Guideline Publications- Military Modelcraft International, June 2024

It's always a great day to see a new issue of MMI in the mailbox- and this month's magazine opens summer with a grand sampling of articles. Editor David Grummitt reminisces on 15 years as the MMI editor and on the vast sources of talent that have provided excellent articles over the years. News at the Front begins with the first of two articles from MMI's new US Associate Editor Rob Riviezzo on Tamiya's Panzer IV with Motorcycle...

Also included here are new releases from ICM, Miniart, J.W. de Boer Modelbouw, Gecko Models, Tankraft, and FC Modeltrend. Four pages of Quartermaster's Stores follow...

José Luis Lopez Ruiz provides an excellent SBS on painting US armor with "Paint it Olive Drab"...

"Willkommen im Zoo" by Antonio Casas Garcia presents his excellent Berlin 1945 diorama set in the Zoologischer Garten and populated by figures from various companies and a Borgward IV from Revell with Blast Models "Wanze" conversion set...

Javier Redondo is up next with "Medivac SPW!" and his build of Tamiya's Sd.Kfz. 251/8 Ausf. D Sanitätspanzerwagen with added PanzerArt resin and Modelkasten tracks...

The Armour in Profile section up next takes a look at Part 1 of "Post-War Panzers" by MP Robinson and Thomas Seignon and how German panzers were used by former enemy forces after the war. Five color profiles by Sławomir Zajączkowski accompany the text.

Ramón Segarra Guerrero is up next with his build of the AFV Club IDF M113A1 in "The Legend That Was Zelda".

A small scale build is up next with "Abnormal Load!"- featuring Stefan Szymanski and his build up of Pegasus Hobby's Maus mounted atop the Planet Models special railway transport wagen...

This month's At the Bench features UK modeller Andrew Argent and some of his unique and fascinating builds....  

Steve Santucci recaps the AMPS International Convention in South Bend, IN from this past April with an excellent show report...

On the Bench features a second article from Rob Riviezzo and his take on the Rye Field Model "Late StuG III Ausf. G" where Rob works his usual magic with PE and makes an unpainted kit look like a work of art...

The issue concludes with Words & Pictures and six book reviews of Osprey, Panzerwrecks, and AK Interactive books.

Conclusion

Another month of excellent articles await you with the current issue. As always, there is plenty to see and learn from the content within and we look forward to hopefully many more years with David at the helm providing us with monthly treats to inspire and relish. 

Highly Recommended for Beginner to Advanced builders.

Thanks goes out to Guideline Publications for this review sample.

Reviewed by Michael Reeves

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