March 2013 releases

[caughtinthemiddle]

Dear LSM members and visitors,

Kagero Publishing celebrates the beginning of spring with five new publications. The following books will be available after 20th March 2013:
 

UNITS 04
JG 51
Jagdgeschwader "Mölders"
Marek J. Murawski

The fourth title in the 'Units' series tells the story of JG 51 "Mölders". The 32 page book with English text contains a chronological overview of the unit’s history supplemented with 40 photos; tables of unit commanders and planes used as well as colour profiles of 4 aircraft painted by Janusz Światłoń and Arkadiusz Wróbel. A decal sheet printed by Cartograf contains 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings of the following machines:
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4; W.Nr. 1641, 'Black 6', flown by Hptm. Ernst Wiggers, Kapitän of 2./JG 51, St. Inglevert airfield, France, early September 1940,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2; W.Nr. 6797; flown by Hptm. Hartmann Grasser, Kommandeur of II./JG 51, probably Orel-Nord airfield, Russia, mid-July 1942,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6; W.Nr. 550182, 'Black 7', flown by Ofw. Josef Jennewein of 2./JG 51, Orel-West airfield, Russia, July 1943,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6; W.Nr. 442013, 'Black 1', flown by Oblt. Anton Hafner, Kapitän of 10./JG 51, Hüttenfelde airfield, East Prussia, October 1944.

 

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/jg-51-jagdgeschwader-.html
 

 

MINITOPCOLORS 34
Messerschmitt Bf 109s over the Mediterranean Part I
Maciej Góralczyk, Arkadiusz Wróbel

A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 8 Bf 109s which served in the MTO. The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf. Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn 4-view colour profiles and described in the 20 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The authors chose the following aircraft:
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7/N; probably W.Nr. 4139, 'White 11', flown by Lt. Theo Lindemann of 7./JG 26, Ain-el-Gazala, Libya, summer 1941,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 trop; flown by Ofw. Karl-Heinz Bendert of Stab II./JG 27, Derna, Libya, December 1941,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 trop; W.Nr. 8665, flown by Lt. Gustav Frielinghaus of Stab II./JG 3, Sicily, Italy, early 1942,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/Z; W.Nr. 13060, 'Yellow 2', flown by Uffz. Karl-Heinz Witschke of 3./JG 77, Comiso, Italy, early July 1942,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 trop; 'Black 7' of 2./JG 77, Tunisia, early 1943,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2/R2 trop; 'Black 19' of 2.(H)/14, La Marsa, Tunisia, March 1943,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6; 'Yellow 13', flown by Uffz. Hans Jegg of 9./JG 53, Italy, summer 1943,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 trop; 'Black 8' of 5./JG 27, Trapani, Italy, summer 1943.

 

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/34-messerschmitt-bf-109s-over-the-mediterranean-part-i.html

 

 

MINITOPCOLORS 35
Fw 190s over Europe Part I
Maciej Góralczyk, Janusz Światłoń

A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 8 interesting "Butcher Birds". The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf. Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn 4-view colour profiles and described in the 20 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The authors chose the following aircraft:
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3; W.Nr. 0130 541, flown by Oblt. Adolf Dickfeld, Kommandeur of II./JG 2, San Pietro, Italy, 20 November 1942,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3/U4; W.Nr. 0135 346, 'Red 9', flown by Fw. Oskar Sahre of 5.(F)/123, St. Pol, France, early March 1943,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5Y; flown by Maj. Hans Philipp, Kommodore of JG 1, Jever, Germany, summer 1943,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-7; flown by Hptm. Rolf Hermichen, Kommandeur of I./JG 11, Rotenburg, Germany, March 1944,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2; W.Nr. 682 181, 'Yellow 2', flown by Fw. Hubert Engst of 6./JG 300, Löbnitz, Germany, November 1944,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9; 'Blue 7', Stab II.(Sturm)/JG 300, Löbnitz, Germany, March 1945,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3; 'White 12', flown by Fw. Ernst Mayer of 9./JG 5, Herdla, Norway, late March 1945,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8; W.Nr. 960 542 of Stab/JG 4, Germany, late spring 1945.

 

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/35-fw-190s-over-europe-part-i.html
 

 

TOPDRAWINGS 15
The Battleship Bismarck
Waldemar Góralski

A4 size, 28 pages, 4 renders, 23 sheets of scale drawings, 82 drawn objects, 2 double B2 size sheets with colour scheme, colour profiles.

 

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/15-the-battleship-bismarck.html
 

 

SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D 19
Admiral Graf Spee
Stefan Dramiński, Mirosław Skwiot

A4 size, 76 pages, 134 renders, double B2 size sheet with drawings (680×480 mm)

 

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/19-admiral-graf-spee.html



All books will be soon available from our distributors Casemate Publishing and MMD Squadron as well as other retailers in various countries.

[Grant]

SUPERB !

Happy spring 2013 .... 

[Dave J]

Ah... there goes some more of my $$$!

[Heinz Bar]

Ugg!  Three books about Heinz Bar's units but no Bar decals!    They look super though. 

[nmayhew]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

Re the JG51 book, I am slightly disappointed that aircraft with the distinctive weeping bird emblem are not featured more prominently, but these would probably limit the scope to Battle of Britain I suppose, which is not everyone's cup of tea.

[caughtinthemiddle]

Thank you all for kind words.

 

Nick, having four 'slots' I tried to put aircraft from different phases of war, so you have an Emil from BoB, Friedrich from Ostfront '42, Fw 190 from Ostfront '43, and a Gustav from late 1944; all flown by important pilots (even if Wiggers is quite little known most likely due to the fast end of his career, he's still one of the top BoB aces). As there are some decals for Emils with weeping bird emblem available in our line, I decided to put a Friedrich with later variation of this emblem instead (note the direction of the umbrella handle ). The emblem was still in use in mid 1942 (but not on all aircraft) and finally disappeared after the Gruppe got their first Gustavs and was sent to the MTO.

 

Cheers,

Maciej

[James H]

Fantastic!

 

And we have some reviews of the recent Kagero sets coming up shortly too. These were delayed because of our system crash.

[caughtinthemiddle]

Good luck Thomas!

[KvS]

Love this scheme:

 

- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9; 'Blue 7', Stab II.(Sturm)/JG 300, Löbnitz, Germany, March 1945

 

I want to build that. I need to build that!

[caughtinthemiddle]

I want to see that

[nmayhew]

thanks for the explanation Maciej, much appreciated; i understand where you're coming from regarding variety etc

 

if you ever plan to do Illner's 109 with the lips smoking a cigarette and those MASSIVE upper wing crosses, let me know

[caughtinthemiddle]

OK, I'll consider Illner for one of the future BoB titles, however I also think about his previous Emil from early 1940 too.

 

Cheers,

Maciej