Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

I pick up the occasional copy when there are articles of special interest so
I have a number of them.
I is inspired by historical aviation art so a number of ads selling aviation
paintings.

Most of the articles are centred on a recently released painting.

I just got March 2006. Contents:

Cover: Robert Taylor painting"After the Battle" (Spit IXs of 611 Sqn).

Story on B-26 "Flak Bait". Wm Phillips painting"the Bait Bites Back".

Aerial Oddities: French Hurel Dubois H.D. 31 Transport.

Biggin Hill's 1,000 Victory. 7 page article incl. photos. Spit IXs. Good
discussion of Spits vs. FW 190s. Keith Woodcock painting of 611 Sqn Spit IXs
"Endless Skies".

Build article on Tamiya 1/48 FW-190 A-3.

8 Page Article on Ulrich Neckel, WW-I German fighter pilot. Photos plus
painting of Fokker Dr.1s.

Article (personal reminiscences) on B-17 raid on Magdeburg 12 Sep '44.
Photos B-17s & crew members, painting Philip West "On the Prowl" (FW-190s).
One page comparison of B-17 & B-24.

Golden Age Daredevil (Arthur Goebel Jr.

Restoration - B-17G.

Book, Art & Game Reviews.

I think that it is very much worth the price.

It's available on a lot of the better news-stands if you want to check it
out.

Incidentally, the paintings will be a useful source of ideas and colour
schemes. Not just the featured ones, but the illustrations in the ads. These
artists are pretty meticulous in their research.

Cheers,

Doc

It's definitely worth the $20 a year to me.  As one
poster has already stated, it's not heavy duty
PhD inspired history and is readable by the ave-
rage citizen.  Also, it's well researched, not just
some Wikipedia bashed together sort of thing as
some history mags became in the late eighties.
It's far less expensive when compared to Smith-
sonian Air and Space as well.

I like it myself.  I'd suggest hitting a news stand
and picking up a copy or two and deciding if it's
worth your while.  Surf one or two copies and if
you like it then it's worth it.

Hope this helps!

-andy