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Posted on February 21, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v1.2 of “Building the Revell Me 262B” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that Building the Revell Me 262B-1/U1 Nachtjäger in 1/32 Scale has now been updated to v1.2! As with most of our book updates, this one consists of some typographical and layout tweaks, and is not considered vital.

Building the Revell Me 262B-1/U1 Nachtjäger in 1/32 Scale

In this 246-page eBook, John Kim builds the Revell 1/32 Me 262B-1/U1 kit to his usual excellent standard, offering plenty of hints and tips for construction and painting along the way. Along with John’s terrific build, we’ve also included some fabulous artwork by James Bentley, accompanied by some historical notes by Mark Proulx, and our usual appendices covering aftermarket and reference options.

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

v1.3 Now Available!

$16.00

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Existing purchasers are able to access the updated version for free. Simply log in to your account (or use your original download link) and re-download the book from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have an account or the original download link, please contact me and we’ll sort it out. And of course, new purchasers will always receive the latest version.

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Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v1.1 of “Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9” Now Available!

Much thanks and appreciation to eagle-eyed customers Thomas Brugger and Matt Low, who alerted me to a number of typos in our latest title, Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale. These have now been corrected, and v1.1 is now available!

Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale

In this 342-page eBook, John Kim guides you through the process of building, painting, weathering, and finishing the Hasegawa 1/32 scale Fw 190D-9 kit. He uses a carefully curated selection of aftermarket products, and cuts his own paint masks for the markings. The result is a stunning model that is both instructive and inspirational.

The cut files for John’s paint masks have been included as a bonus download, in DXF, Studio3 (for the Silhouette platform), PDF, and SVG formats.

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

v1.3 Now Available!

$18.00

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Posted on February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v2.1 of “Building Race #80” Now Available!

No sooner had my head hit the pillow after publishing yesterday’s v2.0 update to Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale, I began to fret that I might have missed something. And after a sleepless night of worry and stress, it turns out I was right. So, now we have v2.1!

For details about the update, I’ll simply refer you to yesterday’s post regarding v2.0:

v2.0 of “Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale” Now Available!

See you all for the next one!

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v2.0 of “Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale” Now Available!

Another day, another book update! This time it’s Peter Castle’s masterpiece, Building Race #80 Spitfire Mk XIVe in 1/18 Scale getting a full v2.0 refresh. I’ve tweaked almost every one of its (now) 573 pages, and am ready for a nap. The changes are mostly typography and layout improvements, so there’s no additional content, but I’d recommend all existing purchasers update their copy all the same.

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

“Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our latest title, Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale, is now available for immediate purchase and download!

Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale

The cut files for John’s paint masks have been included as a bonus download, in DXF, Studio3 (for the Silhouette platform), PDF, and SVG formats.

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

v1.3 Now Available!

$18.00

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We’ve also included profile artwork from Eagle Editions and JaPo, along with our usual appendices featuring aftermarket products and reference titles.

The cut files for John’s paint masks have been included as a bonus download, in DXF, Studio3 (for the Silhouette platform), PDF, and SVG formats. And if you don’t have access to a cutting machine, the PDF version could still be printed out and used as a template for cutting out the mask shapes by hand.

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.

See you all again soon!

Posted on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v1.1 of “Building the Airfix Hellcat” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that Building the Airfix F6F-5 Hellcat in 1/24 Scale has now been updated to v1.1! This update adds a new aftermarket item, and features a raft of typographical and layout tweaks.

Building the Airfix F6F-5 Hellcat in 1/24 Scale

In this 263-page eBook, Chuck Sawyer executes a meticulous build of the Airfix 1/24 F6F-5 Hellcat, providing plenty of construction and painting hints and tips along the way. Chuck combines the kit with a selection of aftermarket upgrade parts and other refinements to produce a stunning result that is both inspirational and educational.

And as with all our books, should more aftermarket products or reference titles be released, or we discover errors that need correcting, we will update the book accordingly. 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.

v1.2 Now Available!

$17.00

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In this 262-page eBook, Chuck Sawyer executes a meticulous build of the Airfix 1/24 F6F-5 Hellcat, providing plenty of construction and painting hints and tips along the way. Chuck combines the kit with a selection of aftermarket upgrade parts and other refinements to produce a stunning result that is both inspirational and educational.

If you need to confirm the version number of your newly downloaded update, just check the bottom of the Copyright page (iii), shown in the example below (from our Ta 152 book):

This is valid for all of our titles, should you ever need to verify which version of any particular book you might have.

Stay tuned for more news and updates soon!

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v1.5 of “Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H” Now Available!

So it seems we launched v1.4 of Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale a tad too early! Thanks to Quinta Studio releasing a new set for the kit in question just 24 hours later, I now give you v1.5!

In this 167-page eBook, John Kim takes you through the building, painting, and finishing of the terrific 1/32 scale Ta 152H kit from Zoukei-Mura.

If you need to confirm the version number of your newly downloaded update, just check the bottom of the Copyright page (iii), shown in the example below:

This is valid for all of our titles, should you ever need to verify which version of any particular book you might have.

Stay tuned for more news and updates soon!

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v1.4 of “Building the Wingnut Wings AEG G.IV Late” Now Available!

I’ve just taken the polishing rag to our most popular title, Building the Wingnut Wings AEG G.IV Late in 1/32 Scale. Loads of layout and typographical tweaks later, I give you v1.4!

Written by expert modeller Karim Bibi, this 183-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.

What Our Readers Say

“Put this one in your must-have pile if you’ve ever considered building a Wingnut Wings kit.”
– Mike Swinburne, USA

“…honestly I am impressed. There is excellent photos and some really good hints and tips on weathering, the building of this model is superb. There are a lot of painting and weathering techniques that I will be using on other models, I can see myself referring to this book for years to come.”
– Des Delatorre, Australia

“I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Go grab a copy!”
– Bob’s Buckles, England

“Yes, this is a great book, worth every penny and then some!“
– Tracy Hancock, USA

Posted on February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v1.4 of “Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that, as part of our current round of updates to older titles, v1.4 of Building the Zoukei-Mura Ta 152H in 1/32 Scale is now available! While not quite worthy of v2.0 status, this still represents quite a substantial update, with almost every page tweaked in at least a minor way. No new pages or content, however.

In this 167-page eBook, John Kim takes you through the building, painting, and finishing of the terrific 1/32 scale Ta 152H kit from Zoukei-Mura.

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Kevin Futter — Leave a comment

v2.0 of “Building Brick’s Sabre” Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that our very first title (released way back in July of 2017), Building Brick’s Sabre in 1/32 Scale by Eric Galliers, has been given a comprehensive makeover, and bumped up to v2.0! We’ve completely revised the layout on some pages, and tweaked almost all the others, along with some typographical tidy-ups and general spit-and-polish. The price remains at 15 Australian dollars.

Building Brick’s Sabre in 1/32 Scale

Written by master modeller Eric Galliers, this 123-page digital book shows you how he built his award-winning 1/32 scale model of K.J. “Brick” Bricknell’s CAC Sabre. Using the Italeri 1/32 scale F-86F kit as a basis, Eric modifies it to the Avon-powered configuration employed by CAC-built RAAF Sabres, to produce an exquisite replica of Brick’s Sabre as he flew it in 1963.

v2.0 Now Available!

Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

$15.00

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Our next release is imminent, so stay tuned for more news and updates as they come to hand!