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Messerschmitt Me-163A Control Surfaces Set for Special Hobby/Condor kits 1/72 This set brings separate control surfaces (landing flaps, ailerons, rudder) for a model of the German WWII rocket interceptor aircraft. Intended to be used with the Condor range model or its reissue by Special Hobby. (designed to be used with Condor and Special Hobby kits)

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WWII German Torpedo Type G7a (3 pcs). N72026 WW II German Torpedo Type G7a (3 pcs) Germany entered the war with two versions of G7 torpedoes of standard calibre of 53.3cm. The G7a version was steam-powered and therefore the torpedo was leaving a trace on the water surface and was also noisy. However, it was significantly faster than the electric powered G7e version. The G7a was used only in the early stages of the war and it also needed a regular maintenance even during the voyage at sea in the torpedo sections of the submarine. The set contains three detailed G7a torpedoes. Figurines of the German sailors handling the torpedo inside the submarine are in set CMF72252.

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German Aerial Identification / Recognition Flags (WWII) crosses and swastikas. Aerial markers (as ground identifiers at times) used on all fronts in 3 common sizes. Smaller ones are often used on turret bins or across the rear deck of smaller panzers and on the front of softskin AFVs, while the large ones were used on engine decks medium panzers. Also included is the balkenkreuz variety. To be used wholesale or partial on soft medium like tissue, thin paper, thin foil or any suitable substrate. For those familar with the rolled 2-part epoxy putty technique, the partial 2-part markers will be useful. All flags are based on documented measurements.

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Military Illustrated Modeller (issue 140) 4 NEWS Military scale-modelling news 8 IRON DOME AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM Magic Factory 1:35 kit, previewed 10 NUREMBERG TOY FAIR 2023 MIM returns to the Toy Fair after a three-year absence 16 ZIMM THAT THING!! The process of Zimmeriting a Dragon 1:35 Jagdtiger 26 TAMIYA GERMAN INFANTRY SET (LATE WWII) Tamiya's latest 1:35 figure set, previewed Cover story 28 DRAGON TIGER GATE After having made quite an impact on Facebook, we are proud to present Shigehiro Yoshida's Tiger I in Normandy 36 SOFTSKIN SOFTSPOT! Upgrading Trumpeter's 1:35 kit of the Sd.Kfz.7 with wooden cabin 44 ORDNANCE DEPOT New and recent accessory sets and modelling materials 46 KIT VS KITE A diorama with a powerful message about the Afghanistan War 52 A FAMOUS LOCATION IN NORMANDY Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne look on as a section of American towed light artillery passes through Carentan, Normandy, 1944 54 SD.KFZ.181 PANZERKAMPFWAGEN VI Ausf.E TIGER I Modelling references of the Tiger I at the Tank Museum, Bovington 62 BOOK REVIEWS Military modelling-related book reviews 66 SIGN OFF An immaculate Sd.Kfz.10

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Messerschmitt Me-210/Me-410B-2/U4/Me-410A-1/U-2 & U4 colours and markings. Designed in accordance with the 'Zerstorer' (heavy fighter-bomber) concept just prior WWII, the Me 210 was, however, a failure in terms of flying characteristics. Following extensive modifications, its successor, the Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet), was produced in substantial numbers and many variants and saw operational service in Italy and North Africa, and over Germany and Central Europe. The improved Me 210 was also licence-built in Hungary. The publication has 28 pages, including a total of 49 overall and detailed photographs, 12 pages with colour camouflage schemes and their description. Text in English. A comprehensive decal sheet is added for modellers' convenience. Following aircraft are depicted on each decal sheet: Luftwaffe (7x), Royal Hungarian Air Force (1x), Royal Air Force (2x), Soviet Air Force (1x) and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (1x). Messerschmitt Me-410 Hornisse

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Staff cars in Germany WWII volume 2 Format A4 paperback, 80 pages This latest photo-album in the ""Camera On"" series contains 150 more photographs of private cars adapted for military use by the German forces during WWII. The remainder of the Opel motor company major production types are covered - the car types that were not covered in volume 1 - such as the Opel P-4 that was also used as the basis of many of the pre-war mock-up training tanks used by the German army due to the lack of real tanks to train with. The "Opel Kadett" (cadet), the Opel Supper 6, the "Opel Kapitan" (Captain) and at the top of the range, the luxurious Opel Admiral. In this volume the author provides a detailed impression of these vehicles through original photographs, taken both during and before the war by the normal German soldiers who both used and served with these now classic automobiles.

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Bucker Bu-131 Jungmann Bucker Bu.131 Jungmann / 72-350 / 1. Bu.131. Unit: FFS(A)43. Serial: CW+BG (50, W.Nr.483). Backer Bu.131. CW+BC. Werk Nummer 483. was flown by a pupil from FFS(A)43 at Crailsheim (Germany), who landed at Basle, Switzerland, on 14 June 1944, having mistaken the city for Strassburg. Finished in overall RLM 71 Dunkelgrun with RLM 65 undersides, the machine is a classic example of a late-war trainer. It is exceptionally fully marked by virtue of its unit emblem, school number (50) and white outlined Stammkenzeichen fuselage codes and fuselage crosses. The German pilot expressed a preference for internment and the aircraft was consequently flown back to Freiburg by a Swiss pilot. 2. Bu.131B. Unit: LKS7 (Luftkriegsschule-Airwarschool). Serial: CC+NZ (W.Nr.4262). Tulln (near Vienna), Austria 1944. 3. Hauptmann Hans Philippe. Krasnogvardeiskoe, March 1942. 4. Bu.131. Unit: 1/3 Koz Asz (Ace of Hearts). Serial: G-154 Overall Light Grey painting. 5. Bu.131. Unit: III.Kozelfelderito szdzad. Serial: I-333. This overall RLM 02 Grungrau machine served as a trainer, courier and Liaison machine with the Hungarian III.Kozelfelderito szdzad - III Tactical Reconnaissance squadron - whose falcon emblem can he seen on the fuselage. Sole the chevron-style national markings used only until 1st March 1942. The original picture on which this illustration is based does not show the code absolutely clearly, but notes that the serial number is I-333, as shown. This is of interest as it is outside the range of numbers officially allocated to the type. This could mean therefore that the serial is actually I-233. Photographic evidence exists, however, for other out-of- sequence numbers for the type in Hungarian service, possibly indicating that those machines were impressed civilian aircraft. 6. Bu.131. Serial: I-421. The national colours were also painted on the upper and lower surfaces of the elevator. 7. Bu.131. Unit: Comando Aeronautico dell'Albania. Serial: No.947. Tirana, Albania, Autumn 1941. 8. Bu.131. Unit: 1st Pilot School. Serial: 7 4th Air Base Borovo. Late 1943. It has blue outlined Swallow emblem of Pilot School, and School`s internal number '7'. 9. Bu.131. Unit: 1st air base Zagreb, 1943. Light Grey overall painting scheme. Note insignia of the Castle is badge of the 1st air base. 10. Bu.131. Unit: Schweizer Fliegertruppe (Swiss Air Force). Serial: A-4 The aircraft in wartime WWII colours with the flashy colors for German productions airplanes flew in borderland controls. 11. Bu.131. Serial: GD+EU (W.Nr.4497) Aircraft belonged to Luftdienst. On 29th April 1941 it was stolen in Caen by two former French Arme de l'Air pilots and flown to Somerford, England. In use with RAF as DR626.

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