The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1 (Merlin powered) - Airframe & Miniature 12 (Valiant Wings)

The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1 (Merlin powered) - Airframe & Miniature 12 (Valiant Wings)

Valiant Wings Publishing’s twelfth title in the well-established Airframe & Miniature series is "The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1 (Merlin-powered) - A Complete Guide To The Famous Fighter by Richard A. Franks". It has just passed for press, with anticipated delivery to the publishers on August 13th, 2018.

The Spitfire is probably one of the most popular aircraft modelling subjects around. Valiant Wings latest book will go some way towards unpicking the bewildering choices of variants and schemes that apply to the Merlin-powered versions.

This twelfth book in the much-acclaimed series will contain 240 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and Spitfire enthusiast should be without.

It will contain:

40+ pages of technical information

20+ pages of walk-around images and technical diagrams

5+ pages of camouflage and markings

25+ pages of model builds and modelling information

200+ photographs including wartime images

Colour side views (profiles) and four-views by Richard J. Caruana

3D isometric views of all variants by Jacek Jackiewicz

Specially commissioned extensive full kit builds by Libor Jekl, Steve A. Evans & Dani Zamarbide

Specially commissioned front cover artwork by Jerry Boucher

A bonus set of 1/48 scale plans by Jacek Jackiewicz

ISBN: 978-0-9957773-5-4. RRP will be only be £19.95 per copy + postage and packing. Pre-orders via the Valiant Wings website, www.valiant-wings.co.uk, 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, UK

 

The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1 (Merlin-powered) - A Complete Guide To The Famous Fighter, by Richard A. Franks, will also be available soon from specialist bookshops and certain hobby retailers. Publication is planned for August 13th.

Pre-order specials! – Order your copy now, before August 12th, save £3.00 and get it at a special pre-order price of £18.95 (save £2.00 on postage).

 

 

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