| britmodeller bargains: Pershing R. P. Hunnicutt, 1999-10-15 This is the first book in the author's acclaimed series of illustrated histories of American armor. |
| britmodeller bargains: Tigers in the Mud Otto Carius, 2003 WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy tanks during his incredible career. |
| britmodeller bargains: Fighting Colours: RAF Fighter Camouflage and Markings 1937-1969 Michael J. F. Bowyer, 1969 Beskriver bemaling og camouflagemønstre samt nationalitets-, eskadrille- og enhedsmærker, anvendt af Royal Air Force i perioden 1937-1969. |
| britmodeller bargains: The Royal Hungarian Army, 1920-1945: Organization and history Leo W. G. Niehorster, 1998 |
| britmodeller bargains: Hungarian Eagles Gyula Sárhidai, Gyorgy Punka, George Punka, Viktor Kozlik, 1996 Based entirely on Hungarian archival material, this collection lists aircraft and their national markings, includes rare black-and-white photographs, and shows every squadron badge in full color. |
| britmodeller bargains: Coastal Craft History Mark Smith (Writer of Coastal craft history), 2015 |
| britmodeller bargains: F-104 Starfighter in Action Phil Friddell, 1993-01-01 |
| britmodeller bargains: Shields of the Republic Mira Rapp-Hooper, 2020-06-09 Is America’s alliance system so quietly effective that politicians and voters fail to appreciate its importance in delivering the security they take for granted? For the first century and a half of its existence, the United States had just one alliance—a valuable but highly controversial military arrangement with France. Largely out of deference to George Washington’s warnings against the dangers of “entangling alliances,” subsequent American presidents did not consider entering another until the Second World War. Then everything suddenly changed. Between 1948 and 1955, US leaders extended defensive security guarantees to twenty-three countries in Europe and Asia. Seventy years later, the United States had allied with thirty-seven. In Shields of the Republic, Mira Rapp-Hooper reveals the remarkable success of America’s unprecedented system of alliances. During the Cold War, a grand strategy focused on allied defense, deterrence, and assurance helped to keep the peace at far lower material and political costs than its critics allege. When the Soviet Union collapsed, however, the United States lost the adversary the system was designed to combat. Its alliances remained without a core strategic logic, leaving them newly vulnerable. Today the alliance system is threatened from without and within. China and Russia seek to break America’s alliances through conflict and non-military erosion. Meanwhile, US politicians and voters are increasingly skeptical of alliances’ costs and benefits and believe we may be better off without them. But what if the alliance system is a victim of its own quiet success? Rapp-Hooper argues that America’s national security requires alliances that deter and defend against military and non-military conflict alike. The alliance system is past due for a post–Cold War overhaul, but it remains critical to the country’s safety and prosperity in the 21st century. |
| britmodeller bargains: The Human Factor Archie Brown, 2020 In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is wrong. To understand the significance of the parts played by Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in East-West relations in the second half of the 1980s, Brown addresses several specific questions: What were the values and assumptions of these leaders, and how did their perceptions evolve? What were the major influences on them? To what extent were they reflecting the views of their own political establishment or challenging them? How important for ending the East-West standoff were their interrelations? Would any of the realistically alternative leaders of their countries at that time have pursued approximately the same policies? The Cold War got colder in the early 1980s and the relationship between the two military superpowers, the USA and the Soviet Union, each of whom had the capacity to annihilate the other, was tense. By the end of the decade, East-West relations had been utterly transformed, with most of the dividing lines -including the division of Europe- removed. Engagement between Gorbachev and Reagan was a crucial part of that process of change. More surprising was Thatcher's role. Regarded by Reagan as his ideological and political soulmate, she formed also a strong and supportive relationship with Gorbachev (beginning three months before he came to power). Promoting Gorbachev in Washington as a man to do business with, she became, in the words of her foreign policy adviser Sir Percy Cradock, an agent of influence in both directions. |
| britmodeller bargains: Active Measures Thomas Rid, 2020-04-23 We live in an age of subterfuge. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in facts. Thomas Rid, a renowned expert on technology and national security, was one of the first to sound the alarm. Even before the 2016 election, he warned that Russian military intelligence was 'carefully planning and timing a high-stakes political campaign' to disrupt the democratic process. But as crafty as such so-called active measures have become, they are not new. In this astonishing journey through a century of secret psychological war, Rid reveals for the first time some of history's most significant operations - many of them nearly beyond belief. A White Russian ploy backfires and brings down a New York police commissioner; a KGB-engineered, anti-Semitic hate campaign creeps back across the Berlin Wall; the CIA backs a fake publishing empire, run by a former Wehrmacht U-boat commander that produces Germany's best jazz magazine. |
| britmodeller bargains: The Kill Chain Christian Brose, 2020-04-21 From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might. For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons that it fights with, have been uncontested. That old reality, however, is rapidly deteriorating. America's traditional sources of power are eroding amid the emergence of new technologies and the growing military threat posed by rivals such as China. America is at grave risk of losing a future war. As Christian Brose reveals in this urgent wake-up call, the future will be defined by artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies that are revolutionizing global industries and are now poised to overturn the model of American defense. This fascinating, if disturbing, book confronts the existential risks on the horizon, charting a way for America's military to adapt and succeed with new thinking as well as new technology. America must build a battle network of systems that enables people to rapidly understand threats, make decisions, and take military actions, the process known as the kill chain. Examining threats from China, Russia, and elsewhere, The Kill Chain offers hope and, ultimately, insights on how America can apply advanced technologies to prevent war, deter aggression, and maintain peace. |
| britmodeller bargains: Alpha David Philipps, 2022-09-13 An “infuriating, fast-paced” (The Washington Post) account of the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon, the startling accusations against their chief, Eddie Gallagher, and the courtroom battle that exposed the dark underbelly of America’s special forces—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter WINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD • “Nearly impossible to put down.”—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Where Men Win Glory and Into the Wild In this “brilliantly written” (The New York Times Book Review) and startling account, Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent David Philipps reveals a powerful moral crucible, one that would define the American military during the years of combat that became known as “the forever war.” When the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon returned from their 2017 deployment to Iraq, a group of them reported their chief, Eddie Gallagher, for war crimes, alleging that he’d stabbed a prisoner in cold blood and taken lethal sniper shots at unarmed civilians. The story of Alpha’s war, both in Iraq and in the shocking trial that followed the men’s accusations, would complicate the SEALs’ post-9/11 hero narrative, turning brothers-in-arms against one another and bringing into stark relief the choice that elite soldiers face between loyalty to their unit and to their country. One of the great stories written about American special forces, Alpha is by turns a battlefield drama, a courtroom thriller, and a compelling examination of how soldiers define themselves and live with the decisions in the heat of combat. |
| britmodeller bargains: Stealth War Robert Spalding, 2019-10-01 China expert Robert Spalding reveals the shocking success China has had infiltrating American institutions and compromising our national security. The media often suggest that Russia poses the greatest threat to America's national security, but the real danger lies farther east. While those in power have been distracted and disorderly, China has waged a six-front war on America's economy, military, diplomacy, technology, education, and infrastructure--and they're winning. It's almost too late to undo the shocking, though nearly invisible, victories of the Chinese. In Stealth War, retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding reveals China's motives and secret attacks on the West. Chronicling how our leaders have failed to protect us over recent decades, he provides shocking evidence of some of China's most brilliant ploys, including: Placing Confucius Institutes in universities across the United States that serve to monitor and control Chinese students on campus and spread communist narratives to unsuspecting American students. Offering enormous sums to American experts who create investment funds that funnel technology to China. Signing a thirty-year agreement with the US that allows China to share peaceful nuclear technology, ensuring that they have access to American nuclear know-how. Spalding's concern isn't merely that America could lose its position on the world stage. More urgently, the Chinese Communist Party has a fundamental loathing of the legal protections America grants its people and seeks to create a world without those rights. Despite all the damage done so far, Spalding shows how it's still possible for the U.S. and the rest of the free world to combat--and win--China's stealth war. |
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May 24, 2018 · Post up your builds as they unfold. A bad omen: 1/72 RS Dornier 17P as F6+HM, belly landing near Usquert, October 26th, 1939
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Mar 20, 2020 · Once you've looked at the FAQ forum, post here if you still need help. NOT for modelling related issues.
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Oct 2, 2021 · In memory of Matt Roberts - aka The Rumourmonger. What kits have you heard about from the manufacturers, your mum's cousin vinny, or in an overheard conversation in …
Reviews - Britmodeller.com
Reviews of AFVs and soft-skins of all scales, including kits, aftermarket and decals.
Ready for Inspection - Aircraft - Britmodeller.com
Dec 29, 2021 · Junkers K43; Partisan (comando) supply aircraft. LeLV 44. June 1942 Kora model 1/72 Finnish Air Force
Work in Progress - Aircraft - Britmodeller.com
May 24, 2018 · Post up your builds as they unfold. A bad omen: 1/72 RS Dornier 17P as F6+HM, belly landing near Usquert, October 26th, 1939
Revell 2025 - catalogue & programme - Britmodeller.com
Nov 8, 2024 · Interesting. A few hours of photos and excitement (and arguing) on the various forums and social media platforms before the official announcement is published can only be …
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Nov 13, 2024 · Apologies if this has already been covered but I couldn't find anything about it in the forums. It seems that according to Hannants, Mach 2 will be offering a series of HS 748s. …
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