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Boeing B-47 Stratojet. By Kev Darling
When Strategic Air Command was formed in 1947 its few flying units were equipped with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Few of these aircraft were fit for flight and the crews were under-trained. It would be General Curtis E. LeMay who transformed the entire organisation. Not only would SAC's performance be vastly improved, it would also begin receiving aircraft capable of delivering nucl...
Handley Page Night Bombers 0/100, 0/400 & V/1500 Author: W.A. Harrison
By William Harrison
The Handley Page 0/100, 0/400 and V/1500 were the first true heavy bombers of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War, giving Britain the long-range striking power needed for strategic bombing deep into Germany. Designed initially with a 114ft wingspan (later 100ft), folding wings, armour protection an...
Junkers Ju-88A-1/A-5
In the early days of this Photo Archive series, we published a trilogy of volumes on the Me109 in the Battle of Britain and a single volume on the He111 also in the Battle of Britain. At the time, we struggled to find high quality photos for these books, so we made them more about the units rather than the aircraft detail itself. They sold well, but didn't quite fit in with the style of the WPA series, so...
de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.21/FAW.53. The Sea Venom FAW.21 was a British all-weather fighter, used in the 1950s by the British FAA and in the export version FAW.53 by the Australian RAN. It operated from aircraft carriers and land bases. It was characterized by a two-seat cockpit with the crew sitting side by side in a central fuselage nacelle and twin tailbooms. The most significant event in which the Sea Venoms partic...
RNZAF Lockheed Hudsons, Pacific Theatre and Home Front. Five options.
- NZ4021, "Chips" No.3 Sqn, Guadalcanal, July 1943.
- NZ2090, No.3 Sqn, Guadalcanal, April 1943. Flight Lieutenant Max W. McCormick and his crew, in NZ2090, attacked and damaged a submarine on April 2nd 1943. Later, on the same patrol, they destroyed a Japanese Type 0 "Pete" floatplane - the first RNZAF air-to-air kill in the Solomon Islands campaign.
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RNZAF Lockheed Hudsons, Pacific Theatre. Four options
- NZ4021, "Chips" No.3 Sqn July 1943
- NZ2090, No.3 Sqn, April 1943. Flight Lieutenant Max W. McCormick and his crew, in NZ2090, attacked and damaged a submarine on April 2nd 1943. Later, on the same patrol, they destroyed a Japanese Type 0 "Pete" floatplane - the first RNZAF air-to-air kill in the Solomon Islands campaign.
- NZ2088, "Bashful" No.3 Sqn, 1943.
- No.4 ...
AR3 or Storm Shroud Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). Ukraine operates the AR3 for reconnaissance, while the RAF uses Storm Shroud for electronic warfare. This 3D printed kit contains the aircraft, launching ramp, power pack and transportation boxes - everything necessary for a diorama, except crew figures.
British Army Challenger 1 Mk 3 Main Battle Tank "Gulf War"
Few armoured vehicles are more closely associated with the British Army's experience of the 1991 Gulf War than the Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank. Although originally developed to meet the demands of the Cold War in Europe, the type"known simply as Challenger at the time"would see its only major combat service in Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Granby. The Mk 3 repr...
US Army M1133 Stryker MEV Medical Evacuation Vehicle
The M1133 Stryker MEV is the U.S. Army's armoured ambulance variant of the Stryker eight-wheeled vehicle family, built to provide protected casualty evacuation and basic en-route care for wounded personnel within a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT). It is based on the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle chassis, with an enlarged rear compartment featuring vertical walls and...
Faun SLT 50-3 Elefant with SaAnh 52t Trailer
The SLT 50-3 "Elefant" is a German heavy-duty tractor unit developed to transport the Leopard 2 main battle tank and other heavy military vehicles. Introduced in the late 1990s, it has a crew of two and is paired with the SaAnh (SattelAnhanger) 52-ton semi-trailer, produced by Kassbohrer under licence from Krupp. The tractor features 8x8 all-wheel drive, V12 diesel engine, and hy...
German SdKfz 165 Hummel Self-Propelled Howitzer Early Production
Self-propelled artillery piece developed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Introduced in 1943, it was designed to provide mobile fire support to armoured divisions, combining significant firepower with enhanced battlefield mobility.
Hummel mounted the 15�cm sFH 18/1 L/30 heavy field howitzer on a modified Panzer III/IV hybrid chassis and offered long...
Chinese Army ZRY-222 & "Robot Wolves" Robotic Ground Combat System
ZRY-222 is a tracked unmanned combat ground vehicle designed to support PLA ground forces with a mix of reconnaissance, fire support, and risk-reduction roles. Built on a compact remote-operated chassis, it typically carries a heavy machine gun and anti-armour or multi-purpose missiles, allowing it to engage targets without exposing crews. Its sensors a...
Chinese Army ZTZ-100 Main Battle Tank
The ZTZ-100 (Type 100) is a fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) developed for the People's Liberation Army (PLA). First displayed publicly during the 2025 Victory Day Parade, the vehicle is scheduled for induction into the PLA Ground Force between 2025 and 2026. Its design incorporates an unmanned turret and a three-person crew capsule located within the hull.
Primary armamen...
EMB-145/P-99 (North Point Sea command)
The kit includes:
301 plastic parts on 17 sprues;
PE sheet
Decal sheet for 2 liveries;
Painting masks;
2 x Anti-ship missile
incl. cabin with crew seats
each window is separate clear part
Das Lehrgeschwader 1. The Mediterranean Campaign 1941/1942 in rare color slides
and selected black-and-white photos. Author Axel Urbanke
ISBN 978-3-941437-59-3
Pages: 288
Photos: 103 color photos and 178 black-and-white photos
Illustrations: 11 color page views
Maps: 10 color maps
Format: large size, 25 x 28 cm
This book is a unique collection of images and text. It brings together two sets of color slides
taken at ...
Focke-Wulf Fw-189A 'Owls over the Eastern Front' In 1937, the RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) issued specifications for a new Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft. The companies Blohm Voss with their asymmetric BV 141, Arado with the single-engine Ar 198 and Focke Wulf with the Fw 189 project participated in the competition. The winner was the Focke Wulf.
Like the BV 141, the Fw 189 stood out with an unusual technical solution....
model 139/WH-1 'Early Dutch East Indies Bomber' The Martin company started the revolution in aircraft construction with their Model 139 bomber that was also designated by the USAAF B-10, B-12 or B-14 depending on the engines used. In the early 1930s, the air was dominated by fabric-covered biplanes and then suddenly an all-metal monoplane appeared, with closed crew cockpits and cowled engines. Those new bombers were not only f...
Aero A-12 'the First of the Family' USUALLY £19.80. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! The Aero A-12 was developed by Ing.Husn�k, the chief designer at the Aero factory in 1923 and was introduced to the Czechoslovak Air Force a year later. And it was just the same year that the A-12 did very well during the 2nd Speed Race for the President of the Republic Trophy. Three of the A-12s set world records in the race, the first ones to be a...
Fairey Albacore Mk.I/II The Fairey Albacore was the last biplane bomber to enter service with the British FAA. The aerodynamically refined biplane was intended to replace the older Swordfish biplanes. Like its predecessor, it was intended for torpedo and bombing attacks from horizontal and dive flight and for reconnaissance. The crewof three sat in the all-metal fuselage under a large canopy.
The Albacore entered service in ...
Aero C-3B 'Czechoslovak Bomber-Trainer' WAS £49.50. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! T The Siebel Si 204A and Si 204D were the transport training versions of the twin-engined aircraft designed and built for the Lufthansa and, mainly, for the Luftwaffe. A bomber trainer version was also built during the war which was capable of taking night bombing missions, too. Known as the Si 204E, two prototype machines were built and a small batc...
NEARLY GOOD AS NEW!!! Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC 'Overseas Jockeys' The Supermarine Spitfire definitely belongs among the most famous warplanes of the Second World War, and the Spitfire Mk.V version was produced in the largest numbers. The Mk.Vc subversion was equipped with a strenghtened wing enabling the machine to carry various cannon / machine gun configuration and bombs beneath the wing too. The ongoing production brought...
RE-RELEASED!!! Marder II (Sd.Kfz.131) 'German Tank Destroyer'. This Marder II is a really superb model of the German WW2 tank destroyer, the first of a couple of models moulding tools of we have recently acquired from MK72. Rightfully the model was awarded the Model of the Year prize at the time it was released first.
The Marder II tank destroyer was developed using the Pz.Kpfw.II tank chassis. The Soviet, heavy armoured KV...