Airframe Album No 9: The Arado Ar 234 - A Detailed Guide To The Luftwaffe’s Jet Bomber, by Richard A. Franks (Valiant Wings)

Valiant Wings Publishing are well known for their Airframe Album series of books, which include as much information about an aircraft in one place as possible, and their latest is book on the Ar 234 "Blitz" is looking excellent indeed.

Valiant Wings ninth title in the Airframe Album series is an essential companion for anyone tackling the Hasegawa (1/48th), Dragon and even the Frog kits in 1/72nd scale. This series of books offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject. 

Contents include a wealth of historical photographs; period detail images during production and service use; 35 isometric views by Wojciech Sankowski; 22 colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana. Many of the photographs are in colour, including some excellent photos of the cockpit and other useful details of the real aircraft. Also included are many diagrams showing internal detail systems, landing gear, flaps, sights, cameras, weapons, engines, etc.

112 pages in total; lists of all Arado Ar 234 kits, accessories and decals produced in all scales; kit builds of the Dragon 1/72nd Ar 234B by Libor Jekl and the Hasegawa 1/48th Ar 234B by Steve Evans.

If you are going to build any scale model of the Arado Ar234 in detail you must study this book thoroughly indeed.

The book will also be available from all good hobby stores and specialist bookshops. ISBN is 978-0-9935345-0-8

Orders can be made via the Valiant Wings website (see link below), by ‘phone on 01234 273434 (+44 1234 273434 if calling from outside the UK) or by writing to:

Valiant Wings Publishing
8 West Grove
Bedford
MK40 4BT

http://www.valiant-wings.co.uk/airframe-album-no9-605-p.asp