Luftwaffe Baptism of Fire

Kagero Publishing is a Poland based publisher of reference books. Today, I am going to cover their Mini Top Colors 30 : Luftwaffe Baptism of Fire. What is inside the book ?

The book covers Luftwaffe aircraft during WW2 and gives side profiles and top down paintings of 8 aircrafts. The list of aircraft includes:

- Junkers Ju 87 B-1; coded '29•8' of 5. K/88, Legion Condor, Sanjurjo airfield, Zaragoza, Spain, late 1938, 

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1; coded '6•119', flown by Hptm. Siebelt Reents, Staffelkapitän of 1. J/88, Legion Condor, León, Spain, spring 1939, 

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1; 'Black 14' of 2.(J)/LG 2, Poland, mid-September 1939, 

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1; W.Nr. 4048, 'Yellow 7' of 3./JGr. 101, Hoya, Germany, 18 November 1939, 

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1; W.Nr. 630, 'Black N+7', flown by Oblt. Johannes ‘Macki’ Steinhoff, Staffelkapitän of 11.(N)/JG 2, Hage, Germany, April 1940, 

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3; flown by Oblt. Wilfried Pufahl of Stab II./JG 53, Mannheim-Sandhofen, Germany, April 1940, 

- Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-2; coded 'L1+KK' of 14./LG 1, crew: Uffz. Hans Bechthold (pilot), Uffz. Wilhelm Harder (radio operator); Mannheim-Sandhofen, Germany, late spring 1940, 

- Heinkel He 111 P-2; coded '1G+HL' of 3./KG 27, crew: Uffz. Otto Keiser (pilot), Hptm. Robert Sichart von Sichartshoff (observer, CO), Uffz. Gustav Bergmann (radio operator), Uffz. Paul Kleinitzke (flight engineer); Neukuhren, East Prussia, 15 September 1939 (1:32 and 1:72 decals only). 

Source: Kagero Publishing

The book is marked Part 1, so naturally it covers aircraft of the early war period in the 1939 - 1940. Not only do they gives color profiles of the aircraft, they also included two big decal sheets by Cartograf for the 8 aircraft in 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72 scale.

The listing price is €13.35 ( 17.36USD ). For full review of the book, you can visit The Modelling News coverage.

Visit your local hobby shop to purchase, or check with Amazon or purchase direct from Kagero Publishing.

Image Credit : Kagero Publishing