Publications

NVG382 - Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's ironclad naval campaign

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific. In the late 19th century, a war erupted between Chile and Peru, the catalyst for...

OWG019 - Rogue Stars: Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld

Rogue Stars is a character-based, science fiction skirmish wargame, where players command crews of bounty hunters, space pirates, merchants, prospectors, smugglers, mercenary outfits, planetary police, and other such shady factions from the fringes of...

Pacific Profiles Volume 11 - Allied Fighters: USAAF P-40 Warhawk series South and Southwest Pacific 1942-1945

"As are the photographs, the illustrations are a treasure trove for modelers. While the academic and technical research is the brain of this book, perhaps the most impressive part is the original color artwork that visually spotlights what the text...

Pacific Profiles Volume 13: IJN Bombers, Transports, Flying Boats & Miscellaneous Types South Pacific 1942-1944

"...a superb reference book for the modeler and enthusiast and well worth the price of admission." — ModelingMadness.Com Pacific Profiles Volume 13 presents the most accurate wartime profiles and histories to date of Imperial Japanese Navy bombers,...

Pacific Profiles Volume 14: Allied Bombers: B-25 Mitchell series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1945

Never before have Pacific Mitchells and their colorful markings been illustrated with such breadth, accuracy and detail. The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throughout...

Pacific Profiles Volume 17 Allied Air Power: Netherlands East Indies 1940-1942

  “Anyone with an interest in this now largely ignored but hugely impactful World War II campaign will find this book to be of value on a number of fronts.” – Flightline: Newsletter of the American Aviation Historical SocietyThe Pacific Profiles series...

Pacific Profiles Volume 3: Allied Medium Bombers: Douglas A-20 Havoc Series: Southwest Pacific 1942-1944

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theater.Volume Three illustrates, by squadron, USAAF Fifth Air Force A-20 series medium bombers operating in New Guinea...

Pacific Profiles Volume 5: Japanese Navy Zero Fighters (land based) New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944

Volume Five of the Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate color profiles to date of Japanese Navy land based Zero fighters in the “South Seas” theater: New Guinea, Rabaul and the Solomons. Illustrated by unit are abundant examples of the...

Pacific Profiles Volume 6 - Allied Fighters: Bell P-39 & P-400 Airacobra: South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served in the South Pacific theater.Volume Six covers a dozen USAAF Fifth and Thirteenth Air Force squadrons which operated the Bell P-39 and P-400 Airacobra from...

Pacific Profiles Volume 7 - Allied Transports: Douglas C-47 series: South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1945

"...an exceptional book for enthusiasts and modelers of the C-47, Fifth Air Force or Thirteenth Air Force transports, and the South and Southwest Pacific air war." —AeroscaleThe Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft...

Pacific Profiles Volume 9: Allied Fighters - P-38 series South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944

This volume covers the P-38 and variants including the photo-reconnaissance F-4 and F-5, along with field-modified P-38G night-fighters. The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served throughout the South...

Possum, Clover & Hades : The 475th Fighter Group in World War II

Possum, Clover & Hades : The 475th Fighter Group in World War II The epic story of one of the highest scoring fighter units in the southwest Pacific. Aces included McGuire, Loisel, MacDonald, Roberts and Bong. Size: 8.5in x 11.0in  |...

RAID002 - Israel's Lightning Strike The RAIDd on Entebbe 1976

The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On 27 June 1976, four terrorists – two of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two of the...

RAID015 - A Far-Flung Gamble

At the height of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain made an audacious strike at the heart of Spanish colonial power in the Caribbean. Gathering troops from bases in Britain and Canada and sailing across the Atlantic in secrecy was an incredible feat...

RAID024 - The Last Boarding Party: The USMC and the SS Mayaguez 1975

On April 30, 1975, the final curtain of America's long involvement in the Vietnam War fell. North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon while thousands of South Vietnamese refugees attempted to flee on foot, boat, and aircraft. The American public believed...

RAID033 - U-47 in Scapa Flow: The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939

Even with Germany in the ascendency at the beginning of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy. Nothing and nobody could penetrate the defences of this bastion, which was built up to formidable levels in World...

RAID044 - Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942

After the Guadalcanal landings, Admiral Nimitz wanted to distract Japanese attention by launching an amphibious raid elswhere. Foreshadowing Bloody Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and countless other landings in the face of intense Japanese resistance, the...

RAID050 - Heroes of Telemark: Sabotaging Hitler's atomic bomb, Norway 1942–44

In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertilizer plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium for nuclear weapons. When the Germans overran Norway the...

RAID059 - Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict

An authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous special forces with cyber, sabotage, and propaganda. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was almost...

RAID060 - Son Tay 1970: The Operation Ivory Coast POW rescue mission

A superbly illustrated account of one of the key milestones in the development of modern US Special Operations Forces, the hugely complex POW rescue at Son Tay. On November 21, 1970, a meticulously prepared force of US Special Forces in HH-53...

RAID58 - CAPTURE OF U-505

U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost endangered the war against the U-boats.On June 4, 1944...

Real to Replica No 9: The Vought A-7 Corsair - US & International Versions

Real to Replica Red No 10: Sepecat Jaguar (RAF, Armee de'Air & International Versions)

SEPECAT Jaguar RAF, ARMEE DE L'AIR & INTERNATIONAL. VERSIONS By Andy Evans

Real to Replica Red No 4: The Republic F-105 Thunderchief

Real to Replica Series - Red Series by Andy Evans of Phoenix Scale Publications. This exciting new series looks at the history of the aircraft, detailed scaled drawings, colour schemes and modelling the aircraft. In full colour, photos and illustrations.

Real Weathering Vol. 2

This is the second book in a series about weathering and designed with one main audience in mind – the military modeller. As we all know, there are many books concerned with weathering military models available, but they all concentrate on weathering...

Shipcraft 15 - Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships

The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...

Shipcraft 18 - Titanic and Her Sisters Olympic and Britannic

The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...

ShipCraft 23 - Rodney and Nelson - Revised Edition

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...

Shipcraft 26 - Riverine Craft of the Vietnam Wars

The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and...

Solomons Air War Volume 2: Guadalcanal & Santa Cruz October 1942

"Well-written, easy to comprehend, and informative. It is an excellent source for the Pacific air war enthusiast." — Large Scale Planes This second volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the Solomon Islands theater during the critical...

South Pacific Air War Volume 4 : Buna & Milne Bay, September 1942

Volume Four chronicles aerial warfare in the South Pacific in the critical period between 19 June and 8 September 1942. It can be read alone or as a continuation of the first three volumes that spanned the first six months of the Pacific War, culminating...

Tank Craft 33 -Scorpion and Scimitar British Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles, 1970-2020

The British Scorpion and Scimitar are among the most successful armored reconnaissance vehicles ever built and, almost fifty years after the initial design was introduced, updated versions are still in service today. These compact, maneuverable and...

Tank Craft Series: Panther Medium Tank German Army and Waffen SS Eastern Front Summer, 1943

In July 1943 the German army launched what was to be its last major offensive on Soviet soil. Codenamed Operation Citadel, the attack had initially been scheduled to commence in May but was postponed by Hitler on a number of occasions to allow the...

Tank Craft Series: Panther Medium Tank IV. SS-Panzerkorps Eastern Front, 1944

12 pages of full color illustrations depicting over 20 different vehicles and their markings with histories of the Panzer regiments of the SS-Totenkopf and Wiking divisions during the battles of 1944 on the Eastern Front. During the summer of 1944 a...

Tank Craft Series: Panzer III - German Army Light Tank Operation Barbarossa 1941

A complete guide of the German Army Light Tank, the Panzer III, using archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations. The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era, which could fairly be said to...

Tank Craft Series: Panzer III German Army Light Tank North Africa El Alamein to Tunis, 1941–1943

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa. Although less heavily armored than many of its opponents it was sturdy and reliable and its main...

Tank Craft Series: Panzer III, German Army Light Tank North Africa, Tripoli to El Alamein 1941–1942

The Pzkpfw Ill was the most effective tank available to the German army in North Africa during the battles of 1941. It outnumbered all the other types in service with the Afrikakorps at that time and when compared to the Pzkpfw I and Pzkpfw II designs it...

Tank Craft Series: Panzer IV 1939-1945

The Panzer IV – Panzerkampfwagen IV – was one the foremost German fighting vehicles of the Second World War, and this volume in the TankCraft series is an ideal introduction to it. With detailed captions, text and illustrations the book tells the story...

Tank Craft Series: Sherman Tank Canadian, New Zealand and South African Armies: Italy, 1943–1945

The Sherman tank served with most Allied armies during the Second World War and it is justly famous for the role it played in the Normandy landings and the subsequent drive into Germany. But the part played by the British commonwealth armored units in...

Tank Craft Series: Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks German Army and Waffen-SS The Last Battles in the East, 1945

12 pages of full color illustrations depicting over 20 different vehicles and their markings, including the histories of the Panzer units that operated the Tiger I and Tiger II in the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. By the first weeks of...