Author: Kevin Futter

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Announcing “The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service”!

I’m pleased to announce that our next title will be Building The British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service. This will complete Geoff Coughlin‘s massive 3-volume opus on the British Phantoms, following on from Volume One and Volume Two.

As the title suggests, this volume will focus on the 15 airframes that were designated F-4J(UK), with the now-familiar chapters covering their evolution and key features, along with 9 kit builds, 3 excellent colour profiles by Simon Hill, and walkaround photos. The book will also feature a foreword by Group Captain Dick Northcote OBE BA RAF (Retd).

Work is well under way, with a tentative release window set for early October. Stay tuned for more information and a formal release announcement as they come to hand!

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“Scratchbuilding the Hawker Fury in 1/18 Scale” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our latest title, Scratchbuilding the Hawker Fury in 1/18 Scale, is now available!

In this 415-page eBook, Peter Castle takes a set of plans and a grand idea, and turns them into a magnificent 1/18 scale model of the Hawker Fury biplane from the 1930s. Peter’s build features vacuum-forming, custom photo-etching, 3D printing, wood craving, metal working, litho-plate skinning, and much more besides.

Along with a detailed step-by-step guide to how Peter conceived, constructed, and finished his model, we’ve also included four extensive tutorials detailing some of Peter’s methods, along with a Walkaround section that features over 160 photos of the preserved Hawker Fury at Cosford.

This book is chock full of helpful ideas, tips, and techniques, and is a must-have for aspiring scratch-builders. And it’s available now for immediate purchase and download for just 20 Australian dollars.

Scratchbuilding the Hawker Fury in 1/18 Scale

Scratchbuilding the Hawker Fury in 1/18 Scale

In this 415-page eBook, Peter Castle takes a set of plans and a grand idea, and turns them into a magnificent 1/18 scale model of the Hawker Fury biplane from the 1930s. Peter’s build features vacuum-forming, custom photo-etching, 3D printing, wood craving, metal working, litho-plate skinning, and much more besides.

Along with a detailed step-by-step guide to how Peter conceived, constructed, and finished his model, we’ve also included four extensive tutorials detailing some of Peter’s methods, along with a Walkaround section that features over 160 photos of the preserved Hawker Fury at Cosford.

v1.1 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$20.00
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“Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H” Now On Sale!

The 7th title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale by John Kim, turns 3 today. And to celebrate, we’ve reduced its price to just 10 Australian dollars for the next 7 days!

Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale

Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale

In this 167-page eBook, John Kim takes you through the building, painting, and finishing of the terrific 1/32 scale Ta 152H kit from Zoukei-Mura.

Zoukei-Mura released two variants of the kit: an initial Ta 152H-1 kit, and a follow-up Ta 152H-0 release with refined tooling. Wanting to build a Ta 152H-0, but not being able to find the correct kit, John decided to take the earlier Ta 152H-1 release and backdate it to H-0 configuration. John takes us through not only the simple panel line modifications required for the backdating process, but also his building, painting, and weathering processes to produce the terrific model you see in the book.

v1.7 Now Available!

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“Building the Revell P-51D” Now On Sale!

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the release of the 4th title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Revell P-51D-5NA Mustang in 1/32 Scale by Jan Gabauer. And to celebrate, for the next 7 days, we’ve reduced to price to a mere 9 Australian dollars!

Building the Revell P-51D-5NA Mustang in 1/32 Scale

Building the Revell P-51D-5NA Mustang in 1/32 Scale

In this 103-page eBook, Jan Gabauer builds, paints, and weathers the new Revell 1/32 P-51D kit to produce an excellent rendition of Major Richard A. Peterson’s “Hurry Home Honey”.

The book features not only Jan’s terrific build guide, but also artwork by Juanita Franzi, a review of the kit itself, and an extensive set of appendices covering applicable aftermarket products and reference works.

v2.2 Now Available!

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“Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45” Now On Sale!

The 6th title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale by Jan Gabauer, turns 3 today. And to celebrate, for the next 7 days, we’ve reduced the price to just 9 Australian dollars!

Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale

Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale

In this 104-page eBook, noted modeller and KLP author Jan Gabauer takes you through the building, painting, and finishing of the terrific 1/32 scale Ki-45 Kai Tei kit from Zoukei-Mura. Jan navigates the complexities of the build with aplomb, offering tips for overcoming the particular challenges of this kit. The process is very instructive, and results are quite spectacular!

v2.3 Now Available!

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Announcing “Scratchbuilding the Hawker Fury in 1/18 Scale”!

I’m pleased to announce that our next title will be Scratchbuilding the Hawker Fury in 1/18 Scale, by the fabulously talented Peter Castle, of airscale fame.

Those of you who have seen Peter’s previous title, Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale, will have an inkling of what to expect. This time, however, Peter is tackling a biplane, and building it entirely from scratch in his preferred 1/18 scale. The result, to no one’s surprise, is spectacular.

Work has begun, but it’s too early to give any indication of when it will be available—though the target is September. Stay tuned for updates as they come to hand!

And while you’re waiting, if you haven’t already, check out Peter’s previous title for KLP Publishing:

Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale

Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale

This 574-page eBook features Peter Castle‘s award-winning conversion of the HpH Models 1/18 Seafire 47 to represent a Spitfire XIVe—specifically, Race #80, as flown by James McArthur in the Tinnerman Air Races at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 4th 1949.

v3.0 Now Available!

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v1.1 of “Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa” Now Available!

Phew, that was quick! Thanks to eagle-eyed customer Ferran Borrell for noticing that we’d misspelled the name of the pilot for Build 1, which occurs in the book no less than 213 times! Such are the advantages of digital publishing, however, that this rather egregious error was quick and easy to fix—and thus we now have v1.1 of Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale.

This update is free for all existing purchasers, so if you’ve already bought and downloaded the book, we strongly encourage you to grab it again by simply re-downloading it—either from your account if you have one, or by using the original download link in your order confirmation email.

To be sure you have the latest version, you can check the version number located at the bottom of the Copyright page (iii):

Sample Copyright page taken from Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale

New purchasers will automatically receive the corrected version, so there’s nothing to worry about there.

Our sincere apologies for this rather perplexing oversight!

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“Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our latest title, Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale by Gary Boxall, is now available!

In this 361-page eBook, award-winning modeller Gary Boxall describes the building, painting, and finishing process of three Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa kits! The first build uses Aviattic lozenge decals to portray Eugen Siempelkamp’s Pfalz D.IIIa, and is a comprehensive guide to building the model. For the second build, Gary opts for a fully-painted finish to portray the markings of Hans-Georg von der Marwitz’s Pfalz D.IIIa. The third and last build sees Gary backdate the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa kit to the earlier D.III, finished as Alois Heldmann’s aircraft.

Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale

Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale

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The book also includes tutorials on rigging, and masking & painting over decals, along with our usual Appendices of aftermarket products and reference material.

And as with all our books, should any updates be required, anyone who purchased a prior version gets lifetime free access to all subsequent updated versions! All new purchasers will of course receive the updated version automatically.

So, dash on over to our webstore and grab yourself a bargain!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

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“Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa” Reaches First Draft!

I’m pleased to announce that our next title, Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale by Gary Boxall, has reached the first draft stage! The development of this title has been much more iterative than our usual approach, which means that an official release of the final version is now only mere days away.

In this book, award-winning modeller Gary Boxall describes the building, painting, and finishing process of not one Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa kit, but three!

The first build uses Aviattic lozenge decals to portray Eugen Siempkamp’s Pfalz D.IIIa, and is a comprehensive guide to building the model.

For the second build, Gary opts for a fully-painted finish to portray the markings of Hans-Georg von der Marwitz’s Pfalz D.IIIa. Since the construction of the two models is almost identical, we’ve limited coverage of this build to the painting and finishing.

The third and last build sees Gary backdate the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa kit to the earlier D.III, moving the machine guns inside the fuselage, along with sundry other modifications. The model is finished as Alois Heldmann’s aircraft.

Page count will be in the 360 range, and the release version is imminent, so please stay tuned for the official announcement in the coming days!