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14 RED, WHITE,
GREEN AND BLACK!
Superdetailing Tamiya's 1:12
Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolore

26 BACK IN FROM THE COLD
Tamiya's 1:48 M1A2 Abrams, painted with
the new Lacquer Paints

36 EDUARD'S DESERT VULTURES
A pair of Focke-Wulf 190A-4s as they would have
appeared at Sidi Ahmed Airfield, Tunisia 1943

4
NEWS DESK
New kit and model product news
6 NUREMBERG TOY FAIR PREVIEW
Some
Tamiya teasers from this year’s big toy fair
10
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE PART 1
Work begins on Tamiya’s all-new 1:35 M551
Sheridan
12 TAMIYA 1:35 M10 IIC ACHILLES
Tamiya have extensively revised the M10 TD
from 2016 to create the 17pdr-armed, British
‘Achilles’ variant
22 KOMATSU LIGHT ARMOURED
VEHICLE
Photo-references of the JGSDF Komatsu Light
Armoured Vehicle
46 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES
New and recently issued modelling accessories
48 NEW RELEASES KITS
New full model kits reviewed
54 LITTLE L
TMMI welcomes Iskander Narymbetov from
Kazakhstan with his superb 1:35 Pz.Kpfw III Ausf L
58 EDUARD 1:48 HAWKER TEMPEST
MK.V SERIES 1
Eduard’s new-tool Hawker Tempest Mk.V has
landed
60 BOOK REVIEWS
New and recent books related to scale modelling
64 CONTACTS
Where to buy the products used and reviewed
in TMMI
66 THE EDITOR’S PAGE
Postcards from Nuremberg
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281 14 RED, WHITE, GREEN AND BLACK! Superdetailing Tamiya's 1:12 Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolore 26 BACK IN FROM THE COLD Tamiya's 1:48 M1A2 Abrams, painted with the new Lacquer Paints 36 EDUARD'S DESERT VULTURES A pair of Focke-Wulf 190A-4s as they would have appeared at Sidi Ahmed Airfield, Tunisia 1943 4 NEWS DESK New kit and model product news 6 NUREMBERG TOY FAIR PREVIEW Some Tamiya teasers from this year’s big toy fair 10 RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE PART 1 Work begins on Tamiya’s all-new 1:35 M551 Sheridan 12 TAMIYA 1:35 M10 IIC ACHILLES Tamiya have extensively revised the M10 TD from 2016 to create the 17pdr-armed, British ‘Achilles’ variant 22 KOMATSU LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE Photo-references of the JGSDF Komatsu Light Armoured Vehicle 46 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES New and recently issued modelling accessories 48 NEW RELEASES KITS New full model kits reviewed 54 LITTLE L TMMI welcomes Iskander Narymbetov from Kazakhstan with his superb 1:35 Pz.Kpfw III Ausf L 58 EDUARD 1:48 HAWKER TEMPEST MK.V SERIES 1 Eduard’s new-tool Hawker Tempest Mk.V has landed 60 BOOK REVIEWS New and recent books related to scale modelling 64 CONTACTS Where to buy the products used and reviewed in TMMI 66 THE EDITOR’S PAGE Postcards from Nuremberg


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14 RED, WHITE,
GREEN AND BLACK!
Superdetailing Tamiya's 1:12
Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolore

26 BACK IN FROM THE COLD
Tamiya's 1:48 M1A2 Abrams, painted with
the new Lacquer Paints

36 EDUARD'S DESERT VULTURES
A pair of Focke-Wulf 190A-4s as they would have
appeared at Sidi Ahmed Airfield, Tunisia 1943

4
NEWS DESK
New kit and model product news
6 NUREMBERG TOY FAIR PREVIEW
Some
Tamiya teasers from this year’s big toy fair
10
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE PART 1
Work begins on Tamiya’s all-new 1:35 M551
Sheridan
12 TAMIYA 1:35 M10 IIC ACHILLES
Tamiya have extensively revised the M10 TD
from 2016 to create the 17pdr-armed, British
‘Achilles’ variant
22 KOMATSU LIGHT ARMOURED
VEHICLE
Photo-references of the JGSDF Komatsu Light
Armoured Vehicle
46 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES
New and recently issued modelling accessories
48 NEW RELEASES KITS
New full model kits reviewed
54 LITTLE L
TMMI welcomes Iskander Narymbetov from
Kazakhstan with his superb 1:35 Pz.Kpfw III Ausf L
58 EDUARD 1:48 HAWKER TEMPEST
MK.V SERIES 1
Eduard’s new-tool Hawker Tempest Mk.V has
landed
60 BOOK REVIEWS
New and recent books related to scale modelling
64 CONTACTS
Where to buy the products used and reviewed
in TMMI
66 THE EDITOR’S PAGE
Postcards from Nuremberg
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