CURRENT STATUS STUDY
Known officially as the Republic of China, Taiwan has a fascinating military history, with war with the People’s Republic of China and continuing tensions between the states. Its Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) is the subject of Harpia’s new book, which having been published in summer 2021, is the most up-to-date study of the subject available.
LONG-LIVED BATTLECRUISERS
While many pre-World War One dreadnoughts were upgraded significantly in the inter-war period, few were changed as much as the four Japanese Kongō-class battlecruisers (Kongō, Hiei, Kirishima and Haruna), which were reconstructed extensively.
SEABORNE SUKHOI
Chinese kit manufacturer Minibase has made a stunning debut with its sea-going 1/48 Su-33 Flanker-D. Chris Jones finds it an involved but satisfying project.
FRIEDRICH PLANS
Modellers with Messerschmitt Bf 109F kits will appreciate Kagero’s TopDrawings publication, which provides a selection of scale plans, colour profiles and detail diagrams for this sub-type.
SPLENDID SCHNELLBOMBER
Released as part of Revell’s ‘Battle of Britain’ collection, this superb Ju 88 – arguably the best in 1/72 – makes a welcome return, this time in an early-war A-1 guise.
WACKY WEAPONS
“Necessity is the mother of invention”, as the saying goes, and this is particularly true during wartime, when operational needs drive massive changes.
HUMPS AND STUFF
Check out Eduard's reboxing of its Sopwith Camel as a Limited Edition Dual Combo, with mixed media and decals for ten airframes! We also discuss extra aftermarket parts released by Eduard in parallel.
TELFORD UPDATE
IPMS (UK), organisers of Scale ModelWorld at Telford, have issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions relating to this year's event.
HIGH-SPEED RECORDS
For many people the pinnacle of railway achievement was Mallard’s 126mph dash down Stoke Bank in July 1938, but since then this high-speed record has been broken many times with most of the subsequent attempts being much less well known, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES found out.
Heljan reveals decorated Class 56s
Heljan has revealed factory decorated samples of its newly-tooled ‘O’ gauge Class 56 diesel.