Books

A comprehensive look at this iconic aircraft. With many photographs on every page detail the history of this aircraft.

This is the story of one the Third Reich’s most advanced night fighters – the Ta 154. The driving force behind its gestation was Professor Kurt Tank, designer of the Fw 190. He and a small team of designers and engineers combined state-of-the-art technology with elegant aerodynamics to create an innovative and potent warplane. Inspired by the British de Havilland DH 98, in 1943, the German Air Ministry issued a specification for an all-wood, fast attack-bomber to be powered by Jumo 211 engines. ...

The consolidated PBY Catalina was probably the most versatile and successful flying boat/amphibian ever built, serving not just with the US Army, Navy and Coast Guard during the Second World War, but also with the air forces of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the Danes, Free French and Norwegians as well as in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia and elsewhere. With a remarkable lifting capacity and endurance, this long-range twin-engine aircraft could absorb a great deal of punishment and ...

A complete portrait of this iconic aeroplane and its variants containing photos of all the features including action shots, Cockpit views, Fuselage, Weapons and Maintenance in addition to up-to-date information.

The Great Patriotic War was a terrible military conflict. By the autumn of 1941 the Red Army was about to be defeated at the gates of Moscow although it could get over the situation. Until the spring of 1942 the armament factories had been relocated far away from the battlefront, allowing for unstoppable increase of the production and formation of new military units. Both the combat tactics and the staff training improved and, at the same time, the design of armoured fighting vehicles evolved ou...

This is the first volume that will feature the most iconic vehicles of the British Army in WWII. The scenes and vehicles included in this collection are shown in a compilation of step by step articles with great photographs. Perfectly combined techniques are explained to obtain maximum realism in the models. A must-have book for all fans of British WWII vehicles.

Volume Ten covers 4-6 September the tipping point of the Battle where the Luftwaffe was winning but was about to make a colossal error of judgement.

When German forces occupied the coastline of the English Channel in 1940, one of the measures undertaken to give early warning of attacks from the sea or air was to set up a line of radar stations. Although this invisible screen was a passive defence, it was a serious barrier that had to be neutralised for the Allied invasion to be launched in 1944. Planners at RAF Medmenham had established there the Central Interpretation Unit to examine the results of aerial photography over the Continent and...

Detailed photo album of this iconic jet. With photos and profile drawings plus much more.

This volume is the last of five volumes to cover 1944, a year where the tables finally turned against the Nachtjagd, but not before it had inflicted terrible losses upon RAF Bomber Command. This volume shows the decline of the Nachtjagd as a force and the increasing losses inflicted by Allied intruders as the hunters became the hunted.

This series offers a unique album containing colour profiles, a sheet of decals and a table of colours used for the livery and camouflage markings.

This series offers a unique album containing colour profiles, a sheet of decals and a table of colours used for the livery and camouflage markings.