The book provides the history and development of the Protected Cruiser class, followed by its design and construction. It examines the propulsion, armaments s and the structural protection. The Book is a solid source of the transitional age of the US Navy...

Here we take a look at what Hobby Boss is offering with the WW2 service variant of the USS Iowa BB-61 in 1/350th scale.

Bill Cross reviews the first of the new three-part series on France's war in Indochina, what many now call the First Vietnam War.

NAVAL BATTLE OF CRETE 1941, THE ROYAL NAVY AT BREAKING POINT is a new book from OSPREY PUBLISHING LTD. This recounts surface actions and air attacks that lead the commanding British admiral to rebuff calls to retreat, stating, ‘It takes the Navy three ye...

SUPER-BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR II from OSPREY PUBLISHING explores the Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class designs of the war.

It is not often you get the chance to do a review on a battleship, not just any old battleship, but a famous and historic one, I am now looking at the USS Missouri as a kit from Hobby Boss seeing how good it is and if it needs extras like aftermarket and...

This is a review by Randy L Harvey of the book, Pirate Queens – The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read from Pen & Sword Books by author Rebecca Alexandra Simon.

Artitec releases their rendition of the famous shark hunter

Above & Below Scale Graphics of Canada has released WWII Allied non-slip walkways to enhance WW2 USN Destroyer and cruiser kits.

Eduard has released a set of two 3D printed Vought OS2U-3 Kingfishers in 1:350 scale, tim takes a look

ARCTIC CONVOYS 1942 from OSPREY PUBLISHING presents an account of the Luftwaffe's victory over convoys to Russia.

THE JAPANESE DESTROYER SUZUTSUKI from KAGERO is part of the series TOPDRAWINGS, which presents the subject through pages of engineering drawings. Modelers can glean a great deal of detail from this volume.

GERMAN AND ITALIAN AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OF WORLD WAR II from OSPREY PUBLISHING is an exploration of Axis attempts to create a seaborne air arm.

OSPREY PUBLISHING's forthcoming title BRITISH/COMMONWEALTH CRUISER VS ITALIAN CRUISER explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies and compares and contrasts the design, weapon technologies and combat performance of those opposing w...

THE DARKEST HOUR from HELION & COMPANY is a concise yet detailed two-volume account of the Japanese campaign to secure their western flank of their Pacific war by destroying United Kingdom offensive capabilities of the Royal Navy Far Eastern Fleet. This...

Here we take a look at the Seaforth publish release titled British Escort Destroyers of the Second World War courtesy of Pen and Sword.