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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!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

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

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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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$22.00
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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!

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“Building the Fly Ar 234” Now On Sale!

The 5th title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale by Kent Karlsen, turns 3 year old today. And to celebrate, we’ve reduced its price by a massive 33% for the rest of this week, to a mere 10 Australian dollars!

Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale

Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale

In this 164-page eBook, Kent Karlsen builds not one, but two examples of the Fly Arado 234 kit in 1/32 scale.

The feature build sees Kent take kit 32008, add a ton of scratch-built detail, and then construct an amazing airfield maintenance diorama, in a scene that might have occurred at ‘Fliegerhorst Grove’ air base, in post-surrender Denmark.

For his second build, Kent converts kit 32003 into the V6 four-engine prototype, complete with figures and a Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad from Zoukei-Mura.

v2.2 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$15.00
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So nip on over to our webstore and grab yourself and bargain!

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Thanks!

Our End of Financial Year Sale has now concluded, and was a great success! I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who took advantage of the sale and contributed to this success. Don’t forget to download your books if you haven’t already, and if you haven’t received your order confirmation email, or are having any other issues with the process, please contact me and we’ll get it sorted out.

In other news, work continues on our next title, Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale by Gary Boxall, and it’s coming along very nicely indeed. I anticipate completing the first draft by the end of this week, with an official release likely sometime in the following week.

Stay tuned for more information and updates as the project nears completion.

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End of Financial Year Sale!

Here in Australia, we’re approaching the end of our financial year, which runs from the start of July to the end of June the following year. And it’s traditional for many businesses to have an End of Financial Year (EOFY) sale, so we thought we’d have one too!

So, for the rest of June 2023, you can receive 20% off the value of your cart simply by using the coupon code EOFYSALE at checkout. That coupon code again:

EOFYSALE

Check out some of our great titles below, and grab yourself some bargains!

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v3.0 of “Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale” Now Available and On Sale!

I’m pleased to announce that Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale by Peter Castle, has just been updated to v3.0. And to celebrate, for the next 7 days we’ve reduced the price to just 15 Australian dollars! That’s a 574-page digital book on some of the finest scratch-building you’ll see, for just $15. Bargain!

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!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$22.00
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This latest edition adds two new photos of the real aircraft, courtesy Olivier Durand. Existing purchasers are able to access the updated version for free. Simply log in to your account (or use your original download link) and re-download the book from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have an account, or the original download link, please contact me and we’ll sort it out. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version.

“An excellent tour de force. I like the format very much and it is easy to follow, thorough.
Peter Castle is the dedicated modeler that my book was intended to help. That he took his effort to such an extreme is truly amazing. He deserves every award and recognition coming his way. People say “it’s not brain surgery” but in his case I would have to say “it’s exactly that”. Such fine detail, the making of thousands of parts, developing techniques to make each part. Awesome!”
– Paul Monforton, Canada

“Hands down one of the best modelling books I’ve ever read.”
– Chris Becker, Australia