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I’m pleased to report that Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale has just been updated to v3.1, and for the next 7 days is available for just 15 Australian dollars—the lowest we’ve ever offered this title for. (Sale ends midnight, Monday 21 April 2025, AEST.)

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

This 573-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.

v3.1 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$22.00 Original price was: $22.00.$15.00Current price is: $15.00.

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This update features a number of layout and typographical tweaks, including the removal of a duplicate page, and is therefore considered non-trivial.

This is free for all existing purchasers. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books. You can check the version number of your previously-purchased copy at the bottom of the Copyright page (iii)—or on the front cover as of this update.

In order to obtain your free update, simply re-download the book using either the original download link in your Order Confirmation email, or log in to your KLP account and download it from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have either, please contact me and we’ll sort it out.

I’m pleased to report that Building the Airfix Sea King HU.5 in 1/48 Scale has now been updated to v1.2, and for the next 7 days is on sale for just 12 Australian dollars! (Sale ends midnight, Sunday 20 April 2025, AEST.)

Building the Airfix Sea King HU.5 in 1/48 Scale

In this 189-page eBook, renowned UK author and modeller Geoff Coughlin takes you through the building, painting, and weathering of the Airfix 1/48 Sea King kit. Geoff shows you how to achieve an impressive result right out of the box, only adding some scratch-built seat belts and FOD covers as icing on the cake.

We’ve also included 80 walkaround images of the real helicopter in the final section of the book, which should prove useful for the super-detailers among you.

v1.2 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$15.00 Original price was: $15.00.$12.00Current price is: $12.00.

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This update includes a pair of new aftermarket rotor heads from ResKit, bumping the overall page count by…one. It also includes some minor tweaks here and there, as is usual.

This is free for all existing purchasers. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books. You can check the version number of your previously-purchased copy at the bottom of the Copyright page (iii)—or on the front cover as of this update.

In order to obtain your free update, simply re-download the book using either the original download link in your Order Confirmation email, or log in to your KLP account and download it from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have either, please contact me and we’ll sort it out.

I’m pleased to announce that Building the Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII in 1/32 Scale by Gary Boxall has just been updated to version 1.3. In this update, Gary has provided an additional paragraph of text for Page 158.

Building the Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII in 1/32 Scale

In this 382-page eBook, Gary Boxall builds not one, but two Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII kits in 1/32 scale. The first and most extensive build sees Gary detailing, modifying, and improving the kit to produce Gotthard Sachsenberg’s brightly-coloured machine. The second build leverages the first, and focuses on what it takes to produce a post-war Dutch version of this famous WWI aircraft. We’ve also included our usual Appendices section, covering available aftermarket and reference material.

v1.3 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$20.00

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And thanks to feedback from customers, we’ve also decided to make a small change to our cover design by including the current version number in the title panel, to the right of the author’s name:

This is free for all existing purchasers. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books. You can check the version number of your previously-purchased copy at the bottom of the Copyright page (iii).

In order to obtain your free update, simply re-download the book using either the original download link in your Order Confirmation email, or log in to your KLP account and download it from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have either, please contact me and we’ll sort it out.

Today marks the 8th anniversary of the official launch of KLP Publishing, and to celebrate, we’ve just launched a week-long, 25%-off, 8th anniversary sale! Just use the coupon code 8YEARS at checkout to receive 25% off the value of your cart (excludes the new Fokker D.VII book). Sale ends midnight, 7 April 2025, AEDT.

That coupon code again:

8YEARS

We now have 38 titles in the catalogue, so get on over to our webstore and grab yourself a bargain!

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And so it goes. You fix a bunch of mistakes … and miss one! In the publishing industry we call this Muphry’s Law. But we didn’t just fix a mistake for v1.2 of Building the Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII in 1/32 Scale—we also included an extra page with two new images of the seat buckle configuration that Gary discusses as part of the build.

Building the Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII in 1/32 Scale

In this 382-page eBook, Gary Boxall builds not one, but two Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII kits in 1/32 scale. The first and most extensive build sees Gary detailing, modifying, and improving the kit to produce Gotthard Sachsenberg’s brightly-coloured machine. The second build leverages the first, and focuses on what it takes to produce a post-war Dutch version of this famous WWI aircraft. We’ve also included our usual Appendices section, covering available aftermarket and reference material.

v1.3 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$20.00

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This is free for all existing purchasers. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books. You can check the version number of your previously-purchased copy at the bottom of the Copyright page (iii).

In order to obtain your free update, simply re-download the book using either the original download link in your Order Confirmation email, or log in to your KLP account and download it from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have either, please contact me and we’ll sort it out.

Thanks to eagle-eyed customer Josh Allfree for alerting us to a number of errors and typos in our latest build guide, Building the Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII in 1/32 Scale. Additional thanks go to Ken Patterson for spotting a broken image link. These issues have now been corrected, along with an additional page in the Aftermarket appendix highlighting Proper Plane wooden propellers.

These changes have now resulted in a v1.1 update, which is free for all existing purchasers. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books. You can check the version number of your previously-purchased copy at the bottom of the Copyright page (iii).

Building the Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII in 1/32 Scale

In this 382-page eBook, Gary Boxall builds not one, but two Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII kits in 1/32 scale. The first and most extensive build sees Gary detailing, modifying, and improving the kit to produce Gotthard Sachsenberg’s brightly-coloured machine. The second build leverages the first, and focuses on what it takes to produce a post-war Dutch version of this famous WWI aircraft. We’ve also included our usual Appendices section, covering available aftermarket and reference material.

v1.3 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$20.00

Shop now

In order to obtain your free update, simply re-download the book using either the original download link in your Order Confirmation email, or log in to your KLP account and download it from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have either, please contact me and we’ll sort it out.