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  1. From The Aviation & Military Book Centre Model Art Publications while interesting and with high standards of photography/artwork/drawings are out of my price range with a brand-new cover price of £30'ish for 128 page magazines with Japanese text (and rather oddly English article titles) but some went on special offer last week which with postage worked out as three for the normal UK retail price of one so I got - Model Art Air Model Special No.30 – Swing Wing Fighters , F-111 , F-14 , Tornado , SU-17 , Su-24 & MiG-23 Model Art Air Model Special No.31 - F-4 Phantom II , long nosed and Spey engined variants. Model Art Air Model Special No.31 – Phantom/Mig Killers , F-4 Phantom v MiG 21
  2. Via Abe Books After buying issues 1 and 4 at bargain prices from Naval & Military Press last week I sought out the rest of the series at slightly higher but still lower than cover prices this week , the launch issue described as second -hand although it appeared brand-new to me while the other issues were brand-new, Wingleader Magazine Limited Edition Launch Issue book , published 2018 by Wingleader as a printed edition of their digital journal. Wingleader Magazine Compendium Volume 2 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 4 , 5 and 6 of their digital journal. Wingleader Magazine Compendium Volume 3 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 7 , 8 and 9 of their digital journal.
  3. Mainly books this week , some newly released , some older and much reduced , one older and second-hand. Via Ali Express 1/35 'Die Casting Resin Model Set Kit, Panzer Spahwagen Mecha' resin kit , woodlouse shaped hover-tank (base approx. 5” x 3.5”/12.7cm x 8.9cm at its widest) with a remotely operated gun on top , possibly ‘inspired’ in 1/35 scale by one of several limited-run multimedia kits of the Maschinen Krieger genre OSKAR Panzer Spahwagen genre but typical of Ali unbranded items with no instructions and none of the metal detail parts such as the gun , aerials and piping shown in the sale listing images below but on the other hand far cheaper than the originals if you could ever find them. From Aero Research USAF Collection No.17 PDF Download , latest release with 154 High Resolution images. From Amazon B-24 Illustrated book , by Lou Drendel , published by Amazon as the latest release in the Aviation Art Inc. series , usual format with a mix of images , author’s own artwork and Technical Manual extracts , also covers the C-87 and the Privateer although post-war coverage on the latter is a bit thin and as regards French use somewhat dismissive. From Phoenix Publications The McDonnell Douglas FG.1 , FGR.2 And F-4J(UK) Phantom British Versions book , by Andy Evans , latest release by Phoenix Publications as their Phantom Series Volume 4 / Real to Replica White Series No.5. , usual format - well illustrated along with colour profiles and model builds. From Postscript Books Bargain books with a cover price of £45 for £20 and with some other books for different family members in the order qualified for free shipping. The Privatisation Classes – A Pictorial Survey Of Diesel And Electric Locomotives and Units Since 1994 book , by David Cable , published 2017 by Pen & Sword , not into rail as such but have a few of the author’s books and enjoy his style of photography and the way it captures changes in the post-industrial landscape which today increasingly involves rat's nests of overhead cables. Planes A Complete History – A Model-Making and Collector’s Book In One book , Brian Bartle ; Neil Capel ; Simon Morse et al , published 2014 by Thunder Bay , thought I might make a very simplified but a bit caricaturish start into paper modelling with a choice of 50 pre-printed press out models to choose from and see if it encourages anything more complicated. Military & Naval Press Bargain books with a total cover price of £105 for £35 including shipping Hunters Over Arabia - Hawker Hunter Operations in the Middle East book , by Ray Deacon , published 2019 by Pen & Sword , 380 heavily illustrated pages , mainly in colour and not confined to Hunters and the cheapest of the lot at £4.99. Wingleader Magazine Printed Compendium Volume 1 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 1 , 2 and 3 of their digital magazine. Wingleader Magazine Printed Compendium Volume 4 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 10 , 11 and 12 of their digital magazine. British Combat Aircraft In Latin America book , by Santiago Rivas , published 2019 by Hikoki , I have a few of their titles on the shelf but this one is quite literally a heavyweight. From Cancer Research in Dundee Britain's Modern Royal Air Force book , by Peter F. Guiver , published 1994 by PSL , second-hand copy for 50p. , with slight tear to dustcover , well illustrated mainly in black & white and an 18 image colour section , covers aircraft (with three-view plans (1/72 up to Canberra sized , various scales beyond) , vehicles , weapons and organisation , had been awarded as a prize in a Weapons Technician Course at Cosford in 1996 with suitable inscription and a course photograph.
  4. Caught up with a few items for a variety of projects and compared with some other recent overseas purchases fantastic delivery with 7 days from ordering from Australia and 10 from Ukraine From We Buy Books The Squadrons Of The Fleet Air Arm book , by Ray Sturtivant , second-hand copy of the 1984 first edition published by Air Britain. Was wondering if anyone has both editions and could comment on whether there is much difference in the photographic content between this and the revised 1994 edition - are there any/many changes from those in the 1984 book or merely additional images supporting the new text covering the decade between them? From Amazon 2 x Humbrol Acrylic 123 Extra Dark Sea Grey paint From Hobby Lines on eBay EMA Plastic Weld Liquid Cement , 3 x 57 ml. Bottles which with postage worked out at £4.65 per bottle which was a lot cheaper than many other on-line sources. From Clear Prop! In Ukraine Clear Prop! CP4801 1/48 A2D-1 Skyshark kit , newly released injection moulded with etch production variant following on from their XA2D-1 prototype from 2021. Clear Prop! CPA48040 1/48 XA2D-1/A2D-1 Skyshark Main Undercarriage Legs in brass for the above. Clear Prop! CPA48006 1/48 XA2D-1/A2D-1 Skyshark Pitot Tubes and Guns in brass for the above. From Wells Prop Models Wells Prop Models WPM48011 Harrier Intake Fan for the 1/48 Hasegawa/Hobby 200/Revell Kit , 3D Printed replacement part x 3 , maybe replace those in my Kinetic kits next month. Wells Props Models WP48009 Fairey Gannet Feathered Hub for the 1/48 Airfix Kit , 3D Printed three part replacement hub for feathered propellers x 2. From Military Books York on eBay Authentic Decals 48-20 1/48 MiG-31 Foxhound decal sheet Hi-Decal Decals 48-011 1/48 Sukhoi Su-17/22 M4 decal sheet From DEKL’S in Australia DEKL’S DZ-UK051 Decals For Aspiring Modellers – UK Version (no set scale) decal sheet , mix of national markings , sharkmouths , skulls , snake eyes , tiger’s heads etc. etc. along with full colour UK roundels and flags (other options have Australian or US in place of the latter). From a wide range of mainly Australian subjects in various scales this set comes as two A5 sheets and while no scale stated I would place the larger sharkmouths at least at 1/48 Fighter size.
  5. From Key Publishing Aviation Archive Subscription Renewal – six issues per year , saves £2.83 per issue on current cover price , for quite a while the series has been impossible to find on sale locally. Bristol Aircraft (Aviation Archive No.72) bookazine , first subscription issue from the latest renewal covering the history of the company with 5 archive cutaway drawings and 12 specially commissioned colour side-view profiles. From The Aviation And Military Book Centre The Junkers Ju 88 Part.1 - V1 to A-17 plus B-series (Airframe & Miniature No.23) book , by Richard A. Franks , latest release by Valiant Wings in their usual format with history , images - full aircraft and detail , variant detail drawings , colour profiles , technical drawings , 1/48 plans, kit comparisons etc. Oddly when looking around for the best price/shipping was surprised to see that my usual first stop at the great muddy river of commerce was charging twice RRP for the book. Via Amazon (various sellers) Liked the Marines In Vietnam volume from the G.I.: The Illustrated History of the American Soldier, His Uniform & His Equipment series that I bought last week so sought out some others from the series , three out the four were new and each cost pennies either side of £4 including shipping where applicable with some being the original Greenhill printing and others the more recent Pen & Sword reprint with a very slightly larger page size. US Airborne Forces of the Cold War book , by Leroy Thompson , published 2003 by Greenhill Books. US Army Today : From The End Of The Cold War Until Present Day book , by Christopher J Anderson , published 1997 by Greenhill Books. Hell On Wheels : The Men Of The US Armoured Forces 1918 Until The End Of The 20th. Century book , reprint 2016 by Pen & Sword. Distant Thunder : The US Artillery From The Spanish-American War Until The Present book , published 2001 by Greenhill Books. From Bookworld Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (Modellers Airguide 11) book , by Andy Evans , published 2024 by Phoenix Publications , usual format with history , images of in service aircraft and preserved aircraft detail shots but no captions , model features with brief text of a 1/48 Revell Monogram kit with scratch-built detail and how to apply camouflage to a 1/72 Meng kit , with the final item having the only image captions included in the publication. From Hannants Quickboost 48537 1/48 A-1H/A-1J Skyraider Pylon Set resin , two sets intended for use with the Tamiya kits.
  6. Go to - https://clearpropmodels.com/cp_4801 - then 'Add To Cart' which is just below the price at the right of the image , then go to cart and follow the prompts right through to the end of the process and they will email in due course with a price (in $ US) including shipping and their PayPal account details into which to pay it.
  7. Just been invoiced - shipping to UK is the equivalent of £15.00
  8. Now showing as 'New' on their website - https://clearpropmodels.com/cp_4801 - ordered but waiting for total including shipping and VAT.
  9. Technically the 'old' 1/48 Airfix kit was actually the 1/48 Heller kit (but not the 'old' 1/50 Heller Jaguar kits which were something quite different) with new 'bits' from back when they shared production with each company taking the lead and retaining ownership of the moulds while developing specific kits but with different boxes , decals and sometimes like here with different parts for both brands which is probably why Revell were able to release it a few years back as Airfix rarely tend to go in for that type of reboxing. Really good reason one could argue for Airfix to actually develop their own 1/48 Jaguar and get it right.
  10. Via Ali Express Trumpeter 02835 1/48 Su-24M Fencer-D kit , been meaning to buy one of these for a while so paid the price (in more ways than one) for delaying but on the plus side was the cheapest I could find by about £10 once shipping and VAT were added , contains a lot of plastic of which around half of the almost 700 parts is a veritable arsenal of Russian aircraft weaponry. On the down side. I have bought quite a few items through Ali Express over the years and while descriptions can sometimes be ‘interesting’ (to be kind) shipping times usually err on the side of caution but in this case delivery was three weeks beyond the latest due date and customer service was very poor Tracking initially showed it arriving timeously in the UK but then it disappeared and after three weeks enquiries led to being given contact details for different UK couriers to whom the tracking number was meaningless. Opened a grievance and then last week tracking changed to show it had entered the China Post system on the day before it allegedly had arrived in the UK and then had an extended break in the Netherlands. However when it did eventually start to move again from mainland Europe it arrived from there within four days over a weekend during which ParcelForce do not deliver. Modified Fireball Kit Model, Avatars of War 75025, S. F. C., Fireball Indoor resin kit , example of ‘interesting’ descriptions mentioned above , thought I was buying an upper body for a ‘fighting suit’ model for a total cost of around £5 but turned out to be replacement interior detail parts , however unlike the Su-24 it did arrive very quickly and a week earlier than expected , might find a use for the bits sometime/somewhere. From Landguard Books on eBay Marines in Vietnam – G.I. The Illustrated History of The American Soldier , His Uniforms And His Equipment book , by Christopher J. Anderson , published 2016 by Pen & Sword , 72 page photo album with 100 black & white and 17 colour well captioned images focusing on the troops at work and rest rather than the hardware , brand new copy , much reduced from RRP and very similar in style to the 1980s Arms & Armour Warbirds Series.
  11. Competitive price and free UK shipping , thanks for letting me know.
  12. Been tempted to but think I might hang off until a little nearer the release to see if there might be better deals from Jadlam etc. or perhaps even buying direct.
  13. Checked Double Ugly's British Phantoms - The Phantom FG.Mk.1 and FGR.Mk.2 in Royal Navy and RAF Service - 1966-1978 by Patrick Martin with much the same result and no photos of any in service Royal Navy FG.1 carrying them although the text does state that both services commonly used them.
  14. From Ali Express 1/35 Resin Figure Full Body Model Kit, Yokoyama Mecha, Fireball Pilot GK resin kit , unbranded and without instructions the 25 part (not including the short piece of brass rod and a thin blade aerial - the black 'T' shaped arrangement on the head) Maschinen Krieger genre fighting suit and pilot figure cost around £12 including shipping and VAT and looks part for part very much like the Makoto Models New Fireball & Pilot kit which was selling for around £100 when released in 2020. Alternative hatches are included along with a pilot's head to fit in the detailed partial cockpit for the 'open' option. The 1/48 Trumpeter Su-24 kit remains missing in action with no mention yet of resolving my complaint but despite claiming that it had arrived in the UK on 15th. January and giving me contact details for two different couriers who assured me that the tracking code was not in any format they used a second tracking string has appeared on their site late this week showing that it did not leave China until 14th. January , arrived in the UK yesterday and is due for delivery on Monday coming. From KLP Publishing Building the Airfix Sea King HU.5 in 1/48 Scale PDF Download , by Geoff Coughlin , latest release by KLP , 180 pages covering building straight out of the box and with 80 walkround images. From Hannants 2 x Eduard D48115 1/48 Lockheed F-104A/C Stencil decals , intended for the Kinetic kits. Eduard D00113 Multi-Scale Hexagonal Mesh etch. From Tiger Hobbies RAF Fighters 1950 – 60 UK Based Units – Part 1 ; Spitfire , Hornet , Mosquito and Meteor AND RAF Fighters 1950 – 60 UK Based Units – Part 2 ; Hunter , Javelin , Sabre , Swift , Vampire and Venom books - both written , illustrated and published by Mark Smith as volumes 2 (2020) and 3 (2024) of the Coastal Craft Aircraft History series with volume 4 on overseas based RAF Fighters of the same period to follow. Interestingly the scale of each of the many colour side , plan and underside views is shown.
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