IBG Models The World At War WAW012

Royal Marines Close Support tanks. Compass scales for 2 complete models. RMASG Shermans in Normandy. Sherman Mk V.

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APRIL RELEASE!!! Republic A-10 "Warthog" - The Early Years Our "The Early Years" series continues with a 1/72 scale sheet that transports us back to the origins of the 'Warthog' : the iconic A-10 Thunderbolt, a ground-attack aircraft that has seen service across various battlefields and is loved by infantry for its close-air-support capabilities. Before its unparalleled combat history began, the A-10 had a lengthy development process and has undergone various modifications and test versions. We proudly offer several marking options, covering its prototype stages, early production variants, and some of the unique test configurations. Much dedication and extensive research have been poured into this decal set, which not only includes markings but also comprehensive stenciling, allowing enthusiasts to authentically recreate any one of the provided options. Please note that the A-10 prototype had significant differences from production jets, and building an accurate replica will require conversion work. In 1/72 scale, the older Matchbox kit is generally accepted to be the kit closest to the prototype. The options on this 1/72 scale decal sheet are: YA-10 71-1369, first prototype YA-10 71-1370, second prototype A-10A 73-1664 A-10A 73-1665 A-10A 73-1666 A-10A 73-1667 A-10A 73-1668 A-10A 73-1669 A-10A 75-0258, "J.A.W.S" experimental camouflage A-10A 75-0259, "J.A.W.S" experimental camouflage A-10A 75-0260, "J.A.W.S" experimental camouflage A-10A 75-0262, "J.A.W.S" experimental camouflage A-10A 75-0260, Davis-Monthan early service markings A-10A 75-0264 A-10A 75-0267 A-10A 75-0269 A-10A 75-0293 A-10A 75-0294 A-10A 76-0553, 100th A-10

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Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No 18 - 50 pages, about 65 photos - thereof 10 in colour, 4 colour profiles, 2 maps, Readerforum - Aircraft in Focus: Me-262 'black D' of 2./KG 51 in February 1945 - Photos with a story: Of "Crabs", "Snakes" and "Dodeln" (The story of 3. Staffel JGr.10 in 1945, Part 2) - Tail: Ship killer in the Arctic Sea -Lt. Hennemann 2./KG 26 - Colourphotos: The 1.500 mission of 3.(H)/Aufklarungsgruppe 31 in autumn 1942 near Stalingrad - Scenery: Flooding and mud on Soviet airfields - Alliied fate: Emergency landing in Bad Zwischenahn, kill of a B-17 on 26.11.1943 - Unusual: Bullet damage with date! - Personal Emblem: The "Siegfriedsword" on the Junkers Ju-88 of the Kommodore of KG 3, 1942 - Unknown Emblems: The "Vistula"-Emblem of 7.(H)/32 (Pz) - as well as photos of Wekusta 76, Breguet 521, Close Support aircraft - as well as articles and photos to more topics...

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Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No.23 - 50 pages, 52 photos - thereof 7 in colour, 2 colour profiles, 1 coloured emblem, 3 coloured maps, Readerforum - Scenery: Hit in the Cockpit! (JG26) - Colour Photos of a Seldom-Seen Kampfgeschwader (I./KG 28) - Aircraft in Focus: An Extraordinary Aircraft from the Defense of the Reich-The Fw-190 of Major Philipp, Geschwaderkommodore of JG1 - Unknown Emblems: 7.(H)/12's "Jaunty Dachshund" - Photos with a Story: Target: Kramators- kaya Tank Works (KG 55-1941) - Unusual: The Camouflaged Tarpaulin - Fate: Shot Down Over the Murmansk Railway-The Fate of a KG 30 Crew in the Summer of 1942 - Documents: II./NJG1's 100th Night Victory - Close-Support Aircraft: Ground Attack Pilot in the Closing Months of the War" Night Close-Support Missions by 2./EJG2 in April-May 1945 - Fighters: Me-262 A-1a of JG7, April 1945 - Bombers: Ar-234 of III/KG 76 - As well as photos Fotos of Ju 290, DFS DFS-230 of St.G. 2, Ju-87 with an impressive snorting rhinoceros-Emblem, colourphotos of the emblem of IV./KG 54 and photos to more topics

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Building The Harrier. Model Aircraft Extra #5 Building the Harrier The iconic Hawker-Siddeley Harrier was the first of the so- called Harrier 'Jump Jet' series. It was developed in the 1960s as the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short take-off and landing (V/STOL) capabilities, and the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose in that era, and at its heart was the innovative Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine with its thrust vectoring nozzles. The Harrier was developed directly from the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel prototype aircraft, following the cancellation of a more advanced supersonic Hawker Siddeley P.1154. Originally said to be 'unable to carry more than a matchbox over a football field' the Harrier matured into one of the most potent warplanes of its generation. The RAF ordered the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 variants in the late 1960s, as well as T.4 trainers versions, and it was also exported to the United States as the AV-8A and TAV-8A, for use by the US Marine Corps as well as the Spanish Navy in the 1970s. Spain sold seven single-seat and two twin-seat Harriers to Thailand in 1998. The Sea Harrier FRS.1, which shot to fame during the Falklands War, was designed to fill the strike, reconnaissance and fighter roles for the Royal Navy, and the innovative use of a 'ski jump' allowed the aircraft to take-off from a short flight deck with a heavier loadout than otherwise possible. After the Falklands War, the Sea Harrier was upgraded to the F/A2 standard and featured the Blue Vixen radar and carried the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. The Indian Navy was the only other user of the Sea Harrier aboard their aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Viraat. The BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier II was a second-generation of V/STOL aircraft designed for use by the US Marne Corps, RAF and the Royal Navy and continues in service with the USMC as the McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B and TA-V8B trainer and is also in service with the Spanish and Italian Navies. For the RAF, initial deliveries of the Harrier II were designated as Harrier GR.5 and subsequent upgraded airframes were redesignated accordingly as GR.7 and GR.9. The RAF Harriers saw action over Bosnia and Afghanistan before being retired in 2011. Most of the original US Marine Corps McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B 'day attack' aircraft were upgraded to either the FLIR equipped 'Night Attack Harrier' or the more capable radar equipped 'Harrier II Plus' and have participated in support of Operation 'Southern Watch', Operation 'Allied Force'. USMC McDonnell-Douglas AV-8Bs also took part in Operation 'Enduring Freedom' in Afghanistan from 2001, and the aircraft also participated in the Iraq War in 2003, acting primarily in support of USMC ground units, and in 2011, they flew in support of Operation 'Odyssey Dawn', enforcing the UN no-fly zone over Libya. This fourth book in the MA Extra Series contains fourteen model builds, colour profiles and scale plans, and will be a must for the Harrier aficionado!

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MDFSD9 Scaled Down #9 Fairchild A-10A Warthog/Thunderbolt II. The A-10 'Warthog' owed its birth to two influences - the inadequacies of the Close Air Support aircraft used in Vietnam, and the need to counter Soviet armoured might in Europe. During the Vietnam War the Air Force regarded CAS as their domain but was hard pressed to find an aircraft with both the range and loiter capacity to fulfil this need. They did obtain quantities of the old but excellent piston-powered Douglas A-1 Skyraider originally developed for the Navy, which soon earned the appreciation of the ground-pounders by its ability to carry a huge warload, dish out and take punishment, and remain on station for an extended period of time. Late in the war the USAF shifted the CAS mission to the jet-powered A-7 Corsair II, which had been developed for a US Navy requirement for a carrier-based strike fighter to replace the A-4 Skyhawk. The Corsair was an excellent aircraft, but it was designed for the strike-interdiction role, not for the battlefield CAS mission. The USAF therefore began to put together an AX - 'Attack Experimental' program to develop a dedicated CAS aircraft that could do the job far better than the Corsair, match the Skyraider in warload and endurance, but be substantially faster while being extremely maneuverable. The aircraft would also need to be highly survivable through the use of armour and redundant systems, include twin engines and be armed with a fast-firing Gatling-type gun.

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Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part One Covers: Development, Testing, Variants, Test/R&D, CAG, FASRONs, Training Squadrons, Base/Carrier/Air Group/Squadron Hacks and Marine Skyraiders. By Steve Ginter 256-pages, Color Covers, 169 illustrations, 472-photos. The Douglas Skyraider entered fleet service with VA-19A in February 1947 and was retired in 1969. A single engine attack aircraft able to carry more tonnage of bombs than a WWII B-17 all while operating from a aircraft carrier. Marine Squadron VMA-121 routinely struck enemy targets with bomb loads in excess of 9,000 lbs. The 3,180 Skyraiders were produced in 20 different versions and modified further into at least 7 other variants. Furthermore, Douglas created conversion kits for the AD-5 allowing it to be modified at squadron level into a four-seat or ten seat COD aircraft, a target tug, an air ambulance, a cargo aircraft, or a aerial tanker. As an attack aircraft, it became the weapon of choice for close air support and ground attack in Korea because of its ability to loiter for hours with a variety of bombs, rockets and napalm and its ability to take hits and bring its pilot's home. It repeated these tasks in Vietnam where it also became the RESCAP aircraft of choice due to its ability to stay airborne for up to 12-hours.

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To The Gates of Moscow with the 3rd Panzer Division (Part 1) A Medical Officer in the Campaign against Russia Text completely German/English Authors: Axel Urbanke ISBN: 978-3-941437-51-7 Pages: 312 Photos: 291 photos, thereof 135 coloured Maps: 17 coloured maps Format: 24 x 28,5 cm " large format How did the soldiers of the Wehrmacht really experience the attack on the Soviet Union and the battles that followed? Few of the books on the subject of the war in Russia provide an honest answer. This book (two volumes this is the first) delivers a real view of events. Assistenzsarzt Dr. Turk's unabbreviated diary entries from the year 1941, supplemented by documentary supporting text, 40 color maps, and a large number of his color slides represent a unique documentation. It provides an exemplary and genuine view, unaffected by postwar influences or a selective choice of materials, of how many soldiers of the Wehrmacht perceived the first half year of the campaign in the east. Take part in the attack near Brest-Litovsk, experience the fierce fighting at the Beresina and the Dniepr, march south with the division to close the Kiev pocket, and prepare for the assault on Moscow. Then follows the advance on Orel, and the arrival of the snow and cold. You stand with the soldiers in the icy trenches in front of Tula and witness the house-to-house fighting in the mining town of Bolokhovka. One cannot escape Dr. Turk's haunting diary entries. They do not spare the reader, instead they provide extraordinary insights and allow the reader to feel the events as they were. Thew reworked book will be is published in two volumes with much more pages and photos. Here one can read what father and grandfather experienced in the Russian campaign but never spoke of at home. This book will hopefully spur those born later, those who were spared this inferno, to reflect, for the majority of the frontline soldiers in Russia did not go voluntarily into this struggle.

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Building the Wingnut Wings Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin and Pfalz D.IIIa BUILDING THE DOLPHIN AND PFALZ D.IIIA FOR our seventh Wingnut Wings modelling Special, Ray Rimell, one of the World's most experienced WWI aeroplane modellers, turns his attention to the Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin and Pfalz D.IIIa. With a compelling combination of modelling know-how and unique archive material, the book includes 100 exclusive colour close-ups, over a dozen all-new Ronny Bar colour profiles and more than 205 model images in the extensive build logs for both kits. Hyper-detailed step-by-step guides backed up by over two dozen contemporary photos, drawings and a unique photographic 'walk- around' of the RAF Museum's restored Dolphin, provide invaluable insight into cockpits; armament; interior details; powerplants, finishing and rigging. Ray takes the reader through the entire building operation, from initial pre-painting to final addition of laminated wooden airscrews, with suggestions on painting ,decal application, addition of extra detail and improvements inside and out all supported by scores of carefully-chosen images at each and every stage. Together with comprehensive bibliographies for both subjects, an extended Jargon-Buster, as well as listings of relevant accessories and decals, our latest Special is laden with top-notch material including a superb wartime centre-spread Dolphin portrait, original Dolphin rigging notes and invaluable airframe close-ups of the RAFM 5F.1 during restoration at Cosford. Although the 64 page book is aimed at modellers of the 1:32 Wingnut Wings kits, it has broader appeal for those working in other scales since a great deal of the content is pure documentation providing an unrivalled in-depth resource for anyone building either of these classic WWI biplane fighters. Published in November 2018.

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