Military Modelling Magazine, August 1976 Issue

eatures: MODELLING MIKE a€ Our regular cartoon hero. THE LEOPARD 2 MBT a€" Part 2 by Christopher F. Foss 17th LANCER, 1900 a€" A simple conversion by Steve Kemp. THE MODELS OF FRANCOIS VERLINDEN a€" The Belgian master's work in colour. UNIFORMS, WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE 95TH (DERBYSHIRE) RGT. OF FOOT 1853-1859 a€" First in a short series by Richard Scollins. THE B.M.S.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS a€" Part 2 by Bob Marrion. 2ND RGT. BELGIAN CARABINIER, 1815 a€" Bill Berry's 54mm conversion. PAINT YOURSELF A HORSE a€" Graham Bickerton shows how. PRESENT ARMS 1976 a€" A photo-report from John Sandars. UNIFORMS OF THE MONTH a€" Russian Dragoons, 1802-12. ARMOUR IN REVIEW a€" Two new plastic kits described. NEW YORK SOLDIER SHOP a€" A brief trans-Atlantic visit. Departments: NOTICE BOARD a€" All the latest modelling news. DESPATCH a€" Readers' letters. RECONNAISSANCE a€" A monthly test of readers' knowledge. UNIFORMINFO a€" Our experts answer your uniform queries. ON PARADE a€" New books reviewed. ATTEN-SHUN! a€" New products described. COVER: Convincing array of finished replicas built up from Japanese L & S 1:1 scale plastic fire-arms kits. They are: Top, M.29 Mauser; centre, Colt 45 (Government Model) with magazine clip and rounds; right, Luger P. 08 Artillery Model; bottom centre, Remington double barrelled Derringer; and left, diminutive Walther M9. In addition to their realistic appearance, in most cases ingenious internal mechanism enables 'actions' to be operated just like the real thing. Importers and distributors for L & S kits are A & A Hales Ltd., of Hinckley, Leicester.