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Don’t Forget to Download Your Purchases!

I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone to remember to download the books you purchase from us here at KLP Publishing. I’m currently sitting on a list of 15 customers who have failed to download their purchases for some reason over the past several months. I’ve reached out to each of you twice via email, using the email address supplied in your order—once from my KLP email address, and once again using a Gmail account. If you didn’t receive your order confirmation email containing the download links, or either of the follow-up emails, please contact me and we’ll sort it out. If you’re simply not sure of the download process, I’ve written a handy guide that should answer any of your questions:

Purchasing & Downloading Our Books

As outlined in that article, if you created (or were logged into) an account while making the purchase, then the books will always be available from the Downloads section of your profile.

Occasionally a customer will make a purchase without understanding that all our books are digital-only, and will quietly sit and wait for something to arrive in the post. While this is unfortunate, and a refund is available upon request (provided the books have not already been downloaded), most are happy to download the digital book once they realise their mistake. However, if you’re in this boat yourself, and now can’t find a download link, please contact me and we’ll rectify the situation.

If you’re not sure if this situation applies to you, or have any other questions, simple reach out through whatever channel suits you best (email, Facebook, Instagram or on the website), and I’ll do what I can to resolve the issue.

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v2.0 of “Building the Airfix Buccaneer” Now Available and On Sale!

I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just added a brand-new 28-page Walkaround section to Building the Airfix Buccaneer S.2C in 1/48 Scale, and thus released a Version 2.0 update! These photos, taken by Tony Patrickson of Anbarún Models, feature Buccaneer S.2 XV361 at the Ulster Aviation Society museum in Northern Ireland.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, for the next 7 days, we’ve also reduced the price to a mere 12 Australian dollars! The discounted price ends at midnight, Monday 26 February 2024, AEDT.

Building the Airfix Buccaneer S.2C in 1/48 Scale

Building the Airfix Buccaneer S.2C in 1/48 Scale

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In this 116-page eBook, renowned UK modeller Geoff Coughlin takes you through the building and painting of this new kit. Along with Geoff’s terrific build, we’ve also included some colour profiles by Simon Hill, an overview of the kit itself, and a set of ordnance-related bonus photos—and a brand-new Walkaround 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 don’t forget our latest releases!

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Email Improvements

I’ve been aware for some time now that not all of the emails coming from KLP Publishing have been getting through to their destination. This has been especially problematic for order confirmation emails, which are automatically generated by the system in response to a successful order. These messages are important, so this is a serious issue.

In an effort to address this issue and improve the reliability of our communications, I’ve started trialling a third-party email resolver that promises to reduce or eliminate these failures. Preliminary testing is encouraging, so I’m hopeful that most if not all of our email communications going forward will arrive successfully!

Just to clarify, upon making a successful order, you should receive an order confirmation email containing the download link(s) within a few minutes. It’s always worth checking your spam/junk folder, just in case it has ended up there (though I’m hoping that will be a thing of the past). If you don’t appear to have received it within about 30 minutes, then it’s likely that it has been blocked or rejected somewhere along the way—again, fingers-crossed that this won’t happen any more.

For this reason, I encourage everybody to create an account when making a purchase for the first time, and to ensure to log in to that account when making subsequent purchases. This makes any book you purchase available to download at any time from the Downloads section of your profile, irrespective of whether or not you received the order confirmation email. This recommendation will remain in effect even should those issues now be resolved.

As ever, if you find that you haven’t received your order confirmation email (or any other communication), please contact me and we’ll sort it out.

And thanks as always for your collective patience, understanding, and support!

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v1.2 of “Building the British Phantoms Volume Three” Now Available & On Sale!

I’m pleased to announce that Building the British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service has just been updated to v1.2. And to celebrate, for the next 7 days, we’ve reduced the price to just 18 Australian dollars!

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.

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It turns out that 2 images somehow didn’t survive the final packaging process for the book, and were in fact missing! This has now been rectified. This update is therefore considered an important one that restores missing content, and should not be skipped.

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.

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v1.2 of “Building the Trumpeter P-47D” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our recent Build Guide, Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale, has now been updated to v1.2! Thanks to Fred Bachofner, we’ve been able to add many new titles to the References appendix at the end of the book.

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

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In this 322-page eBook, John Kim tackles the Trumpeter 1/32 P-47D “Razorback” kit, combining it with a small selection of aftermarket items to turn it into a masterpiece. Expertly built and masterfully weathered, John’s build is full of tips and tricks to get the best out of this model. The result is a stunning model that is both instructive and inspirational.

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.

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Announcing New Book: “Chevron and Cross”!

I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just begun working on the next title in our Modellers Monograph Series, entitled Chevron and Cross: Camouflage Paints and Camouflage Schemes of the Royal Hungarian Air Force. The book is authored by Károly Magó, and while there will be no model builds in this volume, it will be packed with historical data and photos, examination of pertinent colours, and a selection of colour profiles. It’s sure to be a boon to any modeller wishing to build Royal Hungarian Air Force subjects.

There’s no ETA on this title yet, but stay tuned for more news and updates as it comes to hand.

And don’t forget our two most-recent Build Guides:

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

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

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

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“Building the Airfix Sea King” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our latest eBook title, Building the Airfix Sea King HU.5 in 1/48 Scale, is now available!

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

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

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In this 187-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!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

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“Building the Airfix Sea King” Reaches First Draft!

I’m pleased to report that our next title, Building the Airfix Sea King HU.5 in 1/48 Scale by Geoff Coughlin, has just reached the first draft stage, and is due for imminent release. Look out for a formal announcement soon!

In the meantime, don’t forget to check out our newest release, Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale by John Kim.

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

In this 322-page eBook, John Kim tackles the Trumpeter 1/32 P-47D “Razorback” kit, combining it with a small selection of aftermarket items to turn it into a masterpiece. Expertly built and masterfully weathered, John’s build is full of tips and tricks to get the best out of this model. The result is a stunning model that is both instructive and inspirational.

v1.2 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$18.00
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Stay tuned!

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v1.1 of “Building the Trumpeter P-47D” Now Available!

Hands up those of you who keep writing the previous year into your dates long into the new one. Yeah, me too—right into the publication date on the Copyright page of our current book! D’oh!

While hardly the most egregious error you could imagine, being the obsessive type means I couldn’t let it remain uncorrected, and so now we have v1.1 of Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale by John Kim. This is obviously not considered an urgent update!

This is of course a free download for all existing purchasers, and new purchasers will always received the latest version. To confirm which version of any of our books you might have, check the version number at the bottom of 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.

2024 is already shaping up to be a big year at KLP Publishing, so stay tuned!

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“Building the Trumpeter P-47D” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that the twentieth title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale, is now available!

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale

$18.00
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In this 319-page eBook, John Kim tackles the Trumpeter 1/32 P-47D “Razorback” kit, combining it with a small selection of aftermarket items to turn it into a stunning masterpiece. Expertly built and masterfully weathered, John’s build is full of tips and tricks to get the best out of this model.

Along with John’s terrific build, we’ve also included an extensive kit review by Chris Sherland, and our usual selection of Appendices detailing available aftermarket and reference items.

Stay tuned for more news and updates as they come to hand!