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“Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale” is Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our latest eBook, Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale, by Jan Gabauer, is now available!

In this 96-page eBook, Jan 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!

Also included is a brief tutorial on Jan’s paint chipping technique, along with the usual appendices covering aftermarket products and reference titles.

This Build Guide in downloadable eBook format retails for just 12 Australian dollars.

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

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

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Announcing “Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale”!

I’m pleased to announce that work is well under way on Build Guide No. 7, Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale, by John Kim. Anyone who has followed John’s work on the Large Scale Planes forums will know that he is a fantastic modeller, and in this book, he works his magic on one of Zoukei-Mura’s early large scale releases: the Ta 152H.

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 below.

There’s plenty of work to do before the book is ready, but we’re on track for a September release, so stay tuned for more updates and a definitive release date!

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Announcing Scale Model Paint Masks!

I’m pleased to announced that we’ve just launched a new website, called Scale Model Paint Masks.

Scale Model Paint Masks is a site dedicated to providing a repository of downloadable paint mask files for scale modellers, driven by and for the scale modelling community. It caters for any genre of scale modelling, in any scale and of any era. Members are free to upload their designs, download other members’ designs, and contribute to discussions in our forums.

Scale Model Paint Masks is brand new, and we hope to grow and evolve it over time. We plan to expand the forums to include tutorials, reviews, and anything else our members would like to see that fits our scope.

Note: only members are allowed to upload and download content or participate in the forums.

Membership is of course, free—and we’d love to see you come join us!

https://www.scalemodelpaintmasks.com/

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“Building the Fly Arado Ar 234” is Now Available!

I’m pleased to announced that our latest Build Guide, Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale, is now available!

Written by Kent Karlsen, this 154-page eBook sees Kent build not one, but two examples of the Fly 1/32 scale Ar 234 kit—a superb diorama featuring an Ar 234B-2, and a no-less impressive conversion to the four-engine Ar 234 V-6.

The book costs 15 Australian dollars, and can be purchased and downloaded from our web store:

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.

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v1.2 of “Building the HpH Fw 189” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our eBook, Building the HpH Fw 189 ‘Uhu’ in 1/32 Scale by Jan Gabauer, has now been updated to version 1.2!

v1.0 was first published back in June of 2018, we’ve now added a pair of appendices at the back of the book. One covers the only available aftermarket product for this already very complete kit, while the other lists as many relevant reference titles as we could find.

Being a digital publication means this kind of update is very easy to do, and we will continue to update all our books in this fashion any time an applicable new product is released, or we find an error somewhere.

This new update is free to download for anyone who has already purchased this book. If you have an account with us, simply log in and download a new copy of the book from Downloads section of your account. Otherwise, the download link contained in your original purchase notification email should still be valid.

If neither of these scenarios applies to you, and you’d still like to download your updated copy, create a customer account here on the website, and then contact me so that I can associate your purchase with your new account. Once that is done, you can log in and download it from your purchase history.

And of course, if you haven’t purchased Building the HpH Fw 189 ‘Uhu’ in 1/32 Scale at all yet, you’re more than welcome to do so!

Building the HpH Fw 189 ‘Uhu’ in 132 Scale
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v1.1 of “Building the Revell He 219A-7 in 1/32 Scale” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our eBook, Building the Revell He 219A-7 in 1/32 Scale by Iain Ogilvie, has now been updated to version 1.1!

v1.0 was first published back in January of 2019, and we’ve now added the newly-announced reference title from WingLeader to the relevant appendix at the back of the book.

Being a digital publication means this kind of update is very easy to do, and we will continue to update all our books in this fashion any time an applicable new product is released, or we find an error somewhere.

This new update is free to download for anyone who has already purchased this book. If you have an account with us, simply log in and download a new copy of the book from Downloads section of your account. Otherwise, the download link contained in your original purchase notification email should still be valid.

If neither of these scenarios applies to you, and you’d still like to download your updated copy, create a customer account here on the website, and then contact me so that I can associate your purchase with your new account. Once that is done, you can log in and download it from your purchase history.

And of course, if you haven’t purchased Building the Revell He 219A-7 in 1/32 Scale at all yet, you’re more than welcome to do so!

Building the Revell He 219A-7 in 1/32 Scale
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First Draft of “Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45” is Done!

I’m pleased to report that Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale, by Jan Gabauer, has reached the first draft stage, and is on schedule for an earlier-than predicted release some time in the next few weeks. No preview pages just yet, as they’re subject to change during this phase.

Stay tuned for more news about a specific release date and pricing as we work on the revision phase of the project!

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Announcing “Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32 Scale”!

We’re pleased to announce that our latest build guide is now in development! Building the Zoukei-Mura Ki-45 Kai Tei in 1/32, by Jan Gabauer, is already at first draft, and is on schedule for release some time in Q3 2020.

Jan Gabauer delivers his third Build Guide for KLP, and as the title suggests, he tackles Zoukei-Mura’s impressive 1/32 scale Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick) kit.

Jan takes you through the building and painting of the model, and turns out his usual fantastic result. He also provides a mini-tutorial on his approach to paint chipping, and we include the usual appendices of aftermarket and reference products.

Jan Gabauer’s excellent build of the Zoukei-Mura 1/32 Ki-45.

Stay tuned for more information about pricing and a release date!

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Free X-Wing PDF Now Updated!

We’ve just done a very minor update to the cover of our free X-Wing PDF, Building the Revell X-Wing in 1/48 Scale, by Steve Evans. As a result, we’ve bumped the version number up to v1.2. If you’ve already downloaded the book, there’s really no need to do so again—though you’re literally free to do so if you so desire! But the content itself hasn’t changed.

For new readers, please check it out and download it at your leisure!

Building the Revell X-Wing in 1/48 Scale
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First Draft of “Building the Fly Arado Ar 234” is Done!

I’m pleased to inform you that the first draft of our next book, Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale, has just been completed. The book is currently sitting at 156 pages, and features two builds of the Fly 1/32 Arado Ar 234 kit by Kent Karslen, along with a brief kit review, and appendices containing lists of applicable aftermarket products.

In the book’s first build, Kent super-details the kit—including engines from the Trumpeter Me 262—and places it in a superb diorama setting that includes a base made from real concrete!

For the second build, Kent converts the Fly kit to the 4-engine V6 prototype. This involved carving and moulding new engine nacelles, narrowing the fuselage and canopy, and scratch-building a take-off dolly. Posed with the Zoukei-Mura Kettenkrad and some crew figures, it makes for a striking model indeed!

The final release date and pricing are yet to be determined, but the revision process from here on out shouldn’t take too long. Please stay tuned for further updates as they come to hand!