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• 31 December 2004
  - Wishing you a blessed holidays and best wishes for a happy new year! And may the new year bring you and your family much joy and happiness. Have a great 2005!
  
  
• 30 December 2004
  - A new interesting Junkers Ju-87 Stuka German WW2 Bomber Story book (Exprint publisher) is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This publication in great details tells about the most famous of all planes used by the Germans as a sturzkamfflugzeug (divebomber). Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 Sukhoi Su-35 Russian Fighter-Bomber model kit by Zvezda company is available now for online ordering (price $15.99). Formerly known as the Su-27M, the Sukhoi Su-35 is an advanced derivative of the Su-27 Flanker. The first Su-27M prototype was displayed at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show. The Su-35 is expected to enter service in 1995. Changes from the Su-27 include a new radar, requiring a somewhat larger nose; foreplanes, as on the naval Su-33; more powerful engines (also originally developed for the Su-33); an enlarged and improved infrared search and track unit in front of the cockpit; an infrared missile-warning scanner on the fuselage spine; numerous internal electronic improvements; larger tail fins (required by aerodynamic changes imposed by the enlarged nose); and a large "spine" between the engines containing a rearward-facing air-to-air radar, allowing the use of rear-firing semi-active radar guided missiles. Not present on the prototype, but expected to be on the production version, are two-dimensional thrust-vectoring engine nozzles. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 29 December 2004
  - Sensation! A new phenomenal anniversary publication - Russian VVS Long Range Aviation 90 Years book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $89.99). This large directory contains the data about all Russian long range aircraft including Tu-95/Tu-142, Tu-16, Tu-22, Tu-160, TB-3 and other types as well as experimental ones. This publication also narrates on the scientific and technical aspects of long range aircraft designing. A lot of unique illustrations accompany the text (hundreds of color and b/w photos, schemes and drawings, most of them published at the first time). Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) periodical: Oruzhie Special issue 2004/04 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: Sports pistoles from Tula, 9th exhibition 'Blade. Traditions and the present', Hunter's weapon repair, PSM pistole, Shooting weapon evolution, World of arms: news, Leader's barrells and blades, Mortar centenary etc. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 28 December 2004
  - Famous Soviet WW2 Fighter in quarter scale! 1/48 Yakovlev Yak-9T Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit from Maquette company is available for online order (price $9.99). Yak-9 is the third large family of WW2 Yakovlev's fighters. Development of the Yak-7, it was very similar in appearance to its predecessor. Two years of Yak-7 production and service resulted in numerous changes in construction, equipment and armament. Design shortcomings of earlier Yak-1 and Yak-7 were eliminated, manufacturing quality improved substantially. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  - A new issue of the Popular high illustrated Navy Historical periodical Midel-Shpangout #5 2003: Dvenatsat Apostolov (The Twelve Apostles) Russian Battleship magazine is available for online ordering (price $9.97). This issue tells about the famous Russian Navy flagship. G.A.Grebenschikova's monograph generalizes taciturn and disembodied data and very little known facts based on the rare English books of XIX century and unknown archival documents. Highly recommended for naval history Enthusiastrs!
  - A very interesting 1/72 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Type 35 Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit from RODEN company is again available for online ordering (price $9.97). Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 24 December 2004
  - We received a very interesting publication from Exprint publisher: Polikarpov I-16 Soviet WW2 Fighter Story book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). I-16 - world's first high-speed fighter and the most numerous soviet aircraft in mid 30s - beginning 40s period. The cantilever monoplane I-16 was designed at the Design Bureau under supervision of N.Polikarpov in 1933. The serial production started in 1934. This bok tells about various aspect of I-16's creation, tecnical structure, battle usage and capabilities. Highly recommended!
  - A new 1/35 T-34/76 Soviet WW2 Medium Tank with Mineroller model kit by Zvezda company is available for online ordering (price $19.99). This set represents a famous Soviet WW2 battle machine in additional with a very useful at the battlefield tool. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 December 2004
  - A new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) periodical: Oruzhie Special issue 2004/04 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: French shooting weapon (1939-1945), GM-94 grenade-launcher, Shooting weapon evolution, Russian military historical artillery and sappers museum - 300 years, Teach-yourself book for pistoler, Experience of WW2 hand-to-hand fighting, One barrel - two calibres, First domestic automatic pistole etc. Recommended!
  - We received a new ICM-72814 1/72 Soviet MLRS BM-13-16 Katyusha on ZiL-131 chassis model kit by ICM company (price $12.99). This kit represents a very late version of the famous Soviet Multiple Launch Rocket System. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 22 December 2004
  - A new very interesting periodical: Modelist-Konstruktor # 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Modellers can find out in this issue very useful information on ships, cars, aircraft etc. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Highly recommended!
  - A very interesting 1/72 Lavochkin LaGG-3 ser.1,5,11 Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $9.97). LaGG-3 - refined LaGG-1, with palliatives introduced to cure the worst faults of the LaGG-1. The LaGG-3 had outer wings with slats and balanced tail surfaces, was lighter, and later also had a more powerful engine. It still was disliked intensely by its pilots. Production problems continued, some factories delivering unairworthy aircraft. Series production aircraft were up to 40km/h slower than those tested by the VVS, so the numbers given are optimistic. Development resulted in 21 major versions, all simply called LaGG-3. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 21 December 2004
  - We've added the filling of Popular high illustrated Navy Historical magazine Midel-Shpangout with another very interesting one: Midel-Shpangout #1 2003: The Russian Sevastopol Class Battleships magazine is available for online ordering (price $9.97). The Sevastopol Class Dreadnought Battleships (The Sevastopol, Poltava, Petropavlovsk and the Gangut) was laid down in 1909 being launched during 1911 and being commissioned during November and December of 1914. They saw service during World War One. Readers can find out information on the technical projects and structure, building and testing, battle potential and battle usage at the WW1 and WW2. Highly recommended for naval history Enthusiastrs!
  - Zvezda manufacturer just released a new 1/35 BMD-1 Soviet Airborne Combat Vehicle model kit (price $22.99). BMD-1 is the first vehicle in the world especially designed for air-borne troops. It could be both-landed from an airplane by usual way or parachuted from such airplanes as AH-12, IL-76, An-22 at height from 300m to 1500m. As soon as it was landed it could join battle. The vehicle can negotiate water obstacles. The maximum speed on water is 10 km/hr. BMD-1 was used by Soviet troops in Afghanistan and later by Russian Army in Chechnya. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 17 December 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #9 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: A.Nilolayev - Soviet cosmonaut, ISS. 9th crew chronicle, Progress M-49 sinking, Challenger crew awards, Desert survival, Cosmonaut's parachute training, Kosmos 2406 in flight, Cassini in orbit, Mars Express: six months above Mars, SMART-1 approaching the Moon etc. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 December 2004
  - A new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) periodical: Oruzhie Special issue 2004/03 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: Russian central research institute of the precision engineering, Unknown Vikhr - compact submachine gun, PSS pistol, Shooting knifes of Russian special team, Shooting weapon evolution, Teach-yourself book for pistoler etc. Recommended!
  - We received a very interesting publication about one of the enigmatic WW2 aircraft by Exprint publisher: Heinkel He-219 Uhu German WW2 Night Fighter book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The He-219 was one of a very few purpose-designed night fighters of WW2. It was by all accounts a superior platform for night hunting, better than any of the German aircraft adapted to the role such as the Me 110 and Ju 88. Ernst Heinkel did not curry as much favor with the Luftwaffe high command as did many of his contemporaries such as Willie Messerschmitt, Hugo Junkers and Kurt Tank. Field Marshall Erhard Milch is widely held to be responsible for the fact that the He-219 never made it into production. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 15 December 2004
  - We received a new 1/72 Ural-4320 Soviet Army Truck by ICM company (price $9.99). The Ural-4320 was the main truck of the Soviet Army. It was designed to negotiate heavy terrain, and in any kind of weather ranging from -58°F to 122°F and up to the altitude of 15,000 ft. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  - A very rare 1/200 Tupolev Tu-154 Russian Airliner model kit is again available for on-line ordering (price $7.70). This kit represents the famous Tupolev's Tu-154 tri-jet (which remains the standard medium range airliner on domestic flights in Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union and to a lesser extent in eastern Europe and Iran). The number of kits is very limited!
  
  
  
• 14 December 2004
  - A very good news for our customers: a great number of ALANGER (ex-ICM) kits are available for online ordering at AviaPress! A kits of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 10 December 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents a new publication on WW2 technique: Luftwaffe WW2 Camouflage (1939-1945) book has been printed and is available for online ordering now (price $11.99). This publication is dedicated to the colouring of German WW2 fighters, bombers, transport aircraft etc. Excellent edition, a lot of photos and illustrations. Highly recommended for modelling Enthusiasts and peoples who are interested in the military history!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #10 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: News, Reviews of the new kits, Reviews on new model paints, Dioramas, 1/144 Type XXIII German WW2 U-Boat model kit by ICM, KrAZ-260 Russian truck, He-219 German WW2 aircraft etc. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 December 2004
  - A new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) periodical: Oruzhie Special issue 2004/02 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: Non-lethal KGB's arms, Teach-yourself book for pistoler, SR.2 Veresk machine pistol, Shooting weapon evolution, Rajpoots - blade tarnishes etc etc. Recommended!
  - ICM company presents: 1/350 Markgraf German WW1 Battleship model kit is available for online ordering (price $77.99). SMS Markgraf is Konig Class Dreadnought Battleship. Basically this class were improved Kaisers with similar protection and propulsion but with an improved main armament lay out. Late in the war the forward pole mast was replaced with a more substantial tubular mast necessary to carry the improved fire control equipment that ships were fitted with during the war. SMS Markgraf was built at Weser, Bremen (laid down November 1911, completed October 1914). A kit of a limited edition! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 8 December 2004
  - We received a second part of a very interesting naval publication: Soviet submarines 1922-1945. Part 2 book is available for online ordering as well as previous one - Soviet submarines 1922-1945. Part 1 book (price $25.99 for each). In these books readers can find out more information on Soviet WW2 submersible force. A lot of photos and illustrations accompany the text. Highly recommended!
  - Zvezda company presents Fencer model kit in 1/72 scale: 1/72 Sukhoi Su-24M Fencer Soviet Front Bomber model kit is available for online ordering (price $17.99). This set represents the famous Soviet fighter-bomber with variable geometry wings. It's first prototype flew in 1970. Entered production in 1974 as Su-19. Was modified in 1976 and renamed Su-24. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 7 December 2004
  - We received a new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Oruzhie Special issue 2004/01 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: Cold steel, Author's weapon, 3D models for blades, Ivory engraving, Arm countermarks etc. Recommended!
  - UM company presents: 1/72 T-26 Soviet pre-WW2 Light Tank with Cylindrical Turret model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This machine had been developed in the USSR in 1932 on the basis of two-turret tank T-26. The tank was with riveted cylindrical turret, 45mm 20K gun and 7,62mm DT machine gun. The tank was suitable both for support of infantry and for struggle with the armored targets of the enemy. Further on the basis of this design the known serial tank T-26 in 1933 with an elliptic turret had been created. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 6 December 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents a new interesting publication: Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum Russian Fighter book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This book is dedicated to the history of developing and usage one of the best fourth-generation fighters. Publication tells about the fighter's development, testing, productionising and further refining its design. MiG-29 has perfect aerodynamics, oversound speed, high maneuverability. It has powerful armament, which allows to destroy any air or ground targets. Whenever possible of conducting near air fight the MiG-29 surpasses all fightersof a similar class taking place now on arms. According to NATO classification MiG-29 was assigned a code name Fulcrum. Excellent edition, a lot of photos and illustrations. Recommended!
  - A new very interesting periodical: Modelist-Konstruktor #9 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Modellers can find out in this issue very useful information on ships, cars, aircraft etc. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 3 December 2004
  - A new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Oruzhie Special issue 2003/10 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: MSPO weapon exhibition, ROST-2003 Russian civil weapon exhibition, V.Fedorov - Russian arms designer, Revolver in Russian Army etc. Recommended!
  - UM company presents: 1/72 Pz Kpfw 38(t) Ausf C German WW2 Light Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The Prague tank (the German designation is PzKpfw 38{t)) was designed by CKD works in 1938. The first vehicles were produced in spring 1939 and entered German service immediately. 38(t) tanks were used by German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian, Bulgarian armies at the initial period of WW2 (1939-1942). They were also exported to Sweden, Switzerland, Peru, Iran and other states. 38 (t) was used by Panzerwaffe in Polish campaign in 1939, in France in 1940, in the Balkans in 1941. 623 PzKpfw 38(t) took part in operation Barbarossa. Possessing exellent tactical and technical characteristics: speed, manoeuvrability, armor protection, armament and high reliability, Prague tank was the best light tank of the initial period of WW2 ideally suitable for blitzkrieg operations. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 December 2004
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #9 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: News, Reviews of the new kits, Reviews on new model paints, Dioramas, Master's Comments etc. Highly recommended!
  - Zvezda company presents a new interesting kit: 1/72 Mil Mi-8 HIP Russian Helicopter (Emergency variant) model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The MI-8 HIP is a multi-role transport helicopter capable of carring troops or supplies as well as conducting armed attackes with rockets and guns. It is often used to resupply guerrillas, insert detachments or provide close air support to attacking units. Designed as a transport helicopter, the Mi-8 proved a multi-purpose machine. The cable external suspension, equipped with the weight-measuring device, makes it possible to carry large size cargoes weighing up to three tons. If required, it became both combat, rescue and artillery observation helicopter. This set represents the emergency variant of HIP. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 1 December 2004
  - All Aviatsija i Vremya issues for 2004 are still available for online ordering (price $6.97 for each): Aviatsija i Vremya N5 2004 (Mikoyan MiG-25 fighter-interceptor story + 1/72 scale plans) magazine, Aviatsija i Vremya N4 2004 (Antonov An-3 multipurpose aircraft story + 1/72 scale plans) magazine, Aviatsija i Vremya N3 2004 (Sukhoi Su-33 and Su-27KUB Russian modern ship-board aircraft story + 1/72 scale plans) magazine, Aviatsija i Vremya N2 2004 (MDD F-15 Eagle; Yakovlev Yak-9P/U stories + 1/72 scale plans) magazine, Aviatsija i Vremya N1 2004 (Beriev MBR-2 Soviet WW2 famous flying boat story + 1/72 scale plans) magazine. Recommended!
  - We received a new kit in quarter scale from ICM company: 1/48 US AF WW2 Pilots and Ground Personnel (1941-1945) model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 30 November 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents a new interesting publication: Brody-Rovno Tank Battle, 1941 book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The present book narrates about the dramatic events that took place in the Western Ukraine during the first week of combat operations at the Soviet-German front. From the 22nd to the 30th of June 1941, one the biggest tank battles of World War 2 occurred in the combat operation zone of the 5th and 6th Armies of the Southwestern Front. Not less than 2500 tanks took part in it on both sides. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. The issue will present interest to all people who are interested in the history of armored vehicles. Recommended!
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #3 2004 (price $5.97). In this issue: Nadezhda coming back, Naval Guards at Visla (1863-1864 Polish insurrection), Type Admiral battleship, 'Verp' operation etc. Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  
  
  
• 29 November 2004
  - We received a new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Oruzhie Special issue 2003/8 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: IDET-2003 exhibition, US Army grenade cup discharges (1939-1945), Machine guns from Kovrov, Revolver of .401 caliber, Bazalt Russian ammunition maker, V. Fedorov - Russian weapon designer, IZh-54 hunter smooth-bore, Shooting on moving target etc. Recommended!
  - ICM company presents: 1/144 Type XXIII German WW2 U-Boat model kit is available for online ordering (price $17.99). The Type XXIII Elektro U-boat was designed for operations in shallow and coastal waters where it's larger sister, the Type XXI, would be at risk. Only six boats of this type were operational, starting in early 1945. None of these was sunk by the Allies during World War Two. The six boats sank or damaged five allied ships for a total of 14,601 tons. The Type XXIII carried no deck guns or mines, and due to the lack of interior space, could only carry two torpedoes (one in each of it's two forward tubes) with no reloads. Many of these subs were purposely sunk by allied naval vessels after the war. A kit of a limited edition! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 26 November 2004
  - Add your Soviet six-wheeler collection with these interesting kits by ICM company: 1/72 Ural-375D Soviet Military Truck model kit, 1/72 ZiL-131 Soviet Army Truck model kit and 1/72 ZiL-131 Soviet Command Vehicle model kit are available for online ordering (price $9.99 for each). A kits of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 November 2004
  - We received a very interesting issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine History of Aviation magazine #3 2003 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This periodical as usually covers a number of aviation historical topics. The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings and color illustrations. Recommended!
  - UM company presents: 1/72 SU-122 Soviet WW2 Self-Propelled Gun model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The production of SU-122 was started in December, 1942. The self-propelled part was made on the basis of T-34/76 tank. The thickness of front armor was equal to 45 mm. The ammunition supply consists of 40 rounds. The crew is commander, shooter, two gun-layers, one or two loader(s) and driver. In total 638 Su-122 were manufactured. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 November 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #10 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: Messenger heading toward Mercury, ISS crew #9: chronicle, Progress M-50 obtains more specific information about ISS's weight, First Malaysian Astronaut: great plans, About US Space military programs etc Recommended!
  - We received a new kit in quarter scale from ICM company: 1/48 German WW2 Luftwaffe Pilots and Ground Personnel (1939-1945) model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). This kit is injection moulded, contains 41 parts in 1 sprue for assembly of seven figures -three pilots and four mechanics of WWII German Luftwaffe. One pilot is in flying suit with parachute, two pilots are in dress uniform (one of them - in leather coat). Two mechanics serve Bf109 fighter. The kit includes optional variants of caps and holsters (for P08 or P38 pistols). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 22 November 2004
  - A new very interesting periodical: Modelist-Konstruktor #11 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Modellers can find out in this issue very useful information on ships, cars, aircraft etc. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Highly recommended!
  - Zvezda manufacturer just released a new 1/35 T-80BV Russian Main Battle Tank with ERA model kit is available for online ordering (price $22.99). The T-80, manufactured by Transmash of Omsk, appeared as production model in 1984, retaining the basic features of the T-64 series (including the 125mm smoothbore gun with autoloader). Major innovations included the first Soviet use of a gas turnine engine, providing increased speed and power, and the first use of a laser rangefinder providing major improvements in fire control. The T-80 is very similar in appearance to the T-72. It incorporates features common to both the T-64 and T-72, especially in weaponry. Easily distinguishable features of this tank as compared with the standard T-72 are the attachment of side skirts and twelve turret-mounted grenade launchers with seven on the left side and five on the right side. T-80BV variant has first generation explosive reactive armor (ERA) mounted. A late production version has a new turret similar to the T-80U but fitted with the turbine engine and first generation ERA. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 November 2004
  - We offer a new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Oruzhie Special issue 2003/6 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: Korobov - Russian arms designer, IDEX 2003 exhibition, US Army machine-guns (1939-1945), Magnum ammunition for hunter smooth-bore, Medal of Honor. Allied Assault: Short game review etc. Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 BMD-2 Russian Airborne Combat Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). The BMD-2 is a variant of the BMD-1 with a new one-man turret with the gunner seated on the left and a single piece circular front-opening hatch cover. Armament consists of a 30 mm 2A42 stabilized cannon, used for ground engagements and in the anti-aircraft/anti-helicopter role, and a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun mounted coaxial to the right. A launcher for an AT-4 Spigot or the longer-range AT-5 Spandrel ATGM mounted on the right side of the turret roof. The BMD-2 has a single 7.62 mm bow-mounted machine gun on the right side, with the machine gun port in the left side of the BMD-1 being eliminated. A kit of a high quality. Photoetched tracks are included. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 18 November 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N7 2004: WW2 Ships. Japanese Navy (part 2) magazine (price $7.97). This issue narrates on Japan's Navy ships at 1941 - 1945 period including their technical data and battle history. 32 pages, 70+ photos, illustrations, colour and b/w drawings. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 SU-100 Soviet WW2 Self-Propelled Gun model kit by UM company is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Soviet SU-100 Self-Propelled Gun has been created in 1943 on a T-34 Chassis. Long 100mm gun developed from high velocity naval gun. SU-100 was major Soviet tank destroyer. This armored vehicle combined an extremely powerful cannon on a fairly light chassis. It remained in service until 1957. Later SU-100 has been replaced with less powerful SU-85. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 17 November 2004
  - We offer a new issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Dragunov SVD Soviet Sniping Rifle magazine is available for online ordering (price $9.95). The SVD (Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova)-Dragunov Sniping Rifle was the first rifle designed from scratch as a sniper rifle, and was introduced in the 1950's. It has very limited similarities to the Kalashnikov series of rifles. The SVD can be expected to shoot 2 MOA with quality ammo. The Dragunov self loading sniper's rifle is intended for engaging fleeting, moving, open and masked single targets. Aimed fire is delivered by single shots. For convenient handling the sniper's rifle on march, in landing and transporting in various kinds of war vehicles (ammored infantry vehicles, armored vehicles, helicopters and other) the rifle is equipped with a folding butt.
  - Amodel company presents: 1/72 Gee Bee Super Sportster R1 Aircraft model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). Gee Bee Super Sportster, the famous 'flying cask' of brothers Granwill, the winner of Thompson's prize race in 1931 and 1932, was built by the firm Aircraft GB in 1931. Everything in aircraft design was sacrificed to speed. Robert Hall, the plane's chief designer from the United States, practically turned it into a flying engine. The aircraft appeared to be very difficult in piloting and caused the death of well-known pilots. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 November 2004
  - We received a new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #6 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). This issue as usually tells about a wide range of an aviation-related subjects. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Recommended!
  - 1/35 BTR-80A Russian Armoured Troop-Carrier model kit from Zvezda company is available for online ordering (price $22.99). The BTR-80 is a modern, lightly armored vehicle with a diesel power plant. It is manufactured at the Gorkiy Automobile Factory in Nizhniy Novgorod and has been in service since the early 1980s. The BTR-80 is a lightly armored amphibious vehicle with a collective chemical-biological-radiological (CBR) protective system. Operated by a crew of three, the vehicle can carry a squad of seven infantry troops. The BTR-80 has evolved into the BTR-80A. In 1993, the Tula design bureau finished development of a new turret similar to that on the German Marder APC, mounting a 30-mm 2A42 (BMP-2) automatic gun, coax 7.62-mm MG, and TNP-3 day/night sights. This vehicle is in prototype and offered for export. The drop-in gun/turret package (Modular Weapon System) is offered for export, to upgrade a wide variety of vehicles to BTR-80A standard. BTR-80A can mount K1-126 bullet-resistant tires. On the BTR-80A and BTR-80S, the standard BTR-80 turret is replaced with a modular armaments system. The BTR-80A is fitted with a 30 mm 2A72 automatic gun and 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 15 November 2004
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 BMD-1 Russian Airborne Combat Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). BMD-1 is the first vehicle in the world especially designed for air-borne troops. It could be both-landed from an airplane by usual way or parachuted from such airplanes as AH-12, IL-76, An-22 at height from 300m to 1500m. As soon as it was landed it could join battle. The vehicle can negotiate water obstacles. The maximum speed on water is 10 km/hr. BMD-1 was used by Soviet troops in Afghanistan and later by Russian Army in Chechnya. A kit of a high quality. Photoetched tracks are included. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 12 November 2004
  - A very rare and interesting accessories 1/72 Soviet Modern Air Armament model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). This set will be really useful for Russian AF aircraft modellers. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 11 November 2004
  - ICM company presents another WW2 kit: 1/35 Barbarossa Operation. June 22 1941 model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). The model kit includes 47 parts for assembly of four figures. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 10 November 2004
  - We received a new interesting set by ICM company: 1/35 German WW1 Assault Troops (1917-1918) model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). This kit is injection moulded, contains 86 parts in 2 sprues for assembly of four figures - one under-officer and three soldiers of late WW1 German assault troops. The kit includes many weapons and equipment - two variants of Mauser 98 carbines, P08 Parabellum holster, 1916 steel helmets, gas-mask haversacks, sapper shovels, bandoliers grenade pouches, sword bayonets etc. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 November 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya N5 2004 (Mikoyan MiG-25 fighter-interceptor story + 1/72 scale plans) is available for online ordering (price $6.97). The main topic of this issue is Mikoyan MiG-25 Soviet Interceptor-Fighter. The MiG-25 Foxbat is a high-performance, high-altitude interceptor. The wings are high-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with square tips. The aircraft has two turbojet engines and large rectangular air intakes below the canopy and forward of the wing roots. There are dual exhaust. The fuselage is long and slender with solid, pointed nose. The aircraft is box-like from the air intakes to rear section. It has a bubble canopy. On the tail are twin, sweptback, and tapered fins with angular tips. There are flats mid- to low-mounted on fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with angular tips.
  
  
  
• 5 November 2004
  - Four publications on Soviet/Russian aircraft are again available for online ordering: Russian and Soviet Seaplanes and Ekranoplans (1910 - 1999) book (price $24.99), Lavochkin Aircraft book (price $45.99),. Mikoyan MiG-3 Soviet WW2 Fighter (price $55.99) and Nikolai Polikarpov's Aircarft book (price $89.99). Highly recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 4 November 2004
  - Some interesting and rare kits by Amodel company are again available for on-line ordering: 1/72 IS-2 (Iosyf Stalin) Soviet pre-WW2 Experimental Fighter model kit (price $13.99), 1/72 AERO 145 Light Multi-Purpose Aircraft model kit (price $13.99) and 1/72 Kamov KASKR-1 Soviet Autogyro model kit (price $13.99). A kits of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 3 November 2004
  - Another interesting 1/35 US Airborne Force in Iraq (2003-2004) model kit by ICM company is available for online ordering (price $7.99). The model kit includes 50 parts for assembly of four figures. A set of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 November 2004
  - We just received two fine kits in quarter scale from ICM company: 1/48 North American Mustang P-51B US WW2 Fighter with US AF Pilots and Ground Personnel model kit and 1/48 Mustang P-51D US WW2 Fighter with US AF Pilots and Ground Personnel model kit are available for online ordering (price $16.99 for each). A kits of a very good quality. Highly recommended for WW2 aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 1 November 2004
  - A new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika N10 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: History of the 182th heavy bomber regiment (continuation), Mikoyan MiG-27 fighter-bomber (continuation), Tupolev Tu-22 family history (part 2), Martian race, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt WW2 fighter (continuation), In the Korean sky: Mao's eagles against Uncle Sam's hawks (continuation) etc. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - ICM company presents a new set: 1/35 Red Army Infantry (1939-1942) model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 28 October 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Technical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #10 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: Military technique cooperation with foreign countries, T-72 Russian main battle tank, S-300P Russian modern air defense missile system, Carriers at sea, Tank assembling theory, 'Start' individual aircraft history, Special purpose aviation, Japan amphibious vehicles etc. Highly recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 2S9 Nona Soviet 120 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). 2S9 NONA is an airborne artillery assault vehicle that has been developed to carry out two tactical functions. One role is a conventional artillery equipment to replace existing mortars and howitzers in the former Soviet Army's airborne assault divisions and the second role could be as a direct fire anti-tank weapon system firing HEAT projectiles. Developed by Yuri Kalachnikov design bureau in Perm early 80th and first seen in public in May 1985. More than 1000 vehicles were produced in XX century. A kit of a high quality. Photoetched tracks are included. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 27 October 2004
  - We received a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika N9 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: History of the 182th heavy bomber regiment, Mikoyan MiG-27 fighter-bomber, Tupolev Tu-22 family history (part 1), Modern pilotless aircraft prospect, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt WW2 fighter, In the Korean sky: Mao's eagles against Uncle Sam's hawks etc. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 26 October 2004
  - A new very interesting publication Modelist-Konstruktor - Special Issue: WW2 Military Transport Aircraft (1939-1945) is available for online ordering (price $12.99). The magazine contains description of 52 aircraft types from all countries which took part in WW2 as well as schemas, photos and tactical data of these planes. This issue consist of 100+ photos, illustrations and scale drawings. 64 pages. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 October 2004
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #4 2004 (price $5.97). In this issue: Rurik's feat of arms: different viewpoints (article about famous Russian cruiser), Blown Admiral Koga, Rebirth of Iraqi Navy, Fun of Soviet man-of-war's men etc. Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 BTR-D Soviet Airborne Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). BTR-D is a version of BMD without a turret, which frees up a considerable amount of space in the center of the vehicle. In addition vehicle hull was lengthened to provide additional internal volume: this is evident from the addition of one more road wheel on either side. While the BMD-1 can carry 7 troops, the BTR-D can carry up to 13. The basic BTR-D is used to transport heavy weapons like ZU-23-2 and AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher. A kit of a very good quality. Photoetched parts are included. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 22 October 2004
  - Read more on Soviet and Russian Aircraft in this new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika N8 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). This is another issue of extremely popular aerospace magazine. The magazine is dedicated to the various topics related to the history and modern day aviation. This issue offers well researched materials in the number of interesting articles. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - MINIART Company presents: a new 1/72 French Foot Soldiers with Rams (XV century) model kit is available for online ordering (price $8.99). This is a companion set to MRT-72002 1/72 French Knights and Assault Ladders (XV century) kit. Like MRT-72002 this kit comes with two identical sprues of pieces. The first four figures are new while the other figures are also found in set MRT-72002. There are two battering rams and two ladders to be carried by the troops. Detail is very good. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 21 October 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents a new interesting publication: Soviet Heavy Tanks (1917-1941) book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This publication tells about soviet heavy tanks of 1917-1945 period. The book covers the design work, combat usage and later modifications of this pre-WW2 tanks. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. The issue will present interest to all people who are interested in the history of armored vehicles. Recommended!
  - An exellent kit in quarter scale: 1/48 Bristol F.2B WWI RAF fighter model kit by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $19.99). The Bristol Fighter is easily one of the most outstanding aircraft to have seen combat during the First World War. It was so good that it formed the backbone of the RAF in overseas service policing for the far-flung frontier territories of the Empire throughout the interwar period until it was finally retired from service in 1934. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 20 October 2004
  - We received another new historical kit by MINIART Company: 1/72 French Knights and Assault Ladders (XV century) is available for online ordering (price $8.99). A nicely detailed set comprised of two identical sprues with a total of 4 assault ladders with bases, 32 figures in 10 poses and a host of shields and plug in arms for the climbing figures. There are extra plug in arms to provide a variety of poses. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 LAV-C US Army Light Armored Command Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The LAV-C is an all-terrain, all-weather vehicle with night fighting capabilities. The LAV-C is a Type 'I' raised roof chassis outfitted with communication stations that allows the Unit Commander the capability to command, control and communicate the activities of his forces under full armored protection. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 October 2004
  - A new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #5 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: Gelendzhik-2004 air show, Yugoslavian Air Force, Air war in the Indonesian sky, Bristol-167 airliner, History if the Cuban Air Force, Effectiveness of Soviet and German WW2 aces, Color schemes of the Soviet WW2 fighters etc. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Recommended!
  - We received a new 1/72 Burgundian Knights and Archers (XV century) model kit by MINIART Company (price $8.99). This kit includes 48 figures in 12 poses (made in silver). A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 18 October 2004
  - We offer a very rare issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Oruzhie Special issue 2002/9. All about Revolver Nagant magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). This issue contains the detailed history of revolver's creating and develpment, characteristics, battle usage etc. Recommended!
  - 1/72 Russian Lifeguard Cossacks (1812-1814) model kit from Zvezda company is available for online ordering (price $6.99). This set has 15 mounted figures in seven poses and 15 horses in four poses (made in a rust color). A nice kit of a very good quality for your Napoleonic Wars armies. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 15 October 2004
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #8 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: News, Reviews of the new kits, Reviews on new model paints, Bison I German WW2 SPG, Soviet refueller etc. Highly recommended!
  - Military-Wheels presents: 1/72 GAZ-63 Soviet Military 4x4 Truck model kit is available for online order (price $15.99). Trucks of the GAZ-63/63A family were produced at Horky automobile plant from 1948 to 1968. GAZ-63 truck used the most of components and assemblies taken from GAZ-51 but had front driving axes, transfer case, front propeller shaft and other minor changes in design. The GAZ-63A was also equipped with winch. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 14 October 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents a new interesting publication: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Story book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This book is dedicated to the history of developing and usage one of the best fourth-generation fighters. Publication tells about the fighter's development, testing, productionising and further refining its design. The one-seat two-engine Su-27 aircraft was constructed with the aim of to win and to keep its air superiority and to be able to carry on a distant air target missile interception as well as a high maneuver dog air fight. Recommended!
  - A new 1/72 AM-1 Martin Mauler (late) Torpedo Bomber model kit by ACE company is available for online ordering (price $27.99). A kit of a good quality. Photo-etched parts included. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 13 October 2004
  - Another interesting historical and technical publication from Exprint publisher: a new Armour Protection of the T-34 Soviet WW2 Main Battle Tank book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This book tells about the features of the T-34's Soviet WW2 MBT armour shield. Recommended!
  - We received a new 1/35 German WW2 Tank Crew model kit from MINIART Company is available for online order (price $8.99). This kit represents injection molded figures of Wermacht tankers. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - An exellent kit in quarter scale: 1/48 Fokker D.VII (OAW, early) German WW1 Fighter model kit by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $19.99). Fokker D.VII (OAW) is the license-built version of the most famous WW1 German fighter, built by the OAW factory at Schneidmuhl. OAW-built machines differed externally from Fokker-built planes mainly with additional louvers on the side panels. OAW types were the fastest of the various versions of D.VII built. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 12 October 2004
  - We just received a new interesting publication from Exprint publisher: a new Armour Protection of the KV and IS Soviet WW2 Heavy Tanks book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This book tells about the features of the KV's and IS's Soviet tanks armour shield. Recommended!
  - A new 1/35 Soviet Infantry at Rest (1943-1945) model kit by MINIART Company is available for online order (price $8.99). This kit includes 4 soldiers with sub machine guns, canteen and ammo pouch. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 AM-1 Martin Mauler (early) Torpedo Bomber model kit is available for online ordering (price $27.99). The first prototype flew in August 1944, with a production order for 750 BTM-1s following in January 1945. The designation was changed to AM-1 and the aircraft was given the name the Mauler. Only 149 Maulers were completed before production ceased in October 1949, and most of these were passed the Navy Reserve squadrons. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 11 October 2004
  - MINIART Company presents: a new 1/16 English Knight (XV Century) model kit is available for online order (price $16.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - 1/72 Roman Infantry (III-II B.C.) model kit from Zvezda company is available for online ordering (price $6.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  - 1/35 Unit of Fire for D-30 Soviet 122-mm Howitzer and 2S1 Gvozdika Soviet 122-mm Self-Propelled Howitzer model kit by SKIF company is available for online ordering (price $6.99). Highly recommended for Soviet Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 8 October 2004
  - 1/35 BMD-2 Russian Airborne Combat Vehicle model kit by Zvezda company is available for online ordering (price $20.99). The BMD-2 is a variant of the BMD-1 with a new one-man turret with the gunner seated on the left and a single piece circular front-opening hatch cover. Armament consists of a 30 mm 2A42 stabilized cannon, used for ground engagements and in the anti-aircraft/anti-helicopter role, and a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun mounted coaxial to the right. A launcher for an AT-4 Spigot or the longer-range AT-5 Spandrel ATGM mounted on the right side of the turret roof. The BMD-2 has a single 7.62 mm bow-mounted machine gun on the right side, with the machine gun port in the left side of the BMD-1 being eliminated. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  - We offers an exellent kit in quarter scale: 1/48 RAF S.E.5a British WW1 Fighter with Wolseley Viper Engine model kit by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $19.99). RAF S.E.5a was the best British fighter of WW1. Aircraft of later construction were equipped with the improved Wolseley Viper 200hp engine. Production began at the end of 1917. 25 squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps operated with the type. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 T-55A Soviet Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The T-55A was primarily developed to incorporate a new antiradiation lining and full PAZ/FVU chemical filtration system. One of the major internal additions were the use of a plasticized lead sheeting for antiradiation protection. This was evident externally due to use of an enlarged driver's hatch and enlarged combings over the commander's and loader's hatch to accommodate the new material. Since 1970, T-55A tanks began to receive a new turret fitting for the 12.7mm DShK antiaircraft machine gun. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 7 October 2004
  - MINIART Company presents: a new 1/16 Burgundian Knight (XV Century) model kit is available for online order (price $16.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #8 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). The main subject of this issue: Space Ship One Touch the Outerspace. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: AeroSpace Rewiew #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $12.99). In this Issue: Beriev Be-103 Russian light amphibious aircraft, Antonov An-140 aircraft, Mil Mi-38 helicopter, Strela-10 AA missile system, Engines-2004 exhibition etc. Highly recommended!
  - Military-Wheels presents: 1/72 T-34/D-30 Soviet 122-mm Self-Propelled Howitzer model kit is available for online order (price $17.99). This kit represents a rare interesting modification of the famous T-34 Soviet main battle tank: after WW2 some T-34-85 tanks were reequiped to the D-30 soviet howitzer for increasing the firepower of T-34. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 6 October 2004
  - MINIART Company presents: a new 1/16 German Knight (XV Century) model kit is available for online order (price $16.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #7 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). The main article of this issue is "And once again 'Cyclone' above the Earth" one. Recommended!
  - 1/35 Pz.Sp.Wg 202(r) German WW2 Railway Armoured Car model kit from Maquette company is available for online order (price $11.99). This car is the captured and remaked BA-20zh.d. Soviet armoured car. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 TO-55 Soviet Flamethrower Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). TO-55 Flamethrower tank is an engineer flamethrower tank based on the basic T-55. The ATO-200 projector is located on the right side of the turret, behind a 'pig-snout' mantlet. The flamethrower is ignited by pyrotechnic cartridges, and 12 cartridges are the basic load. The stowage tank contains 460 liters of flammable liquid, and each buist averages 36 litres. The maximum effective range of the system is 200 meters, with the stream having an initial muzzle velocity of 100 m/s. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 5 October 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine Cosmonautics News #6 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: Piloted Missions, International Space Station, Russian Space Forces, Cosmonauts. Astronauts. Crews, Launches, Probes, Launch Vehicles. Rocket Engines, Spacecraft, Launch Sites, Companies. Agencies. Organizations, People, Jubilees, History, Biographies etc. 72 pages, 100 photos. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: AeroSpace Rewiew #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $12.99). In this Issue: Technocomplex company - results and prospect, Jubilee of the air armament sub-faculty (Zhukovsky academy), Sukhoi Su-80 general-purpose aircraft, Pilotless aircraft, Rybinsk Engines factory: short biography, 45th anniversary of the Sokol design office (Kazan), Air shipping operations forecast up to 2020 etc. Highly recommended!
  - RODEN company presents: 1/72 Junkers D.I German WW1 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $9.99). In 1918 Hugo Junkers (professor of mechanical engineering at Aachen) designed the world's first all-metal plane, the Junkers D-I. Construction difficulties resulted in only 41 aircraft reaching the front-line. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 KMT-6 Mine Sweeper (for T-55, T-62, T-72, T-80 and T-84 Main Battle Tanks) model kit by SKIF company is available for online ordering (price $6.99). Highly recommended for Soviet Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 4 October 2004
  - MINIART Company presents: a new 1/16 French Knight (XV Century) model kit is available for online order (price $16.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for dioramists and military history enthusiasts!
  - Read more about famous Cold War aircraft in this new publication: Tupolev Tu-22K Blinder-B Soviet Supersonic Missile Carrier book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The Tu-22K is modification of the Tu-22 aircraft. It was equipped to carry one Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen ) 250-nm range air-to-surface missile. The TU-22K carried a missile, and could also carry free-fall bombs. It carried out its' first tests in 1961 and deployment started in 1967 after conclusion of the testing phase. This publication is intended for people who are interesting in the Soviet aviation history. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #5 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). This issue contains a very interesting article about Clipper - Russian spaceship of a new generation. Recommended!
  - 1/35 T-34 Late Version Wheel Set model kit is available for online order (price $5.99). Recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 October 2004
  - Read more about various space-related events in this issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #4 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). The main article of this issue is "Eagle's eye" on the "Titan". Recommended!
  - We received a rare issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: AeroSpace Rewiew #6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $12.99). In this Issue: RRJ aircraft family, Sukhoi Su-7 Soviet fighter-bomber, Pilotless fighters in the air fight, Mikoyan I-350 fighter story, TSAGI's Hydrodynamic division history, Osa Soviet radio-location set etc. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #5 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In issue: Renault UE-31R French Transporter, Italian Armour technique (1939-1945), RKKA (Red Army) Tankers uniform (1935-1939), M4A2(76)W in Red Army etc. Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 TIRAN 6 Israeli Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). During the 1973 Yom Kippur war the IDF managed to capture the newest Soviet MBT of the time - the T-62. Plans for conversion into Tiran 6 were made, but the realtively small numbers captured, together with the massive numbers of M60 (Magach) MBT's supplied by the US brought them to a halt (several prototypes were made, however). In all there was only a small Tiran 6 brigade comprising of 2 enlarged tank regiments, each with 46 tank. This mean that the IDF always had less than 100 converted T-62. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 30 September 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #3 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). The main topic of this issue is terrestrial landing at Mars. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #8 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue readers can find out interesting facts about the S-125 SA-3 GOA (Pechora) Soviet medium altitude surface-to-air missile system as well as other topics. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Amodel company presents: 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-28I Brewer-C Soviet Jet Fighter-Bomber model kit is available for online ordering (price $21.99). Yak-28I was adopted in 1962. The aircraft was equipped with the integrated system of the armament control consisting of a radar station 'Initsiativa (Initiative) 2', an optical sight OPB116 and an automatic pilot AP-28K. With it's help the crew could retrieve and attack pin-point mobile targets at any time of a day and a hard meteorological conditions. In all 223 aircraft of this modification were built. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 29 September 2004
  - We've added the filling of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine with another issue: Cosmonautics News #7 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). The main subject of this issue is successful landing of sixth ISS crew. Recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #9 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: T-72 Russian main battle tank, RUSSIAN EXPO ARMS-2004, Armour exhibition at Nizhny Tagil, Russia, S-300P Russian modern air defense missile system, Carriers at sea, Special purpose aviation etc. Highly Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 BMP-1 Soviet Infantry Combat Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $10.99). The BMP was the first Infantry Combat Vehicle to enter service with the Soviet Army. Developed in 1960s, the BMP-1 made its first public appearance in 1967. The BMP-1 carries the crew of three. And also can carry an infantry squad of eight, four on each side, seated back to back, each provided with a firing port for his weapon and an observation periscope. The one-man turret of the BMP-1 houses a 2A28 73mm smooth-bore gun and a coaxial 7.62mm machine gun. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 28 September 2004
  - It finally arrived! Intervestnik publisher presents: a new Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Story (Third Edition) book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $69.99). Designed as a high performance fighter with a fly-by-wire control system, and the ability to carry up to 10 AAMs, the highly maneuverable Su-27 is one of the most imposing fighters ever built. The first 'Flanker-A' prototypes flew on May 20, 1977 and entered service as the 'Flanker-B' in 1984. The development of the Su-27 fighter plane was completed in the early 1980s, and the plane subsequently set more than 40 world records of altitude and take-off-speed. It was the forerunner of an entire family of planes, including the Su-27UB training plane, the Su-33 ship-based fighter, the Su-37 multi-mission plane and the Su-32FN two-seat specialised plane. The Su-27UB is a two seat training version of Su-27, which first flew in March 1985. The book is dedicated to the history of one of the best fourth-generation fighters and is, actually, the illustrated chronicle of the fighter's development, testing, productionising and further refining its design. Excellent quality thick edition, hardcover. 456 pages. Hundreds of color photos, illustrations, schemes, drafts, ref. tables. The most detailed ever published large color illustrated book! Must have in Your collection! Hurry up: the number of copies is very limited!
  - Read more about Piloted Missions, Space Station, Astronauts, Launches, Probes, Rocket Engines, and other very interesting objects in this issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #3 2006 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). Recommended!
  - 1/72 PMZ-2 (ZiS-5) Fire Tanker model kit by PST company is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The production of PMZ-2 fire-trucks was initiated in the Soviet Union before the Second World War. The fire-fighting units of the Red Army Air Forces, large military garrisons and storage facilities as well as city fire departments were equipped with them. Attached equipment of the PMZ-2 could be installed on different types of trucks. At first it was installed only on ZIS-5 chassis. Later a small batch of PMZ-2 was built based on ZIS-6. During the war years ZIS-6 trucks were discontinued and the production of ZIS-5 was reduced. Therefore at the end of the war (1944-1945) firefighting equipment of PMZ-2 was installed on the chassis of a ZIS-42 half-track and US-6 Studebaker truck. PMZ-2 fire trucks served in the Soviet firefighting units for almost twenty years and were phased out by the mid-fifties of the twentieth century. A kit of a very good quality! Highly recommended!
  - Amodel company presents: 1/72 Kamov Ka-126 Hoodlum Soviet Light Helicopter model kit is available for online ordering (price $19.99). Ka-126 multi-purpose helicopter belongs to a new generation of a helicopter platform family and offers wide range of application, quick conversion by installation of suspendable equipment, minimal overall dimensions, ease of control and unique maneuverability. The Ka-126 helicopter is a successor of the Ka-26 multipurpose helicopter produced from 1968 up to 1977 in fifteen variants. The specially developed gas turbine engine, wide application of composite materials in helicopter components, helicopter general arrangement concepts capitalizing on the operational experience of its predecessors permitted to take a proven design to a comprehensive, higher advanced level. The Ka-126 helicopters may be used for emergency medical service, geological survey, economic zones patrol and ecological survey. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 27 September 2004
  - We've added the filling of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine with another issue: Cosmonautics News #5 2005 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). This issue as usually dedicated to the various space-related subjects. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #7 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue readers can find out articles on the PEUGEOT 307 CC, FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI and LAMBARGHINI MURCIELAGO cars, Post-WW2 antisubmarine force modernization (Canada, Spain, Denmark, Germany), Kfz.13, Sd.Kfz.221, Sd.Kfz.222 German WW2 light armoured reconnaissance vehicles, Mil Mi-4M helicopter (antisubmarine variant), ZiS-155 Soviet bus, ZiL-158 Soviet bus, Messerschmitt Bf-109 early versions and other very interesting topics. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - 1/72 Ford 6 mod.1943 Truck model kit by PST company is available for online ordering (price$12.99). A kit of a very good quality! Highly recommended!
  - ACE company presents: a new 1/72 BREM-2 Soviet Recovery Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.99). BREM-2 is a recovery vehicle based on the BMP-1. It is intended for recovery and repair of the BMP-series of infantry fighting vehicles. The turret of the BMP-1 is replaced with an armored plate, and the upper hull mounts a crane with a capacity of 1.5 tons. Various recovery tools are placed in stowage positions at various locations on the hull roof and sides, including a tow bar, 200 meters of rope, basic, tracked vehicle, small arms, and heavy ordinance tools and excavating tools. The front of the vehicle has a large dozer blade which is used to brace the BREM-2 in recovery operations and when using the crane. The interior of the vehicle houses a 6.5 tons capacity winch. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 September 2004
  - We've added the filling of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine with another issue: Cosmonautics News #4 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). This issue is dedicated to the various aerospace subjects and contains interesting article about Progress spaceship. Recommended!
  - We received a rare issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: AeroSpace Rewiew #5 2003 is available for online ordering (price $12.99). In this Issue: Russian close-support aircraft by Sukhoi, Almaz-Antey Russian Air Defense technique concern, Tupolev Tu-95 Bear Russian Strategic Bomder, AH-64 Apache in Iraq, MAKS-2003 Airshow etc. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 T-55 Soviet Main Battle Tank model kit by PST company is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The T-55 medium tank was one the most widespread tanks in the world. It had about 20 modifications and was produced and adopted in many countries. The tank took part almost in every military conflict after WW2. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - A new 1/72 BMP-2 Soviet Infantry Combat Vehicle model kit from ACE company is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The BMP-2 was first seen in public during the parade held in Red Square, Moscow, in November 1982, although by that time it had already been in service for some years. The BMP-2 has seen combat with Soviet Army in Afghanistan, with Iraqi army in the Middle East conflict. Late production BMP-2 has a number of improvements including applique armor on the turret. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 22 September 2004
  - Read more about one of most terrible space crash in this issue of the Popular Russian Space Magazine: Cosmonautics News #3 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). The main topic of this issue is the tragedy of the Columbia Space Shuttle.
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #7 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: News, Reviews of the new kits, Reviews on new model paints, Nieuport 28 model kit, Mikoyan MiG-15UTI Soviet Jet Trainer Fighter, AF's cruise missiles, Diorama: Kharkiv, 1943, Gernam WW2 Motorcyclist's raincoat etc. 48 pages, 100 photographs and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - PST company presents: 1/72 T-54/T-54A Soviet Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The T-54 was developed by the Morozov design bureau at the Uralvagonzavod (Urals Rail-car Factory) in Nizhni Tagil, best known for its earlier efforts on the legendary T-34 of World War 2. The T-44 was closely followed by the T-54 which introduced two key improvements, a new 100mm gun and a new transmission. The T-54 itself was plagued with teething problems, mandating; series of improvements which eventually culminated in the classic T-54A in 1951. The T-54 is the most widely produced member of this tank series, with some 35,000 built in the USSR 5 500 in Polant and Czechoslovakia, and over 16,000 of the Type 59 derivative in the PRC. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - Amodel company presents: 1/72 Messereschmitt Bf-109F2 RZ65 German WW2 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The Messerschmitt Me- or Bf-109 was the mainstay of the German Luftwaffe from the Spanish Civil War in 1935 to 1942. It was quite a revolutionary design, being the smallest aircraft that could be built around a powerful engine. There were three main versions during WW2 (E (Emil), F (Friedrich) and G (Gustav) with many sub-types). The F (Friedrich) version started to appear during the invasion of Russia in 1941. It was powered by the 1,200 h.p. (895 kW) Daimler-Benz 601E in-line engine. It introduced extended and rounded wingtips and enlarged spinner, with ailerons and plain flaps replaced the Emil's slotted flaps. The tailplane struts were eliminated for a cantelevered tailplane that had to be strengthened. It was initially armed with a hub-mounted 20 mm cannon and two cowling mounted MG 17 (7.6 mm) machine guns, but in the F2 version a 15mm MG 151 replaced the 20mm MG FF cannon. Many complaints were made that the armament was too light for most German pilots. The F3 version had a top speed of 390 mph (628 km/h) at 21,890 ft (6700 m). Many versions followed with enlarged hub cannon, cannon-packs for under the wings to attack bombers, and wing racks for up to 1,102 lb (500 kg) of bombs for fighter-bombers. A kit of a high quality. Recommended for WW2 Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 21 September 2004
  - We've added the filling of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine with another issue: Cosmonautics News #1 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). This issue as usually dedicated to the various space-related subjects. Recommended!
  - We received a rare issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: AeroSpace Review magazine #1 2002 is available for online ordering (price $12.99). This issue is targeted at the readers interested in the modern aviation and aerospace technologies. The main topics of magazine are: Sukhoi Su-27 Russian Fighter, Yakovlev Yak-130 Russian Trainer, F-15 Fighter etc. Highly recommended!
  - PST company presents: 1/72 GMC CCW/CCKW 353 Cargo Truck model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - A new 1/72 MT-LBM (6M3) Scorpion Urban Assault/AA Tracked Vehicle model kit by ACE company is available for online ordering (price $13.99). This vehicle is designed for urban assault and anti-terror operations as well as for AA support. MT-LBM 6M3 (Scorpion type) is fitted with a pair GSh-23, AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher and a NSVT heavy MG. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 20 September 2004
  - A new book (the only one of its kind) by Archives-Press/Major Publisher: Antonov An-12 Cub Soviet Military Transport Aircaft (with 1/144 scale plans insert) book (price $19.99) is available for on-line ordering. Excellent interesting publications about famous Soviet aircarft! An-12 is a development of the An-10. The first prototype flew in March of 1957, the same month as the An-10 prototype, which indicates the close relationship between the aircraft. The civilian version, the An-12B, first flew in 1961 and went in production in 1962. Over 900 An-12 Cubs were built before production ended in 1973. In the mid-1990s large numbers of the Cub are still in service with the CIS air force. 88 pages, 109 photos, 1/144 scale plans (page size A3). Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya N4 2004 (Antonov An-3 multipurpose aircraft story + 1/72 scale plans) is available for online ordering (price $6.97). The main topic of this issue is Antonov An-3 aircraft. The An-3 is modification of the An-2 airplane, powered by a TVD-20 turboprop engine with the AV-17 three-blade propeller. The An-3 has new crew cabin design, heating and ventilation equipment, electrical engineering, flight/navigation equipment, alarm system, anti-fire equipment, and be used in the following versions: cargo, cargo/passenger, agricaltural, extinguishing forest fire, ambulance. 44 pages, a lot of photos. Recommended!
  - We've added the filling of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #12 2002 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: Piloted Missions, International Space Station, Russian Space Forces, Cosmonauts. Astronauts. Crews, Launches, Probes, Launch Vehicles. Rocket Engines, Spacecraft, Launch Sites, Companies. Agencies. Organizations, People, Jubilees, History, Biographies etc. 72 pages, 120 photos. Recommended!
  - PST company presents: 1/72 BZ-35S Soviet WW2 Refueller model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). Aside from almost the complete 6x6 production of 105,000 US6, the Soviet Army also received the majority of the 110,000 US6x4 produced. A large part of the former was of the type U4, a long (162in.) wheelbase with cargo body and winch. In addition to the 426 US6x6 U-5 delivered, and due to the lack of domestic chassis, the Red Army fitted the U4 (as well as the U3) with self-produced 1,200gal. petrol tank bodies and called them BZ-35S, the "S" as the distinction to the domestic ZIS-6 tank truck. The refuellers served successfully at the Red Airforce (VVS) as well as at the ground forces where they filled the gap between the railway and the ever advancing troops. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  
  
  
• 17 September 2004
  - PST company presents two modifications of the famous Katyusha: 1/72 BM-13N (US 6) Katyusha Soviet WW2 MLRS model kit and 1/72 BM-13(GMC) Katyusha Soviet WW2 MLRS model kit are available for online ordering (price$12.99). A kits of a good quality! Recommended!
  - We offer a new 1/72 OT-62C (TOPAS-2AP) Tracked Armored Carrier model kit by ACE company (price $13.99). OT-62C (TOPAS-2AP) is one of OT-62 tracked amphibious vehicle variants. This version has a turret similar to the Soviet BTR-60PB. Main armament is a 14.5-mm heavy machine gun mounted in the turret over the troop compartment. Secondary armament is a coaxially-mounted 7.62-mm machine gun. A practical rate of fire for the 14.5-mm gun is 150 rds/min with a basic load of 500 rounds. A practical rate of fire for the 7.62mm gun is 200 rds/min with a basic load of 1,000 to 2,000 rounds. Modified version of TOPAS-2AP carries two 82-mm mortars and their crews. The mortars have a rate of fire of 25 rds/min with a load of 50 to 100 rounds. These versions are used only by the Polish Armed Forces within the Warsaw Pact. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  - Amodel company presents: 1/72 Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot Soviet Trainer Interceptor Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $20.99). The Su-9 was the Su-7's interceptor counterpart, serving exclusively with the Soviet PVO (air defence force). The tailed delta Su-9 was generally similar in configuration to the MiG-21, though larger and heavier. This aircraft was never exported outside the Soviet Union, and saw active duty for only a brief period before other aircraft developments moved the Su-9 into second line service. The Sukhoi Fishpot was withdrawn from Soviet service around 1980. A kit of a high quality. Recommended for WW2 Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 16 September 2004
  - ACE company presents a new 1/72 UR-77 Meteorit Soviet Mineclearing System model kit (price $13.99). UR-77 Meteorit is the armored mine-clearing vehicle based on a chassis of the amphibious 2S1 SPH. It has a low turret-like superstructure that contains three missiles on a launch ramp. These, together with the upper part of superstructure, are hydraulically elevated for firing. Range of missiles is up to 500m with each missile connected via towing line. Each meter of line clearing charge contains 8 kg of a plastic explosive. Not less than 6m wide 75-90m long path can be cleared by each UR-77 mine clearing hose. UR-77 has a crew of two. A kit of a high quality. Recommended for Armour Enthusiasts!
  - A new kit from PST company has been received: 1/72 M-30 Soviet 122-mm Towed Howitzer with Crew model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The 122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) was introduced into the Soviet Army shortly before World War II to replace the World War I models. After the war the M-30 became the standard divisional howitzer of the other Warsaw Pact armies and was introduced into the Yugoslav Army. It also was sold to armies in other parts of the world. The M-30 is mounted on a box-section, carriage fitted with a shield. The recoil system consists of a hydraulic buffer above the tube, and a hydropneumatic recuperator below it. The breechblock is a hinged screw type. In recent years modified disc wheels have been fitted to the 122mm howitzers in the Bulgarian Army, but the sponge rubber filled tires of the Soviet howitzers have been retained. On the other hand the East German forces have developed a new wheel with a pneumatic tire for higher towing speed. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - Amodel company presents a new rare kit of an unique subject: 1/72 Arkhangelsky Ar-2 Soviet WW2 Dive Bomber model kit is available for online ordering now (price $27.99). The dive-bomber AR-2 was built in 1940 at Design Bureau named after A.A. Arkhangelsky. This aircraft is the further development of SB-2 bomber. The aircraft has passed the government tests with the good results and was approved for the mass production. Its maximum speed at the height of 4700m comprised 480km/h and the service ceiling reached 10100m. The bomb load was 600kg, in the transport variant with the bombs on external suspension - up to 1500kg. This type was produced in limited numbers at Moscow plant. In total about 250 pcs of this type were built. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for WW2 Aviation Fans!
  
  
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• 15 September 2004
  - A new 1/72 OT-62 TOPAS Tracked Armored Carrier model kit by ACE company (price $13.99). OT-62 is the armored personal carrier with crew of 2 (+ 18 soldiers), speed about 58 km/h, diesel engine type PV-6 (190kW), weight 13 t, length 7,1 m, width 3,14 m and height: 2,04 m. A kit of a high quality. Recommended for Armour Enthusiasts!
  - We received a new WW2 kit from PST company: 1/72 ZiS-5V Soviet WW2 Truck model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). ZIS-5 takes its origin from american Autocar truck. In 1931 AMO (Automobil Moscow Obshchestvo (Enterprise)) was rebuilt and began to produce trucks under mark AMO-2 (looks similar to ZIS-5). AMO-2 substituted the first soviet truck AMO-F15. Soon AMO-2 was improved, and new models AMO-3 and AMO-4 appeared. In 1933 AMO was rebuilt again and renamed into ZIS (Zavod imeni Stalina, Plant of Stalin's name) and in Summer first prototypes appeared and since October 1 of 1933 ZIS start serial production of famous ZIS-5, which together with GAZ-AA became main truck of 1930-50's. In 1934 first export batch of 100 ZiS-5 was shipped to Turkey, and this was the begining of Soviet automobile export history. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - Amodel company presents two long-awaited kits: 1/72 Polikarpov I-16 type 5/6 Soviet WW2 Fighter (Russian, Chinese, Finland, Spanish markings) model kit and 1/72 Polikarpov I-16 type 5/6 Soviet WW2 Fighter (Russian and Spanish markings) model kit are available for online ordering (price $13.99 for each). A kits of a very good quality. Highly recommended for WW2 Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 14 September 2004
  - We just received another interesting publication from Exprint publisher: a new Battle of Stalingrad book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The Battle of Stalingrad went down in history as the Wehrmacht's first complete and obvious defeat. This publication sheds some light on this battle. This book comprises upwards of numerous photographs diagrams and colour illustrations. Recommended!
  - PST company presents: 1/72 KV-8S Soviet WW2 Flamethrower Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). During initial period of the WW2 Soviet tank designers decided to re-equip KV-1 tanks with flamethrowers. The new ATO-41 flamethrower was mounted in the turret of the KV-1 (in place of the coaxial TMG). Unfortunately, the KV's turret hadn't enough room to mount both the ATO-41 and the 76.2 mm gun, so this gun was replaced with a 45 mm gun mod. 1932. The thin barrel of this gun was camouflaged with a special gun jacket to simulate the common 76.2 mm gun. After production of the KV-1 was canceled, the KV-8 tank was based on the KV-1S. It was renamed as the KV-8S. The ammunition of the KV-8S was increased. During production, the ATO-41 flamethrower was replaced with the more modern ATO-42. The weight of the KV-8S was 43 tons. It had a crew of 5 men. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - We offer a new 1/72 T-72 M1 Soviet Main Battle Tank model kit by ACE company (price $15.99). The Soviet tank T-72 "Ural" was the most mass produced main tank of the modern generation. This tank was the item of armament for not only the countries of the Warsaw agreement but also was the product of mass export for the Far and Middle East countries like Syria, Libya, Iraq and Iran. It's interesting but at the first time T-72 tank were manufactured parallel to the more old-fashioned model type T-64A and lately among with more up-to-date model type T-80. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 13 September 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N8 2004: Mikasa ant other Japanese Battleships (1897-1905) magazine (price $7.97). This publication tells about the backbone of the Japanese Navy - Mikasa battleship as well as other ones. Laid down in 1899 and completed in 1902 by the British firm of Vickers Company, the battleship Mikasa was the flagship of Admiral Heihachiro Togo, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Mikasa was always at the head of the battle line and fought valiantly in every major naval engagement of her time. Highly recommended!
  - Exprint publisher presents: a new Myasischev 3M/M-4 Bison Soviet strategic bombers story book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This book represents the story of the famous Soviet Cold War Era strategic bombers. Excellent edition, a lot of photos and illustrations. Highly recommended for Soviet Aviation fans!
  - PST company presents: 1/72 KV-1S Soviet WW2 Heavy Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). After defeat in Crimea and at Kharkov Soviet tank designers wanted to develop a new KV Tank with lighter armor and higher speed - like the T-34 tank. The new tank was named KV-1S where "s" letter means "skorostnoy" or "speed". The KV-1S was lighter than its predecessor by up to 5 tons. The thickness of the frontal armor was lowered from 90 mm to 75 mm. The rear hull was re-designed. The existing road wheels were replaced with newer, lighter ones. The KV-1's transmission was re-designed as well. In the summer of 1942, the KV-1S prototype was tested. On August 20, 1942, the production of this tank had begun. However, when the KV-1S appeared in the war theatre, the Red Army was already in need of a tank with thicker armor and better protection. A total of 1370 KV-1S were built. In April 1942 its production was cancelled. Many tanks were sent in tank brigades because the reorganization of the Red Army had not begun yet. The KV-1S took part in all major operations of the Red Army including the Berlin operation. A kit of a good quality! Recommended!
  - 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E3 German WW2 fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). The Romanian Bf-109Es took part in Operation Barbarossa from the very first missions, when they escorted the bombers to attack Soviet airfields. But the first vicrories came the second day, on 23 June, when 16 Emils engaged 25 Soviets and shot down six. The air war over the southern part of the Eastern Front was, however, very brutal. The first loss of the 7th Fighter Group came on 5 July, when adj. Ilie Vatamanu's airplane was hit by AAA. After the 1941 campaign was over, the Romanian fighter arm had to be reorganized because of the losses it had suffered. Fifteen second-hand Bf-109E7s arrived from Germany in early 1942 and replenished the forces of the 7th Fighter Group.
  
  
  
• 10 September 2004
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #6 2004 just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: News, Reviews of the new kits, Reviews on new model paints, Dioramas, 1/35 BMD-2 Soviet airborne combat vehicle, KM-4 1/35 Soviet WW2 snowmobile, K-22 cruise missile. 48 pages, 100 photographs and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - PST company presents: 1/72 PARM-2 Soviet WW2 Field Repair Truck model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The mobile aircraft repair shop PARM-2 was used in Red Army during WW2 for aircraft unit's technical support. This Field Repair Truck could be a real asset in a Soviet WW2 airfield diorama.. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 T-34-76 Soviet WW2 Main Battle Tank (mod.1941) model kit by UM company is available for online ordering (price $11.99). In December 1940 Soviets started the production of new T-34-76 tank. Its arms consist of 76,2mm gun F-34 and 2x76,2-mm DT machine gun. The thickness of front armour was equal to 45mm. The ammunition supply consist of 77 rounds. The crew consist of four members, a commander, a gun-layer, a loader and a driver. In total it was manufactured 33805 of T-34-76 tank. Later in it's construction has been improved. The tank is powered by 12 - cylinder four-stroke diesel V-2 engine. The engine power is 500 hp. T-34 went through all the war from the first till the last day. A very suitable combination of arming, armour, simplicity of the construction and a high controllability made it the best tank of the Second World War. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 September 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: a new Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer Soviet Fighter-Bomber book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This book is narrates on the Soviet fighter-bomber with variable geometry wings. The first prototype flew in 1970. Entered production in 1974 as Su-19. Was modified in 1976 and renamed Su-24. A lot of photos accompany the text. Highly recommended for Soviet Aviation fans!
  - We offer a new kit of very good quality by UM company: 1/72 T-34-85 Soviet WW2 Main Battle Tank with D-5T Gun model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Tank T-34-85 entered service on the 15th of December, 1943 and was further updating of the main battle tank T-34 being in service durig WW2. T-34 85 was sent for service to many armies of the world, took part in the combat operation in Korea, in the Middle East, in Vietnam, Angola Ethiopia, and other hot points of the world. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 8 September 2004
  - We received A new issue of Popular high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine: Mir Aviatsii #2 2004 (price $6.97). This issue is dedicated to the history and current service of the 830th ship-based anti-submarine helicopter regiment (Russian Northern Fleet AF). 56 pages, a lot of photos. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #8 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.99). In this issue: S-300 Russian Anti-Aircraft Missile System, BMP (Infantry Combat Vehicle) of the XXI century, T-72 Russian main battle tank, SOFEX-2004 Exhibition, Special purpose aviation etc. Highly Recommended!
  
  
  
• 7 September 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Armour Historical magazine: Bronekollektsia N4 2004: Pz.38(t) German WW2 Light Tank is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In March 1939 Germany occupied Bohemia and Moravia and took over the Czech arms manufacturing industries. The LT-38 tank, then in production, was renamed Panzer 38(t) ("t" standing for Tschechisch, German for Czech). Prior to the start of the war, 78 Pz 38(t) tanks had been produced. Germany continued producing the Pz 38(t) during the war. By early 1942, it was clearly obsolete. However, the production lines were already running, the vehicle was mechanically reliable, and the factory would have had difficulty moving over to larger tanks. So it was decided to find other uses for the Pz 38(t) chassis. Recommended!
  - UM company presents a new kit of very good quality: 1/72 AS-2 Soviet WW2 Airfield Starter model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Airfield starter trucks had an adjustable extension either off the driveshaft or connected to a separate starter motor that would attach to the front of the spinner of an aircraft. The truck would then provide the initial cranking power to start up the propeller aircraft. This proved especially useful in wintertime, but many countries, including Russia, used the concept year-round. The AS-2 Airfield Starter Truck began as a GAZ-AAA truck, but had its bed shifted back to make room for the new starter motor. A superstructure was welded in place to allow a person to climb out above the cab and make sure the starter was properly engaged with the propeller. Once the propeller caught, the truck simply drove straight back, disengaging the starter device. Through this method one truck could start up several aircraft in a short period of time. The advent of the jet engine eliminated the need for this type of vehicle, and it saw little use after the Second World War. This Airfield Starter could be a real asset in a Russian airfield diorama. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 6 September 2004
  We've just added two famous WW2 Trucks by PST company into AviaPress catalog:
  - 1/72 ZiS-6 Soviet WW2 Truck model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). This is ZIS-5 based truck with 6x4 wheel formula. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 Studebaker US 6 Lend Lease Cargo Truck model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). Studebaker US 6 have been shipped to the Soviet Union during WW2 by heroic polar convoys through North seas to Murmansk and Arhangelsk ports, from where goods were transported by railway and through Iranian ports. Some automobiles were shipped disassembled in containers, and Moscow ZIS specialized in Studebakers assembling in parallel with domestic models truck production. Soviet drivers soon called Studebaker "King of roads". Studebaker demanded more service attention and good fuel, but, in comparison with GAZ-AA and ZIS-5, it was truck of even not 2nd, but may be 3rd generation. For Soviet people Studebaker became legendary truck of WWII, even more honourable than Willys. A kit of a very good quality! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 3 September 2004
  PST company presents two interesting model kits for WW2 technique Enthusiasts:
  - 1/72 M-13 Katyusha Soviet WW2 MLRS mod. 1941 (ZiS-6) model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). Originally, the M-13 Katyusha rocket launcher was mounted on the chassis of a ZIS-5 truck. Experience with this was unsatisfying on thus ZIS-6 chassis were chosen instead. Later, the M-13 was mounted on all kinds of American truck chassis, and in the end on Studebaker chassis only. Most of the Katyusha launchers used in WWII were based on this American truck. The ZIS-6 truck was nothing more than a ZIS-5 with dual rear axles. Very few were produced and most of them ended up as civilian cargo trucks, some as fire staircase carriers for use with the fire brigade. In 1941, the Germans soon came to know the terrifying weapon which was the M-13. This rocket launcher was able to launch 16 20mm rockets over a distance of 9 kilometers. Each rockets was able to tear apart armoured vehicles and decimated large groups of infantry within moments. The Germans soon nicknamed the weapon "Stalin's organ" as per the shrieking sound the rockets made. The Russians had nicknamed the weapon "Katyusha" (Cathy or Catherine), inspired by a very popular song from those days. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 PARM-1 Soviet WW2 Field Repair Truck model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The mobile aircraft repair shop PARM-1 was used in Red Army during WW2 for Air Force unit's technical support. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 September 2004
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #7 2004 is available for order (price $5.99). The main topic of this issue is Tupolev Tu-144 Charger Soviet Supersonic Airliner. The Tu-144 was one of only two first-generation supersonic transports (the other being the Anglo-French Concorde) to go into actual production and commercial service. The sleek, double-delta-winged craft was the brainchild of famed Russian aircraft designer Andrei N. Tupolev, who oversaw the development of the Tu-144 as general designer. The prototype Tu-144 was first flown on Dec. 31, 1968, about two months before the competing Concorde prototype took to the air. Also in this issue present a very interesting article about little known Yakovlev Yak-44 carrier-borne twin-turboprop engined Soviet Navy AEW aircraft (similar to the US E-2 Hawkeye). Recommended!
  - We received a new kit from PST company: 1/72 KV-1 Soviet WW2 Heavy Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The KV-1 Tank, first deployed with the Red Army during the battle conflicts in 1939, is considered to be the prototype for the whole generation of the combat tanks KV-2, SU-152, IS-1, IS-2. The leading designer of the KV-1 Tank - N. L. Duhov managed to foresee the great perspectives of the single-turret machine. At the beginning of the War the KV-1 Tank showed even greater superiority over the German tanks than the T-34 Tank. At the beginning of 1941 the KV-1 Tank underwent the first stage of modification, and already in the second half of 1942 the new, high-speed, KV-1S Tank, was put in production. The last modification of the KV-1 Tank model was deployed in Autumn 1943 - it was the KV-85 Tank. Up to the end of 1942 the KV Tank has been remained the most formidable tank in the world. A kit of a very good quality! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 1 September 2004
  PST company presents two new interesting model kits:
  - 1/72 IS-1 Soviet WW2 Heavy Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The IS-1 (Iosef Stalin) tank, named after Joseph Stalin, was a tank developed by the Soviet Union during World War 2. Production started in 1942 and was increased in 1943 due to the performance of the German Panther and Tiger tanks at Kursk. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 ISU-152 Soviet WW2 Self-Propelled Gun model kit is available for online ordering (price$12.99). The ISU-152 used the same concept as the earlier SU-152: a large gun placed on the hull of a heavy tank. The ISU-152 used the same gun as the SU-152, but on the hull of an IS-1 tank instead of a KV-1. Some ISU-152 were fitted with a 12.7 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun. The ISU-152 was a very effective infantry support vehicle. A kit of a good quality! Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 27 August 2004
  Maquette company presents two new interesting model kits:
  - 1/35 FlakPanzer I German WW2 Light Tank model kit is available for online order (price $49.99). Recommended!
  - 1/72 SA-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) Soviet PVO missile system model kit is available for online order (price $10.99). The S-75 (SAM SA-2 Guideline) antiaircraft missile system for Anti Air Defence Forces of the USSR was projected in Design Bureau - 1 (KB-1) by Main designer A.A.Raspletin. The system was created on the basis of the technical decisions realized by development and creation of system S-25, without binding to concrete object of defense. There were some stages of creation of system. At the first stage variant consisting of six cabins SAM SA-75 "Dvina" equipped with a B-750 missile was developed, all fighting elements were placed on chassis ZIL-150. In 1958 during works on improvement SAM SA-75 the variant S-75D "Desna" consisting of three cabins with accommodation of the equipment not in bodies of automobiles but on the chassis of trailers was accepted and realized. Since May, 1959 the new variant SAM equipped with B-750BH missiles with the greater range of flight began to be produced in lots. The same year the government recommended to modernize complex SA-2 and to create SAM S-75B "Volkhov" with the expanded zone of defeat, increased noise immunity and missile accuracy of pointing of a complex with new missiles. This complex was taken advantage in 1961. Further other updating SAM SA-2 (S-75M1, S-75M2, S-75D, S-75M3, S-75M4), equipped were developed by various variants of B-750 missiles continue to carry out problems Anti Defence Forces successfully. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 26 August 2004
  - A new Soviet Destroyer's Leaders book is available for online ordering (price $39.99). This publication is intended for people who are interesting in the naval area. Highly recommended!
  - Great model kit from Maquette: 1/35 GAZ M1 Soviet Car model kit is available for online order (price $59.99). This car was almost the only commander car during most difficult first year of the war. Later it was substituted by Willys MA and MB. This car originates from 1933 Ford-V8-40. In 1936 GAZ had has name of these times foreign minister V.M.Molotov so letters M-1 means Molotov - model # 1. Among features of the car was rigid longeron frame with X-like cross-member, pushing strength have been transmitted to the frame by the pipe, contained cardan shaft. GAZ-M1 was the first Soviet car with automatic ignition outstripping and back-forward adjstable front seats. This car is very famous and prevailing car of war times, it is mentioned even in this period songs. People called it "Emka" for letter M in its name. Normal production ceased in 1941, but assembling from warehouse details continued a bit longer. Most of M-1 were on government service and only part of them became private later. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 August 2004
  - A new Air War in Afghanistan book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). The book written by V.V. Gagin provides an unique look at one of the most unknown wars of the last time. The focus in this book is on the combat use of air power. Technical informations, skilled annotations, a lot of high quality photos and colour plates, that illustrate camouflage and tactical markings Soviet and Afghan planes and helicopters. Highly recommended!
  - We received a new issue of a Popular very high illustrated magazine of Russian Defense Industry Military Parade N62 is available for online ordering (price $11.97). This issue presents exclusive materials on Russian Army, Navy and Air Force, Conversion program of the military industry, Information technologies etc. Recommended for military specialists!
  
  
  
• 24 August 2004
  - Aviation at the Oryol-Kursk Battle book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $49.99). In this publication readers can find out information on battle usage of Soviet VVS (Air Force) during greatest battle of the Second World War. A lot of photos accompany the text. Highly recommended!
  - 1/35 T-34/85 (mod. 1943) Soviet WW2 Main Battle Tank model kit by Maquette company is available for online order (price $33.99). The Soviet T-34 tank was one of the better armored vehicles of the Second World War. After the initial success of the T-34, it was realized that it needed a bit more firepower. In the Fall of 1943, the installation of an D5-T-85 85mm main gun was undertaken at a Moscow repair factory. The result was successful and in January of 1944, production of this improved version was started in factory 112 at Gorky and continued until April when a more improved ZIS-C-53 85mm gun was chosen for production. Total number of D5 T-34s produced was around 255. A kit of a high quality and includes resin parts. Recommended for Armour Fans!
  
  
  
• 23 August 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #7 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering now (price $5.97). The main topics of this issue are: Cube Soviet Anti-aircraft complex, T-72 Soviet main battle tank, Infantry Combat Vehicle of the XXI century, S-300P AA Defence system etc. Highly Recommended!
  - AST publishing house presents a new interesting publication Russian Military Schools (1732-1917) book is available for online order (price $9.95). Recommended for all military history Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 20 August 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular very high illustrated magazine of Russian Defense Industry Military Parade N61 is available for online ordering (price $11.97). This issue dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Military Parade periodical. Recommended for military specialists
  - Maquette company continues it's 'T-34-related' series: T-34-100 Egyptian Self-Propelled Antitank Gun model kit is available for online order (price $46.99). T-34-100 is a great subject! This is a good, accurate kit. The kit include resin and white metal parts to depict the specific attributes of the T-34-100. Extra pieces supplied to open up turret. Additional features are individual link tracks; nice detail; open rear deck. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for Armour Fans!
  
  
  
• 19 August 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #4 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In issue: Red Army's Tank Commanders and their uniform, Universal carrier at the Eastern front, M4A2 Sherman in USSR, BT-42 Finnish SPG etc. Recommended!
  - Maquette company presents: T-34 Soviet WW2 Tank Destroyer model kit is available for online order (price $19.99). T-34 seems the most famous WW2 main batle tank, which took place in all great battles and operations. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for modelling Enthusiasts !
  
  
  
• 18 August 2004
  - We've added a new issue Popular high illustrated Military magazine: Sergeant magazine #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). The articles about a world military history are represented in this issue (for example: Bonapart's cavalry, Austrian and Hungaryan artillery). 48 pages, 50 illustrations.
  - A new military historical publication Russian Army at Seven-Year War (1756-1762): Cavalry and Artillery book by AST publishing house is available for online order (price $9.95). This book narrates on artillery and cavalry units or Russian armed forces during so called Seven-Year War. Publication describes the armament, uniform and equipment of the Russian soldiers and officers. Publication is intendet to the wide range of the readers who are interested in the military history.
  
  
  
• 17 August 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular very high illustrated magazine of Russian Defense Industry Military Parade N60 is available for online ordering (price $11.97). In this issue readers as usually can find out information about modern Russian weapons and armament: aircraft, ships, tanks, missile complexes, guns etc . 88 pages, 140 photos, English text. Highly recommended!
  - 1/35 T-34 Early Version Turret model kit by Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $7.99). A set of a good quality. Recommended for modelling Enthusiasts !
  
  
  
• 16 August 2004
  - We recently received the new interesting book from AST publishing house: Russian Army (1250-1500) book is available for online order (price $9.95). The book describes ancient Russian armed forces. It discovers in details the way of the military actions of the Russian forces during 1250-1500 period, their opponents and allies. The book mainly describes the arrangement, uniform, equipment and armament of the Russian army. Besides the popular scientific literature on this theme the book is notable for its historical authenticity, depth and novelty of the involved archive material and also contains a lot of illustrations. The book is addressed to the wide range of the readership interested in the military history.
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #4 2004 is available for order (price $5.99). The main topic of this isuue is aircraft engines (remarks to the Engines-2004 exhibition). Recommended!
  
  
  
• 13 August 2004
  - Another interesting publication by Rusavia: Russian Aviation: A Pictorial History (1885-1945) book is available for online ordering (price $89.99). This book represents Russian and Soviet aircraft of 1885-1945 period in photographs. All range of aircraft from Ilya Muromets to the Tupolev TB-3 rendered at this great publication. Highly recommended!
  - Read more on Soviet and Russian Aircraftin this new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika N7 2004 magazine is available for online ordering (price $5.97). This issue is dedicated to the Russian Long-Range Aviation and other Rusian AF's divisions. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 12 August 2004
  - Soviet submarines 1922-1945. Part 1 book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $25.99). In this publication readers can find out more information on Soviet WW2 submersible force. A lot of photos and illustrations accompany the text. Highly recommended!
  - Rusavia publisher presents: a new Nikolai Polikarpov's Aircarft book is available for online ordering (price $89.99). This publication is dedicated to the famous Soviet aircraft: I-153 fighter, I-16 fighter, R-1 reconnaissance aircraft, Po-2 night bomber, R-5 reconnaissance aircraft, UTI-4 trainer etc. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 11 August 2004
  - A very interesting and well-illustrated Soviet Warships. Vol 2. Part 2. The small missile ships. Missile, torpedo and artillery boats book is available for online ordering (price $29.99). This book presents information on the all types of Soviet small missile ships, torpedo and artillery boats etc. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #3 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). This periodical consist of number interesting articles on armour technique, i.e. Bren troop-carrier, British antitank guns, German WW2 SPGs and more. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 10 August 2004
  - Zvezda company presents two new excellent ship model kits: 1/72 Greek Triera Warship model kit and 1/72 Roman Triera Warship model kit. They are available for online ordering (price $49.99 for each). A needful thing for your ancient wars collection! Recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 August 2004
  - Intervestnik publisher presents: a new Sukhoi Su-33. Naval Epic book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $69.99). This book tells about the Su-33 - singleseat shipborne fighter featuring ramp-assisted take-off and arrested landing capabilities is designed to defend air carrying groups and other Navy teams from enemy`s air offensive means through destroying manned or unmanned aerial vehicles (including anti-ship missiles, fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft) by means of medium range air-to-air missiles and in close combat. Highly recommended for Aviation Enthusiasts!
  We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine: Typhoon #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In this issue: Nuclear-powered submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Communication Ships of 357 project, Alpha Soviet Nuclear submarine, Soviet and Russian Antisubmarine force, Naval Aircraft etc. Recommended for all peoples who are interested in the naval area!
  
  
  
• 6 August 2004
  - We received a very interesting issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine History of Aviation magazine #2 2003 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This periodical as usually covers a number of aviation historical topics. The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings and color illustrations. Recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #4 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: VIPER waiting for descendants, Soviet AF at breach of Leningrad blockade, Indonesian Air Battles, Cuban AF's struggle against USA, WW2 jet bombs etc. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 5 August 2004
  - A new very interesting publication: Modelist-Konstruktor - Special Issue: Mirages over France magazine is available for online ordering (price $12.99). The Mirage series has been developed by the Dassault company in France since the mid-1950s. The first model, the M.D.550 Mirage I, was a fairly small delta-winged design powered by two turbojets plus a rocket motor. However, it was found to be too small to carry armaments and was only used for test purposes. An enlarged Mirage II was substantially bigger and equipped with much more powerful engines, but was also abandoned. Dassault then decided to proceed with a much more ambitious project, the Mirage III with the same basic delta wing but a much larger fuselage with a single powerful engine. The power, simplicity, and exceptional performance of this design finally caught the eye of the French Air Force, and the Mirage became one of the most successful designs of the early jet age.This issue consist of 100+ photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Highly recommended!
  - Modelist-Konstruktor publisher offers a new Hawker Hunter British Fighter magazine (price $9.97). The Hunter was the most successful of the British postwar fighters, and is remembered as a delightful, capable airplane in every respect. The prototype was first flown on 20 July 1951, and the single-seat Hunter F1 entered service with the Royal Air Force in July 1954. A two-seat variant, the Hunter T7, entered service in 1958. Deliveries of the Hunter continued until 1966, and during its life, the airplane was continually modified and improved, resulting in over 25 variants, including export versions for over 22 foreign nations. All versions were supersonic, and most variants featured increases in armament, power and fuel quantity. 32 pages, 70 photos and illustrations, scale drawings. Recomended!
  
  
  
• 4 August 2004
  - 1/72 Mil Mi-4 Soviet Transport Helicopter model kit by Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $9.99). Design work on the Mi-4 helicopter started in the second half of 1951 and the aircraft was flown in prototype form in August 1952. The Mi-4 was already in Soviet Air Force service by August 1953, when it was first seen publicly at the Tushino Aviation Day display, and it has since become the most widely built of all Soviet helicopters. Production is believed to have ceased around 1964, by which time several thousand had been built both in the Soviet Union and in China. The Mi-4 was produced initially as a troop and assault transport helicopter for the Soviet armed forces. This version is characterised by circular cabin windows and a ventral fairing in which an observer can be stationed if required. Alternatively an additional fuel tank can be fitted in this position. From 1964 two civil versions of the Mi-4 were also built in considerable numbers. These were the Mi-4P (Passajirskii = passenger) and the Mi-4S (Selskokhoziaistvennii = rural economy). All versions of the Mi-4 have provision for fitting inflatable pontoons in addition to the wheeled landing gear. A stripped-down Mi-4 established a number of speed-with-payload and payload-to-altitude records in 1956, and in more recent years both military and civil Mi-4's have performed a considerable amount of useful work in the Polar regions, their tasks including ice patrol and geological survey. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  - Zvezda company presents a new interesting kit: 1/72 Kamov Ka-27PS Helix D Russian Search and Rescue Helicopter model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.99). The Ka-27PS Helix D is a search and rescue (SAR) version of the Kamov Ka-27. It has a surface search radar, a hydraulic rescue winch with a 300-kg capacity fitted above the cabin door, downward-pointing floodlights, external fuel tanks and flotation gear. It is capable of search and rescue operations in high seas. The flight and navigation systems and the powerful radar provide this SAR helicopter with a true night/day all weather capability and allows automatic flight along a prescribed route. The cabin has room for 14 seated passangers or 4 patients on stretchers. The Kuznetsov aircraft carrying cruiser carries four Ka-27PS helicopters.. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 3 August 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: a new Sturmgeschutz III Ausf A-E / Sd.Kfz. 142/167 German WW2 Self-Propelled Gun book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Stug III was one of a series of assault guns/tank destroyers produced by the Germans during the war. Assault guns were easier, cheaper and less time consuming to produce than turreted tanks and that is why German factories built them in large numbers. Cost of single Ausf G was 82500RM making it cheaper than both PzKpfw III Ausf M at 103163RM and PzKpfw IV Ausf F2 at 115962RM. It is interesting to see that almost four Ausf Gs could be purchased for the cost of single King Tiger. Highly recommended for WW2 Armour Enthusiasts and peoples who are interested in the military history!
  - We received a new 1/72 Raupenschlepper OST RSO (type 01) German WW2 Tractor model kit from ACE company (price $17.99). Raupenschlepper OST RSO - the tracked tractor developed at the same time as the Radschlepper Ost for service in snow and mud conditions of the Eastern Front during the war. It was developed by Steyr during 1942 and used the transmission of the standard 1,5 - tonne Truck. The suspension was entirely tracked, though of crude design, which gave rise to excessive vibration in service. The suspension wheels were of steel, without rubber tyres, and springing was by quarter-elliptic leaf springs. Ground clearance was 55cm (21,5-in), which allowed the vehicle to keep moving in the worst conditions. RSO tractors were to replace all light halftracked tractors. RSO/01 was produced from 1942 and RSO/03 from 1944. Both types were used to the end of the war. They were mainly used to tow 50mm and 75mm Pak guns, light howitzers and even 88mm Pak 43 guns in Volksgrenadier units. Over 28000 vehicles were produced by Steyr, Klockner-Deutz-Magirus, Wanderer and others from 1942 to 1945. In 1943, RSO was also used as a base for 7.5cm PaK 40/4 auf Raupenschlepper Ost (Selbstfahrlafette) tank destroyer. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 August 2004
  - Get the famous WW2 Aircraft in quarter scale! ICM company presents: 1/48 North American P-51B Mustang WW2 Chineese AF Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). In P-51A Mustang was designed by Raymond Rice and Edgar Schmued for the North American Aviation Company in 1940. Its first flight took place on 26th October, 1940. The Royal Air Force was impressed with its performance an placed an order for 320 aircraft. The aircraft had a maximum speed of 390 mph (628 km) and had a range of 730 miles (1,200 km). It was 32 ft 3 in (2.65 m) long with a wingspan of 37 ft (11.28 m). The aircraft was armed with 4 machine-guns and could carry 1,000 lb (454 kg) of bombs. The Royal Air Force ordered more and 820 were delivered in October 1941. The North American Aviation Company continued to work on improving the aircraft and in 1943 began producing the P-51B Mustang. This new aircraft could reach a speed of 440 mph (710 km) at 30,000 ft (9,000). During the Second World War the Mustang flew on 213,873 missions in Europe. It was also used by the Chineese Air Force after WW2. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 BTR-60PA Soviet Armored Troop-Carrier model kit by ACE company is available for online ordering (price $17.99). The BTR-60 armored personnel carrier, the first in the line of Russian 8-wheeled APC's, was developed in the late 1950s to replace the BTR-152 (6x6) APC and was first seen in public in 1961. It was continuously improved throughout the 1960s culminating in the production of the BTR-60PB, and was subsequently replaced in production by the similar BTR-70 (8x8). Numerically, the BTR-60 was the most important vehicle in the Soviet Army. It was issued in quantity to the East German, Bulgarian and Romanian Armies. It has also been exported to Yugoslavia. Significantly, it was the standard armored personnel carrier of the Soviet Naval Infantry [the Soviet Marine Corps]. BTR-60PA is the first modification is largely notable through its overhead armor cover, lacking in the original BTR-60P. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 30 July 2004
  - A new publication on Soviet Arms BTV (Armour Troops) Almanac. Part 2 magazine is available for online ordering (price $11.97). The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings and color illustrations. Don't forget about previous BTV (Armour Troops) Almanac. Part 1 magazine. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 29 July 2004
  - Another unique and very interesting publication by Exprint publisher: Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus Porsche Typ 205 / Tiger II(P) German WW2 Superheavy Tank book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Maus is the name of the largest tank design ever built. It was designed in 1942 by Ferdinand Porsche under direct order from Adolf Hitler. The Maus would have had a crew of either 5 or 6. The tank's hull was 10.1 meters long, 3.67 meters wide and 3.66 meters tall. Weighing 188 tons, the Maus was armed with a 128mm cannon and a coaxial 75mm gun, and covered with 180-240mm of armor. Only two were produced, one of them was destroyed by the Germans at Kummersdorf to prevent its capture by the Soviets, and the sole surviving Maus tank is currently in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia. Nine others were in various stages of completion when the war ended. Highly recommended for for WW2 Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 28 July 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: a new Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger Ausf. B Sd. Kfz. 186 German WW2 Heavy Tank Destroyer book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Jagdtiger's (Hunting Tiger) development started in February of 1943 and on October 20th of 1943, wooden mock-up was presented to Adolf Hitler. Jagdtiger's role was to support infantry and combat armoured vehicles at long ranges. Two prototypes, one with Porsche suspension (made up of 8 roadwheels) and one with Henschel suspension (made up of 9 roadwheels) were completed in February of 1944. Its first designation was Jagdpanzer VI, but later on it was named Jagdtiger and received number Sd.Kfz.186. Production was planned to start in December of 1943 but started in July of 1944 but PzKpfw V Panther's production received priority and Jagdtiger's production was slow. In January of 1945, Jagdtiger's production received priority but the overall situation did not allow the full-scale production. Highly recommended for modelling Enthusiasts and peoples who are interested in the military history!
  - Tornado Publishing House presents: a new Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot Soviet Ground Attack Aircraft book is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The Su-25, which is no longer in serial production, made its first flight in 1979. This single seat ground attack aircraft is a very durable airplane - it is fairly heavily armored - and easy to service - all service equipment can be stored in a container and transported by the airplane itself. It is armed with one twin barrel 30mm gun in the bottom of the fuselage with 250 rounds. There are 8 pylons under the wings which can carry about 4,000 kg of air-to-ground weapons, including 57mm to 330mm rockets. There are two small outboard pylons for AA-2D/ATOLL or AA-8/APHID AAMs. A very intertesting publication. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 27 July 2004
  - A very interesting issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine History of Aviation magazine #1 2003 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This periodical as usually covers a number of aviation historical topics. The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings and color illustrations. Recommended!
  - We just received a great kit from Zvezda company: 1/700 Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) Russian Guided Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) model kit is available for online ordering (price $32.99). Pyotr Veliky is the latest Kirov class ship (Project 1144.2 Orlan in another classification). The Russian Kirov Class Heavy Missile Cruise Ship are the world's largest 'cruisers' and might best be termed "battle cruisers". Originally designed as a large antisubmarine warship to search for and engage enemy ballistic missile submarines, the Kirov's role was expanded to engage large surface targets and provide air and antisubmarine protection to naval forces after the introduction of the Granit antiship missile system. There are substantial differences in the equipment of each unit of this class. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 26 July 2004
  - ALANGER company presents: 1/35 'SMERSh' NKVD Counterespionage Forces 1944 model kit, 1/35 Red Army Cossacks (infantry) 1943 model kit and 1/35 German Division 'GrossDeutschland' (infantry) 1943-45 model kit are available for online ordering (price $6.99 for each). A kits of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 July 2004
  - Exprint continues a series publication on the WW2 armour: German WW2 Armour Camouflage (1939-1945) book. Part 2 is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This publication as well as previous one is dedicated to the colouring of German WW2 tanks, self-propelled guns, troop and ammunition carriers etc. Highly recommended for modelling Enthusiasts and peoples who are interested in the military history!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). The main topic of this issue is M24 Chaffee US Light Tank. The M24 Chaffee - arguably the best light tank of World War 2 - was a fast light armoured vehicle with the ability to deliver relatively large caliber direct fire with the excellent 75 mm M6 gun. More than 4.000 produced by Cadillac and Massey-Harris during 1943-45. The first reached Europe in late 1944, where they proved very effective and highly reliable. However, at the outset of the Korean War American forces equiped with the with M24 Chaffees performed poorly against the enemy's T-34/85s, and these US units were soon augmented with M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, along with M4A3E8 Shermans with the long 76mm gun. It remained in American service until 1953, by which time it wa totally replaced by the the M41 Bulldog. After 1945 the M24 Chaffee was used by many American allies. The French army used them in Indo-China, including at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. Though obsolete by the mid-1960's, it remains in service in some countries. In Taiwan the platform has been re-equipped with a 90mm gun. Also readers can find out information about events at Hungary, 1956, when Soviet tanks enterd the Budapest and more another interesting articles. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 22 July 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #6 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering now (price $5.97). This issue represents the first part of the Semyon Fedoseev's monograph on WW2 machine guns. Highly Recommended!
  - Zvezda company presents a new unique kit: 1/72 Mikoyan MiG-21PFM Fishbed-F 'Phantom Killer' Soviet Jet Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The aircraft is development of MiG-21PF. The fin is wider, the drag chute container under the airframe is removed and is fitted in the fin base in a bubbled fairing. The drag chute can be launched in the air, just before touch down. The canopy is changed. The ejection seat KM-1 is new, it has a solid fueled booster and enables ejection at 0 altitude at speed of 155 km/h. The locking of the seat to the canopy is removed. MiG-21PFM has three-pieced fixed wingshied, the cover is separated and is to be opened round on the starboard. This is because the capsule of canopy cover and seat needs some time to open and because of that at low altitude ejections there were some accidents. The most significan new is the system, blowing the boundary layer off the flaps, using compressed air from the engine at landing. This system reduces the landing speed from 330 to 280 km/h, what is very important. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 21 July 2004
  - Another new and very interesting publication on German WW2 armour by Exprint: Jagdpanzer 38 (SdKzf 138\2) Hetzer German WW2 SPG book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This publication is dedicated to the history of creation, development and usage of a Hetzer German self-propelled gun. The text is accompanied by numerous photographs. Highly recommended for Armour Enthusiasts!
  - We received a new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #6 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue readers can find out articles on the French and Italian post-WW2 escort ships, history of the NATO's main battle tank creation by German and US engineers (MBT-70 and XM-803 variants), Peugeot Partner, Renault Kangoo, Citroen Berlingo and FIAT Doblo cars, Potez 452 flying boat and other very interesting topics. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 20 July 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: a new German WW2 Armour Camouflage (1939-1945) book. Part 1 just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $11.99). In this publication readers can find out more information about colouring of German WW2 tanks, self-propelled guns, troop carriers etc. Highly recommended for modelling Enthusiasts and peoples who are interested in the military history!
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N6 2004: WW2 Ships. Japanese Navy (part 1) magazine (price $7.97). This issue narrates on Japan's Navy ships at 1941 - 1945 period including their technical data and battle history. 32 pages, 70+ photos, illustrations, colour and b/w drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 July 2004
  - Zvezda company presents a number of military historical kits of a very good quality: 1/72 Trebuchet Medieval Siege Machine model kit, 1/72 Grenadiers - Russian Heavy Infantry (1812-1814) model kit and 1/72 Samurai Warriors-Cavalry model kit are available for online ordering (price $6.99 for each). Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 July 2004
  We just received a new ex-Aer-Moldova/Unda kits by Maquette company (both are of a very good quality):
  - 1/35 BA-64 Soviet WW2 Light Armoured Car model kit is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The BA-64 is a light 4x4 Soviet armored car produced 1942-1946 and used by the Soviet Army into the 1960's. The machine gun is mounted in a small turret.
  - 1/35 GAZ-67B Soviet WW2 Army Jeep model kit is available for online ordering (price also $9.99). The GAZ-67 was the Soviet Unions' equivalent of the American Willy's Jeep from the latter half of WWII until the Korean war. Although it was harder to maintain and less reliable, the GAZ-67 was superior to the Jeep in off-road performance. The GAZ-67 began production on September 23, 1943. A remarkable 92,843 were built before production ended in the Autumn of 1953. A four cylinder 3.8 liter engine provided 54hp for a top speed of 90 km/h.
  
  
  
• 15 July 2004
  Amodel company presents two interesting model kits:
  - 1/72 Polikarpov I-180E3 Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). The I-180 was a wooden monoplane fighter, developed from the I-16. After a few prototypes, the aircraft was redesigned and became the I-180E3. It powered by the M-87 radial engine. During test flights in 1938 plane crushed, killing national hero test pilot Valery Chkalov. There is a lot of controversy around this story. What is clear that shortly after takeoff engine started to loose power and plane hit the roof of a building. Pilot was thrown from the cockpit and could survive (altitude was low and the plane was almost gliding), but neck (or head) wound turned deadly. Some articles pointed that access of cooling air to engine remained blocked after engine start and plane took off, what caused a fatal overheat. Performance and handling problems led to the program being abandoned in favor of the I-185.
  - 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-54 Soviet Aircraft also is available for online ordering (price $15.99). Yak-54 is a military modification of the Yak-52 with underwing hard points for mounting weapons. The Yak-54 conversion was made during the Soviet war in Afghanistan when there was a need for a light, manoeuverable, anti-partisan aircraft, but only a few were produced.
  
  
  
• 13 July 2004
  - A new Ferdinand German WW2 Self-Propelled Gun book by Exprint publisher is available for online ordering (price $11.99). In Russia the Germans are using a new armored self-propelled gun, which bears at least an outward resemblance to the Pz. Kw. 6, the German tank often referred to as the Tiger. The Ferdinand self-propelled gun mounts an 88-mm cannon in a fixed turret, and has an over-all weight of 70 tons. Its maximum speed is reported to be not more than 12 miles per hour. Ferdinands are organized in battalions called Heavy Tank-Destroyer Battalions. Each battalion consists of three gun companies, a headquarters company, a repair company. and a transport column. Each gun company consists of three platoons of four guns each. Highly recommended for military Enthusiast!
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #2 2004 (price $5.97). The issue as usually dedicated to the events in a marine history, design of naval engineering, armour, weapons, equipment, ships and their crews etc. Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  
  
  
• 12 July 2004
  - A very interesting and well-illustrated Russia's Naval Ships, Armament And Equipment book is available for online ordering (price $69.99). This book presents information on the new and modernized types of naval ships, armament and equipment designed mostly for export. Advertisements and informational materials have been granted by Russia's military-industrial complex enterprises. This edition is designed for military specialists, R & D workers, lecturers and students of military academies and institutes, as well as for all those interested in the Navy. 206 pages, 600 photos, both Russian and English text. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Armour Historical magazine: Bronekollektsia N3 2004: French WW2 Tanks is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Recommended for Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 9 July 2004
  - Modelist-Konstruktor publisher offers a new Aviakollektsia #3 2004: Polikarpov R-1 Soviet Reconnaisance Aircraft magazine (price $9.97). R-1 was the Soviet-built development of the de Havilland DH-9. Production continued to 1931. Most R-1s were powered by the M-5, a copy of the American Liberty 12 engine. Some had German Mercedes D.IV engines, and a version with British Puma engines was known as the R-2. 32 pages, 70 photos and illustrations, scale drawings. Recomended!
  - A very interesting and rare issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine History of Aviation magazine #6 2002 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This periodical as usually covers a number of aviation historical topics. The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings and color illustrations. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 8 July 2004
  - A very interesting and well-illustrated Russia's Modern Military Aviation book has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $69.99). The edition is intended for military specialists, researchers, lecturers and students of military schools, as well as the general public interested in modern military aircraft and armament. The book offers brief information and basic characteristics of modern models of Russia's military aircraft. The materials have been contributed by Russian defense industry enterprises. 232 pages, 500 photos, Russian and English text. Highly recommended!
  - Read more on famous Soviet WW2 aircraft in this new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika N5-6 2004 (Special Issue: Petlyakov Pe-2 Soviet WW2 Dive Bomber story) magazine is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 7 July 2004
  - A new Frontline series publication: Renault FT-17 French Pre-War and WW2 Light Tank book just has been received and is available for online ordering (price $15.99). The Renault FT-17 (Renault FT modele 1917) was the French light tank. It was probably the most revolutionary and influential tank design in the history. FT-17 was the first tank with an armament in a fully rotating turret, and its composition became the classic one, repeated in most tanks until today. The prototype was constructed in 1917, and more than 3800 were produced. The tanks had either earlier octagonal turret or later rounded turret (called Berliet turret). In the USA this tank was built on a licence as Six Ton Tank Model 1917 (950 built). The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in military technique history.
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #1 2004 (price $5.97). The issue as usually dedicated to the events in a marine history, ships and their crews, design of naval engineering, armour, weapons, equipment etc. Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  
  
  
• 6 July 2004
  - Read about T-44 Soviet tank in this new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #1 2004 (price $5.97). The T-44 medium tank wasn't in large-scale producing like the T-26 or so widespread in use like the T-34, also it wasn't the main battle tank for the post-war period like the T-54/55, but it took a worthy place in the history of Soviet tank development. From the end of 1943 on, work on the new project T-44 started from the design bureau of the factory #183 (Chief engineer A.A.Morozov). Of course many elements of the famous T-34 were used for the new T-44 tank, but simultaneously two another tanks influenced the T-44 design: the T-34M and the T-43. The new project "Object 136" was undertaken by Morozov's design bureau. Later, this tank did receive the T-44 designation. Besides torsion bar suspension and perpendicular engine layout there were some other technical inventions applied. ad these features been applied on several different vehicles separately, they had not been so effective. The revolutionary design of the T-44 has defined the whole Soviet tank development for the next several decades. This very interesting article is highly recommended for armour Enthusiasts!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #4 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering now (price $5.97). This issue as usually dedicated to the various types of military technique and weapons. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 5 July 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya N3 2004 (Sukhoi Su-33 and Su-27KUB Russian modern ship-board aircraft story + 1/72 scale plans) is available for online ordering (price $6.97). Don't forget! All fresh Popular Russian Aviation Historical Aviatsija i Vremya magazines: Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2003 (Myasischev M-4/3M Soviet VVS strategic bomber + 1/100 scale plans), Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2003, Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2004, Aviatsija i Vremya N2 2004 (MDD F-15 Eagle; Yakovlev Yak-9P/U stories + 1/72 scale plans) are still available for online order (price $6.97 for each)!
  
  
  
• 2 July 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #8 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In this issue: Tanks in the Iraq battles, Type 63 Chinese armoured troop-carrier, At the city near Volga river etc. Recommended for armour Enthusiasts!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #3 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering now (price $5.97). This issue as usually dedicated to the various types of military technique and weapon. N.Juriev presents a very interesting article about oldest Soviet PVO (Air Defense) testing area. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 1 July 2004
  - Read more on Russian and world Aerospce technique in this new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #4 2004 (price $5.97). This issue as usually cover a number of very interesting subjects. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - A very interesting and rare issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine History of Aviation magazine #1 2003 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). In this issue: Ilyushin's WW2 torpedo-bombers, Air War in Vietnam, another topics. The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings. 66 pages, 90 photos and color illustrations. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 30 June 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N5 2004: Destroyers of Leberekht Maas Class (Series 34, 34À, 36) magazine (price $7.97). This issue dedicated to the German WW2 destroyers. Based on the same design principals as the torpedo boats, those ships showed some serious problems after completion, which was partly caused by the fast naval construction programs after 1933. They were very bad seagoing ships, like most other German vessels they took over a high amount of water during heavy seas, making their forward artillery unusable. Further they showed a structural weakness since the hull started to bend in heavy seas and were burdened with heavy vibrations produced by the engines. Their high pressure turbine engines caused many problems during operations, which were limited by the short range of those ships. The idea was to equip the ships with the newly designed high pressure turbines because this system seemed to have several advantages about normal turbine systems - at least on the paper. Test installations on land were very promising, but when installed on board on the destroyers, the engines rooms got very crowded making maintenance very difficult. Like all other German destroyers, they were all equipped for mine laying which was intensively used during the first months of the war. Most ships of this class did not survive the second year of the war, two of them were even sunk by own bombers, but in their few operational months, they did some successful mining operations near the British coast.
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #7 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). This issue dedicated to the usage of Russian armoured technique in the Chechen conflict. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 29 June 2004
  - A very interesting Bronekollektsia-Special issue: PT-76 Soviet Amphibious Tank magazine is available for online ordering (price $13.97). The PT-76 is one of several light amphibious tanks developed and used by the Soviet Army. The vehicle entered service in 1954 and is amphibious without additional preparation. Although the PT-76 is lightly armored and undergunned for a modern tank, its inherent amphibious capability outweighs these limitations. It has had widespread use in the Warsaw Pact and many other countries. ThePT-76 carries a 76mm main gun with a maximum effective range of approximately 1500 meters. Operated by a three man crew, the PT-76 is often used to transport troops. The PT-76 is a lightly armored amphibious tank with a flat, boat-like hull. The suspension has six road wheels and no return rollers. A dish-type turret is mounted over the second, third, and fourth road wheels, with a double hatch for commander and loader. The driver's hatch is located beneath the main gun, at the top of the sloping glacis plate. The PT-76 was formerly the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet and Warsaw Pact armies. Although it has been replaced in first-line units by BMP-1 and BMP M1976 vehicles, it may still be found in the reconnaissance companies and battalions of some motorized rifle and tank regiments and divisions, as well as in naval infantry units. Aside from its reconnaissance role, it is also used for crossing water obstacles in the first wave of an attack and for artillery support during the establishment of a beachhead. Its V-6 240 hp water-cooled engine gives it a road speed of 44 km/hr with a cruising range of 260 km, and a twin waterjet propulsion system moves it through water at 10 km/hr with a range of 100 km. The 76-mm main gun, considered light for a modern tank, fires HVAP and HEAT rounds capable of penetrating APCs and other light armored vehicles. The PT-76 is a reliable, highly mobile reconnaissance vehicle and has ideal design for amphibious capability, but it has many limitations as a fighting vehicle. Recommended!
  - A new articles on aviation world are present in this issue of Popular high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine: Mir Aviatsii #1 2004 (price $6.97). The main topic of this issue is the history of the Tupolev Tu-104 Soviet twin-engine commercial jet airliner. 52 pages, 90 photos, 40 illustrations, drawings. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 28 June 2004
  - We offer a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #3 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). Recommended for Aviation Enthusiasts!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #5 2004 just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, The BA-6 Soviet WW2 Armoured Car, Soviet Ural Trucks, Carrying Ships etc. 48 pages, 100 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 June 2004
  - Read more on famous Soviet tank in this new issue of Popular high illustrated Armour Historical magazine: Bronekollektsia N2 2004: T-62 Soviet Main Battle Tank is available for online ordering (price $7.97). The T-62 is a further step in the line of development begun with the T-54/55 series, entering production in 1961 and remaining in production until 1975. It became the standard main battle tank in Soviet tank and motorized rifle units, gradually replacing the T-54 and T-55. The T-62A variant first appeared in 1970. By the 1980s it was replaced by the new generation T-64/T-72/T-80 tanks as the first-line Soviet main battle tank. A very interesting publication. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #3 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). This issue as usually tells about a wide range of an aviation-related subjects. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 24 June 2004
  - Another new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #5 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue readers can find out detailed description of the IS-3 Soviet WW2 heavy tank. Moreover issue consist of the articles on the first jet carrier-based aircraft, Soviet destroyers and other very interesting topics. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - RODEN company presents: 1/72 Sd.Kfz. 233 STUMMEL German WW2 Eight-Wheeled Armored Car model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). Sd.Kfz.233 "Stummel" - artillery support armored vehicle adapted from the famous Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-Rad) eight-wheeled armored vehicle. It was armed with a 75 mm KwK L/24 gun, and a MG34 machine gun for protection against infantry fire. The type was not produced in serial quantities; Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-Rad), Sd.Kfz. 232 (8-Rad), Sd.Kfz. 263 (8-Rad) cars that returned from the front for maintenance and service were rebuilt as Sd.Kfz. 233 types. They were few in number, but widely used in every theater of war 1942 - 1945. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 June 2004
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #4 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: post-WW2 American frigates, Kosmos-2 rocket, Lavochkin La-7 Soviet WW2 fighter, Sukhoi T-4 Sotka (100) Soviet Heavy Supersonic Bomber etc. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Also Modelist-Konstruktor publisher offers a new Aviakollektsia #2 2004: Junkers Ju 52/3m German Transport Aircraft magazine (price $9.97). The Ju 52 was designed as an airliner, similar to the DC 3's role and it was quite successful. During the war the Ju 52 became the standard transport and was used throughout the war on every scene. Some have been build after the war in Spain (Casa) and France (Amiot).
  
  
  
• 22 June 2004
  - A new Red Army Half-Truck Vehicles book by Exprint publisher is available for online ordering (price $10.99). In this publication readers can find out more information about Soviet WW2 Half-Trucks, i.e. ZiS-42 and ZiS-42M, ZiS-22, ZiS-33, ZiS-35Sh and Lend-Lease ones. Highly recommended for military technique Enthusiast!
  - AviaPress offers an exellent kit in quarter scale: 1/48 Grumman OV-1A/JOV-1A US Military Multi-Purpose Aircraft model kit by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $37.99). The OV-1 was the first turboprop plane to enter service with the US Army. It was designed and built as a battlefield surveillance aircraft for both the Army and Marine Corps. In 1957, the US Navy, acting as program manager for both services, ordered nine examples of the G-134 design from Grumman for test and evaluation. The first of these aircraft made it's first flight in April of 1957. However, before this had occurred, the Marines had withdrawn from the project. The plane was slow, but highly maneuverable. It had a well armored cockpit, with flak curtains and bullet proof glass. The distinctive bulged canopy gave the crew good downward vision. Original models carried no armament, but that soon changed. Hard points were added to carry bombs, rockets, and gun pods. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 21 June 2004
  - We received a new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #3 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Modellers can find out in this issue very useful information on ships, cars, aircraft etc. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - A new Frontline series publication: Red Army WW2 Anti-Tank Artillery book just has been received and is available for online ordering (price $15.99). This book narrates on the Soviet WW2 anti-tank guns as well as self-propelled ones. Numerous photographs and illustrations accompany the text. The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in military technique history.
  
  
  
• 18 June 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: a new Red Army Cross-Country Vehicles book is available for online ordering (price $10.99). Highly recommended for military technique Enthusiast!
  - 1/72 Felixstowe F.2A Flying Boat model kit by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $29.99). Felixstowe F.2A - WWI flying boat designed by British naval officer John Cyril Porte on the basis of development by the American Curtiss company. Planes of this type were widely used during 1917-1918 against German submarines and zeppellins, and also as patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. The reliability of its design, excellent flying performance, and good defences against the adversary's fighters were indisputable advantages of the F.2A. A total of 173 F.2A boats of early and late versions were built before the end of the war. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 17 June 2004
  - A new interesting Military Cronicles series publication: Near Berlin. 3 February-5 April 1945. Part 1: Reich Elite Forces book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). This book dedicated to the battles at the distant avenue of approach to Berlin during final WW2 period. . Numerous photographs and illustrations of German military technique, amunition and uniform accompany the text. Highly recommended for people who are interested in the military history!
  - 1/72 BTR-60PB Soviet Armored Troop-Carrier model kit by ACE company is available for online ordering (price $17.99). The main shortcoming of the BTR-60PA was that the squad machine gun couldn't be fired from within the protective shell of the vehicle. In 1964 work was undertaken on an improved version mounting 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun in a small turret, the BTR-60PB became the standard production model of the family, and was in series production from 1966 to 1976. The turret adopted for BTR-60PB was the same as that later appearing on the BRDM-2. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 June 2004
  - Don't forget! All fresh Popular Russian Aviation Historical Aviatsija i Vremya magazines: Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2003 (Myasischev M-4/3M Soviet VVS strategic bomber + 1/100 scale plans), Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2003, Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2004, Aviatsija i Vremya #2 2004 are still available for online order (price $6.97 for each)!
  - ACE company presents: BTR-60P Soviet Armored Troop-Carrier model kit is available for online ordering (price $17.99). The BTR-60 armored personnel carrier, the first in the line of Russian 8-wheeled APC's, was developed in the late 1950s to replace the BTR-152 (6x6) APC and was first seen in public in 1961. All eight wheels are powered, and the first four which are used for steering, are power-assisted. The rear-mounted power plant employs a pair of 6-cylinder 90-hp gasoline engines mounted at the rear of the hull. The first and third axles are powered through the transmission of the right engine and the second and fourth axles through the transmission of the left engine. The BTR-60P is fully amphibious, propelled by a single water-jet. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 15 June 2004
  - We received a new Military Cronicles series publication: Kursk Strategic Defensive Operation (Citadel Operation). June 5-12, 1943. Battles at the Northern Face book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). This book is devoted to defensive actions taken by Soviet troops during German offensive operation "Citadel" ("Zitadelle") was conducted (5-23 July 1943). The whole course of the operation at the Northern face of Kursk Arch, where Heeresgruppe "Mitte" troops and Red Army units fought a red battle, is described day by day. The represented work contains pieces of information about activities and assets of the Central Front troops, as well as about the structure, organisation and number of German offensive grouping. 72 pages, 148 photos, color illustrations. Highly recommended for people who are interested in the military history!
  - Tornado Publishing House presents: a new Soviet and Russian Air Force Jet Aircarft book is available for online ordering (price $65.99). This publication is the complete and unique directory on Soviet/Russian AF aircraft with jet engines. All types of military airplanes (jet fighters, bombers, freighters, reconnaissance aircraft, training planes, amphibian, tankers and other aircraft) are present in this book including experimental and perspective ones. Numerous photographs and diagramas accompany the text. 320 pages, 400 photos and illustrations. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 11 June 2004
  - A new Military Cronicles series publication: On the distant avenue of approach to Moscow. Vyazma-Bryansk Strategic Defensive Operation. Red Army's Land Forces book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). The aim of Vyazma-Bryansk strategic defensive operation conducted in October 1941 was to prevent the seizure of Moscow and its industry region on the run, attrit the shock troops of the enemy in the battles at the approaches to Moscow, ensure the strategic reserves advancing and organizing the strong defence. Despite some dramatic moments of the battle, the Red Army managed to stop Wermacht's formations at the distant approaches to Moscow, which enabled the troops to be deployed in the rear to new defensive objectives. Eventually German attempts to capture the ancient Russian capital were whittled down with this objectives. 72 pages, 122 photos, color illustrations, drawings. Highly recommended for people who are interested in the military history!
  
  
  
• 10 June 2004
  - Russian Mortar and Launch Rocket Systems. 100 Years of History book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This publication is dedicated to the mortar and rocket artillery and contains names, technical, building and career data on Russian mortar and launch rocket systems of the XX century. It reads about mortars, MLR Systems, Missile weapon of the tanks and other combat vehicles. Short description of the foreign mortars also present in this book. Author, an artillery engineer, presents his own opinion on the prospects of the modern MLRS. 96 pages, 80 photos and drawings. Recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Navy Historical magazine: Midel-Shpangout #4 2003: Askold Russian WW1 Cruiser magazine has been pinted and is available for online ordering (price $9.97). Askold is one of a number of ships that sailed under the St. Andrew's flag with dignity. Combat actions with the Port-Arthur squadron are the most brilliant episodes of her service. The battle on July 28,1904 was her hour of triumph when the cruiser being hit-by dozens of shells broke through the order of Japanese ships making her way at full speed to the open sea. At the beginning of the World War I Askold was the only ship to operate actively and successfully together with the allies at the Pacific and Indian Oceans and Mediterranean Sea. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 June 2004
  - We received a new Frontline series book: Modifications of T-26 Soviet WW2 Light Tank book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). This publication is dedicated to the armoured technique based on T-26's chassis. The book provides a description, design peculiarities and evaluation of famous Soviet tank. Numerous photographs and diagramas accompany the text. The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in military history.
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: ISS Main Expedition Eight Mission Chronicle: December 2003, First Private Rocket Ship Passed Sound Barrier, Sea Launch News First Glonass-M Launched, Military Don't Leave Baykonur, Martian Armada-2003: First Successes and First Losses, 25 Years of Russian Ham Satellites (Part 2), Light Vehicles for U.S. Military, Solid Rocket Engines of ATK, Space Philately in 2003, Spitzer Infrared Telescope: First Images, 35 years since Apollo 8 etc. 72 pages, 140 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 8 June 2004
  - Great news for our Customers! Almost all Amodel range is available for on-line ordering! Expand your collection with exellent and rare models!
  
  
  
  
  
• 7 June 2004
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #2 2004 is available for order (price $5.99). The main topic of this isuue is Ilushin Il-24N Soviet ice reconnaissance aircraft. Il-24N's construction is similar to the Il-18 turboprop airliner but some additional equipment was added into cabin. This aircraft used to support commercial shipping operations in the Arctic regions. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: ISS Main Expedition Eight Mission Chronicle: November 2003, Orbital Module Of Shenzhou - A Platform For Observing Earth And Space, On Cosmonaut Training At TsPK, Russian Launch Plan For 2004, Status Of NASA Hypersonics, Space Radar Reconnaisance In Germany, Ulysses Returns To Jupiter, Iridium Comes Back, On Radiation Safety Of Mars Missions, Solar Storm: Almost Without Losses, From The History Of Sea-Going Space Fleet: 35 Years Since Zond-5, etc. 72 pages, 130 photos. Recommended!
  - Two rare books by Archives-Press/Major Publisher: Mikoyan MiG-25 story book (price $7.99) and Mil Mi-24V/P Soviet attack helicopter in details book (price $11.99) are again available for on-line ordering. Excellent interesting publications about famous Soviet military technique! Plenty of unique photos, high quality illustrations, accurate scale plans! Very limited number of copies. Don't lose a chance to add these books to your library!
  - A very interesting OKB-144 kits: 1/144 Tupolev Tu-154B Russian Airliner model kit (price $17.97) and 1/144 Ilyushin Il-76TD Soviet four-engined heavy commercial and military freighter model kit (price $20.95) are available again for online ordering!
  
  
  
• 4 June 2004
  - Two great and very interesting publications: Soviet Submarines. Part 1: Ballistic Missile Submarines and Multi-purpose Submarines book and Soviet Submarines. Part 2: Multi-purpose Submarines and Special-purpose Submarines book just has been printed and are available for online ordering (price $35.99 for each). These well-illustrated directories contains names, technical, building and career data on all Soviet submarines, including Special-purposes ones. Readers can find out complete information on various types of Soviet submarines (November class, Victor class, Alfa class, Sierra class, Mike class, Akula class, Echo class, Papa class, Charlie l/ll class, Oscar l/ll class, Hotel class, Yankee class Delta I class etc. Highly recommended for Naval history Enthusiasts!
  - A new interesting Frontline series book has came out! T-37, T-38 and T-40 Soviet WW2 Amphibious Tanks book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). This book provides with systematized materials on Soviet WW-2 light amphibious tanks. The history of creation, description of the construction and combat deployments of the described weaponry is given in great detail. The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in military history.
  
  
  
• 3 June 2004
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #1 2004 has been printed and is available for order (price $5.99). In this this issue: T-511 Aist-M, Good bye Concord, Molodaya Gvardia (Young Guard) Soviet glider, Beriev Be-10 Amphibious aircraft etc. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Modellers can find out in this issue very useful information on Variag Russian WW1 cruiser and Handley Page Victor K.2 aircraft. 40 pages, 80 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Another issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #12 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In issue: First Chinese Piloted Mission Completed Successfully, Official News, Leaks, Rumors And Delusions, Soyuz TMA-3 In Orbit, Cosmonaut? Astronaut? Taikonaut? No: Angkasawan, Millitary Council Of The Space Forces, Keldysh Center Is 70, Baykonur Cup'2003 In Rocket Modeling, Apollo 7: 35 Years Since The Beginning Of Manned Apollo Flights, etc. 72 pages, 120 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 June 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: Battle for Moscow book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $10.99). This book is dedicated to the greatest WW2 battle during October-December 1941. It reads about organization, combat strenght, types of armament and emloyment of the Red Army units in texts and photographs which had never published before. 48 pages, 90 photos. Recommended for all people who are interested in the WW2 history!
  - We offer a special issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Oruzhie Special issue 2003/7. All about TT Soviet Pistole magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). This publication tells about well-known Tula-Tokarev (TT) Soviet pistole, the detailed history of it's creating and develpment, it's characteristics, battle usage etc. 28 pages, 60 photographs. - A new very interesting publication: Modelist-Konstruktor - Special Issue: WW2 Deck-Based and Coast-Based Aircraft (1939-1945) magazine is available for online ordering (price $12.99). This issue tells about all WW2 torpedo-bombers, naval reconnaissance aircraft, fighters and bombers and consist of 250+ photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Highly recommended!
  - We added the filing of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #10 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In issue: ISS Main Expedition Seven Mission Chronicle: August 2003, Arrival Of Progress M-48, Freedom For Private Astronauts, Tenth Start Of Sea Launch, Disaster At Alcantara, Chinese Robot To Fly To Moon In 2020, The Vulkan System For Catastrophe Prediction, Space Funeral Of First Japanese Satellite, 30 Years Since A Flight That Never Occurred, First flight of the Soviet Spiral aerospace system had been scheduled for 1973, 30 Years Since Second Skylab Mission (Part 2) etc. 72 pages, 130 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 1 June 2004
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #11 2003 has been printed and is available for order (price $5.99). In this this issue: Russian 5th generation aircraft, Yakovlev AIR-1 aircraft, Special aero-techique, Russian AF bombers etc. 32 pages, 60 photos. Recommended!
  - We added the filing of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #9 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In issue: ISS Main Expedition Seven Mission Chronicle: July 2003, Honors To Ilan Ramon, Andre Kuipers' mission onboard Soyuz TMA-4 and ISS in 2004, Boeing At The Center Of 'Rocket Scandal', Loral Sold Half Of Fleet To Intelsat, Atlantic Rainbow, Water On Mars: To Be Continued, Mars Express: Mission Continues, ESA To Build New Deep Space Station, Ion Engine Passed Test With Success, bout Lunar Radio Telescope, A Window To Space, Or Military-Political Astronomy, Valuable Award To Russian Astrophysicist, Russian-European Summer Space School, losif Stalin Considered Possibility Of Launching Man Into Space etc. 72 pades, 100 photos. Highly recommended!
  - Tornado Publishing House presents: a new Bell P-39 Airacobra. Modifications and Details book is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The P-39 was one of America's first-line pursuit planes in December 1941. It made its initial flight in April 1939 at Wright Field and by the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, nearly 600 had been built. Its unique engine location behind the cockpit caused some pilot concern, but this proved to be no more of a hazard in a crash landing than with an engine located forward of the cockpit. However, the P-39's spin characteristics could be quite a problem if recovery techniques were ignored. The Airacobra saw combat throughout the world, particularly in the Southwest Pacific, Mediterranean and Russian theaters. Because its engine was not equipped with a supercharger, the P-39 performed best below 17,000 feet altitude, and it often was used at lower altitudes for such missions as ground strafing. When P-39 production ended in August 1944, Bell had built 9,584 Airacobras, of which 4,773 had been allotted to the Soviet Union. Russian pilots particularly liked the cannon-armed P-39 for its ground attack capability. Other P-39s served French and British forces. This publication tells about various modifications of P-39 as well as describes some details of their construction. Highly recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 31 May 2004
  - A very interesting publications: Sukhoi Su-15 Soviet Interceptor Fighter Story book (price $11.99), T-80 Soviet Main Battle Tank book (price $11.99) and T-90 - the first mass produced Russian tank book (price $13.99) are again available for online ordering. Hurry up! The quantity of the printed run is very limited!
  - We've added a new issue of Popular high illustrated Military magazine: Sergeant magazine #3 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). The articles about a world military history are represented in this issue (for example: US WW2 bombers battle array, Red Army's military disposition during Civil War, uniform and armament of French 1800-1815 cuirassier etc). 48 pages, 50 illustrations.
  
  
  
• 28 May 2004
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #6 2003 (price $5.97). The issue as usually dedicated to the events in a marine history, ships and their crews, design of naval engineering, armour (i.e. Tsesarevich Russian WW1 Battleship, Type Admiral battleships, Moskva Soviet missile cruiser etc). Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  - A new articles on aviation world are present in this issue of Popular high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine: Mir Aviatsii #4 2003 (price $6.97). In this issue: The biography of bomber pilot Fyodor Chesnokov, Hero of the Soviet Union, recounted by Vladimir Ratkin, "A float with a secret": Vasiliy Zolotov and Andrey Zinchuk trace the develpoment and service history of the Mil' Mi-14 naval helicopter, Mikhail Ul'yanov gives a selection of funny episodes from the day-by-day operations of Tupolev bombers, Afghanistan, part 7: Yaks over Kabul. Pavel Gavrilov describes the operations of Yak-28R reconnaissance aircraft in the Afghan War, Nikolay lonkin describes Il'yushin Il-62 operators of the African continent, A report about a trip to Severomorsk-1 and Severomorsk-3 airbases by Andrey Zinchuk, 52 pages, 90 photos, 40 illustrations, drawings. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 27 May 2004
  - An unique figures from Maquette company: 1/32 Eastern (Crimean) War 1853-1856 Russian Infantry model kit just received and is available for online ordering (price $5.99). The war of 1853-56, known as the Crimean War, began after the Russian emperor Nicholas I tried to obtain further concessions from Turkey. Great Britain and France entered the conflict on Turkey's side in 1854, however, and the Treaty of Paris (March 30, 1856) that ended the war was a serious diplomatic setback for Russia, though involving few territorial concessions. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  - OLYMP company presents: 1/72 Curtiss JN-4H/JNS-1 USAAC Aircraft model kit and 1/72 Curtiss Jenny JN-4HG USAAC Aircraft (Gunnery version) model kit are available for online order (price $11.99 for each). A kits of a high quality. Recommended for Aviation Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 26 May 2004
  - We've added into AviaPress catalog some new modifications of the US Army Light Armored Vehicle by ACE company : 1/72 LAV-AT US Army Light Armored Vehicle (Anti-Tank) model kit, 1/72 LAV-AD US Army Light Armored Vehicle (Air Defence) model kit and 1/72 LAV-M US Army Light Armored Vehicle (Mortar) model kit are available for online ordering (price $16.99 for each). A kits of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  - Military-Wheels presents: 1/72 D-30 Soviet 122-mm Howitzer model kit is available for online order (price $12.99). The D-30, also known as the M1963, replaced the older 122-mm howitzer M-30 (M1938). The original D-30 was fielded in 1963 and the midlife product improvements occurred in the mid to late 1970's. The original D-30 is in use with at least 50 different countries. The 2A18M D-30A and D-30M are midlife product improvements of the D-30 that are currently in production by the Gosudarstvennoe Unitarnoe Predpriatie Zavod 9. The D-30 features a unique three-trail carriage, a conspicuous boxy shield for the recuperator above the tube, and a small protective shield between the wheels. The gun has a semiautomatic, vertically sliding, wedge-type breechblock. It is towed muzzle-first by a truck or armored tractor, at speeds up to 80 kilometers per hour, with its trails folded under the barrel. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 May 2004
  We just received a number of a very interesting and unique kits by AModel company:
  - 1/72 Antonov An-26 Soviet VVS Turbo-Prop Transport Aircraft (early vers.) model kit is available for online ordering (price $55.99). Development of the An-24 began in 1960 in response to an Aeroflot requirement for a cheap and simple transport to replace the Li-2 (licensed DC-3), Il-2, and Il-14 aircraft. Two prototypes flew in September 1962, and the An-24 Coke first entered service in 1962. The production version turned out to be a reliable aircraft - An-24 was shown to be able to maintain an altitude of 3000 m with full payload and only one working engine. The An-24RT transport aircraft features an additional RU-19-300 jet engine. The An-26 is a development of An-24RT. One of the main modifications was a rear loading ramp. More than 1,100 of this versatile transport aircraft were built before production ended in 1978. The Coke's replacement, the An-26 Curl, has many of the same features as the Coke.
  - 1/72 Ilyushin Il-38 Anti-Submarine Aircraft model kit is available for online ordering (price $179.99). The Ilyushin Il-38 May is a Soviet maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft developed from the Il-18. The Il-38 has a short front fuselage and a much longer aft-fuselage, and two bomb bays. It is powered by four Ivchenko Al-20 single-shaft turboprops and has a maximum speed of 450mph and a range of 4500 miles. The Il-38 was first flown in 1957, and about 100 were built.
  - 1/72 Mil Mi-3 Soviet Ambulance Helicopter model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). Mi-3 is the ehchanced version of the famous Mil Mi-1 helicopter. This version of Mi-1 was ambulance modification of helicopter with suspended gondola for transportation of the wounded.
  - ALAN company presents: 1/35 Bison I German WW2 SPG (on Pz.Ia tank base) model kit is available for online ordering (price $27.99). A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 24 May 2004
  - Another new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: Korean Air Forces in the initial period of the Korean War, The unknown pages of WW2 air battles, AF at the Iran-Iraq war, Westland Lysander multi-purpose aircraft etc. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - Soviet Air Forces Single-Engined Classic Warbirds (1930 - 1945) book by Juriy Googlya is again available for online ordering (price $19.99). 112 pages, a lot of excellent rare and never published photos. Accurate scale plans for ALL Soviet pre-war and WW2 fighters, including serial and experimental aircraft and their modifications. Hurry up! The quantity of the printed run is very limited!
  - A very rare and interesting issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2003 (Myasischev M-4/3M Soviet VVS strategic bomber + 1/100 scale plans) is again available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue readers can find out excellent photos of Myasischev bombers and special purposes aircraft as well as Accurate 1/100 Myasischev M-4/3M Bizon scale plans. Don't forget: all fresh Aviatsija i Vremya magazines (Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2003, Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2004, Aviatsija i Vremya #2 2004) are still available for online order!
  - 1/144 Beriev Be-12 Soviet amphibian aircraft model kit (price $17.97) is available again for online ordering as well as other OKB-144 kits. Photoetched parts included, large decal, good quality. Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is very limited!
  
  
  
• 21 May 2004
  - We added the filing of popular Russian high illustrated magazine of VVS: Vestnik Vozdushnogo Flota #7-8 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.0). This issue as usually covers a number of interesting and actual aviation related topics (i.e. Yakovlev Yak-130 and Yak-52 trainers, Ilushin Il-38N Russian antisubmarine aircraft, 5th generation fighter etc). Special section of this periodical is completely dedicated to the MASK-2003 airshow. The magazine is well supplied with photographs and color illustrations. 72 pages, 100+ photos. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - AviaPress offer a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). As usually this issue is dedicated to the numerous interesting Aerospace-related topics: Soviet Long-range aircraft (Tupolev Tu-160, Tu-95, Myasischev 3M etc), Mikoyan MiG-27 Soviet fighter-bomber, Sukhoi Su-25 Russian CSA and more. Recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: WW2 air battles, Soviet Black Sea Navy pilot's ramming, BSh-1 (PS-43) Soviet mail-aircraft, Polikarpov I-16 Soviet WW2 Fighter, Mikoyan MiG-27 Soviet fighter-bomber etc. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 20 May 2004
  - New and very interesting book In the Spanish Sky (1936-1939) is available for online ordering (price $59.99). The book is devoted to Russian pilots-volunteers who took part in air war during Spanish civil war on side of Republicans Air Force. Lots of unique and never published photos of Russian pilots and their aircraft (Polikarpov I-16, I-15, I-15bis, R-5, R-Z, Tupolev SB), tables, color drawings. Hard cover, 400 pages. Highly recommended for all aviation enthusiast!
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N4 2004: Minsk, Novorossyisk, Baku Soviet Heavy Carrying Cruisers magazine (price $7.97). This issue dedicated to the famous Soviet carrying ships. The peculiarities of the ships' design and the history of their service in the USSR Navy are described with great detail. The publication will appeal to all interested in the maritime history. 32 pages, 45 photos, illustrations and colour drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 May 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N3 2004: WW2 Ships. US Navy (part 2) magazine (price $7.97). This Issue narrates on US Navy ships at 1941 - 1945 including their technical data and battle history. 32 pages, 70+ photos, illustrations, colour and b/w drawings. Highly recommended! Don't forget about previous one: Morskaya Kollektsia N3 2004: WW2 Ships. US Navy (part 1) magazine is still available for online ordering (price $7.97)
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace Industry magazine Aerospace Courier #6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). This issue of the periodical is dedicated to the latest developments in the area of civil aviation and aerospace technology in the CIS countries. It is targeted at the readers interested in the modern aviation. The main topics of magazine are: Russia's Nuclear Shield, From Su-30MKI to the 5th -generation Fighter, The Modern Airborne Anti-ship Weaponry, Granite's Anti-Ship Missile Complexes, The Russian Personal Satellite Communication System, Tu-204 Is Widening Its Geography, The Beacon Calls up Rescuers, The Nesterov Cup Is Back Home, Reliability of Human Factor - the Basis for Prophylaxis of Accidents in Aviation, New Era of the Munich Airport, The First Flight by the Wright Brothers etc. 120 pages, 100 photos, Russian and English text! Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 Curtiss Jenny JN-4A/D (early) Aircraft model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The Curtiss "Jenny" America's most famous World War 1 airplane, was developed by combining the best features of the Curtiss "J" and "N" models. A 1915 version, the JN-3, was used in 1916 during Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico. The JN-3 was modified in 1916 to improve its performance and redesignated the JN-4. With America's entry into World War I on April 6,1917, the Signal Corps began ordering large quantities of JN-4s, and by the time production was terminated after the Armistice, more than 6,000 had been delivered, the majority of them JN-4D. JN-4D was generally used for primary flight training. After World War I, hundreds were sold on the civilian market. The airplane soon became the mainstay of the "Barnstormer" of the 1920s, and some JN-4D were still being flown in the 1930s. In total it was made 2664 planes Curtis JN-4D. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 18 May 2004
  - A very interesting publication Mil Mi-24V/P Soviet attack helicopter in details book (price $11.99) is available for online ordering. The Mi-24, the first helicopter to enter service with the Russian Air Force as an assault transport and gunship, was developed on the basis of the Mi-8's propulsion system. Additional missions include direct air support, antitank, armed escort, and air to air combat. The helicopter was used extensively in the Afghanistan War, becoming the "signature" weapon of the conflict. The Mi-24 is a close counterpart to the American AH-64 Apache, but unlike this and other Western assault helicopters it is also capable of transporting up to eight troops. The Russians have deployed significant numbers of HINDs in Europe and have exported the HIND to many third world countries. This publication tells in detail about Mi-24's equipment and armament as well as it's systems and units. Add this book to your library!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine Aviapanorama magazine #11-12 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: Civil Aviation Academy, Powerful training and scientific complex in Siberia, Russia creates aircraft engine center, Munich: InterAirport Europe-2003, Airshow Dubai, Space future for MiG-31, Aircraft model making: the sport of the enthusiasts, Main calibre for interceptors, Winged giant takes shape, Su-30 fighter etc. The issue is accompanied by the large amount of Illustrations and photos. Recommended!
  - We offer a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine Mir Modelei (Model's World) # 11 2003 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). In this issue: Polikarpov I-5 Soviet pre-WW2 Fighter, Bristol F2B British WW1 Fighter, Sd.Kfz.231 (8-RAD) Schwerer Panzerspahwagen German WW2 Armored Troop-Carrier, BT-7 Soviet WW2 Light Tank, BA-10 Soviet WW2 Armoured Car, ZiL-157 Soviet Truck, Tiran 4/5 (Ti-67) Israeli Defence Force Tank etc. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 17 May 2004
  - Sensation! RUSAVIA publisher presents: an unique and very interesting Ilyushin Design Bureau Aircraft book is available for online ordering (price $79.99). Actually the book informs the reader about nearly all types of the aircrafts that were created in the oldest Russian Design Bureau. The book is supplied by the significant quantity of illustrations. Many of them are published in the first time. This book is intended for the wide range of specialists and the amateurs of aviations. Hurry up! The number of copies is very limited!
  - Another new interesting naval publication: Morskaya Kollektsia - Special Issue: Morskaya Kollektsia - Special Issue: The Large Sea Hunters of 122a and 122bis Project magazine is available for online ordering (price $12.97). This issue tells about Soviet heroic and humble WW2 ships. The Large Sea Hunters of 122a and 122bis Project took place in numerous battle operations of Soviet Navy during WW2 at the Barents and Baltic seas, lake Onega etc. The ships was built at Molotovsk (Severodvinsk at present time) on the shipyard No402.
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N2 2004: Destroyers of Sokol Class magazine (price $7.97). This issue dedicated to the famous Russian WW1 ships which have participated in the Russian-Japaneese war and WW1. The Sokol Class family consist of well known Stereguschiy, Strashny, Reshitelny, Serdity destroyers and some other ones. 32 pages, 45 photos and illustrations, 3 colour drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 12 May 2004
  - A new Morskaya Kollektsia - Special Issue: German WW2 Submarines (series VII) - Underwater Kriegsmarine Pirates magazine is available for online ordering (price $12.97). This issue is a very interesting publication with illustrations and drawings. The operational history section tells about U-boat tactics. Highly recommended!
  - UM company presents a new kit of very good quality: 1/72 BT-5 Soviet WW2 Light Tank with cylindrical turret model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Light fast tank BT-5 with cylindrical turret was created in the USSR in 1932. It was produced at the Kharkov locomotive building plant at the beginning of 1933. The distinctive feature of this tank was a cylindrical turret with a small "stern" niche. It was armed with 45mm L-20 gun and 7,62mm DT machine-gun. This tank was a transitional model between the tank BT-2 and mass-produced tank BT-5 with elliptic turret There were produced some dozens of this modification. It is known that some machines took part in the WW2. On the basis of this tank there were developed a lot of experimental modifications, such as: BT-5IS and HBT-5, underwater moving tank BT-5PH and some other. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 11 May 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N1 2004: WW2 Ships. US Navy (part 1) magazine (price $7.97). This Issue consist of full list of US Navy ships at 1941 - 1945 including battleships, carriers, cruisers, destroyers and their technical data and battle history. 32 pages, 70 photos and illustrations, 13 colour drawings and 46 b/w ones. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #4 2004 just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, The artillery horse traction, The Russian 'Raptor', Russian AF's cruise mssiles, Mikoyan fighters etc. 48 pages, 100 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - Read more on famous ship in this publication: Morskaya Kollektsia - Special Issue: US Iowa Class Battleships magazine (price $12.97). The Iowa (BB-61) was laid down at New York Navy Yard, 27 June 1940; launched 27 August 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of Vice President Wallace, and commissioned 22 February 1943, Capt. John L. McCrea in command. On 24 February, Iowa put to sea for shakedown In Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic coast. She got underway, 27 August for Argentia. Newfoundland to neutralize the threat of German battleship Tirpitz which was reportedly operating In Norwegian waters.In the fall, Iowa carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Casablanca, French Morocco, on the first leg of his journey to the Teheran Conference in November. After the conference she returned the President to the United States. As flagship of Battleship Division 7, Iowa departed the United States 2 January 1944 for the Pacific Theatre and her combat debut in the campaign for the Marshalls. From 29 January to 3 February, she supported carrier air strikes made by Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman's task group against Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 7 May 2004
  - Another new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine Technika and Vooruzhenie #2 2004 has been printed and is available for online ordering now (price $5.97). In this issue: S-200 Soviet air-defense missile complex, T-64 Soviet main battle tank, Soviet/Russian ICBM, Russian Peacekeeper's in Abkhazia military technique (BTR-80, ZU-23 and more), Indian armour technique etc. Recommended!
  - Exellent kit 1/72 Sd.Kfz.263 (Fu) (8 Rad) Heavy Eight-Wheeled Armored Vehicle by RODEN company is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The '232' version differed from its predecessor only in the specialized radio communication equipment which allowed wireless radio communication between cars during reconnaissance raids to be maintained. The only external difference was the bow antenna, which was welded onto the armored body of the car. At the point where the antenna was connected to the turret a special joint was installed which allowed the turret to stay mobile and rotate 360 degrees. The installation of radio communication equipment had no effect on either performance or crew size. The Fu.Ger.11 SE 100 (for medium range wireless communication) and Fu. Spr. Gar. "a" (for short range wireless communication) radio communication stations were rather small and did not impede the normal work of the crew. In 1944 the radio communication equipment was upgraded, and a new smaller external umbrella antenna was installed in all the Sd.Kfz 232 (Fu) (8-Rad) remaining in combat units at that time. The Sd.Kfz 232 (Fu) (8-Rad) was first used during the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and its first combat experience was obtained in the Polish campaign in autumn 1939 where radio communication cars proved their ability in infantry support, especially during intense street fighting. War against the Soviet Union was a severe test for eight-wheeled armored vehicles - in autumn Russia's vast territory was a total mash of mud and heavy cars of the 8-Rad type turned out to be especially vulnerable in this environment. During the first half-year of operations about 150 eight-wheeled cars were destroyed. In North Africa the Sd.Kfz. 232 (Fu) (8-Rad) served as a part of the African Corps under the command of Erwin Rommel. High air temperature was one of the most significant problems for armored cars and tanks, since due to tough climatic conditions technical failures were frequent. Several Sd.Kfz 232 (Fu) (8-Rad) fought for Berlin at the beginning of May 1945 during the severe street fights in the German capital - and as true soldiers they fought against the enemy until the end.
  - MBX-3505 1/35 German WW2 Armour Technique Separate Tracks model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). The kit includes separate tracks for 1/35 Panzerwerfer 42auf Maultier, Jagdpanzer 1 Ausf B, Befeglwagen 3KLB, Opel Blitz Maultier and Pz1 Ausf B models. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 6 May 2004
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: Kamov Ka-15, Ka-50, Ka-226 Soviet helicopters, Italian and German WW2 escort ships, Leopard 1 German tank, Goodyear F2G Super Corsair US Navy fighter, GAZ-M20 Pobieda (Victory) Soviet car etc. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine: Technika and Vooruzhenie #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). The topics of this issue are: Soviet air-defense technique (S-200 missile complex), T-64 Soviet main battle tank, conception of modern infantry combat vehicle, The Cube battalion self-propelled antiaircraft missile complex etc. Recommended!
  - MINIART Company presents: a new 1/35 Soviet Army WW2 Infantry on the march model kit is available for online order (price $9.99). A kit consist of 73 parts in light grey stryene. Having great facial animation and expression this kit provides full choice of interchangeable heads, useful choice of uniforms and poses. All four figures are marching in winter uniform; two wear quilted uniforms and two wear overcoats (period 1943-1945). The uniforms are well done. Weapons are two PPSh, one Moisin carbine and one DP machine gun. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for all late-war period Soviet armor modelers or dioramists!
  
  
  
• 5 May 2004
  - Another new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #3 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, Polikarpov I-5 (early) Soviet pre-WW2 Fighter, BMD-2 Russian Modern Airborne Combat Vehicle, Polikarpov I-15 fighter, Spitfire Mk.IX WW2 fighter etc. 48 pages, 100 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 Polikarpov I-153 Soviet WW2 Fighter and AS-1 Starter Truck model kit by Military-Wheels is available for online order (price $17.99). A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  - Some interesting kits by Amodel are available again for online ordering. Here's a list: 1/72 Polikarpov I-16 type 5/6 WW2 fighter model kit (price $10.99), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-3 vk107a Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit (price $14.99), 1/72 Shavrov Sh-2 Soviet WW2 hydroaeroplane model kit (price $12.99), and 1/72 Beriev Be-2 Soviet WW2 hydroaeroplane model kit (price $12.99). Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is very limited!
  
  
  
• 3 May 2004
  - We received a new issues of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine: Technika and Vooruzhenie #11 2003 and Technika and Vooruzhenie #12 2003 (price $5.97 for each). The topics of this issues are: Soviet air-defense technique (S-200 missile complex), T-64 Soviet main battle tank, BMP-3 Soviet infantry combat vehicle, IDEF-2003 exhibition etc. Recommended!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, Pz.1 A German WW2 Ammunition Transporter, BTR-D Soviet Airborne Vehicle, Soviet Tank Crew model kit, Yakovlev Yak-9U and Yak-9P Soviet WW2 Fighters, ZSU-37 Soviet WW2 Anti-Aircraft Self-Propelled Gun, ATZ-5-375 Soviet Army Refueller, BMD-1 Soviet Airborne Combat Vehicle, Nona-S Soviet 120 mm SPG, Mikoyan MiG-3 etc. 48 pages, 100 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular Russian Aviation high illustrated magazine Aviatsija #12 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.95). 48 pages, 90 photographs. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 30 April 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya #2 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). The issue covers very interesting topics in the aviation-related area. Readers can find out: F-15 Eagle US AF Fighter monograph (with 59 photos and 1/72 scale plans); information about the first flight of the Mil Mi-28N modern Russian helicopter, Antonov An-124-100 Heavy Cargo Aircraft, a story about Soyuz lunar spaceship (finishing of the articles about Soviet programme of pilot flights to the Moon); Yakovlev Yak-9 Soviet WW2 fighter in the battles etc. Highly recommended for Aviation Fans! Don't forget: all latest Aviatsija i Vremya magazines (Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2004, Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2003, Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2003) are still available for online order!
  - A very interesting publication Yakovlev Yak-28PP REW Aircraft (Second Edition - Completely in English) book (price $16.99) is again available for online ordering. Excellent rare book about the first Soviet radioelectronic warfare aircraft! Excellent edition, format A4, a lot of schemes in scale, 48 pages, 47 b/w and 17 color photos, perfomance tables, bibliography! Very limited number of copies. Don't lose a chance to add this book to your library!
  
  
  
• 29 April 2004
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #12 2003 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: Japanese WW2 escort ships, ZIS-101 Soviet classic sedan, Heinkel He-70 Blitz German WW2 bomber etc. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - We offer a very interesting issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In this issues readers can find out the topics regardind the T-72 Soviet main battle tank, Russian WW1 armoured train, 9À33Á "Osa" Soviet AA missile complex, T-55 Soviet main battle tank etc. Highly recommended!
  - MBX-3502 1/35 kl.Pz.Bf.Wg. 1KlA (Sd.Kfz.265) German WW2 Light Armoured Tracked Command Vehicle model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). In 1934, when Germany recreated armoured forces in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the need in armoured command vehicle had spring up to complete first two Panzer regiments. The first and only German tank of the time, Pz.Kpfw. I, had room for a radio receiver only, and had to be modified to accommodate a transmitter and its operator. The vehicle received designation Kleine Panzebefehlswagen, or kl.Pz.Bf.Wg I (Light armoured tracked command vehicle). An additional FuG-2 ultra short wave receiver and 20 watt receiver-transmitter FuG-6 were installed. The radios had a range of 6 miles for voice and 8 miles for Morse code. There were 2 different types based on Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf B chassis, designated "2 Kl B", and "3 Kl B", and only 6 of the produced vehicles, designated 1 KlA, utilised Ausf A chassis. These very rare machines are known in two variants. Both had no armament, but later they received MG-13 machine-gun. The first type of 1 KlA had a small rectangular fixed turret in place of linear Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf A turret. The second type had no turret, but the superstructure was increased by heightening the sides by 25 cm. Several machines of this later type were issued to "Legion Condor" and saw action during Spanish Civil War. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 28 April 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N9 2003: Spanish Mendez Nunez Class Light Cruisers magazine (price $7.97). These ships were built under the Navy Law of 17 February 1915 to a design generally similar to that of the British C class light cruisers. Their construction proceeded very slowly because of shortages of shipbuilding materials during and after 1914-1918. Six boilers were for oil burning, six for mixed firing. Two further ships of this class, previously projected, were cancelled in 1919. Blas de Lezo grounded on the Centollo Reef off Cape Finisterre at speed and although refloated, sank in deep water. Mendez Nunez was damaged on the same occasion. Mendez Nunez was reconstructed as an AA cruiser in 1944-1947. The superstructure was completely rebuilt, the boilers retrunked into two new funnels and a new rig fitted. The l20mm guns were arranged in similar fashion to the guns of the US Atlanta class with three mountings on the centreline both fore and aft and one on each beam abreast the after superstructure. She also had her bow modified into a more exaggerated clipper form, increasing the overall length by about 7ft. 32 pages, 70 photos and illustrations. Highly recommended!
  - SKIF company presents a new kit of a high quality: 1/35 T-55AM-1 Soviet Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $25.99). The production of middle tank T-55-AM, an improved version of tank T-55A, began ir 1983. It is equipped with a 9K11f controlled armament system and with a Tucha smoke grenade system. The turret front a side, upper sloop sheet of the hul and the bottom are mounted with an additional armoring. Moreover the tank is equipped with vehicle-borne cumulative screens. The tank is armed with 100mm stabilized gun that has a heat fixing jacket, a 7,62-mm "FIKT" MG and a 12,7-mm antiaircraft MG. Vertical angles of fire for the tank gun from -5 to +18 degrees and for the antiaircraft MG from -4,5 to +82 degrees. The ammunition supply consist of 43 rounds and more than 3000 cartridges. Rate of gunfire is up to 7 shots per minute. Maximum sighting range is 14,6 km. The tank is powered by 12-cylinder 4-stroke diesel V-46-5M engine. The engine power is 690 hp. The tank is provided with equipment that permits water fording. The tank has caterpillar track assembly with rear driving wheels. The caterpillars are metallic with rubber-metallic hinges; the track number is 91. The tank is equipped with the independent torsion-bar suspension. The T-55 tank was adopted in many countries for over 30 years which proves its successful design and multipurposeness. Highly recommended for Armour Enthusiasts!
  - Interesting Eastern Express model kit is available again for online ordering:1/72 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 type 35 Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit (price $7.99). Don't lose a chance to have it! The quantity of this kit is limited!
  
  
  
• 27 April 2004
  - It finally arrived! An unique Red Army Uniform (1918-1945) book by well-known collectioners and followers of Red Army Uniform from 1918 till 1945 Anton Shalito and Ilya Savchenkov is available for online ordering (price $69.97). 200 colour photos of authentic uniforms on the models: commanding officer's, political worker's and soldier's field equipment, ammunitions, hats, camouflages (over 10 points), documents, photos and personal things from 1918 till 1945. All photos are with comments in English. A book of a limited edition. Hurry up! The number of copies decreasing every day!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, Felixstowe F.2A aircraft, Nona-S Russian SPG, L-410 aircraft, Soviet AF cruise missiles, Tupolev TB-3 Soviet WW2 bomber etc. 48 pages, 100 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 Sukhoi Su-9 Soviet interceptor fighter model kit by Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $11.99). The Su-9 prototype was the T-3 experimental aircraft that had its maiden flight on May 26, 1956. About 1,000 Su-9s and a number of training two-seaters were produced until 1962. The Su-9 was added into the Soviet Air Defence Service inventory in October 1960 and remained in service until the end of 1970s. About 30 air regiments were armed with Su-9, including 3 regiments in Moscow Air Defence Region. The Su-9 took part in the U-2 USAF reconnaissance aircraft interception.. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 26 April 2004
  - Read about all 2004 Zvezda model kits in this useful Zvezda Color Catalogue for 2002 (price $9.99). A fullest coverage of assortment from the Russian kit manufacturer is represented in this publication. Make your selection better with this catalogue!
  - Another Luftwaffe aircraft by ICM company: 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4 German WW2 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $9.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 April 2004
  - We received a new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #8 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). There are some aviation-related articels on history of Russian and World aircraft in this issue: Air war in Korea, Air battles over Spain, Douglas A-20 in Russia etc. 48 pages, 60 photos, illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #5 2003 (price $5.97). The issue as usually dedicated to the events in a marine history, ships and their crews, design of naval engineering, armour (i.e. Russian WW1 Battleships and Cruisers, Tupolev TB-1 at the sea, The Arc Royal carrier etc). Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  
  
  
• 22 April 2004
  - Some unique resin parts by NeOmega and interesting kits by Amodel are available again for online ordering. Here's a list: 1/48 K-36DM Ejection Seat (Su-17, Su-24, Su-27, Su-34, MiG-29) (price $5.00), 1/48 K-37 Ejection Seat (Ka-50 Black Shark, Ka-52 Alligator) (price $5.00), 1/48 Yak-3 Cockpit (price $15.50), 1/72 I-16 type 10-24 wing corrections (price $8.80), 1/72 An-2 Cockpit plus ASh-62 motor bay (price $14.80), 1/72 Ka-50 Cockpit (price $14.80), 1/72 Ka-29 Helix Cockpit (price $15.50), 1/72 Polikarpov I-16 type 5/6 WW2 fighter model kit (price $7.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-3 vk107a Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit (price $9.97), 1/72 Shavrov Sh-2 Soviet WW2 hydroaeroplane model kit (price $9.95), and 1/72 Beriev Be-2 Soviet WW2 hydroaeroplane model kit (price $9.95). Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is very limited!
  
  
  
• 21 April 2004
  - UM company presents a new kit of very good quality: 1/72 T-34/76 mod. 1940 with F-34 Gun Soviet WW2 Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). In December 1940 Soviets started the production of new T-34\76 tank. Its arms consist of 76,2mm gun F-34 and 2x76,2-mm DT machine gun. The thickness of front armour was equal to 45mm. The ammunition supply consist of 77 rounds. The crew consisst of four members, a commander, a gun-layer, a loader and a driver. In total it was manufactured 33805 of tank T-34\76 tank. The T-34 tank was developed on the plant No.183 (HPZ) under the supervision of M. Koshkin as a result of works on enhancing the tanks BT, A-20, and A-32. In December 1940 they started the production of 7-34176 tank with F-34 gun. Its arms consist of 76,2-mm gun F-34 and 2x 7,62-mm 07 machine guns. The thickness of front armour was equal to 45 mm. The ammunition supply consist of 77 rounds. The machine in weight of 28,1 tons had the maximal speed 54km/h. The tank is powered by 12 - cylinder four-stroke diesel V-2 engine. The engine power is 500 hp. The crew consist of four members, a commander, a gun-layer, a loader and a driver. In total it was manufactured 33805 of the tank T-34\76. Being improved and enhanced with every year passing, T-34 went through all the war from the first till the last day. A very suitable combination of arming, armour, simplicity of the construction and a high controllability made it the best tank of the Second World War. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 20 April 2004
  - We offer a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). As usually this issue is dedicated to the numerous interesting Aerospace-related topics i.e. Russian Long-Range Aviation, Russian pilotless aircraft, Russian AF in Chechen conflict, Mikoyan MiG-27 Soviet fighter-bomber, The first space-suit, World Aerospace news etc. Recommended!
  - ICM company presents a new famous warbird kit: 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 German WW2 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $9.99). A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 April 2004
  - Very interesting publications: Tupolev Tu-142 (Navy variant of Tu-95) Long range anti-submarine aircraft book (price $11.99), Beriev Be-12 amphibian aircraft book (price $13.99), Soviet Long Range and Naval Aviation missiles book (price $19.99), Ilyushin Il-38 against missile submarines book (price $15.99), Myasischev 3M/M-4 BISON Story book (price $13.99), Mikoyan MiG-25 story book (price $7.99) and USSR Submarine Power. Part 1: Nuclear Multi-purpose Submarines book (price $15.99) are again available for on-line ordering. Excellent rare books about famous Soviet military technique! Plenty of unique photos, high quality illustrations, accurate scale plans! Very limited number of copies. Don't lose a chance to add these books to your library!
  
  
  
• 16 April 2004
  - Maquette company presents: 1/35 ZIS-2 Soviet 57 mm Antitank Gun with Limber model kit is available for online ordering (price $13.99). The antitank gun ZIS-2 was designed under V.G.Grabin supervision in 1940, It was added to Red Army armoury in 1941, named "1941 type 57-mm antitank gun". The mass production or ZIS-2 was started in July 1 1941, but was stopped in December 1 1941, when 371 guns were produced - were not heavy armoured Germany tanks in Eastern Front in 1941, wnich may by objectives for ZIS-2 fire. ZIS-2 pierced through any Germany tank even 1,5 km range and the armour-piercing shell exploded beyond the tank. Moreover, the 57-mm shells production was too small. ZIS-2 production was resumption m June 15 1943, later on Germany used heavy armoured tanks "Tiger" and "Panther" against the USSR. Now ZIS-2 named "1943 type 57-rnm antitank gun". ZIS-2 production on the plant Ns92 was continue to 1946, and the plant Ns235 produced this gun until 1949. 13339 ZIS-2 guns were production totally from 1943 to 1949. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 15 April 2004
  - AviaPress presents a really rare issues of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya from 2000 up to 2004: Aviatsija i Vremya #4 2000, Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2000, Aviatsija i Vremya #2 2001, Aviatsija i Vremya #3 2001, Aviatsija i Vremya #4 2001, Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2001, Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2002, Aviatsija i Vremya #2 2002, Aviatsija i Vremya #3 2002, Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2002, Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2002, Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2003, Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2003 and Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2004 (price $6.97 for each). The issues covers very interesting topics in the aviation-related area and are well supplied with large amount of photographs and color illustrations. Highly recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
  
  
• 14 April 2004
  - Some interesting Amodel kits are available again for online ordering. Here's a list: 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-28L Soviet Jet Fighter-Bomber model kit (price $16.99), 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109K German WW2 fighter model kit (price $7.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-18 NKAF light night bomber model kit (price $10.99), 1/72 Mikoyan MiG-AT Russian modern advanced trainer model kit (price $14.99), 1/72 IS-1 (Iosyf Stalin) the Soviet pre-WW2 experimental fighter model kit (price $10.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-38U Forger two-seater - the training version of Soviet carrier based VTOL aircraft model kit (price $15.95), 1/72 AVRO 504K Zeppelin Killer WW1 Aircraft model kit (price $12.97), /72 Tupolev Tu-95 (Tu-142MR) Bear-Y Soviet/Russian Heavy Bomber/Anti-Submarine Aircraft/Submarine-Support Aircraft model kit (price $111.97), 1/72 Kamov Ka-52 Alligator Soviet Attack Helicopter model kit (price $10.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-27R Soviet Reconnaissance Aircraft model kit (price $15.97), 1/72 SM-1/300 Polish Light Helicopter model kit (price $10.97), 1/72 Sukhoi Su-26M Soviet Aerobatic Plane model kit (price $7.95), 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109T German WW2 carrier born fighter model kit (price $7.95), 1/72 Di-6sh Soviet WW2 fighter-bomber model kit (price $9.95), 1/72 Yakovlev YAK-18 Soviet Trainer model kit (price $6.97), 1/72 PZL-104 Wilga Polish Trainer model kit (price $9.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-2 Soviet WW2 Short Range Bomber model kit (price $13.95), 1/72 Kamov KASKR-2 Soviet Autogyro model kit (price $9.97), 1/72 Mikoyan MiG-9 Soviet Jet Fighter model kit (price $8.97) and 1/72 Polikarpov I-153 WW2 fighter model kit (price $7.95). Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is very limited!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 12 April 2004
  - Modelist-Konstruktor publisher offers a new Aviakollektsia #1 2004: Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder Soviet Supersonic Bomber magazine (price $9.97). This publication tells about the famous Soviet aircraft of a Cold War era. This supersonic medium-range bomber is a swept-wing aircraft with two engines positioned as the base of the tailfin. The low-mounted swept-back wings are tapered with square tips and a wide wing root. The landing gear pods extend beyond wings' trailing edges. Two turbojets engines are low-mounted on the tail fin, with round air intakes. This eliminated the need for a complicated boundary layer separation system in the intakes, but added a 15% weight penalty, and made engine maintenance much more difficult because of how high they were off the ground. The fuselage is tube-shaped with a solid pointed nose and a stepped cockpit. Tail flats are low-mounted on the fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with square tips. The fin is swept-back, and tapered with square tip. Several versions of the Blinder-bomber were built: Blinder A - Tu-22B - primarily employed as a medium bomber dropping free-fall bombs, Blinder B - Tu-22K - The Tu-22K was equipped to carry one Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen ) 250-nm range air-to-surface The TU-22K carried a missile, and could also carry free-fall bombs, Blinder C - In 1962 the maritime reconnaissance aircraft TU-22P was equipped with an air refueling system and received the designation TU-22PD. About 70 Blinder-C reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft were produced, Blinder D - Tu-22U - The - Tu-22B is a trainer version similar to Blinder A, though with a raised student cockpit, Blinder E - TU-22RDM - Further upgrading in the 1980s lead to the TU-22RDM reconnaissance aircraft. 32 pages, 70 photos and illustrations, scale drawings. Recomended!
  - Maquette company presents: 1/35 Sd.Kfz 11 (T1-B) German WW2 Ammunition Transporter model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.99). A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 April 2004
  - ACE company presents: 1/72 LAV-L US Light Armored Vehicle-Logistics model kit is available for online ordering (price $15.99). The LAV-L is an all-terrain, all-weather vehicle with night capabilities designed for the provision of ammunition, rations and POL (petroleum, oil and lubricant) supplies required to sustain operations of foward LAV units. It is air transportable via C-130, C-141, C-5 and CH-53 E. When combat loaded there are 200 ready rounds and 800 stowed rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. There are 8 ready rounds and 8 stowed rounds of smoke grenades. The vehicle can be made fully amphibious within 3 minutes. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 8 April 2004
  - 1/35 Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf A (T-1A) German WW2 Light Tank model kit by Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $17.99). Pz.Kpfw.I (Sd.Kfz.101) was intended to give the German military and industry experience with armored tracked vehicles. The design was based on one by the British Carden-Lloyd firm, and featured a girder connecting the rear three road wheels and the trailing idler. The small turret was offset to the right, and the driver and commander shared the fighting compartment. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 7 April 2004
  - ALANGER company presents: 1/35 BS-3 Soviet WW2 100-mm Gun model kit is available for online ordering (price $9.99). One of the mainstays of the German army was 88mm Flak 36/37. Not only was it an effective anti-aircraft gun, it proved to be a painfully accurate and effective anti-tank weapon as well. The Soviets responded with the BS-3 100mm field gun. It could perform as a standard artillery piece with a range of approximately 20 kilometers, and it could also punch through 160mm of armor plate at over a kilometer. While the BS-3 entered service in 1944, it is evidently still in use in numerous countries today. A kit of a very good quality, comprising of 158 parts molded in light gray plastic. Highly recommended for Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 6 April 2004
  - Read more on famous US tank in this new issue of Popular high illustrated Armour Historical magazine: Bronekollektsia N1 2004: M48 Patton Tank is available for online ordering (price $7.97). Developed during the early 1950s the M48 was designed for combat in Europe against Soviet tanks and had one of the most advanced fire control systems of that time. At the outbreak of the Vietnam War the relatively light 52-ton tank proved ideal for use in the region's swampy areas. However, the M48 did have problems in Vietnam, the tank's computerized fire control was set up for long range battles such as the Army would encounter in Europe. In Vietnam fighting was close combat. As a result, it was common to take the gunner out of the turret and put him outside on the back deck with a machine-gun to provide close-in protection. After Vietnam the M48 was taken out of active service and given to Army Reserve and National Guard units where the tank remained in service into the 1980s. The M48 remains in service with fifteen foreign countries. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 5 April 2004
  - UM company presents a new kit of very good quality: 1/72 T-34/76 (mod. 1940) with L-11 Gun Soviet WW2 Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $15.99). T-34/76 was further development based on T-32 medium tank, which was based on A-20 and A-30 prototypes. Pre-production models were produced in early 1940 and full scale production commenced in mid-1940. T-34 Medium Tank (Tridsatchedverka), when introduced into production in June of 1940, was the most advanced tank design in the world. It was superior to any other tank in the world, including feared German tanks. Its revolutionary design featured sloped armor, speed, hitting power and low silhouette along with reliability and low production cost. T-34 although available in small numbers in the early stage of fighting on the Eastern Front gave German Army a nasty shock when first encountered and remained that way until introduction of more powerful anti-tank armament. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 April 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya #1 2004 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). The issue covers very interesting topics in the aviation-related area. Readers can find out: Beriev MBR-2 Soviet WW2 reconnaicance flying boat monograph (with 68 rare photos, painting sceme for 4 airplanes, accurate 1/72 scale plans); information about the first flight of the multirole Mil Mi-38 helicopter, rolling out of the first production Antonov An-140 manufactured in Russia, complication of the Tupolev Tu-334 certification; a story about Soyuz lunar spaceship that became near-earth one (beginning of the articles about Soviet programme of pilot flights to the Moon); aircraft in the battles of Kirovograd in January 1944 (a last part of the article with 5 photos). Highly recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 1 April 2004
  - Soviet Air Forces Single-Engined Classic Warbirds (1930 - 1945) book by Juriy Googlya is available for online ordering (price $19.99). 112 pages, a lot of photos and drawings. A book of a very limited edition (only 600 copies). Hurry up! The printed run will be sold out soon!
  
  
  
• 31 March 2004
  - Maquette company presents: 1/400 Potemkin Russian Imperial Fleet Battleship model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). Immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein's classic silent film Battleship Potemkin (1925), the pre-dreadnought battleship Kniaz Potemkin Tavricheski was named for Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, who under Catherine the Great annexed the Crimea and built Russia's first fleet on the Black Sea in the late eighteenth century. Potemkin was the last and largest of eight Russian capital ships commissioned between 1886 and 1900 for the Black Sea Fleet, one of three dictated by Russia's peculiar maritime geography. Under the Treaty of Berlin (1878), Russian warships were denied access to the Turkish-held Bosporus, and the Black Sea Fleet had to operate independently of the Baltic and Far East Fleets. When the Baltic Squadron dispatched to the Pacific during the Russo-Japanese War was destroyed in the Strait of Tsushima on May 27, 1905, Potemkin was the most powerful ship in the Russian Navy's only cohesive naval force. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 30 March 2004
  Zvezda company presents two kits of a very good quality:
  - 1/72 Sukhoi Su-32 Russian Modern Fighter-Bomber model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). The Su-32 two-seat fighter-bomber Is Intended to implement tasks of combat application on aerial ground and sea targets (including small-size and moving ones) during autonomous and group actions, round-the-clock under simple and adverse weather conditions with enemy`s jamming and flight informational counteraction as well as for aerial reconnaissance. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - 1/35 Panzer IVH German WW2 Medium Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $19.99). Of the 3,935 Ausf H chassis produced 3,774 were completed as Pz Kpfw IV , with 30 used for the first StuG IV and 130 for Burmmbar. In November 1943 an attempt was made to alter the suspension to gain ground clearance.The experiment failed and the Pz Kpfw IV retained the same basic suspension from 1937 until the end of the war. The basic change from the Ausf G was the SSG77 transmission fitted to the Ausf H.The frontal armour on the Ausf H evolved from 50mm basic with 30mm additional to 80mm basic , to 80mm basic interlocked with the hull sides. Minor modifications introduced during the production run of the Ausf H included external air-filters, all-steel return rollers, a cupola mount for an anti-aircraft machine gun, a new style idler, the deletion of the side vision ports for the driver and radio operator and a new cupola with thicker armour and a single piece cupola hatch. From 1943 Panzer regiments in the Panzer divisions were to have one detachment equipped with Pz Kpfw IV and one detachment with Panthers. As a result of problems with the Panther some Panzer divisions had a second detachment equipped with Pz Kpfw IV, while had but a single detachment of four companies each equipped with twenty-two Pz Kpfw IV, plus eight with the HQ Company. On the 6th of June 1944 most of the 748 Pz Kpfw IV with the nine Panzer divisions in France were Ausf H. Recommended for WW2 Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 29 March 2004
  - ICM company presents: 1/35 Soviet WW2 Tank Crew (1939-1942) model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.97) . A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 26 March 2004
  - Maquette company presents: 1/400 Avrora Russian Imperial Fleet Cruiser model kit is available for online ordering (price $18.99). Avrora was the third and last in the Pallada class of three protected cruisers. She was laid down at the New Admiralty shipyard in Saint Petersburg on May 23, 1897, launched on April 28, 1900 and commissioned on July 16, 1903. As built, Avrora and her two sisters were much larger and more powerful than their predecessors were. Armament in 1903 was as follows: 8 x 6-inch/45, 24 x 11 pdr, 8 x 1 pdr, 3 x 15-inch torpedo tubes (one at the bow, above the waterline, the other two submerged on either side). Avrora was included in the Second Pacific Squadron, a collection of most of the warships available in the Baltic fleet, that was given the impossible task of sailing around the world to defeat the Japanese Navy in a decisive battle. As it happened, the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo destroyed most of the Russian fleet at Tsu-Shima on May 27, 1905. Avrora, although damaged (2 direct hits, 17 dead and 80 wounded in the crew) survived the battle and escaped to Manila where she was interned until the end of the war. Upon returning to Saint Petersburg, Avrora was repaired and served as a training cruiser until WW I broke out. Armament was increased to 14 x 6-inch/45 (sister ship Diana was re-gunned with 10 x 5.5-inch and 2 76mm/AA). In November 1917, Avrora was in Saint Petersburg and most of the crew under the influence of the Bolsheviks. The cruiser was moved to prevent the Kerensky government from raising the bridges and isolating portions of the city. Furthermore, one of the guns of the cruiser fired a blank shot to give a signal for the Red Guards to seize the Winter Palace and arrest the Kerensky cabinet. It is for that participation that Avrora was preserved as a monument by the Soviets. During WW II, the cruiser was stripped of its guns and sunk in shallow waters. After the war, the hulk was raised and restored to become a museum in advance of the 50th anniversary of the Revolution in 1957. Many pieces of equipment were gathered on board, including 14 130mm destroyer guns. The anchor gear was modernized and the ship was given a permanent berth on the banks of the Neva. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 March 2004
  - We offer a special issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine: Vehrmacht Infantry Weapon. Part V. German WW2 Antitank Rifles magazine is available for online ordering (price $6.99). 64 pages, 100 photos. Don't forget about another ones: Maxim WW1 Machine Gun magazine (price $6.99), Automated Serdyukov Pistole (SPS) magazine (price $5.97), Russian Antitank Grenade Launcher Complexes magazine(price $9.95).
  
  
  
• 24 March 2004
  - Another issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #3 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, The S.E.5 and Sopwich 1 1/2 model kits by Roden, Soviet submarine of 877 project model kit by Maquette, Yakovlev Yak-17UTI and Yak-21 by Amodel, SU-76 Soviet WW2 SPG and BT-7 Soviet WW2 Tank model kits by UM company, Tupolev Tu-154 Soviet airliner by OKB-144, Sukhoi Su-17 fighter etc. 48 pages, 90 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - ALANGER company presents: 1/35 Soviet 45-mm Antitank Gun model kit is available for online ordering (price $7.99). A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  - 1/72 Mikoyan MiG 1.44 Russian Air Force Fifth Generation Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $15.99). The 1.44 has an adaptive aerodynamic configuration that includes numerous control surfaces. Visible are the rear flaps between the engines and the tail beams, as well as the movable rear sections in the ventral fins. Electronic countermeasures, as well as a small rear-looking self-defense radar will be installed inside the tail beams. The Mikoyan 1.44 has provisions for its weapons to be carried on wing pylons as well as within conformal pods. A kit of a high quality. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 22 March 2004
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine: Technika and Vooruzhenie #10 2003 (price $5.97). The topics of this issue are: Soviet air-defense technique (S-125 missile complex, S-300 missile complex), T-64 Soviet main battle tank, Bradley infantry combat vehicle etc. 48 pages, 70 photos. Recommended!
  - Maquette companypresents: 1/400 Arktika Soviet Icebreaker model kit is available for online ordering (price $18.99). The second nuclear-powered icebreaker built by the Soviet Union after Lenin, Arktika was the first of five vessels in her class. Originally named for the General Secretary of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev, she was designed for the sea routes of the Northeast Passage across the top of the Soviet Union; in 1975 she became the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. Sponsored by T. B. Guzhenko, minister of the merchant fleet of the Soviet Union, the expedition was described simply as a "scientific-practical experimental voyage" intended to test the new icebreaker in more extreme conditions than the ship would ordinarily encounter. Under command of Captain O. G. Pashnin, Arktika sailed from Murmansk on August 9, 1975, and reached the North Pole eight days later. This trip was not repeated for another decade, but since the 1980s, the voyage has become one of increasing popularity for tourists who travel in great comfort to the top of the world aboard Russian, Swedish, German, and other ships. A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 March 2004
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #10 2003 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: British WW2 escort ships, Fiat CR-32 Chirri WW2 fighter etc. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Another naval kit by Maquette company: 1/400 D-6 Soviet WW2 Submarine model kit is available for online ordering (price $5.99). This boat destroyed and scutted by crew in Sevastopol, due to the German advance on the city, while she was under repairs. Hull rased after the war and broken up. "D" letter in the name of boat means "Dekabrist" (1825 St.Petersbourg rising insurrectionist). A kit of a good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 18 March 2004
  - We received a new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine of VVS: Vestnik Vozdushnogo Flota #5-6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.0). This issue as usually covers a number of interesting and actual aviation related topics (i.e. The exercise of Russian long-range aviation, Ilushin Il-76 MF Russian cargo aircraft, Kamov's modern battle helicopters etc). The magazine is well supplied with photographs and color illustrations. 72 pages, 120 photos. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - And once again Maquette company presents a new interesting kit: 1/400 S-13 Soviet WW2 Submarine model kit is available for online ordering (price $5.99). The commander of the boat was Kapitanleitnant Aleksandr Marinesko. The boat operated from Hanko, Finland. 30 Jan, 1945 at Stolpe Bank off the Polish coast, the Soviet submarine S-13 sank the German steamer "Wilhelm Gustloff" (25.000 GRT) carrying 6000 people. Only about 900 people survived the sinking. Wilhelm Gustloff was taking officials, soldiers plus some 300 U-boat personnel from Danzig, Poland to Kiel. "S" letter in the name of boat means "Stalinets" (Stalin's confederate). A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  - Some interesting Amodel kits are available again for online ordering. Here's a list: 1/72 Tupolev Tu-142MR Bear-Y Soviet/Russian Submarine-Support Aircraft model kit (price $111.97), 1/72 Kamov Ka-52 Alligator Soviet Attack Helicopter model kit (price $10.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-27R Soviet Reconnaissance Aircraft model kit (price $15.97), 1/72 SM-1/300 Polish Light Helicopter model kit (price $10.97), 1/72 Sukhoi Su-26M Soviet Aerobatic Plane model kit (price $7.95), 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109T German WW2 carrier born fighter model kit (price $7.95), 1/72 Di-6sh Soviet WW2 fighter-bomber model kit (price $9.95), 1/72 I-207 Soviet preWW2 biplane fighter model kit (price $10.95), 1/72 Yakovlev YAK-18 Soviet Trainer model kit (price $6.97), 1/72 PZL-104 Wilga Polish Trainer model kit (price $9.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-4 Soviet WW2 Short-Range Bomber model kit (price $13.95), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-2 Soviet WW2 Short Range Bomber model kit (price $13.95), 1/72 Ka-15M Soviet Helicopter model kit (price $10.95), 1/72 Nieuport IV WW1 Fighter model kit (price $8.95), 1/72 SPAD S.A.4 with ski gears WW1 Aircraft model kit (price $11.97), 1/72 Kamov KASKR-2 Soviet Autogyro model kit (price $9.97), 1/72 Kamov Ka-15M Soviet Ambulance Helicopter model kit (price $10.97), and 1/72 Mikoyan MiG-9 Soviet Jet Fighter model kit (price $8.97). Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is very limited!
  - Don't forget to visit our RARE ITEMS section where you can find many interesting books. The quantity of books are very limited. Hurry up!
  
  
  
  
• 17 March 2004
  - A very interesting issue of a Popular high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine: Samolety Mira #4 2001 is available for online ordering (price $5.0). In this magazine: Kamov KASKR Soviet autogyro, Mikoyan MiG-25's flight accidents, Boeing in the World and Boeing in Russia, The beginning of the vertical take-off in USSR (experimental vehicle 'Turbolyot' tested by famous Soviet pilot Yuri Garnaev) and more. 64 pages, 100 photos.
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #9 2003 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: WW2 escort ships, F3F-3 fighter, M24 light tanks etc. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Another interesting kit by Maquette company: 1/35 PzBfWg 38 Prague Commander Variant German WW2 Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). 38(t) tanks were widely used with success by German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian, Bulgarian armies at the initial period of World War II (1939-1942). Since 1941 a part of 38(t) was reequipped in Marder and Grille self-propelled guns and SdKfz 140/1 reconnaissance tanks. PzBfWg 38(t) command tank was the standard Praga tank with the additional Fu-8 radiostation (0.83-3.024 MHz, range 80 km) installed instead of the bow machine gun and the frame antenna over motor compartment. Each Wehrmacht panzer division has 7-10 Praga command tanks. The total of 300 PzBfWg were produced. A kit of a high quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 March 2004
  - Some interesting OKB-144 kits are available again for online ordering. Here's a list: 1/144 Tupolev Tu-154B Russian Airliner model kit (price $17.97), 1/144 Tupolev Tu-16K-26 Badger-G Soviet twin-engine jet heavy bomber model kit (price $14.95), 1/144 Ilyushin Il-76TD Soviet four-engined heavy commercial and military freighter model kit (price $20.95), 1/144 Tupolev Tu-16 Soviet twin-engine jet heavy bomber (early version) model kit (price $13.95), 1/144 Yakovlev Yak-40 Soviet three-engined short-range commercial feederliner model kit (price $11.95) and 1/144 Tupolev Tu-104 Soviet twin-engine commercial jet transport model kit (price $13.95). Photoetched parts included, large decal, good quality. Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is very limited!
  
  
  
• 15 March 2004
  - We received a new Morskaya Kollektsia N7 2003: WW2 Ships. Italian Navy magazine (price $7.97). This publication represents the history on the Italian WW2 ships such as battleships of Vittorio Veneto, Andrea Doria, Conte di Cavour types, Aquila and Sparviero carriers, Bolzano, Zara, Trento, Etna, Capitani Romani, Condottieri series, San Giorgio, Taranto cruisers, destroyers of Comandanti Medaglie D' Oro, Soldati, Oriani, Maestrale, Folgore, Dardo, Navigatori, Turbine, Sauro, Sella, Leone, Carlo Mirabello, Premuda, Sebenico types, submarines, boats etc. 32 pages, 70 photos and illustrations. Highly recommended!
  - Maquette company presents: 1/35 PT-3 Soviet WW2 Mineroller model kit is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This is a kit of the standard Red Army mineroller of the WWII-era. It is most suitable for the T-34 series of medium tanks. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 12 March 2004
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #8 2003 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue readers can find out more info about Tupolev Tu-16 Badger Soviet twin-engine jet heavy bomber. The Tu-16 was designed as an high-speed jet bomber for operations in theaters close to the Soviet Union. Intended to replace the propeller-driven TU-4, the greatest challenge during development was to doubling the speed to improve survivability in the face of enemy fighters. The Tu-16 remained in Soviet and later Russian service until 1993. They were used during the war in Afghanistan. The Badger is used by Egypt, Iraq, the People's Republic of China (H-6), and Ukraine. In 1958, delivery of Tu-16 bombers to China began, where series production received the designation H-6. In the summer of 1961, twenty Tu-16KS were sold to Indonesia. In the 1960s, Tu-16 bombers were delivered to Egypt which also received uU-16KS aircraft in 1967 and Tu-16K-11-16 in 1973. Iraq also received TU-16K-11-16 bombers in the 1960s. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - 1/35 Soviet WW2 Gun Limber model kit from Maquette is available for online ordering (price $7.99). A kit of a very good quality. Recommended for Soviet Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 11 March 2004
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #6 2003 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, Ilushin Il-76, Polykarpov U-2 and UT-2 Soviet WW2 trainer, SU-76 Soviet WW2 SPG and BA-10 Soviet Armored Car by UM company, T-72 Soviet main battle tank, Soyuz TM Russian Rocket System by Maquette etc. 48 pages, 90 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - 1/35 T-34 Early Version Wheel Set model kit by Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $7.99). A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 10 March 2004
  - WW2 Heavy Fighters. Part 1 - Soviet Aircraft book is available for online ordering (price $9.99). In this publication readers can find out information about well known Soviet aircraft such as Petlyakov Pe-2 and Pe-3, Tupolev Tu-2 and SB-2 as well as little known ones (Tupolev DI-8, Tairov OKO-6, Mikoyan DIS-200, Polikarpov TIS, Yakovlev I-29, Trushin GR-1, Myasishev DIS-2VK-107A, Bisnovat SK-3 etc). 60 pages, 90 photos. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #10 2003 has benn printed and is available for order (price $5.99). In this this issue: MAKS 2003 airshow, Ilushin Il-28 Soviet bomber, Polikarpov I-5 Soviet pre-WW2 Fighter, GM-17 Viper aircraft etc. 32 pages, 60 photos. Recommended!
  - Maquette company presents: 1/35 Marder IID German WW2 Self-Propelled Gun model kit is available for online ordering (price $14.99). The SdKfz 132 Marder II was the conversion of obsolete Pz II D and E into self-propelled gun carriage. The Russian 76.2mm antitank guns, captured in large quantities, were mounted on Pz II chassis. As the demand was far greater than the supply all the surplus Panzer II Ausf.D and E were converted to self-propelled guns. Being quite successful, these vehicles saw actions in many units on European theatre of the World War II. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 9 March 2004
  - Some interesting RUSAVIA Publisher books finally are available again for online ordering. Here's a list: German Inprint on Russian Aviation - Second Edition book (price $24.99), Americans in Russia book (price $19.99), Russian and Soviet Seaplanes and Ekranoplans (1910 - 1999) book (price $24.99), Tupolev Design Bureau Aircraft book (price $69.99), Lavochkin Aircraft book (price $45.99), Polikarpov I-15bis Soviet WW2 Fighter Story book (price $14.99), Mikoyan MiG-3 Soviet WW2 Fighter book (price $49.99), German Inprint on Russian Aviation (in English) book. Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these publications is limited!
  
  
  
• 5 March 2004
  - Read more on LT Czechoslovakian tank in this new issue of Popular high illustrated Armour Historical magazine: Bronekollektsia #4 2003: LT vz.35 Czechoslovakian Light Tank (price $7.97). In 1934 the Czechoslovakian army asked for prototypes of a medium tank. These were field tested in June 1935 and even though many design flaws were discovered 160 were ordered in October 1935. It was known as the Skoda 10.5 ton tank Model T-11 or LT-35 (LTM-35) S-IIa. The first 5 were delivered but with more testing and finding still many flaws these were returned to the Skoda factory to be fixed. Another 138 were ordered. The present monograph tells about LT vz. 35's history including it's battle usage in German, Romanian, Bulgarian and Slovak forces. 32 pages, 1/35 scale drawings, photos and illustrations. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine History of Aviation magazine #5 2002 is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The magazine is well illustrated with photographs and is supplied with line drawings. 66 pages, 90 photos and color illustrations. Recommended!
  - An unique kit of a high quality and very limited edition 1/35 BM-8-24 Soviet WW2 MLRS model kit from Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $19.99). The BM-8-24 rocket launcher system on T-60 chassis was successfully tested and was added to armory on October, 1941. The BM-8-24 systems were used in Moscow and Stalingrad battles, in Cremia, on North-Western and Volhov fronts and well recommended in defensive operations. Model kit includes 4 crew figures. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 4 March 2004
  - A new great publication Soviet Carrying Ships book is available for online ordering (price $19.99). This book describes the history of Soviet marine aviation creation from 1950s to present day. Publication tells about well known Soviet ships such as Leningrad carrying cruiser, Kyiv carrying cruiser, Moskva anti-submarine helicopter cruiser, Tbilisi carrying cruiser, Minsk carrying cruiser, Baku carrying cruiser, Admiral Kuznetsov carrying cruiser. 80 pages, 120 photos. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts Modelist-Konstruktor #7 2003 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: WW1 escort ships, Polikarpov I-15 Soviet WW1 fighter, Soviet and German tanks of Kursk battle (T-34, OT-34, Pz.VI Ausf.E Tiger I etc) and more. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Maquette company presents: 1/35 T-60 Soviet WW2 Light Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.99). Because the Red Army had a dire need of tanks a production of light tanks was organized. The T-40 base caught the attention because automobile parts were used in it. Constructors, led by N.A.Astronov began the modernization of T-40, modifying the armament and armour. The ability to swim was sacrificed. The attempt to install the 45mm tank cannon finished as a failure - the new vehicle was too light. Radical remaking of a tank would take too much time, so the aircraft 20mm ShVAK cannon was installed. T-60 was born. The new tank had more racionally installed armour than the T-40, also the protection was better. The first T-60 has left the factory at 15th September 1941, at the autumn of 1942 the production was stopped. T-60 had an average maneuverability, good off-road speed, was cheap and easy in production. But the need of the better armament for a light tank bring in the beginning of 1942 the T-70 tank to life. Tank T-60 with its 20mm cannon could not satisfy the tankists. The battle experience shows that its armament and armour were weak. A kit of a good quality. Recommended for Soviet Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 3 March 2004
  We just received a number of a new issues of the popular Russian magazines. Here's a list:
  - Morskaya Kollektsia #7 2003: Kyiv Soviet Carrying Cruiser magazine (price $7.97). 32 pages. Full history on the first Soviet carriers. The history of Soviet marine aviation creation.
  - Modelist-Konstruktor #6 2003 (price $7.97). In this issue: Sikorsky's helicopters, WW1 escort ships, Boeing F4B aircraft etc. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings.
  - Technika and Vooruzhenie #11 2003 (price $5.97). The topics of this issue: Soviet air-defense technique (S-200 missile complex), T-64 Soviet main battle tank, BMP-3's new opportunities etc. 40 pages, 80 photos.
  
  
  
• 2 March 2004
  - We received a new issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #5 2003 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: ISU-152 Soviet WW2 152-mm 'Tank Hunter' SPG, US Navy destroyers, SBC Helldiver aircraft etc. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Another kit o f a very good quality by Maquette company: 1/72 Sukhoi Su-25UB Frogfoot Soviet Attack Aircraft model kit is available for online ordering (price $10.99). The Su-25, which is no longer in serial production, made its first flight in 1979. This single seat ground attack aircraft is a very durable airplane - it is fairly heavily armored - and easy to service - all service equipment can be stored in a container and transported by the airplane itself. It is armed with one twin barrel 30mm gun in the bottom of the fuselage with 250 rounds. There are 8 pylons under the wings which can carry about 4,000 kg of air-to-ground weapons, including 57mm to 330mm rockets. There are two small outboard pylons for AA-2D/ATOLL or AA-8/APHID AAMs. The wings are high-mounted and back-tapered with straight trailing edges. There are pods mounted at the square tips. There are two turbojets mounted alongside the body under the wings. There are semicircular air intakes forward of the wings' leading edges. There are exhausts to the rear of the wings' trailing edges. The fuselage is long, and slender and has a rounded nose. The body tapers to the rear section that overhangs the exhausts. There is a stepped canopy. The tail is swept-back and fin is tapered with a square tip. The flats mid-mounted on the fuselage, unequally tapered with blunt tips. Highly recommended for Soviet/Russian Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 1 March 2004
  - Read more on famous Russian cruiser in this interesting publication: Rurik Russian Cruiser - the Baltic Flagship book is available for online ordering (price $29.99). Rurik armored cruiser was built in England by the Russian request. The building started in 1905, the ship was launched on November 17, 1906, entered the inventory in 1908. Cruising range 4.000 miles. From the very start of WW1 Rurik took an active part in the operations on the Baltic, engaged in laying minefields and artillery duels with German cruisers. 160 pages, 100 photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 Jaguar Gr.1 Single Seat All-Weather Attack Aircraft model kit by Maquette company is available for online ordering (price $6.99). It was developed jointly by Britain and France from an initial concept of light trainer and close-support aircraft. Has sold overseas, to Ecuador, India and Oman. The RAF version has more avionics than the French, with integrated nav/attack and laser ranger. The GR.1 saw a lot of action in the Gulf War, painted desert pink and carrying overwing Sidewinder missiles. The Jaguar lacks one vital component, radar. It does however possess a computer system which allows waypoint coordinates to be entered before the start of the mission. Thereafter, a moving map display presents the aircraft's projected position to the pilot, and this can be manually corrected as the mission proceeds. The Jaguar has been sold to Nigeria, Ecuador, Oman and India. The Jaguar is being kept alive by a series of upgrades, including Have Quick radios, the TIALD system, wide angle HUD, liquid crystal displays and helmet mounted sight, and improved navigation including GPS. A kit of a good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 27 February 2004
  - A new issue of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine Krylja Rodiny #9 2003 has benn printed and is available for order (price $5.99). In this this issue: RB-17 Soviet post-WW2 Bomber, Ilushin Il-62 airliner, Antonov An-8 Soviet Military Transport Aircaft and it's predecessors, Kamov Ka-115 helicopter etc. 32 pages, 80 photos. Recommended!
  - Maquette company presents: 1/72 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $5.99). The Lavochkin LaGG-3 was a refined version of the LaGG-1 which suffered from a number of faults. Some of these were cured by the introduction of a more powerful Klimov M-105P 1050hp engine. There was also changes to the structure with a lighter airframe and improved wing slats and elevators. The LaGG-3 entered service in the early months of 1941 and was rapidly produced until mid-1942. Although it was an improved design, the LaGG-3 was still lacking the desired fighters qualities and was dubbed the 'Guaranteed Varnished Coffin' by its pilots. Despite being generally rated as underpowered and not highly maneuverable, the LaGG-3 proved to be a durable fighter. The first flights of the LaGG-3s faced German Bf-109Es in June of 1941, demonstrating that they were quite capable opponents, if somewhat over-weighted for their power. During the early stages of German invasion the LaGG-3 was used extensively, and proved itself adequate, if not superb, fighter. Its resistance to combat damage was a large factor of its relative success. A kit of a good quality. Recommended for Aviation Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 26 February 2004
  - We offer a very interesting issues of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #4 2003 and TankoMaster #5 2003 are available for online ordering (price $5.97 for each). In these issues readers can find out the topics regardind the T-34 Soviet WW2 main battle tank, OT-26 Soviet WW2 Flame-Thrower Tank, T-38 and BT-2 Soviet pre-WW2 tanks cardboard model kits, prof. Levkov's flying tank, ZSU-23 Shilka Soviet AA gun, first American SPG etc. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 25 February 2004
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya #6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). This issue includes the Monograph section dedicated to the Mil Mi-14 helicopter. The Mi-14 Haze is a shore-based, navalized version of the Mi-8 Hip with a float bottom and ASW equipment. There are also SAR and mine-sweeping versions. In addition to its multirole capability, the Mi-14 features high flight performance: a 900 to 1,000 km range and four-hour endurance on internal fuel only. Currently, the only competitor to the Mi-14GP is the Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Puma. The Mi-14 can land on water, drop liferafts overboard and take at least 20 survivors aboard. It can be employed for search, transport and rescue (dropping 20 liferafts). Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In this issue: The Soviet Anti-Aircraft Missile System, The T-72 Russian Main Battle Tank Modernization, Russian WW1 armoured trains, Prague-1968 (Soviet tanks in Czechoslovakia) and more. Highly recommended!
  - Read more on famous British tank in this new issue of Popular high illustrated Armour Historical magazine: Bronekollektsia #6 2003: Churchill British WW2 Infantry Tank (price $7.97). The Churchill Tank was developed before the beginning of the Second World War. Based on the needs of the First World War, the tank was designed to cross shell-cratered ground and trenches, and to destroy barbed-wire and parapets. The experiences of the German Army invasions of Poland and France, persuaded Vauxhall Motors to redesign the Churchill Tank in 1940. When it was ready for service it weighed 39 tons and its 350hp engine enabled it to move at 15mph in good conditions. It had a 2-pounder gun, supplemented by a 3-inch howitzer mounted on the hull. The British Army only had 100 tanks left after Dunkirk and Vauxhall Motors were under instructions to produce the tanks as quickly as possible. As a result, the early tanks suffered considerable mechanical problems. The armament was also inadequate and in March 1942 it was produced with a 6-pounder gun. The following year this was replaced with a 75mm gun. The Churchill Tank performed badly during the Dieppe Raid but was more successful in North Africa and some were supplied to the Red Army to use against the German Army in the Soviet Union. It was also used as a support tank in Italy.
  
  
  
• 24 February 2004
  - It finally arrived! Russian Missile Weapon Encyclopaedia book is available for online ordering (price $69.99). Data on numerous Russian missile systems of 1817-2002 period are given in this publication. This encyclopedic reference book provides an accurate estimate of all kinds of Russian missile weapon: MLRSs, ATGMs, Anti-Aircraft missile systems, ICBMs, Naval missiles, Cruise missiles, Medium-range missiles etc. Considerable study of information contained herein allows definite conclusions refuting many stable historical myths and stereotypes. The Reference book is of primary interest to the readers interested in the history of the Russian weapon as well as model makers. 542 pages, 900+ photos and drawings, hard cover. Highly recommended!
  - A new very interesting publication: Modelist-Konstruktor - Special Issue: Douglas A-1E Skyraider Aircraft. From Korea to Vietnam magazine is available for online ordering (price $12.99). The history of the Skyraider began during WW II when Douglas submitted a design to the U.S. Navy for the XBT2D-1 as a replacement for the famous SBD dive-bomber. The result was a new airplane designated as the "AD" which made its first flight on March 18, 1945. For the next 12 years there was constant improvement in the airplane up through the AD-7, and 3,180 Skyraiders were delivered to the Navy, many of which were used during the Korean War. In 1963, the U.S. Air Force began a program to modify the AD-5 Skyraider for service in Vietnam and redesignated it the A-1E. Because of its ability to carry large bomb loads, absorb heavy ground fire, and fly for long periods at low altitude, the A-1E was particularly suited for close-support missions. 64 pages, 140+ photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 20 February 2004
  - We received a new issue of very high illustrated Stendmaster magazine #24 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In this issue: The T-55 Soviet main battle tank model kit, The 1/48 Tu-16-K-10-26 Soviet bomber model kit, The Kamov Ka-32 Russian helicopter, The Mil Mi-8 Soviet helicopter etc. 54 pages, 150 photos. Recommended!
  - Exellent kit in quarter scale 1/48 Nieuport 28c1 French WW1 Fighter model kit (price $27.97) by RODEN company is available for online ordering! Amongst all of the Nieuport fighters that fought during WWI, the Nieuport 28C1 significantly differed from all of its predecessors. This aircraft is still considered one the most elegant fighters of that time. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 19 February 2004
  - Russian/Soviet Mine-Sweepers (1910-1990) book is available for online ordering (price $13.99). This publication tells about all types of Russian/Soviet mine-sweepers of XX century. 230 pages, 100 illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - We added the filing of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine with a this issue: Krylja Rodiny #5 2003 is available for order (price $5.99). The main topics of this issue are: Sukhoi Su-2 WW2 Bomber, Ilushin Il-2 WW2 aircraft, Lavochkin La-17 Soviet pilotless aircraft, Kamov Ka-27PS's crash etc. 32 pages, 45 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 18 February 2004
  - We received a new very interesting publication: Modelist-Konstruktor - Special Issue: WW2 Hydroplanes magazine is available for online ordering (price $12.96). This special issue is completely dedicated to the hydroplanes of 1939-1945 period. 96 pages, 250+ photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Highly recommended!
  - 1/72 ZU-23-2 Iraqi Anti-Aircraft Gun model kit by ACE company is available for online ordering (price $9.99). Introduced in 1964, the ZU-23 was the Soviets' newest lightweight, automatic, towed antiaircraft gun. It was used extensively by airborne units and possibly by some motorized rifle regiments that have not yet converted to the ZSU-23-4/SA-9 air defense battery. ZU-23s also are used to provide close-in air defense for a SA-4 brigade. The ZU-23 is a highly mobile air dropable system, firing the same ammunition as the ZSU-23-4. The reload time will depend on the proficiency of the crew to manually reload, and it can fire from the traveling position in emergencies. The ZU-23 can also be used in a ground support role. One drawback of the ZU-23 is its inability to fire anything but automatic fire. The ZU-23 mounts twin 23-mm cannons on a towed two-wheel carriage. The cannons are positioned side-by-side between large ring-type trunnions. In appearance, the ZU-23 can be confused with the 14.5-mm ZPU-2; however, the shape and placement of the ZU-23 ammunition boxes (at right angles to the gun carriage) and prominent muzzle flash suppressors are distinguishing features. A lot of ZU-23s was delivered into Iraq during 1970-1980s. Some of them took place into last war. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 17 February 2004
  - A new great publication Mikoyan MiG-3 Soviet WW2 Fighter book is available for online ordering (price $49.99). This publication is the most comprehensive description of the MiG-3's development, design, manufacturing, production and operation. It is written for a wide range of readers, those with an interest in aviation, aircraft experts, and model aircraft builders. 200 pages, 150 illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 February 2004
  - A new interesting book of an unique subject Soviet Deep-Diving Vehicles book is available for online ordering (price $11.99). This publicarion tells about Soviet submersible vehicles at great depths - 1000 m and more. They used in Soviet Navy as emergency and salvage lifting vessel as well as for science aims. Highly recommended!
  - We offer a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #12 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). As usually this issue is dedicated to the numerous interesting Aerospace-related topics. Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: 1/72 M-84A Yugoslav Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $16.99). Starting with a license-produced version of the T-72 as a base (a vehicle they called the M-84), the Yugoslavians improved upon the design and developed the M-84A. The M-84 has a better fire control system than the basic T-72 (comparable to the T-72B), but loses a degree of elevation for the main gun in the bargain (+13 degrees instead of the normal +14 degrees). The armor package is also a little better, and fuel capacity is slightly increased by use of a smaller engine. Like the T-72, the M-84A is often found fitted with reactive armor on the TF, TS, HF, and HS. In addition to the various former Yugoslavian republics, the M-84A is used by Kuwait, Libya, and Syria. The M-84AB was produced especially for Kuwait, and they ordered about 200 of them. About 15 of them were on hand for Operation Desert Storm, having been delivered to the remnants of the Kuwaiti Army in Saudi Arabia. They differ from the standard M-84A in that they have more sophisticated fire control computers, better gun stabilization, and long-range American-supplied radios. A kit of a very good quality. It includes decals for 5 different tanks (2 Kuwaiti tanks in Desert Storm, 2 Yugoslav federal forces and Slovenian Army). Recommended!
  
  
  
• 14 February 2004
  - Exprint publisher presents: Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter Soviet Jet Fighter-Bomber book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $10.99). The Su-17 Fitter with its variable sweep wings was developed from the fixed-wing Su-7B. The first public demonstration of it was made in 1969. It was in production for a long time (1970-1990) and many modifications were built. Some of the modifications were Su-17M, Su-17M2, Su-17M3, and the Su-17M4 (low-altitude subsonic bomber), Su-17UM (trainer). It was designed as a fighter-bomber, but it was used mostly as a bomber. The Su-17 remains an effective aircraft with capable avionics and impressive armament. Export versions of this aircraft are designated Su-20 and Su-22. The export versions can be distinguished by a deeper dorsal spine. Recommended for all people who are interested in the military aviation history!
  - A new issue of a Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviatsija i Vremya #5 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). This issue includes the Monograph section dedicated to the Myasishev's strategic bombers. Also readers can find out another interesting topics in the aviation-related area such as Yakovlev Yak-38 VTOL aircraft, MAKS-2003 air show etc. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine: Technika and Vooruzhenie #9 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). The main topics of this issue are the battle usage of the Soviet air-defense technique (S-125 missile complex), Goriunov machine gun, T-60 and T-80 Soviet main battle tanks etc. 40 pages, 80 photos. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 12 February 2004
  - Panther Pz.Kpfw V German WW2 Tank book by Exprint publisher is available for online ordering (price $10.99). This issue is dedicated to the development and service of a Panther Pz.Kpfw V German WW2 Tank. The book covers the design work, combat usage and later modifications of this figting vehicle. The text is accompanied by a large number of drawings and photographs. 48 pages, 150 photographs, drawings and illustrations. Recommended for all people who are interested in the history of armored vehicles!
  - Another issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #10 2002 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). In this issue: The helicopters gallery, Soviet destroyers of project 56, Polikarpov R-Z Reconnaissance Airplane etc. The 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - We added the filing of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine with a this issue: Krylja Rodiny #4 2003 is available for order (price $5.99). The main topics are here: Mil Mi-26 Russian Heavy Helicopter, The last Ilushin Il-18's crash, The Pegas aircraft and more. 32 pages, 40 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 11 February 2004
  - A new book dedicated to the famous Soviet Shturmovick Ilyushin Il-2 Soviet WWII Attack Plane book is available for online ordering (price $10.99). This publication presents an illustrated history of the legendary IL-2 planes. The book is accompanied by the large amount of photos, drawings and tables. It tells about creation, production and combat service of the planes, details of its design and armament. Highly recommended!
  - Read more on Royal Navy WW2 Frigates, Soviet submarines of Sch class, RAS Getta hydroplanes and other interesting ones in this issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #8 2002 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine: Technika and Vooruzhenie #8 2003 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $5.97). The main topics of this issue are Soviet air-defense technique (S-125 missile complex), Soviet WW2 flamethrower tanks, BMP Soviet Infantry Combat Vehicle. 40 pages, 80 photos. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 10 February 2004
  - A new interesting publication on Soviet WW2 Armour Red Army Tank Camouflage 1930-1945 book is available for online ordering (price $10.99). This very well published and rich illustrated book consists more than 120 b/w photos and color illustrations of practically every serial variants of Soviet tanks and some other armoured vehicles in 1930 - 1945 period. Recommended for people who are interested in the Armour History!
  - We added the filing of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine with a this issue: Krylja Rodiny #2 2003 is available for order (price $5.99). The main subjects of these issues are The Sukhoi Su-27IB (Su-32FN) Fighters, The Yakovlev Yak-16 Soviet Transport Aircraft, The Korean Air Forces etc. 32 pages, 40 photos. Recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Navy Historical magazine: Morskaya Kollektsia #6 2003: German WW2 Elbing-class Destroyers is available for online ordering (price $7.97). This publication tells about history of creating and battle usage of type 1935, 1937 and 1939 German WW2 Destroyers. 32 pages, 60 photos and drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 5 February 2004
  - IS Soviet WW2 Heavy Tanks book is available for online ordering (price $10.99). The heavy IS tank that was created during the pick of the tank battles made its own progress into the crushing defeat of the German Army. Starting from February, 1944 there was no one of the attack operations those formidable vehicles don't took part in. During the year and a half of a war heavy ISes gained the glory of the most formidable tank of the Second World war. The experience of their creation and production was assumed as a base for the design and manufacturing of the heavy tanks during the post-war years. The vehicle was adopted by Soviet Army until the beginning of 1960's. Besides the Red Army those tanks were adopted by the Poland Army during the years of WW2. And in the post-war period they were adopted by Czechoslovak, Chinese, Vietnam, Korean and Cuban Armies as well. 48 pages, 100 photos. Recommended for people who are interested in the Armour History!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Navy Historical magazine: Midel-Shpangout #3 2003: The Russian Imperatritsa Maria V Class battleships magazine has been pinted and is available for online ordering (price $9.97). The fate of the Black Sea battleships, "Imperatritsa Mariya", "Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya" and "Imperator Aleksandr III", is inseparably linked with the events of both World War I and the revolution in Russia. The battleships showed many-sided talents of native engineers and traditional valor of Russian sailors. Building of these mighty ships illustrated a high level of the native industry and private business development that provided for creation of first-class yards in a few months, in fact in a blank space. Numerous interesting photos, plans in scale, colour schemes accompany the text. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #7 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). There are some aviation-related articels on history of Russian and World aircraft in this issue: Yakovlev Yak-141 Soviet Fighter, Mikoyan MiG-25 Soviet Fighter, Air war in Korea, Sukhoi Su-24 Soviet Bomber etc. 48 pages, 70 photos, illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 4 February 2004
  - We recently added the filing of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine with a rare issue: Krylja Rodiny #12 2002 is available for order (price $5.99). The main subjects of these issues are The Mil helicopters, The FW-190 German WW2 Fighter, Soviet pilotless aircraft and more. Recommended!
  - Read more on Soviet Legendary WW2 Bomber in this issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #4 2002 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). The scale model section of this issue is dedicated to the Tupolev SB-2 Soviet WW2 Bomber. Also readers can find out some info on Scandinavian WW2 destroyers. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 3 February 2004
  - Mikoyan MiG-27 Soviet Fighter-Bomber book is available for online ordering (price $10.99). This publication is dedicated to the history of the creation, records and combat deployment of this famous Soviet aircraft. The book would be of interest to all readers interested in the history of aviation and the Soviet Air Force. 48 pages, 130 photos. Recommended for people who are interested in the Aviation History!
  - We received a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #11 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). This issue is dedicated to the different Aerospace-related topics i.e. Mikoyan's Fighters, Russian Aviation in Chechen conflict, Tu-160's crash near Saratov etc. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 2 February 2004
  - Tornado Publishing House presents: a new BM-21 GRAD Soviet MLRS book is available for online ordering (price $9.99). The 122mm 40-tube multiple launch rocket system Grad (Hail), with a firing range of up to 20 km, was introduced into operational service with the Russian Army in 1963 [and initially designated in the West as the M1964]. The BM-21 is unquestionably the world's most widely used MRL. The successful use of the Grad system in local conflicts of various intensity for three decades led many countries to develop similar systems. The launcher with supporting equipment is referred to as the complex 9K51. This 40-round launcher has four tiers of ten tubes mounted on the chassis of a truck. 52 pages, 200 photos, drawings and illustrations. Highly recommended!
  - We offer a special issue of the Oruzhie (Weapon) magazine which completely dedicated to the famous WW1 machine gun: Maxim WW1 Machine Gun monograph is available for online ordering (price $6.99). 64 pages, 100 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 29 January 2004
  - Soviet Navy Fans can find out a lot of more detailed information on Soviet ships in this rare and very interesting publication: Soviet Destroyers book is available for online ordering (price $29.99). The history of creation and battle usage of Projects 38, 40, 42 and other (including famous Semerka - Project 7) ships represented in this book. 88 pages, 80 photos, drawings and illustrations. Highly recommended!
  - Read more on military and civil equipment and machinery in this issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #3 2002 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). The scale model section of this issue is dedicated to the Tupolev SB-2 Soviet WW2 Bomber. Also readers can find out some info on Sweden ships and German WW2 SPGs. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular high illustrated Military magazine Sergeant magazine #2 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). The articles about a world military history are represented in this issue. 46 pages, 50 illustrations.
  
  
  
• 28 January 2004
  - Very interesting Pamyat Azova Russian Semi-Armoured Frigate book has been issued and is available for online ordering (price $29.99). This publication dedicated to the ship which was one of most long-living in Russian Imperial Fleet. The publication will appeal to the readers interested in the history of ship building and scale modelers. 128 pages, 90 photos, drawings and illustrations. Recommended!
  - We've added the filing of a most mass Russian Aviation Historical magazine with Krylja Rodiny #5 2002 magazine (price $5.99). In issue: The Ilyushin Il-2 Soviet WWII attack plane, The Ka-15 Soviet helicopter, The Yakovlev Yak-130 Russian AF Modern Jet Training Aircraft, The Tupolev Tu-16 Soviet Long Range Bomber and Missile Carrier etc. Recommended!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #5 2003 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, 1/72 Mil Mi-17 HIP Russian Modern Army Attack and Transport Helicopter model kit by Zvezda, 1/72 S-75 Volkhov (SA-2 Guideline) Soviet PVO missile system by Gran, The L-39 Albatros Jet Trainer etc. 48 pages, 100 photos. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 27 January 2004
  - Notes of Soviet WW2 Fighter Pilot book is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This book by Soviet Ace F. Arkhipenko tells about air war in the Soviet and European skies during WW2.160 pages, 100 photos. Recommended for Aviation History Enthusiasts!
  - A new issue of Popular very high illustrated Russian Aviation Historical magazine Aviamaster #6 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). There are some aviation-related articels on history of Russian and World aircraft in this issue: Ju-52 German WW2 Fighter, Soviet Aviation at the Afghan War (1989-2001), MAKS-2003 Air Show etc. 48 pages, 90 photos, illustrations and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - Read more about the different aspects of a marine history and technique in this new issue of a Popular high illustrated Russian Navy Historical magazine Flotomaster magazine #4 2003 (price $5.97). The issue as usually dedicated to the events in a marine history, ships and their crews, design of naval engineering, armour etc. Recommended for all Enthusiasts who are interested in the naval area!
  
  
  
• 26 January 2004
  - Sukhoi Su-24 Soviet Front Bomber book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $29.99). This publication is the most comprehensive description of the Su-24's development, design, manufacturing, production and operation. It is written for a wide range of readers, those with an interest in aviation, aircraft experts, and model aircraft builders. The book is illustrated with photos by Yefim Gordon, Alfred Matusevich and Vyacheslav Martyniuk, as well as photos from the archives of Yefim Gordon, Simon Watson, the Sukhoi OKB and Air Forces Monthly magazine. Highly recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #10 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). This issue is dedicated to the different Aerospace-related topics i.e. Mil Mi-24 Russian Attack Helicopter, Yakovlev Yak-130 Russian Trainer, Mikoyan and Sukhoi Fighters and other Soviet/Russian aircraft. Recommended!
  - Another vacu-formed kit of a very good quality from PROP&JET company 1/72 Lavochkin La-160 Soviet Jet Fighter vacu-formed model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). Photoetched parts and white-metal parts included. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 23 January 2004
  - A new publication from Military Cronicles series: Liberation of Austria book is available for online ordering (price $15.99). The book is devoted to the history of an operation conducted during the WW2 closing stages. At that time the 3rd and the 2nd Ukrainian Front left wing troops in the course of smashing offensive together with Bulgarian, Romanian and Yugoslav units defeated the main assets of German Heeresgruppe "Mitte" and quite liberated Hungary, Southern part of Czechoslovakia and Eastern part of Austria with the capital Vienna from German troops. The book contains over 130 photographs, a map of combat operations and coloured drawings of combat materiel. 72 pages, 130 photos, color drawings. Highly recommended for people who are interested in the military history!
  - We received a new issue of very high illustrated Stendmaster magazine #22-23 is available for online ordering (price $6.0). In issue: The final of TAMIYA'2002 Cup, The Soviet BT Tanks, Yakovlev Yak-7 Soviet WW2 Fighter, The KrAZ-255B Soviet Cross-country truck, Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark attack helicopter, Lisunov Li-2 Soviet WW2 transport aircarft, Gallery of photos of the models and diorames etc. 70 pages, 250 photos. Recommended!
  - A new vacu-formed kit from PROP&JET company 1/72 Lavochkin La-168 Soviet Jet Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). A kit of a very good quality! Photoetched parts and white-metal parts included. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 22 January 2004
  - Very interesting publication with numerous unique photos and drawinds Tupolev Tu-95 Russian Strategic Bomder and Tupolev Tu-142 Russian Anti-Submarine Aircraft book is available for online ordering (price $29.99). This book is illustrated with photos by Yefim Gordon, Andrey Grischchenko and Sergey Skrynnikov, as well as photos from the archives of Yefim Gordon, Vladimir Rigmant, the Tupolev Joint-Stock Company, Nigel Eastaway of the Russian Aviation Research Trust, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Swedish Air Force. 80 pages, 160 illustrations, drawings, English text. Highly recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #9 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). This issue is dedicated to the different Aerospace-related topics i.e. Ilyushin Il-76 Soviet Freighter, Mikoyan and Sukhoi Fighters and other Soviet/Russian aircraft including helicopters and experimental ones. Highly recommended!
  - UM company presents a new kit of very good quality: 1/72 KhT-26 Soviet WW2 Chemical Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.99). In 1933 USSR started the production of "XT-26". Its arm sist of flame-thrower and 7,62-mm DT machine gun. The ammunition supply consist of 1512 cartridges. The cistern had a capacity of 360 liters. The crew consists of two men. 602 tanks "XT-26" in general were constructed. The tank fought in Mongolia, in Finland and also during the World War II in 1939-1945.
  
  
  
• 21 January 2004
  - Some interesting Eastern Express model kits finally are available again for online ordering. Here's a list:1/500 HMS Battleship Royal Sovereing model kit (price $12.99), 1/110 Trinity House Lightship South Goodwin model kit (price $12.99), 1/130 Shell Wedler Coastal Tanker model kit (price $12.99), 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-15 First Serial Soviet Jet fighter model kit (price $5.99), 1/72 Polikarpov I-185 Soviet WWII fighter model kit (price $5.99), 1/72 Spitfire Mk. V Floatfire model kit (price $6.99), 1/72 Ilyushin Il-2 Soviet WWII attack plane model kit (price $7.99), 1/72 Ilyushin Il-2M Soviet WWII attack plane model kit (price $7.99), 1/72 Supermarine S-6B hydroplane model kit (price $5.99) and 1/72 Westland Lisander Mk I / III light bomber model kit (price $5.99). Don't lose a chance to have them! The quantity of these kits is limited!
  
  
  
  
  
• 20 January 2004
  - Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Russian Modern Strategic Bomber book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $47.99). This publication is the most comprehensive description of the Tu-160's development, design, manufacturing, production and operation. The present edition features fresh facts on various aspects of the strategic bomber development. The book dwells in detail on the aircraft's specifications and development prospects of the aircraft. The book boasts unique pictures, new design drafts of the aircraft, as well as a great number of side views. The book is also filled with a host of charts and diagrams. It is written for a wide range of readers, those with an interest in aviation, aircraft experts, and model aircraft builders. Highly recommended!
  - We received a new issue of Very high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine Aviasalony Mira #24 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: MAKS-2003 Air Show, Vostok-2003 Russian military exercises, Boeing: 10 years in Russia and other aviation-related topics. Recommended!
  - ACE company presents: 1/72 PM-3 (PARM type A) Soviet WW2 Workshop model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). PARM - mobile aircraft repair shop (Peredvizhnaya Avia Remontnaya Masterskaya) or PM-3 - field repair shop (Pokhodnyaya Masterskaya) based on the GAZ-AA "Russified" version of the Ford AA (model 1929) light truck from the early 1930s. The name of the truck - "Polutorka" - is an affectionate Russian nickname for a one-and-a-half ton truck, which was the rating of the GAZ-AA on the highway. A kit of a very good quality. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 19 January 2004
  - Read more about Soviet Navy in this interesting publication: Soviet Carrying and Missile Ships book is available for online ordering (price $29.99). Readers can find out information on Project 1143 Carrying Cruisers (Kyiv, Novorossiysk), Project 11434 Carrying Cruisers (Admiral Gorshkov), Project 11435 Carrying Cruisers (Admiral Kuznetsov), Project 11436 Carrying Cruisers (Varyag), Project 11437 Carrying Cruisers (Ulianovsk), Project 58 (type Grozny) Missile Cruisers, Project 1134 (type Admiral Zozulya) Missile Cruisers, Project 1164 (type Slava) Missile Cruisers, Project 1144 (type Kirov) Nuclear Missile Cruisers, Roject 1155 Large Antisubmarine Ships, Project 956 Destroyers, Project 68 (type Sverdlov) Cruisers and Project 56 Destroyers. Highly recommended!
  - Very interesting issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Military Historical magazine: Technika and Vooruzhenie #5 2003 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $5.97). The main topics of this issue are Soviet air-defense technique (S-125, Shilka etc.), Soviet WW2 flamethrower tanks, BMP Soviet Infantry Combat Vehicle. 40 pages, 80 photos. Recommended!
  - A new vacu-formed kit from PROP&JET company 1/72 Sukhoi/Tupolev I-14 (ANT-31) Soviet WW2 Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $11.99). A kit of a very good quality! Photoetched parts and white-metal parts included. Highly recommended!
  
  
  
• 16 January 2004
  - Famous Su Aircraft book is available for online ordering (price $9.99). This publication tells about well known Sukhoi aircraft such as Su-7, Su-17, Su-24, Su-25, Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Su-47. Highly recommended for Soviet/Russian Aviation Fans!
  - A new issue of popular Russian high illustrated magazine for modelers and military technique enthusiasts M-Hobby #4 2003 has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $6.97). In this issue: The news line, The new model kits reviews, Air-to-Air missiles evolution, T-34 Soviet WW2 tank etc. 48 pages, a lot of photos and drawings. Highly recommended!
  - A new kit of an unique subject! 1/72 S-300PMU (SA-10 Grumble) Russian Modern Air Defense Missile System model kit is available for online ordering (price$49.99). SA-10 Grumble designed to protect vital administrative, industrial and military installations from all types of air attack weapons. The S-300PMU mobile multichannel air defence system can engage modem and future aircraft, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and other air targets in crippling enemy air strikes. The system features the all-weather capabilities and can be operated in various environmental conditions. The S-300PMU comprises:-5P85S main launcher (up to 4);-5P85D additional launcher (up to 8);-target designation and guidance radar and other support facilities. The 5P8SD Mobile Missile Launcher is simpler and cheaper than the 5P85S (main vehicle).There is no the missile control container on the SP85D. Usually the 5P85D Mobile Missile Launcher is arranged on the firing positions together with the SP85S only: two units of the 5P85D and one unit of the 5P85S. The 5P85S launcher provides storage, transportation and launch of four 5V55R missiles kept in sealed containers. At present this system is in service with the Russian army and other countries. A kit of a superb quality! Highly recommended! Add this kit into your collection!
  
  
  
• 15 January 2004
  - Very interesting publications: Yakovlev Yak-9: Soldiers of the Sky book (price $14.99), Airacobras Enter to the Combat book (price $14.99), Polikarpov I-15 fighter book (price $14.99), Sukhoi Su-15 Soviet Interceptor Fighter Story book (price $11.99), Sukhoi Su-2 Soviet WW2 Short-Range Bomber Story book (price $27.99) are again available for on-line ordering. Excellent rare books about famous Soviet aircraft! Plenty of unique photos, high quality illustrations, accurate scale plans! Very limited number of copies. Don't lose a chance to add these books to your library!
  
  
  
• 14 January 2004
  - We received a new issue of Very high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine Aviasalony Mira #21 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: Russia Aerobatic Teams, Aviation at The Iraque War, Yakovlev Yak-130 Russian modern trainer and other aviation-related topics. Recommended!
  - A new interesting Frontline series book has came out! 1941: Battles in Belorussia book is available for online ordering (price $14.99). This publication tells about battles at Eastern Front during initial period of WW2. Highly recommended for military history enthusiasts!
  - ACE company presents: 1/72 T-62M Soviet Main Battle Tank model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.99). In 1972, as part of the general upgrade affecting T-55 fleet as well, the turret of the T-62 was modernized to permit a 12.7mm DShKM anti-aircraft machine gun to be fitted over the loaders hatch, this version is commonly called T-62A in NATO. Other changes on this version included a new stowage arrangement for the OPVT (on the turret side), improvements in the fording attachment and a new RMSh tracks and drive spocket. Unlike the T-55, the practice of adding a new DShK mounting to older T-62 was not done. A kit of a very good quality and limited edition. Recommended for Soviet Armour Enthusiasts!
  
  
  
• 13 January 2004
  - Lavochkin La-5 Soviet WW2 Fighter book is available for online ordering (price $9.97). This publication is dedicated to the history of the creation, records and combat deployment of Famous WW2 aircraft. The book would be of interest to all readers interested in the history of aviation and the Soviet Air Force.
  - A very interesting publication from Military Cronicles series: The Kyiv Strategic Defensive Operation. Catastrophe near Kyiv. Part 3 (7 July 1941 - 26 September 1941) book is available for online ordering (price $15.97). The third part of the book that contains the chronological history of the South-Western Front encirclement and defeat is dedicated to the Red Army soldiers fighting inside the German encirclement. In the reminiscences of those events witnesses, which are entwined with extant reports and radio talks between the encircled grouping and the General Headquarters, one can see the whole picture of the South-Western Front death-agony development and its headquarters destruction... The closing part of the book contains over 100 photographs as well as maps of combat operations and coloured drawings of combat materiel. Highly recommended for people who are interested in the military history!
  - Read more on Soviet ATGM Launcher Vehicle in this issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #2 2002 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). The scale model section of this issue is dedicated to the 9P149 Shturm-S Soviet ATGM Launcher Vehicle. The 9P149 vehicle is a marriage of basic MTLB chassis with the Shturm (AT-6) ATGM system. Other missiles (AT-6b and AT-6c) can be launched from helicopters; but their length exceeds the 1832-mm limit for the Shturm-S autoloader. A modular AT-6 ATGM launcher system with launcher and autoloader is available for installation on vehicles, fixed sites and boats. Also readers can find out some info on Royal Navy ships and German WW2 aircraft. 40 pages, 50 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 12 January 2004
  - Another issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace Industry magazine Aerospace Courier #5 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). This issue of the periodical is dedicated to the latest developments in the area of civil aviation and aerospace technology in the CIS countries. It is targeted at the readers interested in the modern aviation. The main topics of magazine are: Present and Future of Military Transport Aviation, Space-borne Natural Disaster and Technogenic Catastrophe Monitoring System, New Generation of Aerospace Earth Remote Sensing Radar Systems, Prospects for Fundamental Space Research, Problems of Training and Managing the ISS Crews, The Outlook for Tu-204/214 Airliner Family, New An-140 Program, ICAO Recommendations and Their Introduction into Practice Concerning the Medical Expertise of Civil Aviation Pilots in the CIS, MAKS-2003: They Wanted Just to Do Their Best etc. 104 pages, 160 photos, Russian and English text! Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Armor magazine: TankoMaster #3 2003 is available for online ordering (price $5.97). In this isuue: The Soviet Anti-Aircraft Missile System, The T-72 Russian Main Battle Tank Modernization, BTR-80 and It's modifications and more. 48 pages, 80 photos and drawings. Recommended!
  - Polikarpov I-15bis Soviet WW2 Fighter Story book is available for online ordering (price $10.97). The book contains very detailed information on the structure, design history and combat usage of Polikarpov I-15bis Soviet WW2 Fighter. 50 pages, a lot of photos and illustrations. Recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 9 January 2004
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace Industry magazine Aerospace Courier #4 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In issue: MAKS' 2003, Tu-214 - Airliner of Great Possibilities, Control Systems for Tactic and Strategic Warplanes, Sensors for Space-rocket Hardware, Russia and Europe -partners in space, Columbia Aftermath for ESA, Mars-Express and Venus-Express Interplanetary Stations, Discreet Charms of Le Bourget'2003, Aerospace Complex at Naval Salon, Light Aviation Gala etc. 104 pages, 150 photos, Russian and English text! Highly recommended!
  - Read more about famous Soviet VTOL aircraft in this issue of Popular Russian Aviation Historical magazine: Aviatsiya-Kosmonavtika #11 2002 is available for online ordering (price $6.97). The main topic of this issue is Yakovlev Yak-38 Forger Soviet Navy carrier based VTOL fighter and strike aircraft history. Also other aerospace-related events are discussed. 40 pages, 60 photos and illustrations. Recommended!
  - Polikarpov I-180/I-185 Soviet Fighters book just has been printed and is available for online ordering (price $9.97). This book narrates about Soviet WW2 Fighters which are known as the best Polikarpov's aircraft. The book is intended for people who are interested in military aviation history.
  
  
  
• 8 January 2004
  - We received a new issue of Very high illustrated Aviation Historical magazine Aviasalony Mira #20 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: Civil aviation safety, Aero-India-2003 air show, The history of the MiG-27's battle usage in Afghanistan and other aviation-related topics. Recommended!
  - A new issue of a Popular and richly illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine: Cosmonautics News #11 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.00). In issue: ISS Main Expedition Seven Mission Chronicle, Chinese Space Laboratory And Problems Of Docking, Cosmonaut Candidates Began Space Training, Russian students participate in space-oriented educational course, USA-171: New 'Ear' In Orbit, Kosmos-3M And The Next Cluster Of Microsats, Three Spacecraft Launched By Ariane 5, Europe Probes Moon For The First Time, JWST Main Mirror Design Selected, From The History Of Sea-Going Space Fleet: 35 Years Since Zond-5 (Part 1) etc. 72 pades, 100 photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 6 January 2004
  - Illustrated Encyclopedia of Russian Armour. Vol.1. 1905-1941 book is available for online ordering (price $69.99). This book provides with systematized materials on more than 370 Soviet armoured vehicles of pre-WW2 period. The data on all of tanks, armored cars, personnel carriers and fighting vehicles designed in USSR from the beginning of the 20th century up to 1941 are supplied. The history of creation, description of the construction and combat deployments of the described weaponry is given in great detail. This book consist of 1400+ photos and illustrations (lot of which had never published before). The book of a very limited edition (2000 copies). 344 pages, hard cover, excellent paper and polygraphic quality. The book is intended for the specialists and a wide range of readers interested in military technology. Highly recommended!
  - A new issue of Popular high illustrated Russian Aerospace magazine Aviapanorama magazine #9-10 2003 is available for online ordering (price $6.95). In this issue: The MAKS-2003 and LIMA-2003 Air Shows Summary, Belorussian Civil Aviation, The Flight Safety, The History of Soviet Nuclear Weapon Carriers and other topics regarding the aviation and space industry. The issue is accompanied by the large amount of Illustrations and photos. Recommended!
  
  
  
• 3 January 2004
  - Read more on famous Soviet WW2 SPG in this issue of the popular Russian magazine for Technique Enthusiasts: Modelist-Konstruktor #5 1998 is available for online ordering (price $7.97). The scale model section of this issue is dedicated to the SU-100 Soviet WW2 Self-Propelled Gun. Also readers can find out some info on Russian pre-WW1 ships and aircraft. 40 pages, 30 photos, illustrations and scale drawings. Recommended!
  - Eastern express company presents: 1/72 Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum type 9-13 Russian Modern Jet Fighter model kit is available for online ordering (price $12.97). Mikoyari Experimental Designer Office ailweather front fighter MiG-29 is one of the best fighter in the world. MiG-29 is the fighter of four generation executed under the integral cicuit of fuselage. Mig-29 has perfect aerodynamics, oversound speed, high maneuverability. It has powerful armament, which allows to destroy any air or ground targets. Whenever possible of conducting near air fight the MiG-29 surpasses all fighters of a similar class. According to NATO classification MiG-29 was assigned a code name Fulcrum. A kit of a very good quality. Highly recommended for Aviation Fans!
  
  
  
• 1 January 2004, 00:00
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