Well some
people are getting off to a good start of the new year – Kagero are one of the early birds with no less than FIVE new titles
spreading from Their Deluxe Modelling magazine to a study of the Thunderbolt in
the European theatre, a photo journal of the British made Chieftain tank, In in
depth study of the famous “Immelmann” - and lastly a 3D title showing off the
mighty USS Arizona for all of the Ship modellers as well – seems they have been
very busy!
KAGERO
PUBLISHING RELEASES JANUARY 2013
Kagero Publishing
enters into the new year with five new publications. The following books will
be available after 25th January 2013:
SMI LIBRARY 05 - P-47 Thunderbolt with the
USAAF – European Theatre of Operations -Tomasz Szlagor
A photo
album showing particular examples of P-47 Thunderbolts which took part in air
battles over Europe. The 84 page book contains 93 b&w and 12 colour photos
with English and Polish captions. Four planes are presented on the beautiful
colour profiles painted by Janusz Światloń. The profiles are supplemented with
a decal sheet printed by Cartograf, which includes 1:32, 1:48, and 1:72
individual markings for the following planes:
-
P-47D-22-RE (s/n 42-26293) coded 'UN-L' and named Belle of Belmont,
flown by Lt. Armand A. Laflam of 63rd FS / 56th FG,
-
P-47D-25-RE (s/n 42-26628) coded 'LM-C' and named Miss Fire / Rosie Geth II,
flown by Capt. Frederick J. Christensen Jr. of 62nd FS / 56th FG,
-
P-47D-22-RE (s/n 42-26249) coded '2Z-D' and named Kansas Tornado II,
flown by Lt. Howard J. Curran of 510th FS / 405th FG,
-
P-47D-28-RE (s/n 44-20209) coded '7U-W' and named Jeanie of 23rd FS /
36th FG.
Available
in preorder in Kagero’s
webshop:
UNITS
03 - St.G 2 "Immelmann"
Marek J. Murawski
The third
title in the 'Units' series is devoted to the most famous Ju 87 unit:
Sturzkampfgeschwader 2. The 32 page book with English text includes a
chronological overview of the unit’s history supplemented with 51 photos;
tables of unit commanders, losses, and planes used; and colour profiles of 4
aircraft painted by Arkadiusz Wróbel. A decal sheet printed by Cartograf
contains 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for the following planes:
- Junkers
Ju 87 B-2, W.Nr. 313; coded 'T6+IH' of 1./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Krainici
airfield, Bulgaria, March 1941,
- Junkers
Ju 87 B-2; coded 'G' probably of 3./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Gorstkowo airfield,
Russia, December 1941
- Junkers
Ju 87 B-2; coded 'T6+HL' of 3./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Tyrkowo airfield, Russia,
autumn 1941,
- Junkers
Ju 87 B-2 trop; coded 'T6+DP' of 6./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Tmimi airfield, Libya,
summer 1941.
Available
in preorder in Kagero’s
webshop:
SUPER MODEL INTERNATIONAL 03 - Aircraft Edition
Edited by Maciej Góralczyk
The 3rd
issue of Super Model International includes renditions of three classic WW2
fighters: 1/48 Dewoitine D.520, 1/32 Hawker Hurricane Mk. I, and 1/32 Spitfire
Mk. Vb. Tomasz Chacewicz, Michał Rosiak, and Tomek Wajnkaim explain their
building, painting, and weathering techniques in extensive and richly
illustrated articles spread on 80 colourful pages.
Available
in preorder in Kagero’
Webshop:
PHOTOSNIPER 07
Chieftain Main Battle Tank. Development And
Active Service From Prototype To Mk.11
Robert Griffin
A renowned
expert on British tanks, Robert Griffin, gives a fine account of all the gun
tank variants (Mk.1 to Mk.11). The author has described the history as only one
who has lived it can do. The book includes ORBATS (with callsigns) for a
Chieftain regiment in the early 1970s and again in 1989, plans for a Mk.3/3 and
a Mk11, and a fine selection of over a dozen colour plates of Chieftains in
British, Iranian and Kuwaiti service for the modeller.
The Shrivenham Mk.11
gets the full walkaround detail treatment with lots of detail shots and there
are plentiful developmental and in-service photographs of all the gun tank versions.
The book contains 72 pages with 17 b/w and 137 colour photos.
Available
in preorder in Kagero’s
Webshop:
SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D 18 - The Battleship USS
Arizona -
Waldemar Góralski, Leszek A.
Wieliczko, Piotr Wiśniewski
A4 size, 88
pages, 120 renders, 18 3D anaglyphs, double B2 size sheet with drawings
(680×480 mm)
Available
in preorder in Kagero’s
webshop
All of
these books will be available to preorder in Kagero’s Webshop – but you
will also soon be able to get these titles from their distributors: Casemate
Publishing and MMD Squadron as well as other retailers in various
countries.
