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Soviet War Colors 1936-1945 Gordon Forrester / Fernando Vallejo AK Interactive Profile Guide Series Available from AK Interactive for € 21,50 and paint set available for € 13,20 What we have here is quite an impressive book filled to the rim with colour profiles. Actually 180 of them! The first thing that struck me was the attention to lay-out. Every chapter is introduced by a spread large artwork in the concept of this edition: Soviet WW2 propaganda. The chapters cover: • Light AFV • Medium AFV • Heavy AFV • Light Vehicles, Crawlers and APC • Lend lease • Photo references The second thing that appealed to me are the 3 view profiles. How many times did you find a profile online or in a book, only showing the left or right side. Leaving you guessing what’s happening on the top, front or back? Admittedly not all 180 profiles provide 3 views, but the ones’ that need ‘m, have ‘m. The artwork is crisp, clear and really well done and are accompanied by background information on the subject. The last chapter is a bonus and gives us full color walkaround photo’s of surviving subjects. Material The book is printed on sturdy, high quality paper. The soft cover is printed on a double folded matt laminated heavy material that oozes quality. The back is glued. Total is 102 pages. Conclusion This book is a must have for any armour modeller that is tempted to tackle any Soviet subject. It’s full of inspiration, variation and gives you a more than good sense of what colors to use. Speaking of colors… Soviet Camouflages (Soviet Tank Colors from 1935-1945) Paint set nr. AK 561 A good base to start your Soviet color collection with comes in this set, that is linked to the Profile Guide book as descriped above! The AK Interactive paints can be used directly in you airbrush or handpainted on. When spraying with a fine needle you might want to use thinning agent. AK Interactive suggests using their Acrylic thinner: AK-712, but other brands might work too. I myself haven’t tried a different brand so feel free to chime in. The bottles are the typical bottles we have come to know. 17 ml and shake well! The colors included in this set are: AK 746 • 4BO (Russian Green, used as primer, protection from corrosion from 1941) AK 747 • 6K (Russian Brown) AK 748 • 7K (Russian Tan) AK 750 • Protective Green AK 749 • 3B AU (Basic Protector, used as primer, protection from corrosion from 1935 – 1939) AK 751 • Washable White Paint (for creating faded white washes camouflage) Very highly recommended Our sincere thanks to AK Interactive for the review sample. To purchase the book directly, click HERE. To purchase the paint directly, click HERE. Kind regards, Jeroen Peters

Junkers Ju 88 Bomber variants Maciej Noszczak Kagero Books Topdrawings Number 16 (7016) Scales 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 Available from Kagero for € 16,46 The Topdrawings range focusses on drawings. Click this link to see the entire range. This edition covers the bomber versions of Junkers’ famous Ju-88. Line drawings are provided in the three popular scales (up to 1/32!) and the artwork is impressive. Anyone looking to build an accurate, detailed Revell 1/32 Ju-88 should get a copy of this book. It not only shows the location of all the hatches, but also every single rivet there is to count. Since the drawings are available in 32nd scale, you can practically use the drawings as a template. Check out the amazing detail: After having rivetted (and possibly rescribed) your Ju-88 you can choose to paint it as per one of the four included colour profiles. Decals are (as always) provided for these four versions by Cartograf: Junkers Ju 88 A-4 coded + KS of 8./KG77 based in the Mediterranean area 1943 Junkers Ju 88 A-11 Trop L1 + OK of 2./LG1, North Africa 1942 Junkers Ju 88 A-5 coded B3 + EX of 10.(Erg)/KG 54 based in the Mediterranean area 1943 Junkers Ju 88 A-1 coded 9K + HL of 3./KG 51 this aircraft force landed in the UK possibly due to lack of fuel. Conclusion Another simple but comprehensive set dealing with this versatile bomber. Decals by Cartograf are in perfect register and include swastikas albeit in two parts. Showing again the attention to detail that Kagero is known for. Very highly recommended Our sincere thanks to Kagero Publishing for the review sample. To purchase directly, click HERE. Kind regards, Cees Broere / Jeroen Peters

Well.... the resin engine fits the resin cowling! Ready for 'mating'

Hi Paul, I believe it's a JS-1 tank. Josef Stalin. Full of bullet holes...

Hi Guys, Today Cees and myself went to the model show in Heiden, Germany. Just across the dutch border. A medium sized show with amazing models, nice deals, big names and german beer. At the show we met up with our own Erik Bosch. Sadly we missed Uschi and Mig Jimenez. Filled to the rim with inspiration Cees and I went to the dutch Liberty museum in Overloon. Housing a huge collection of tanks, weapons, planes etc... from ww2. Enjoy: Next... Overloon: Cees marvelling over the huge Dora shell and grenade...

Lovely! Sharp demarcation lines! I like it a lot. Really cool..

Well... waiting YES! For the Rexx exhaust to arrive!

Wow! That's quite special.... Thnx.

Wow!!!! What detail! Thnx for sharing this here. I'll definitely get one...

Oh wow!! Order placed! How sweet. I always loved the Moskit exhausts and treasure a couple for the 109 in my stash. Great stuff grant...

Nice Fran! Love the wsh of the seat belts. Great pit..

PS. I'm also using Steven Robson's amazing spoked wheels and a Doug Craner Wooden prop. It's by no means a contest. I hope by not being in the lead, I can avoid mistakes by letting Jim make them first. I'm awaiting your first post Jim...

Thnx guys, Small crappy pic here. Showing this build is not stalled. Hairspray. Works better for me than the 'branded' kinds.

Hi all, One or two builds ago James Hatch and myself decided to do a duo build of the Rumpler. You don't see these getting build too often, so we're setting the score straight in one go! I'll be using the full HGW upgrade for the interior, exterior and seat belts. James will rough it and do without! James will (might) be doing the Late version in colorful livery: And I will do an early one in this flashy scheme: Stay tuned! This is going to be fun!!

Wow! Great work there Doug! Love the landing light. The kit is great in it's own right but with a little love it can turn into a winner. You are putting a lot of love in it! Really nice...

Welcome Johnny! What service do you use to host your photo's? I myself use Photobucket. Cheers! Jeroen

It may not be huge, but it sure is tidy!! If i have the guts I might post a pic of mine this weekend. A small suggestion: Add another light just like that (on the right side) to eliminate shadows on your work!

O..... Wow... What a great faded effect. Just lovely. Congrats on an amazing build sir!

Aaaaaand..... Fuse closed!

Thnx Bertl! I really want this to be a speedy build. So I didn't add the HGW photo-etch to the pit. Just added EZ lines, Bob's buckles and the HGW seat belts. To match the worn outside of this plane, the pit needs heavy weathering too. Almost ready to close up the fuse.

Bob..... Wow..... I've seen it on FB and am stoked you posted it here. What a great build. And here i was thinking you only made buckles!

Danny.... wow.. Love the manifold! Great work!

Looking great. Those upgrades are right on the money!

Holy wow! Yikes! Amazing you had the balls to paint this beauty!! Respect. What a stunning result...