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LIMITED RE-PRINT!!! AA-09 The Arado Ar-234 - A Detailed Guide To The Luftwaffe's Jet Bomber by Richard A. Franks
A wealth of historical photographs and detail images of the world's only complete Ar-234
Period detail images during production and service use
Isometric views by Wojciech Sankowski of all prototype and production airframes
Colour profiles and by Richard J. Caruana
At least 100 pages in total
Lists of al...
LIMITED RE-PRINT!!! AA-12 Airframe Album No 12 - The Gloster Gladiator-A Detailed Guide To The RAF's Last Biplane Fighter
by Richard A. Franks
This book will be an essential companion for anyone tackling Gladiator kits in all scales and complexity from the old Pyro/Inpact 1/48th and Frog or Heller 1/72nd scale kits to newer offerings from the likes of Silver Wings (1/32nd), Roden (1/48th) or the new tool Airfix example (1/...
AA-13 - The Heinkel Heinkel He-162 - A Detailed Guide To The Luftwaffe's Volksjager by Richard A. Franks
Airframe Album No 13 is our thirteenth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the Revell (1/32nd), Tamiya (1/48th), Dragon and even the Frog kits in 1/72nd scale.
Contents include all the elements listed plus:
- A wealth of historical photographs and detail images of ...
AA-18 Airframe Album No 18 - The Fairey Firefly - A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's Versatile Monoplane by Richard A. Franks
We are delighted to announce the next title in the Airframe Album series from Valiant Wings Publishing. This series of books offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject and includes
Period diagrams
Data from flight manuals
Data from spare parts cat...
AA-19 Airframe Album No 19 - The Fairey Barracuda - A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's First Torpedo-Bomber Monoplane by Richard A. Franks
Our nineteenth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential reference for any FAA enthusiast tackling the Special Hobby (1/48th & 1/72nd) kits along with older kits such as the Frog 1/72nd scale example and will be an ideal companion to our Airframe Album titles covering ...
AA-20 The Heinkel He-177 Greif-A Detailed Guide To The Luftwaffe's Troubled Strategic Bomber by Richard A. Franks
This is our biggest Airframe Album to date-at 192+ pages.
Our twentieth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential reference for any Luftwaffe enthusiast and anyone tackling the Revell or other kits in 1/72nd and 1/48th scale.
The Heinkel He 177 Greif contains:
- A wealth of historical a...
AD-01 The Blohm-und-Voss Bv-141A Technical Guide by Richard A Franks
A wealth of historical photographs
Walkaround detail period pictures
A mass of period diagrams from original flight manuals
Detailed study of structure, equipment and armament
Colour profiles and camouflage and marking detail by Richard J. Caruana
Lists of all kits, accessories and decals produced in all scales
64 pages plus covers
Updated appendice...
AD-04 Supermarine Swift, A Technical Guide by Richard Franks
-A wealth of historical photographs
-Walkaround detail period pictures
-A mass of period diagrams from original flight manuals
-Detailed study of structure, equipment and armament
-Colour profiles and camouflage and marking detail by Richard J Caruana
-Lists of all kits, accessories and decals produced in all scales
-At least 68-84 pages in volume in A4 format
LIMITED RE-PRINT!!! AD-05 The Boulton-Paul Defiant- A Detailed Guide To The RAF's Turret Fighter by Richard A. Franks
The fifth title in the Airframe Detail series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the Airfix, Trumpeter and Classic Airframes kits in 1/48th, or the Airfix, MPM and even Pavla examples in 1/72nd scale.
Contents will include all the elements listed plus:
-A wealth of historical photograph...
AD-06 The Focke-Wulf Ta-154 - A Technical Guide by Richard A. Franks.
The sixth title in the Airframe Detail series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the HpH Model kit in 1/32nd, Dragon/Revell 1/48th, or the Hasegawa and even PM examples in 1/72nd scale.
- Period detail images during production and service use
- A wealth of historical technical photographs and diagrams
- Colour profiles by Richard J. Carua...
AD-07 The Henschel Hs-123A-1 Technical Guide by Richard A. Franks
The book will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the Montex/Alley Cat 1/32nd resin kit, the new GasPatch or older AmTech/Esci/Italeri/Revell kits in 1/48th, or the A-Model, Avis, Fly and venerable Airfix examples in 1/72nd scale.
Contents will include all the elements listed plus:
-Period detail images during production and service use
-A weal...
The Westland Lysander Airframe Detail Second Edition-Now expanded to 144 pages.
Build of the Airfix 1/48th scale Mk I/III kit
Updated walkaround with more than 55 added images
50 plus historical images added to the introduction and markings sections
Updated lists of kits, accessories, masks and decals
28 additional pages (a total of 140 pages plus covers)
RE-PRINT COMING LATER THIS YEAR! AD-10 - The Bristol Beaufort - A Technical Guide by Richard A. Franks
The Bristol Beaufort remains a subject of interest to enthusiasts and modellers alike. With the release of Airfix's 1/72 scale example and now ICM's in 1/48 it seems right to produce a title on this particular type.
Our tenth title in the Airframe Detail series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the ICM ...
AD-11 Fairey Battle.
The eleventh title in the Airframe Detail series is an essential companion for anyone tackling the 1/72 scale kit from Azur-Frrom, the Trumpeter example in 1/48 scale, or even one of the older toolings.
Contents include:
Period detail images during production and testing including data from flight manuals and spare parts catalogues
A wealth of historical technical photographs and diagrams
Detailed ...
AE-04 Airframe Extra. The Battle Of Taranto-Judgement Day.
-Covers the events leading up to, during and after the Fleet Air Arm's assault on the Regia Marina.
-Historical narrative by Patrick Branly
-Numerous period images
-Colour profiles by Richard J Caruana
-Specially commissioned kit builds
-1/48th Special Hobby Fairey Fulmar & Italeri Fiat CR.42 by Steve Evans
-1/72nd Airfix Fairey Swordfish and Azur Martin Marylan...
AM-02 The Hawker Typhoon. Valiant Wings Publishing's the latest title in the ever-popular Airframe & Miniature series will be an updated and revised third edition of The Hawker Typhoon " A Complete Guide To The RAF's Classic Ground-Attack Fighter by Richard A. Franks.
This second book in our much acclaimed series has been out of print for over a year. With new Typhoon kits available in 1/72nd and 1/24th including the 'Car D...
AM-05 The Messerschmitt Bf-109 (Early versions Valiant Wings Publishing's next title in the ever-popular Airframe & Miniature series will be an updated, revised and expanded second edition of The Messerschmitt Bf-109 (Early versions V1 to E-9 including T-series) " A Complete Guide To The Luftwaffe's Famous Fighter by Richard A. Franks.
This fifth book in our much-acclaimed series has been out of print for a while now. With ...
AM-06 Airframe & Miniature No.6 Second Edition- The North-American P-51 Early Mustang (including the A-36, P-51 and P-51A to C)-A Complete Guide to the USAAF's Famous Fighter by Richard A. Franks
The Mustang is a very popular aircraft modelling subject and our latest book will go some way towards unpicking the variants and schemes that apply to the type.
This book was first published in 2013 and has been out-of-print sin...
AM-11 The Messerschmitt Bf-109 Late Series Valiant Wings Publishing's next title in the ever-popular Airframe & Miniature series will be an updated, revised and expanded second edition of The Messerschmitt Bf-109 Late Series (F-K including the Z-series) " A Complete Guide To The Luftwaffe's Famous Fighter by Richard A. Franks.
This eleventh book in our much-acclaimed series has been out of print for a while now. With new la...
RE-PRINTED!!! AM-20: The Avro Lancaster (including the Manchester) Part 1 - Wartime Service
- A Complete Guide to the RAF's Legendary Heavy Bomber by Richard A. Franks
This covers the Avro Manchester and Lancaster B Mks I, II, III & VI in RAF (inc. RCAF/RAAF) service in WWII
The Avro Lancaster Part 2 will cover postwar variants, use by foreign air forces, civilian types, both Lancaster and Lancastrian, and trials and test...
AM-21: The Avro Lancaster (including the Lancastrian) Part 2 " Post War Service
- A Complete Guide to the RAF's Legendary Heavy Bomber by Richard A. Franks
The Avro Lancaster Part 2 will cover postwar variants, use by foreign air forces, civilian types, both Lancaster and Lancastrian, and trials and test-bed machines.
The Lancaster has been a popular aircraft type with modellers and has recently been the subject of sev...
AM-23 The Junkers Ju-88 Part 1: V1 to A-17 plus B-series-A Complete Guide to the Luftwaffe's Legendary Twin by Richard A. Franks.
The Junkers Ju-88 has become a very popular aircraft modelling subject in recent years and our latest book will go some way towards unpicking the bewildering choice of variants and schemes that apply to the type. This twenty-third book in our much-acclaimed series contains over 264 pages packed ...