Coming Soon: Airframe Detail No.9
The Westland Lysander
- A Technical Guide by Richard A. Franks.
The Westland Lysander remains a subject of interest to enthusiasts and modellers alike. It has been kitted in most scales over the years and now it seems right to produce a title on this particular type.
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Paints & Materials
We can send Mr Hobby paint and materials by UPS to UK addresses only. As each shipment is subject to a Hazardous Goods surcharge we recommend that you buy in bulk for cost efficiency. This may be useful for clubs or modelling groups wanting to share costs. Unfortunately we cannot supply outside the UK. Please note that paint and materials classified as Hazardous Goods must be ordered separately from books, kits and other accessories.
Paints and materials are also available at shows and to callers at our warehouse. Personal visitors to the warehouse are welcome - please call in advance to check that we have your preferred colours or materials in stock.
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Low Stock Alert
Airframe & Miniature No.13:
The Supermarine Spitfire Part 2
&
Airframe Album No.11:
The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Out of Print)
- get them while you can!
The Grumman F6F Hellcat
A Complete Guide to the Famous American Naval Fighter by Richard A. Franks.
This book contains at least 224 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and Hellcat enthusiast should be without.
Covid-19 update - week commencing 3/8/2020
It is still business as usual at Valiant Wings Publishing. However, we are taking appropriate measures to minimise risk to recipients of our books and other products. Our warehouse is now open to personal callers (one vistor at a time) on Monday and Thursday afternoons and at other times on request. Please call 07963 956221 in advance,
So far mail continues to be collected, transported and delivered in the UK. The good news is that Royal Mail have resumed deliveries to most of the countries previously on suspension. However customers may still experience long delays, the length of these being down to air cargo capacity and how well local services are operating It is worth checking your own country’s postal service website to check on status for your postcode area. You can also check the Royal Mail website for updates https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5317/~/international-incident-bulletin
We very strongly recommend that overseas customers, particularly those in Latin American countries, Canada, South Africa, and Eastern Ukraine, use Tracked, Signed or Tracked & Signed services appropriate to your country during this time so that you can monitor progress with your purchases. Canada is experiencing severe delays owing to volume of mail and South Africa is still clearing mail backlogs from March.
Thank you very much for continuing to buy our books. Please stay safe and healthy.
Out Now: Airframe & Miniature No.14
The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
The Stuka is a very popular aircraft modelling subject and our latest book will go some way towards unpicking the bewildering choice of variants and schemes that apply to the type.
This book will contain at least 240 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and Stuka enthusiast should be without.
The Horten Ho IX/Ho 229
(including the Gotha Go 229)
- A Technical Guide
The eighth title in the Airframe Detail series. This series of books offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject.
This title includes historical photographs and technical diagrams; period detail images during production and testing; Detailed walkaround images of the world's only surviving example; colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana; lists of all Ho 229 kits and accessories produced in all scales; kit build of the 1/72nd Ho 229 from Zoukei-Mura by Libor Jekl.
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Updated & Expanded!The third and seventh books in our much-acclaimed series had been out of print for a while. With new Fw 190 kits now available, it seemed right to make these books available once again. AM3 Second Edition: Fw 190D Ta 152 is now 176 pages and AM7 Second Edition Fw 190 Radial-engine Versions is now 240 pages; both include new kit assessments and builds of newly-tooled kits. Order both books in our Focke-Wulf Bundle Offer and save £3!
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Back in stock!Airframe & Miniature No.10: The de Havilland Mosquito – Part 2: Fighter variants (inc. Sea Mosquito) now available separately and as a Bundle with Part 1 - save £3.00.
This 208 page title brings modellers and enthusiasts up-to-date with the type. Airframe & Miniature No.8: The de Havilland Mosquito - Part 1 covering the bomber and photo-reconnaissance versions is also available.
Airframe Extra No.10
Many active scale modellers like to build subjects based on a theme or historical event. This series looks at specific areas and events in the history of aerial warfare.
Covers the historical aspects of the battles in the air and at sea over and above Midway between the 4th & 7th June 1942. The historical narrative is by Patrick Branly with numerous period images; colour profiles by Richard J Caruana.
AE10 features 6 specially commissioned kit builds:
1/72nd Airfix Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, & Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’ and Hasegawa Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless by Libor Jekl, plus the 1/144th Sweet A6M2b Zero and 1/48th Academy Vought SB2U Vindicator, Italeri TBF/TBM Avenger and Hasegawa Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ by Steve Evans.
The Gloster/A.W. Meteor
We are delighted to announce the latest title in the Airframe Album series. This series offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject.
Our fifteenth title in the Airframe Album series is an essential companion for anyone tackling the HK Model (1/32nd), Tamiya, new tool Airfix (1/48th), Dragon, Special Hobby and older kits in 1/72nd scale.
Contents include a wealth of historical photographs;
period detail images during production and service use;
detail images of preserved examples; 3D isometric views of prototype and production machines by Wojciech Sankowski; colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana; 192 pages; lists of accessories and decals; kit builds of the new tool Airfix 1/48th FR Mk 9 by Steve Evans and the Dragon 1/72nd F Mk I by Libor Jekl.
Back in stock!A Limited Edition reprint is available of Airframe Constructor No.2: Building the Heinkel He 219 Uhu – A Detailed Guide to building the Zoukei-Mura 1/32nd kit.
An Updated & Expanded Airframe & Miniature No.9 Second Edition: The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil – A Complete Guide To The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-engine Fighter, available to order now.
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