Thursday, March 7

Kagero bring more books, more decals and super drawings this month









Is it March already? It surely is because we have a bunch of pictures and information from Kagero about their latest March releases...

Not only does the Bf 109 and the Fw190 get a run but also the ”Units” book this month captures the JG 51 ”Mölders” unit – all of these titles include decals in the three main aircraft scales - We also see new books on the Admiral Graf Spee and the battleship Bismark!!


Kagero's March 2013 releases

Kagero Publishing celebrates the beginning of spring with five new publications. The following books will be available after 20th March 2013:

UNITS 04 - JG 51 Jagdgeschwader "Mölders"
Marek J. Murawski
The fourth title in the 'Units' series tells the story of JG 51 "Mölders". The 32 page book with English text contains a chronological overview of the unit’s history supplemented with 40 photos; tables of unit commanders and planes used as well as colour profiles of 4 aircraft painted by Janusz Światłoń and Arkadiusz Wróbel. 

A decal sheet printed by Cartograf contains 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings of the following machines:

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4; W.Nr. 1641, 'Black 6', flown by Hptm. Ernst Wiggers, Kapitän of 2./JG 51, St. Inglevert airfield, France, early September 1940,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2; W.Nr. 6797; flown by Hptm. Hartmann Grasser, Kommandeur of II./JG 51, probably Orel-Nord airfield, Russia, mid-July 1942,


- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6; W.Nr. 550182, 'Black 7', flown by Ofw. Josef Jennewein of 2./JG 51, Orel-West airfield, Russia, July 1943,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6; W.Nr. 442013, 'Black 1', flown by Oblt. Anton Hafner, Kapitän of 10./JG 51, Hüttenfelde airfield, East Prussia, October 1944.
Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/jg-51-jagdgeschwader-.html



MINITOPCOLORS 34 - Messerschmitt Bf 109s over the Mediterranean Part I
Maciej Góralczyk, Arkadiusz Wróbel
A large decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 8 Bf 109s which served in the MTO and printed by Cartograf.

Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn 4-view colour profiles and described in the 20 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The authors chose the following aircraft:

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7/N; probably W.Nr. 4139, 'White 11', flown by Lt. Theo Lindemann of 7./JG 26, Ain-el-Gazala, Libya, summer 1941,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 trop; flown by Ofw. Karl-Heinz Bendert of Stab II./JG 27, Derna, Libya, December 1941,
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 trop; W.Nr. 8665, flown by Lt. Gustav Frielinghaus of Stab II./JG 3, Sicily, Italy, early 1942,

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/Z; W.Nr. 13060, 'Yellow 2', flown by Uffz. Karl-Heinz Witschke of 3./JG 77, Comiso, Italy, early July 1942,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 trop; 'Black 7' of 2./JG 77, Tunisia, early 1943,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2/R2 trop; 'Black 19' of 2.(H)/14, La Marsa, Tunisia, March 1943,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6; 'Yellow 13', flown by Uffz. Hans Jegg of 9./JG 53, Italy, summer 1943,


- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 trop; 'Black 8' of 5./JG 27, Trapani, Italy, summer 1943.




MINITOPCOLORS 35 - Fw 190s over Europe Part I
Maciej Góralczyk, Janusz Światłoń
Includes a large decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 8 interesting "Butcher Birds". printed by Cartograf.

Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn 4-view colour profiles and described in the 20 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The authors chose the following aircraft:

- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3; W.Nr. 0130 541, flown by Oblt. Adolf Dickfeld, Kommandeur of II./JG 2, San Pietro, Italy, 20 November 1942,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3/U4; W.Nr. 0135 346, 'Red 9', flown by Fw. Oskar Sahre of 5.(F)/123, St. Pol, France, early March 1943,
- Focke-Wulf Fw190 A-5Y; flown by Maj. Hans Philipp, Kommodore of JG 1, Jever, Germany, summer 1943,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-7; flown by Hptm. Rolf Hermichen, Kommandeur of I./JG 11, Rotenburg, Germany, March 1944,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2; W.Nr. 682 181, 'Yellow 2', flown by Fw. Hubert Engst of 6./JG 300, Löbnitz, Germany, November 1944,
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9; 'Blue 7', Stab II.(Sturm)/JG 300, Löbnitz, Germany, March 1945,


- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3; 'White 12', flown by Fw. Ernst Mayer of 9./JG 5, Herdla, Norway, late March 1945,


- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8; W.Nr. 960 542 of Stab/JG 4, Germany, late spring 1945.
Available in pre-order in Kagero’s Webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/35-fw-190s-over-europe-part-i.html

TOPDRAWINGS 15 - The Battleship Bismarck
Waldemar Góralski
A4 size, 28 pages, 4 renders, 23 sheets of scale drawings, 82 drawn objects, 2 double B2 size sheets with colour scheme, colour profiles.

Available in preorder in Kagero’s Webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/15-the-battleship-bismarck.html

SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D 19 - Admiral Graf Spee
Stefan Dramiński, Mirosław Skwiot
A4 size, 76 pages, 134 renders, double B2 size sheet with drawings (680×480 mm)
Available in preorder in Kagero’s Webshop: http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/19-admiral-graf-spee.html


All books are available from the Kagero site but they will be soon available from our distributors Casemate Publishing and MMD Squadron as well as other retailers in various countries.