Wheelsup Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Thanks to Britmodeller for having us! We're a UK based aviation publisher (with a sprinkling of Polish). For quite a few years, Simon Parry and Mark Postlethwaite have been building up a huge library of original WWII aviation photos, partly as a hobby but mainly to help provide photos for the books that they publish. With over 30,000 now in the collection, they realised that they had more than enough to produce a series of photo books on individual aircraft types and sub-types. They set out to make the series as ideally suited to modellers and artists as possible, so large photos, using A4 landscape format, and minimal text except for extended captions. Effectively their aim is to produce a 21st Century version of the Profile Publications series of books from the 1960s, using the latest technology to reproduce their wartime photos to the highest standard possible. This series is unique in that it is able to provide large format ORIGINAL photos up to full A4 landscape format width, which is at least 50% larger than any standard book can deliver. Combined with the specialist knowledge of a team of historians and contributors, each book provides unbeatable and accurate references for any modelling project. All wartime photos, no 'Walkarounds' of heavily modified or restored museum exhibits. Now up to volume 20, we'll be adding plenty of updates and features. The current Spitfire IX volume might have a passing interest to the Airfix 1/24th contingent. Sample pages at: wingleader.co.uk 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH1969 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Welcome Great books and great research and time put into each one, will you be expanding the range to include period ground support equipment and vehicles that go along with the aircraft? I ask this as the Aircraft are the main thing but without the support infrastructure you would not have flying aircraft? Pete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 to the vendor area Ian. Good to see you figuring out how to work the knobs and dials we’ve reviewed a couple of the books already, and they’re far from being “picture books”. Lots of interesting stuff in the captions, and the size of the pics is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, PeteH1969 said: Welcome Great books and great research and time put into each one, will you be expanding the range to include period ground support equipment and vehicles that go along with the aircraft? I ask this as the Aircraft are the main thing but without the support infrastructure you would not have flying aircraft? Pete Thanks for the kind words Pete. There aren't plans for dedicated ground equipment books yet, but there is usually some support interest in the photos, with cranes, browsers and trolleys making appearances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Welcome Ian, I received my parcel of your new books a few days ago, this brings my collection of WINGLEADER books to ten. I'm very impressed with the the quality and the content of all these books and I will be adding more titles to my collection soon. As I'm busy building Focke Wulf 190's on a group build on this forum I was wondering if you have any plans to bring out any titles on this historic aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, Retired Bob said: Welcome Ian, I received my parcel of your new books a few days ago, this brings my collection of WINGLEADER books to ten. I'm very impressed with the the quality and the content of all these books and I will be adding more titles to my collection soon. As I'm busy building Focke Wulf 190's on a group build on this forum I was wondering if you have any plans to bring out any titles on this historic aircraft? Thanks Bob, glad you like the books so far. We're certainly planning more Luftwaffe titles, although the next volumes are all RAF, with Typhoon, Mustang and Anson. There is a good amount of Luftwaffe material in the archive though, so watch this space! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 19 hours ago, Wheelsup said: We're certainly planning more Luftwaffe titles, although the next volumes are all RAF, with Typhoon, Mustang and Anson. There is a good amount of Luftwaffe material in the archive though, so watch this space! I will keep checking your site for new volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Great books, my first one was purchased during building my PCM fabric winged Hurricane and it was a revelation, better than my other reference books, it was so good that now I have eight books in the series and looking forward to more. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 9 hours ago, spitfire said: Great books, my first one was purchased during building my PCM fabric winged Hurricane and it was a revelation, better than my other reference books, it was so good that now I have eight books in the series and looking forward to more. Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis, glad you approve! There are plenty more on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/1/2023 at 2:07 PM, Wheelsup said: ... the next volumes are all RAF, with Typhoon, Mustang and Anson. Another fan here. RAF or British? I'm wondering if you'll be covering FAA Ansons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 On 08/03/2023 at 12:20, Seahawk said: Another fan here. RAF or British? I'm wondering if you'll be covering FAA Ansons. Having talked to the author, regrettably no FAA Anson photos so far, sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 A few years ago, I had a site saved onto My Favourites list, that said it was by a Wingleader site and it had all kinds of RAF and RAAF/RNZAF aircraft. It has now disappeared. Any chance of that coming back! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 8 hours ago, dogsbody said: A few years ago, I had a site saved onto My Favourites list, that said it was by a Wingleader site and it had all kinds of RAF and RAAF/RNZAF aircraft. It has now disappeared. Any chance of that coming back! Chris Hello Chris, that could have been ww2images.com. Lots of pictures, but a clunky search function. It's being updated, and will hopefully be up and running before the summer. There's a better explanation here: https://www.wingleader.co.uk/ww2images-about-the-library 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-21 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Excellent serie's, looking forward to 2 stage Merlin DH Mosquito and Interior view Avro Lancaster book's. Lots of new facts emerging makes this series stand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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