I’m pleased to announce that our next title will be No. 7 in our Build Special Series, entitled Building the Zoukei-Mura AD-4 Skyraider in 1/32 Scale by William Hollis. The heart of this book will be William’s extensive conversion of the original Zoukei-Mura A1-H release to an accurate AD-4 configuration. Additionally, the book will also include various research discussions, assessments of extant Skyraider kits, and some artwork by James Bentley.

Work is about to get under way, and when published, this will be our 50th title! I hope to have this one available by the end of November at the latest. Please stay tuned for more news and updates as development proceeds.

Just when you think you’ve chased down every error and typo, along comes a new set to taunt you! With thanks to customer Daniel Nusbaumer for pointing them out, we have now updated A Modeller’s Guide to the Junkers Ju 388 Volume One to v2.2.

“I bought this new title in a heartbeat when seeing it being for sale, not having finished breakfast before! Looking through the first few pages I was blown away by the quality and the sheer amount of information and photographs! This title, and the Ju 88 book, are the most elaborate compendiums available. I still have just scratched the surface, but I am so happy and excited.”
– Thomas Mayer, Germany

This update 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 to the right of the author’s name.

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 currently sitting on roughly 45 names of customers who have purchased one or more of our books over the last 3 years, but have yet to download them. (For privacy reasons, I won’t include their names here.) This can happen for a variety of reasons, including email delivery issues, misunderstanding the process, and plain old forgetting!

If you think this may apply to you, we’ve published a useful article on our website that outlines the process of purchasing and downloading our books, which should help for those of you who are not sure what to do:

Purchasing & Downloading Our Books

Please feel free to contact me if you need clarification about whether this reminder applies to you, or if you’re still not sure about the download process.

I’m pretty sure that the guy for whom Murphy’s Law was named is in my family tree somewhere (in fact I call him Uncle Murphy). Exhibit A: as soon as I had published the major v2.0 update of A Modeller’s Guide to the Junkers Ju 388 Volume One, a small number of errors were spotted, and have now been corrected. Consequently, we now have a v2.1 update!

“I bought it today. And I must say, holy crap what a work of reference and so cheap considering what you get. I recommend this to everyone with an interest in the Ju 388 or, indeed, any Luftwaffe aircraft, because this is excellent reference material! It is incredible what you have found out there. Well done!”
– Kjetil Åkra, Norway

This update 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 to the right of the author’s name.

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.

Only a week out from its initial launch, I’m pleased to report that we’ve already been able to update A Modeller’s Guide to the Junkers Ju 388 Volume One to v2.0, thanks to contributions from Charles Silverlight, Steven Coates, and Dr Christoph Vernaleken. As a result, this update introduces 26 additional pages of brand new content, along with a host of corrections and improvements. As such, this is considered an important update, and we urge all existing purchasers to download it at their earliest possible convenience.

“I’ve already downloaded the book and it’s a-ma-zing… A must-have for all fans of German aviation, and especially of this aircraft… High-resolution photos, detailed color diagrams… perfect”
– Aitor Azkue, Spain

This update 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 to the right of the author’s name.

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 the immediately availability of our latest eBook, A Modeller’s Guide to the Junkers Ju 388 Volume One by John McIllmurray.

In this epic 3-part, 1454-page eBook suite, John collates and compiles a vast array of photos and reference material covering the Junkers Ju 388, up to and including the Ju 388 L-1. John has drawn this material from many original sources, including LIFE magazine, Deutsche Museum Archiv, NASM, EADS, USAF National Museum, and multiple private collections.

The book also features an assessment of extant Ju 388 kits, along with John’s extensive conversion of the Revell 1/32 Ju 88 kit. A bonus inclusion is a 334-page build of the Planet Models 1/48 Ju 388 kit by Chuck Wojtkiewicz.

The third part of the suite contains a series of colour profiles and artwork outlining camouflage patterns and colours, stencils, and specific aircraft schemes.

The book is available for immediate purchase and download from our website for just 38 Australian dollars.

Thanks to eagle-eyed customer Colin Izatt, who spotted a couple of errors and omissions in the recent v3.0 update, Building the Hawker Hunter in Worldwide Service has now been updated to v3.1. The book is also still on sale for just 30 Australian dollars!

This update 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 to the right of the author’s name.

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 Hawker Hunter in Worldwide Service by Geoff Coughlin has just been updated to v3.0 with the addition of a new 68-page build article featuring Geoff’s Revell 1/32 Hunter T.7. And as such, this becomes our second-ever title to cross the 1000-page mark! To celebrate this momentous occasion, for the next few days, this eBook will be available for just 30 Australian dollars.

“I am impressed with the depth that Geoff has covered the subject and will be a requirement for anyone building an overseas (to UK) Hunter. But will also be a must have for non-modelling Hunter fans as well.”
– Paul Pendleton-Brown, UK

This update 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 to the right of the author’s name.

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 Hasegawa Bf 109K-4 in 1/32 Scale by John Kim has just been updated to v1.3, and for the next few days, is on sale for only 12 Australian dollars!

“Purchased yesterday, remarkable, even though I have the Trumpeter 109K, loads of very useful info anyway!”
– Ivano Biazzo, Italy

This update consists of the usual typographical and layout tweaks, and 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 to the right of the author’s name.

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.