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The new IONIC Encyclopedia of Wargames is a comprehensive guide to the modeling, painting, and weathering techniques used in wargaming. It covers everything from scenery to figures and tanks, including both beginner-friendly methods and advanced techniques. Within its pages, you’ll find a versatile toolbox to help get your armies and warbands onto the tabletop with…
In this 301-page eBook, Gary Boxall builds the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.XII kit in 1/32 scale, modifying it to represent an unarmed post-war Belgian aircraft. Gary offers plenty of tips for detailing, modifying, and improving the kit to produce a high-quality scale replica. Additionally, Mike Butler provides a detailed tutorial on how he painted the…
Nearly forty years after the Chernobyl explosion – the worst nuclear accident in history – much has been written about the disaster. However, one vital part of the story has been largely overlooked in English-language accounts: the crucial role played by Soviet aviation in the emergency response. While the “liquidators” are widely remembered, thousands of aviators, particularly…
In July 1936, Spain’s air force was outdated and ill-prepared for modern warfare. Its few Nieuport-Delage fighters, Breguet bombers and Dornier seaplanes belonged to another era, unsuited to the conflict about to unfold. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War turned the country’s skies into a testing ground for new aircraft and tactics that would soon…
On 27 October 1981, the Soviet Navy’s Whisky-class submarine S-363 ran aground near Sweden’s Naval Base Karlskrona, one of the country’s main military installations. The grounding sparked a serious diplomatic and military crisis. Swedish forces swiftly surrounded the vessel, sealed off the area, and increased surveillance along the nation’s borders. The Soviets claimed the submarine had strayed…