Monthly Archives: October 2010

Unimax Forces of Valor

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  1/32 Eastern Front Series • #80043 German Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G • #80061 German 3 Ton Cargo Truck w/ Driver • #80226 German Panther Ausf. G • #80314 German Panzer IV Ausf. G • #80317 German Panzer IV Ausf. F • #81410 German Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Hanomag     … Continue reading →

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Arrangement of Guns on Naval Vessels

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustation of the typical arrangement of guns on a WWII battleship, cruiser, and destroyer from Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May, 1944:  

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Bombardier Chin and Nose Turrets

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

From Bombardiers’ Information File, War Department, March 1945: The bombardier is concerned primarily with those gun turrets he is most likely to operate. He is almost always responsible for control of the nose turrets in heavy and very heavy aircraft. … Continue reading →

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Luftwaffe Uniforms

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

German Luftwaffe Uniforms of WWII: Source: TM-E 30-451: Handbook on German Military Forces, U.S. War Department, 1943.  

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Grumman Ball Turret

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustrations of the Grumman Ball Turret 150SE-1 and 150SE-2 mounted in the TBF Avenger from Aircrewman’s Gunnery Manual, Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy, 1944.  

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USO Performers and Jeep

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs of an unknown group of USO performers in the ETO during WWII from the website collection. USO Performers: Jeep with Front Armored Shield: Source: LoneSentry.com Collection.  

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7.62 cm Pak 36(r) — New Bronco Kit

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bronco Models has announced a new 1/35th scale kit of the German 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) antitank gun which was based on modified Russian guns captured in large quantities by the Germans. CB35056 1/35 German 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) Anti-tank … Continue reading →

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B-25 “Hardships 2nd”

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

B-25 Mitchell “Hardships 2nd” photographed at Clark Field in the Philippines near the end of WWII. Hardships’ nose art features the mascots of all four squadrons of the 38th BG: the 71st, 405th, 822nd, and 823rd.  

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Dragon News at the Tokyo Hobby Show

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Several of the new WWII scale model kits from Dragon and Cyberhobby announced at the 2010 Tokyo Hobby Show:

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Verlinden German Tank Riders

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New October release from Verlinden: 1/35th German Tank Riders Figures #2624. The Verlinden set contains two resin figures of WW2 German soldiers posed to ride on a panzer. Both figures are dressed in camouflage smock over field gray fatigues with … Continue reading →

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