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Serie Pod Lupa is known to me for a some times already since I have in my modest library their first monograph P-51A, A-36 Mustang. Ace publication has done a great work once again with their monograph about Me-163 Komet. This publication contains all the things modeller needs, nice set of profiles and drawings in [...]

During the Second World War, German designers were developing projects well beyond their time. Some magnificent machines even entered the service but many of them remained in various phases of developing from drawings to prototypes. That warbirds are what we call today Luftwaffe 1946 projects. These birds are of great interest today for many researchers [...]

Even after few decades of intensive work on Luftwaffe subject, there I think about many of books and magazines, some paints are stay still unreachable for the wide modelers use. In general all main Luftwaffe camouflage and markings colors are covered by various manufacturers so there was not problem at all to get it. There [...]

The MG 15 was a 7.92 mm (0.31 in) machine gun designed specifically as a hand manipulated defensive gun for combat aircraft during the early 1930s. By 1941 it was replaced by other types and found new uses with ground troops. Calibre: 7.92 +/- .04 mm Cartridge: 7.92×57 mm Mauser Round weight: 35.5 grams (cartridge [...]

We announced at the very end of our second book Fw 190D Camouflage & Markings , part II , JaPo publishing 2007, that we will include in our third volume a colors chart containing real paint chips found in Czech Republic. Regarding the reactions of readers on several internet forums, we would like to give [...]

On 12 August 2007, a dreamlike summery day, around 80,000 people found their way to the Luftwaffen airbase Porz-Wahn near Cologne to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Luftwaffen base. Besides beer and sausages the main attractions for the visitors were the new Eurofighter Typhoon and a NATO Awac as well as a MedEvac Airbus, [...]

These shots were taken on Friday 16 June 2006 during the KLu Open Day at Leeuwarden AFB. Imges bellow present following subjects: MIG-29 Polish AF, KLu solo demo, B-25 DBAF, B-25 DBAF, Beaver Gilze Rijen, Beech C-45 Gilze Rijen, Bellanca Declathon aerobatic, Blue Angels formation start, Blue Angels Hercules, Blue Angels photo plane, Chinook KLu, [...]

Mysteries and “unknown” subjects are fields of great interest for many people. Sometimes this results in pure speculation on author´s part but there is also a number of mysteries which remain mysteries due to the lack of information. In the aviation world there are many unknown or less known subjects and they are difficult to [...]

There is no serious model paint manufacturer who does not make colors for the Luftwaffe airplanes from the WW2 era. White Ensign as you know well manufacture a set of 21 color which cover period from 1935 up to the 1945 but also include interior colors. All colors are semi gloss and have very good [...]