MIM – April ’16 (60) – Published 17th March 2016
4 NEWS
Military model product news
6 ‘TEN HUT!
Sixteen new military kits on parade
8 NUREMBERG TOY FAIR 2016
The Editor visits Nuremberg for the annual toy fair
16 ORDNANCE DEPOT
New and recent accessory sets and modelling
materials
18 THE PULL OF A RUSSIAN
ARMY HORSE
Trumpeter’s 1:35 Stalinets S-65 tractor,
painted with Vallejo paints
24 AN UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE
AFV Club’s extraordinary 1:35 Büssing-NAG
crane truck, previewed
26 MADE IN CHINA
Hobbyboss’s 1:35 Chinese PLA ZTZ99 MBT
30 TAMIYA 1:35 FRENCH
AMX-13 LIGHT TANK
Kit preview of Tamiya’s latest 1:35 armour kit
32 COVER STORY:
WHEN KV MEETS JS
Trumpeter’s KV-1 and Zvezda’s JS-2 combine to
create a KV-85
40 BRIDGE ON THE CAEN CANAL
A photo-study of the famous ‘Pegasus Bridge’,
Normandy,
46 A FINE FELINE
Revell’s all new kit of the Leopard 1 MBT,
previewed
48 HIDING A HETZER
How to mask and paint two of the Hetzer tank
destroyer’s complex camouflage schemes
54 YOU’D RATHER CRY,
Yes, it flies, but it does carry troops, gets dusty
60 MORRIS DANCING, FOR TWO
Two new Morris C8 Quad kits from Mirror Models
62 BOOK REVIEWS
Military model-related book reviews
66 SIGN OFF
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