Military Model Scene
Robin Buckland's
Book Reviews
These are my reviews of new books, and old, that you might like to keep a lookout for.
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Early Jet Fighters 1944-1954...
...The Soviet Union & Europe, Images of War from Pen & Sword
The Empire Strikes South...
...Japan's Air war Against Northern Australia 1942-45, from Avonmore Books, via Casemate
MacArthur's Papua New Guinea Offensive 1942-1943...
...new Images of War from Pen & Sword
Pacific Adversaries Volume 2...
...Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies New Guinea and the Soloons 1942-44, from Avonmore Books via Casemate UK
Black Swan Class Sloops...
...Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans, from Seaforth Publications
Pacific Adversaries, Volume 1...
...JAAF vs The Allies, New Guinea 1942-44, from Avondale Books via Casemate
Battle of the Atlantic 1939-41...
...RAF Coastal Command's Hardest Fight Against the U-Boats, from Osprey Books
The Battleships of the Iowa Class...
...A Design & Operational History, from Naval Institute Press, via Pen & Sword
On the Road to Victory...
...The Rise of Motor Transport with the BEF on the Western Front, from Pen & Sword
The St. Mihiel Offensive...
...12-16 September 1918, a Battleground Guide from Pen & Sword
Kaiserliche und Konigliche Eisenbahn-Bau Kompanie Vol.2...
...Camera On 16, from MMP Books
US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles...
...more Images of War from Pen and Sword
Kaiserliche und Konigliche Eisenbahn-Bau Kompanie Vol.1...
...Camera On 15, from MMP Books
British Battleship vs Italian Battleship...
...The Mediterranean 1940-41, Duel 101, from Ospry Publishing
The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940...
...A Battleground Dunkirk Guide from Pen & Sword
Glasgow Museums, The Ship Models...
...A History & Complete Illustrated Catalogue, from Seaforth Publications
Tiger I, German Army Heavy Tank...
...Eastern Front, Summer 1943, TankCraft 20 from Pen & Sword
British Cruiser Warfare...
...The Lessons of the Early War, 1939-1941, from Seaforth Publishing
Hungarian Armoured Fighting Vehicles in the Second World War...
...new Images of War, from Pen & Sword
United States Navy Submarines 1900-2019...
...another Images of War book from Pen & Sword
The Americans From Normandy to the German Border, August to Mid-December 1944...
...more Images of War from Pen & Sword
7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen at War 1941-1945...
...another Images of War from Pen & Sword
To War with a 4th Hussar...
...Fighting in Greece, North Africa & The Balkans, from Pen & Sword
American Aircraft Development of the Second World War...
...Research, Experimentation & Modification, from Fonthill Media
British Naval Weapons of WW2, The John Lambert Collection...
...Vol. 2: Escort & Minesweeper Weapons
War of Intervention in Angola vol.2...
...Angolan & Cuban Forces at War 1976-1983, from Helion & Co, via Casemate
Large Scale Warship Models...
...From Kits to Scratch Building, from Seaforth Publications
British Naval Weapons of WW2, The John Lambert Colllection...
...Vol.1: Destroyer Weapons, from Seaforth Publishing
Beneath the Killing Fields...
...Exploring the Subterranean Landscapes of the Western Front, from Pen & Sword
The 1989 Coup D'Etat in Paraguay...
...the End of a Long Dictatorship 1954-1989, from Helion Books via Casemate
The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940...
...a Battleground Dunkirk Guide from Pen & Sword
Messerschmitt Bf 109, The Latter Years...
...a new Air War Archive title from Frontline Books
Valor in Vietnam 1963-1977...
...Chronicles of Honor, Courage and Sacrifice, from Casemate Publishing
Gloster Gladiator Mk I and II (and Sea Gladiator)...
...Monograph 65 3D, from Kagero via Casemate
Visiting the Normandy Invasion Beaches and Battlefields...
...a Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals, from Pen & Sword
Petropavlovsk, Russian ASW Guided Missile Cruiser...
...TopDrawings 74 from Kagero, via Casemate Books
A Battle of Britain Spitfire Squadron...
...the Men & Machines of 152 Sqn in the Summer of 1940, from Pen & Sword
Operational History of the Hungarian Armoured Troops in WW2...
...from Kagero, via Casemate
British Military Test and Evaluation Aircraft 1945-75...
...a FlightCraft Special, from Pen & Sword
The Berlin 1945 Battlefield Guide, Part 2...
...the Battle of Berlin, from Fonthill Media
Spanish Air Force During World War II...
...Germany's Hidden Ally?, from Kagero, via Casemate Books
Narrow Gauge in the Somme Sector...
...Railways Before, During and After WW1, from Pen & Sword
Japan Triumphant, The Far East Campaign 1941-1942...
...more Images of War from Pen & Sword
A Carrier at Risk, Argentine Carrier and Anti-Submarine Ops...
...During the Falklands War, from Helion Books, via Casemate
Camouflage & Markings of Axis Armor in the Balkans Campaigns 1940-1941...
...from Model Centrum Progres, via Casemate
The Falklands War There and Back Again...
...The Story of Naval Party 8901, from Pen & Sword
Walking in the Footsteps of the Fallen, Verdun 1916...
...a fine new Battleground guide from Pen & Sword
Allied Coastal Forces of WWII, vol.1...
...Fairmile Designs & US Submarine Chasers, from Seaforth Publishing
A Visitor's Guide, The Battles of Arras North...
...Vimy Ridage, Oppy Wood and Gavrelle, from Pen & Sword
HMS Badsworth, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer...
...TopDrawings 69, from Kagero, via Casemate
The Battleship The Prince of Wales...
...more SuperDrawings in 3D from Kagero, via Casemate
Modelling German WW2 Armoured Vehicles...
...an Independent review by Tom Cole of my new book from Crowood Press
Western Front - North...
...4th Edition of Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide, from Pen & Sword
The Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot's Kitbag...
...Uniforms & Equipment from the Summer of 1940, from Frontline Books
Chinese Battleship vs Japanese Cruiser, Yalu River 1894...
...a new Dual series title from Osprey Books
The Russian Destroyer Spravedlivyy 1956...
...a new Super Drawings in 3D book from Kagero, via Casemate
Vietnam's Final Air Campaign...
...Operation Linebacker I & II May-December 1972, from Pen & Sword
Sturmgeschutze III & Sturmhaubitze 42...
...Ostfront Warfare Series Vol 1 from Panzerwrecks
Before the Birth of the MBT...
...Western Tank Development 1945-1959, from Kagero, via Casemate
Moscow's Game of Poker...
...Russian Military Intervention in Syria, from Helion Books via Casemate
Panzer Rollen...
...the Logistics of a Panzer Division from Primary Sourse, from Pen & Sword
Tankcraft 11, Sherman Tanks...
...US Army, North Western Europe 1944-1945, from Pen & Sword
From the Riviera to the Rhine...
...US Sixth Army Group August 1944 - February 1945, from Casemate Books
The German Armoured Cruiser SMS Blucher...
...more Super Drawings in 3D from Kagero, via Casemate
Monte Cassino...
...Armoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line, Images of War from Pen & Sword
50th At Bay, The Years of Defeat...
...The 50th Northumbrian Div, 1939-42, from Helion Books via Casemate
Thunder Through the Valleys...
...Low Level Flying - Low Level Photography, from Fonthill Media
German Reconnaissance & Support Vehicles 1939-45...
...an Images of War book from Pen & Sword
Armoured Warfare in the Battle of the Bulge 1944...
...a new Images of War from Pen & Sword
British Warship Recognition Volume VII...
...the final part of the Richard Perkins Albums, from Seaforth Publishing
White Rhino 89...
...the last major Cold War exercise of 1st (UK) Armoured Div, from Tankograd
Junkers Ju 88 - the Twilight Years...
...a new Air War Archive title from Frontline Books
French Foreign Legionnaires vs Viet Minh Insurgents...
...North Vietnam 1948-52, from Osprey Books
Tanks, The History of Armoured Warfare...
...new from The Tank Museum and Carlton Publishing
The Imperial Guard of the First Empire...
... Mounted Troops, new from Heimdal via Casemate
Soviet Strategic Bombers...
...The Hammer in the Hammer & the Sickle, from Fonthill Media
History of the Gloster Javelin...
...the First All Weather British Fighter, from Fonthill Media
The History of the Panzerjager vol.1...
...Origins and Evolution 1939-42, from Osprey Books
Tiger I on the Southern Front...
...N. Africa, Sicily and Italy, Tankcraft No.10 from Pen & Sword
US Marine Corps in the Second World War...
...another Images of War book from Pen & Sword
British Warship Recognition Vol. VI...
...The Perkins Identification Albums, from Seaforth Publishing
Ethiopian - Eritraen Wars, Vol.1...
...a new Africa at War series title from Helion & Co, via Casemate
Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV, Normandy 1944...
...Duel Series 86, new from Osprey Publishing
Copy Of -Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV, Normandy 1944...
...Duel Series 86, new from Osprey Publishing
Tank Wrecks of the Eastern Front 1941-45...
...a new Images of War title from Pen and Sword
Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung...
...the Battle for China 1946-49, an Images of War book by Pen and Sword
Dornier Do 17, The Luftwaffe's 'Flying Pencil'...
...a new Air War Archive title from Frontline Books
The Battle for the Channel...
...the first month of the Battle of Britain, from Fonthill Media
Hungarian Armoured Forces in WW2...
...a Photosniper book from Kagero, via Casemate Books
Salerno to the Gustav Line 1943-1944...
...another Images of War title from Pen and Sword
German Armour Lost on the Eastern Front...
...a new Images of War title from Pen and Sword
The Somme 1916, Touring the French Sector...
...a new Battleground Guide from Pen and Sword
German Armour Lost on the Western Front...
...a new Images of War book from Pen and Sword
The Berlin 1945 Battlefield Guide...
...Part 1 Battle of the Oder-Neisse, from Fonthill Media
Stirling to Essen...
...the Godmanchester Stirling, from Fighting High, via Casemate Books
Frankforce, and the Defence of Arras 1940...
...a new Battleground Guide from Pen and Sword
British Warship Recognition 1876-1939 Vol. 5...
...Destroyers, Torpedo Boats and Coastal Forces from Pen and Sword
Air Modeller's Guide to Wingnut Wings vol.2...
...new from AFV Modeller Publications, via Casemate
The Royal Army Medical Corps in the Great War...
...an Images of War title from Pen and Sword
1st Airborne Division, Market Garden 1944...
...another Past & Present title from Casemate Books
The Falaise Gap Battles, Normandy 1944...
...a Past & Present series title from Casemate Publishing
82nd Airborne, Normandy 1944...
...a Past & Present series title from Casemate Publishing
Hitler's Sky Warriors...
...the Fallschirmjager, a new Images of War book from Pen and Sword
The Great War Illustrated 1917...
...over 1000 archive images in this book from Pen and Sword
The Bavarian Army during the 30 Years War...
...a Century of the Soldier title from Helion Books
Spotlight On the Northrop F-5E and F-5F Tiger II...
,,,a new set of profiles from MMP Books
Operation Market Garden Paratroopers Vol 1 and 2...
...the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade from MMP Books
The Story of the Guards Armoured Division...
...a new edition of this excellent history from Pen and Sword
B-25J Mitchell in Combat over Pacific and CBI...
...a book from Kagero via Casemate Books
Extra Discounts on Dunkirk books from Pen and Sword...
...an extra 5% discount on top of their up to 50% discounts
The Australian Soldier, 1914-1918...
...a handy little guide from OREP Editions, via Casemate Books
Bomber Command Airfields of Yorkshire...
...the latest Aviation Heritage title from Pen and Sword
British Destroyers and Frigates...
...the Second World War and After, from Seaforth Publishing
The Panzer III, Hitler's Beast of Burden...
...a new Images of War title from Pen and Sword
Armoured Warfare & the Waffen-SS 1944-45...
...more in the Images of War series from Pen and Sword
Magyer Warriors Vol II...
...a History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces from Helion and Co
Experimental Units of the Condor Legion...
...a particularly interesting new book in the Air War Archive series by Frontline Books
Bailout Over Normandy...
...a Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance, from Casemate Books
Rising Sun at War, The Japanese Army 1931-45...
...more from the Images of War series by Pen and Sword
Hitler versus Stalin, Kursk to Bagration...
...the third volume in this Images of War series
The First (US) Infantry Division...
...a new Militaria title from Histoire & Collections via Casemate
Great War Fighter Aces 1916-1918...
...new in the Images of War series from Pen and Sword
Zelda M113 in IDF Service, Part 1, Fitters...
...No,9 in the IDF Armour series from Desert Eagle
British Warship Recognition, Volume 3...
...Cruisers, part 1 of the Perkins Albums from Seaforth
The RAF in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain...
...a Reappraisal of Army and Air Policy 1938-40 from Fonthill Media
Intelligence Images from the Eastern Front...
...Looking Down on War, new from Pen and Sword
Zelda M113 in IDF Service part 2...
...Command and Medevac Variants from Desert Eagle Publishing
Heinkel He III,,,
...the Early Years, a new Air War Archive series title from Pen and Sword
Thor, Anatomy of a Weapon System...
...the Cold War IRBM Missile system from Fonthill Media
The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service in WW2
...another good Images of War title from Pen and Sword
British Warship Recognition, Vol 2
...The Perkins Identification Albums: 2. Armoured Ships 1860-1895, Monitors and Aviation Ships
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