Category: News

Barely a week after posting that our next book, Peter Castle’s Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale, had clocked up a massive 300 pages, I now have to report that it has just blasted through 400 pages! The sheer scale and scope of Peter’s magnificent build has necessitated the book growing to an unanticipated size, but this just makes it all the more compelling!

This will mean that this title will be slightly more expensive than our previous three releases, but much better value on a page-per-dollar basis. I’d like to say that we’ll be ready to publish in a couple of weeks, but with so much amazing content to sort through and fashion into pages, I’m not prepared to guarantee it!

More news when I can bring it.

After a longer-than-expected forced hiatus, work resumed recently on preparing our newest title, Peter Castle’s Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale.

The book, much like the model itself, is fast becoming an absolute monster, and has now breached the 300-page mark! It will not only cover the building of Peter’s model in exquisite detail, but will also feature several technique tutorials from Peter himself, a handy set of walkaround photos of a Spitfire seat by Tony Taylor, and an article and artwork on #80 from Juanita Franzi.

Work continues at a feverish pace, and it’s about 70% done. I’m hoping we’re now only a matter of weeks away from publication.

Stay tuned for more news!

I’ve just added a new section to the website called “Partners”. This will feature information and links about the people and organisations who help make our books possible.

Partners

The first two partners to be featured are Mark Jessop of Aviation Spotters Online, and Rob Fox of Rob Fox Photography. The walkaround photos provided by these fine gents are featured in Building Brick’s Sabre in 1/32 Scale and Building Mac’s Birddog in 1/32 Scale respectively.

There’s a new link in the main navigation menu for this section, which will grow over time to include many more worthy contributors!

Just a quick note to point out that the “My Account” link has been moved from the main navigation menu, to the upper right area of the screen, just to the left of the search field. This has been done to allow for future expansion of the main menu, and hopefully won’t cause too much confusion!

Please contact me if this change has caused any issues for you.

I’m pleased to announce that our latest title, Building the Wingnut Wings AEG G.IV Late in 1/32 Scale, is now available!

Written by expert modeller Karim Bibi, this 167-page digital book takes you through building the impressive Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale AEG G.IV Late kit. Karim shows you the building, painting, decalling, and weathering techniques he used to produce his stunning model, including how to produce paint masks to replicate the iconic nose markings.

The book also includes a 29-page tutorial on painting wood-grain effects on propellors, and a handy 12-page tutorial on the rigging techniques that Karim used on this model. In addition, there’s a 12-page walkaround of the Mercedes D.IVa engine used on the AEG G.IV, and a bonus chapter featuring some period documentation on the engine.

The book is available to purchase in PDF format for $15 (Australian) at the “Buy now” button below:

Building the Wingnut Wings AEG G.IV Late in 1/32 Scale