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v1.4 of “Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va” Now Available!

Thanks to eagle-eyed customer Joshua Allfree for spotting an error in one of the captions in the References section of book. I’ve now corrected this, along with a couple of other errors I missed, and issued a v1.4 update.

Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va in 1/32 Scale

Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va in 1/32 Scale

In this 198-page eBook, Karim Bibi builds the Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale Albatros D.Va kit to his usual excellent standard, utilising a variety of aftermarket parts and decals, along with some scratch-building, to produce an award-winning model.

Along with Karim’s terrific build, we’ve also included artwork by Ronny Bar, some historical notes by Greg VanWyndarden, and more than 90 walkaround photos of the Mercedes D.III engine by James Fahey. The v1.1 update introduces a new 12-page tutorial on rigging!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

v1.5 Now Available!

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I’m always very grateful to our customers who take the time to point out any errors or other issues with our publications, as it allows us to engage in a process of continuous improvement, not only with existing publications, but future ones also. Unlike with traditional print publishing, making these corrections and improvements, and releasing updates as required, is a very simple process. And of course, existing purchasers are entitled to download these updates for free! New purchasers will always receive the latest version of any publication they purchase.

And don’t forget that this title is still on sale for a mere 10 Australian dollars!

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v1.3 of “Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va” Now Available & On Sale!

I’m pleased to announce that Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va in 1/32 Scale has just been updated to v1.3. And to celebrate, for the next 7 days it’s available for just 10 Australian dollars!

Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va in 1/32 Scale

Building the Wingnut Wings Albatros D.Va in 1/32 Scale

In this 198-page eBook, Karim Bibi builds the Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale Albatros D.Va kit to his usual excellent standard, utilising a variety of aftermarket parts and decals, along with some scratch-building, to produce an award-winning model.

Along with Karim’s terrific build, we’ve also included artwork by Ronny Bar, some historical notes by Greg VanWyndarden, and more than 90 walkaround photos of the Mercedes D.III engine by James Fahey. The v1.1 update introduces a new 12-page tutorial on rigging!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

v1.5 Now Available!

$15.00
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This update consists of the usual typographical and layout tweaks, but also some updates to the aftermarket products section.

This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books.

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.

And of course, if you don’t have this one, for the next 7 days you can purchase it even more cheaply than usual!

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v1.4 of “Building the British Phantoms Vol. 3” Now Available & On Sale!

Today is the first birthday of the final book on our British Phantoms series, Building the British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service, so I’ve given it a few more typographical tweaks, and unleashed v1.4! I’ve also put it on sale for just 15 Australian dollars for the next 7 days. Bargain!

Building the British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service

Building the British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service

In this 390-page eBook, Geoff Coughlin completes the Building the British Phantoms series with a detailed look at the F-4J(UK) in RAF service. The book features chapters on the F-4J’s inception and key features, along with 9 model builds, 3 colour profiles, a cockpit walkaround, and a foreword by Group Captain Dick Northcote OBE BA RAF (Retd).

v1.4 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$20.00
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Please note that this update is not considered urgent or essential.

This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books.

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.

And of course, if you don’t have this one, for the next 7 days you can purchase it even more cheaply than usual!

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“A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6”: First Reviews Are In!

Many thanks to all of you who have purchased our new title, A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter by John McIllmurray, for helping to make it our most successful book launch ever! It has smashed all records so far, and the first reviews are in:

Just got my copy. Worth every penny. It is not a booklet, it is a 240Mb volume packed with photos (many new to me), factory drawings, walkarounds, assembly schemes… everything. Even if you are not a modeler, it is a great volume in any library. The modeling section is about the book’s final third, where the author walks you through some of the most detailed and researched modeling projects I’ve ever seen on the subject. I cannot recommend it enough. I bet it would be sold out by now if it was a printed book. Congratulations to Mr. McIllmurray and Kevin for the great job.”

– Rato Marczak, Brazil

I’m afraid to say…this is simply the BEST Ju88 reference ever published!

– Thierry Laurent, Belgium

Wow! I have just purchase this new book and can’t recommend it highly enough – absolutely outstanding in every respect. Love the profiles especially not to mention the huge resource it will be for anyone with any interest in WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft. Just buy it, it’s incredible value for money.

– Geoff Coughlin, Scale Modelling Now

My compliments to all involved and providing us with a superb Ju 88 G-6 reference!

– Mark Proulx

For those of you who haven’t seen them yet, here are some sample pages to whet your appetite (tough to pick so few from over 1,000 of them!):

And if you have purchased the book, don’t forget to download all 4 of the associated files!

A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter

A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter

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v2.2 of “Building Mac’s Birddog” Now Available & On Sale!

I’m pleased to announce that Building Mac’s Birddog in 1/32 Scale has just been updated to v2.2. And to celebrate, we’ve reduced the price to just 10 Australian dollars for the next 7 days! Sale ends midnight, 4 October 2024, AEST.)

Building Mac's Birddog in 1/32 Scale

Building Mac’s Birddog in 1/32 Scale

Written by master modeller Eric Galliers, this 177-page digital book shows you how he built his award-winning 1/32 scale model of Macaulay “Mac the FAC” Cottrell’s Cessna O-1 Birddog. Using the Roden 1/32 scale kit as a basis, Eric modifies it to represent Mac’s Birddog as he flew it in Vietnam in 1968.

v2.2 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

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This update comprises the usual typographical and layout tweaks, and is not considered urgent or essential.

This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books.

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.

And of course, if you don’t have this one, for the next 7 days you can purchase it even more cheaply than usual!

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“A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6” is Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our latest title, A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter, is now available for immediate purchase and download!

A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter

A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter

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In this epic 1,031-page eBook, Ju 88 G-6 devotee John McIllmurray covers every conceivable aspect of the history and development of this important Ju 88 sub-type. The book is in fact broken into 4 separate documents:

  • Modellers_Guide_Ju-88G-6.pdf
  • Appendix_1_Ju88G-6_Loss_Record.pdf
  • Appendix_2_Ju88G-6_Pilot_Claims.pdf
  • Ju-88G-6_Artwork.pdf

The main document contains over 1,000 images, and 106,000 words! There’s a full conversion of the Revell 1/32 Ju 88 A-1 kit to a G-6, along with 39 colour profiles, stencil guides, painting schemes, aircraft and unit data, structural analyses, aircraft losses, pilot claims, and much more. In short, it really is the definitive modeller’s guide to the Ju 88 G-6.

It’s important when purchasing this book to download all 4 of the associated files, as collectively they’re considered a single work, which has been broken up to allow for optimal formatting of their respective content.

This is by far our largest-ever work, and represents a major labour of love for author John McIllmurray. We hope you find it both useful and inspirational!

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“A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6” Reaches First Draft!

I’m pleased to report that all the basic layout work for our next title, A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6 Night Fighter by John McIllMurray, is now complete! The final proofing and editing phase should only take a few days, so the official release is imminent!

And for the curious, the final page count of the main volume is 1017. Yes, I said main volume. The book has now been split into 4 files: the 1017-page main volume, Appendix 1: Ju 88 G-6 Loss Record (25 pages), Appendix 2: Ju 88 G-6 Pilot Claims (31 pages), and Ju 88 G-6 Scale Plans, Drawings & Stencil Guides (79 pages). The 3 additional files required different formatting to the main document, necessitating the split. This allows all the material to be presented in an optimal fashion.

As I type this, our illustrious author John McIllMurray is experiencing a debilitating health issue, and is awaiting emergency surgery to fuse two vertebrae in his neck. Our collective best wishes go out to John for a successful outcome and a speedy recovery.

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“A Modeller’s Guide to the Ju 88 G-6” Reaches 1000 Pages!

When I received all the material from John for his magnum opus on the Ju 88 G-6 night fighter, I knew it would be a massive undertaking, and the result would likely be our largest title ever. That milestone was reached back on August 28 when I finished page number 700. And so, 3 weeks on, and with the end in sight, I’m somewhat startled to reveal that the book has just breached the 1000-page mark.

As the screenshot suggests, I’m now working my way through the various appendices, and am hopeful about completing the process by the end of the week, with a tentative release by the end of next week—but no promises!

In the interests of providing them in the best possible format, the drawings, scale plans and stencil guides will be compiled into a separate document with a landscape orientation. This second document will of course be part of the book bundle, and be covered by the purchase price.

Stay tuned for the official release announcement!

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v3.0 of “Building the Wingnut Wings Felixstowe” Now Available and On Sale!

I’m pleased to announce that Building the Wingnut Wings Felixstowe F.2A in 1/32 Scale has just been updated to v3.0 with the addition of a new page of content. And of course, this means that it’s now on sale again for a mere 12 Australian dollars! (Sale ends midnight, 17 September 2024, AEST.)

Building the Wingnut Wings Felixstowe F.2A in 1/32 Scale

Building the Wingnut Wings Felixstowe F.2A in 1/32 Scale

In this 298-page eBook, Gary Boxall builds, paints, and rigs the giant Wingnut Wings 1/32 Felixstowe F.2A to an award-winning standard. While Gary’s build focusses on the ‘early’ boxing of the kit, his methods are equally applicable to the ‘late’ version, including painting the interior, improving details, creating custom paint masks, making templates for the Aviattic fabric decals, and of course, rigging!

The book also includes a detailed look at the kit by Brett Green, and our usual Appendices covering available aftermarket and reference material.

v3.0 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

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This update features a new development in Gary‘s rigging process that we thought was worthy of inclusion in the book, and is a recommended download for all existing purchasers. This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books.

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.

And of course, if you don’t have this one, for the next 7 days you can purchase it even more cheaply than usual!

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v1.3 of “Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa” Now Available and On Sale!

Hot on the heels of the v1.2 release, we’ve now updated Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale to v1.3 with the addition of a new page of content. And of course, this means that it’s now on sale again for a mere 15 Australian dollars! (Sale ends midnight, 16 September 2024, AEST.)

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

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

In this 362-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.

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.

v2.0 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$20.00
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This update features a new development in Gary‘s rigging process that we thought was worthy of inclusion in the book, and is a recommended download for all existing purchasers. This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books.

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.

And of course, if you don’t have this one, for the next 7 days you can purchase it even more cheaply than usual!