Modeling Guide Books

ACES HIGH #015: French Jet Fighters

This new AHM issue is dedicated to a series of jet aircraft which built their combat legend during the past seven decades. After the end of World War II, France developed a number of interesting aircraft designs, from the MD450 Ouragan, through the...

Aces High Magazine Issue 19 - Aggressors in Blue

In this 19th issue of ACES HIGH we delve into the world of aggressor aircraft, specifically those with camouflage where blue colors predominate. During the Vietnam War, the United States created air-to-air combat schools, both in the USAF and the USN...

ACES HIGH MAGAZINE: THE BEST OF, VOL.1

It has been a long time since Aces High run out its first magazine in English. We decided not to reprint them with a compilation in mind, with the best articles that have made it famous, remastered and with a fabulous article of a P47 from the hand of...

Airplanes in Scale Vol. 2: Jets

ENGLISH VERSION

AK Interactive FAQ 2: Fantasy Figures Painting Techniques By Arnau Lázaro - English

AK Interactive TINT INC #03

In this third issue we bring you a selection of articles where you can enjoy different techniques from the best painters of the moment. To the seven step-by-step articles on historical and fantasy themes, we add our special interview sections and our own...

AK Interactive Waffen-ss Camouflage Uniforms

AK Learning Series 01 - Realistic Wood effects

First issue of the AK-Interactive’s collection Learning Series.This volume dedicated to paint different types of wood, planes, ships, tools, accessories, etc. The necessary techniques for all kind of modelers. Through its pages we will discover how to...

AK Learning Series 02 - Panzer Crew Uniforms Painting Guide

Second volumen of AK- Interactive Learning Series collection. A deep look on these armored troops and its paint. In this book, we find a detailed guide on how to paint these uniforms, from the classic black uniform to camouflaged clothes and going...

AK Learning Series 14 - PAINTING ANIMAL FIGURES

In this new installment of the AK Learning series, we are going to see how animals play an important role in a scene, either as an element to help identify scale, to help tell a story or simply as an individual figure. Animal figures can be commercial...

AK-Interactive: LITTLE WARRIORS Vol.1

American Armor in Vietnam

The Vietnam War (1945-1975) was one of the most important conflicts of the 20th century, not only for the countries involved, but also internationally. It was a battle between two very different ideologies and two very different military strategies...

American Artillery in Vietnam vol.2

This book contains historical photographs and technical information on colors and symbology, as well as high quality profiles of WWII US military vehicles. This is a must-have publication for fans of WWII American vehicles and an inexhaustible source of...

BLACK & WHITE TECHNIQUE

AMMO by MIG Publications for modeler's Item: BLACK & WHITE TECHNIQUE (English) 100 pages guide.  This book is in English language. Jose Luis Lopez has created his own style aptly named the Black & White technique and the results have quickly...

Diorama Project 1.1 - AFV At War

Doomsday Chariots, Modeling Post-Apocalyptic Vehicles

Bilingual, English/Spanish. 104 pages. Soft Cover.   In the middle of nowhere, in the middle of a civil and science fiction genre, this book discovers some aspects of the assembly and decoration of scale vehicles with post apocalyptic aesthetics. Deeply...

Focke Wulf Fw 190 & Ta 152 - EURO0020

GRAVITY 2.1 - Sci-Fi Modelling's Perfect Guide - 1980's Part 12: Villains

From the purest 80's comes this new installment of the Gravity Sci-Fi series. And it comes loaded with negative energy, as in this new issue you'll find the ships and vehicles of our favourite villains, the bad guys of the movies. From Star Trek to...

How to Paint & Weather ICM WW2 Trucks Warhorses

ICM was born as a brand in the last century. The company has existed for more than 35 years on the market and started a new history with a new owner, Mr. Dleksandr Buzin, in 2004. From the beginning the brand bet on 1:72 scale military vehicles, without...

Imperial Armour - Modelling AFV's of the Japanese Army 1939-2020

Since the 1930s the armed forces of Japan have deployed a wide range of armoured fighting vehicles from diminutive tankettes to modern, state-of-the-art Main Battle Tanks. This new 84-page book from Guideline Publications and the team that bring you...

Kit Build North American 9-51 Mustang

Kit Build North American P-51 Mustang Kamil Gmerek, Robert Wąsik 64 pages 186 photos 10 color profiles masking foil

Kit Build: Grumman TBF Avenger

Kit Build vol. 07Grumman TBF Avenger• 56 pages• 110 photos• 3 colour profiles• Gloss coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Saddle stitch

Kit Build: T-34

T-34Tomasz Janiszewski • 56 pages• 168 photos• 6 colour profiles• Decal sheet• Gloss coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Saddle stitch decals: This early production T-34/76 with F-34 gun was repainted Dunkelgrau RAL 7021 and used by Waffen-SS...

Kit Build: Vought F4U Corsair

Kit Build Vought F4U Corsair Karoly Bera, Marcin Ciepierski, Richard Kovalcik 64 pages 123 photos 18 color profiles poster in A4 format

Land Craft Series: Landing Craft & Amphibians Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century

From the wars of antiquity to the recent events in South West Asia, landing craft and amphibians have been an ever-present sea borne and battle space asset in one form or another for the commander wanting to get boots on the ground. Refined during the...

Land Craft Series: M2/M3 American Half-tracks of the Second World War

Among the most successful armored vehicles produced by American industry – known as the Arsenal of Democracy – during the Second World War were the M2 and M3 half-tracks. They served on every battlefront and were as recognizable as other famous American...

Land Craft Series: SDKFZ 251 – 251/9 and 251/22 Kanonenwagen German Army and Waffen-SS Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944–1945

12 pages of full color illustrations depicting over 20 different vehicles and their markings, detailing the histories of the formation that operated the Sdkfz 251/ and Sdkfz 251/22 in the last months of the war on the Western and Eastern Fronts. The...

Learning Series #6 Flesh and Skin English - AK241

Profile Guide: D.A.K. Afrika 1941-1943 (2nd Edition) - English

This book shows the original German camouflage of vehicles used by the Deutsche Afrika Korps, with color variants throughout the war. We look at German Army vehicle colours for the African campaign, including the European Dark Gray (RAL 7021) in which...

Scale Modeling for Beginners #1: Assembly

Modeling is an enormously entertaining and educational hobby, practiced by millions of enthusiasts worldwide and recommended for people of all ages. However, like everything in life, starting can be confusing and frustrating if you do not know the basic...

Scale Modeling for Beginners #2: Painting and Weathering

Modelling is an enormously entertaining and educational hobby, practiced by millions of aficionados around the world and recommended for people of any age. But like everything in life, getting started can be confusing and frustrating if you do not know...

Solution Book - How To Paint WW2 German Mid-War Vehicles

Camouflage was a key feature that distinguished German WWII vehicles from allied vehicles, apart of course from the manufacturing, construction and combat values. Extremely innovative and visually diverse masking patterns appeared on the tanks and AFV’s...

Solution Book - How To Paint WW2 USA ETO Vehicles

WWII military vehicles manufactured by the United States are incredibly captivating and enticing subjects for numerous modelers. The American armored and soft-skinned vehicles offer an almost limitless array of possibilities with various models,...

Solution Book 03: How to Paint IDF Vehicles

SOLUTION BOX is a basic and simple guide to follow, allowing any modeler to create effects and finishes similar to those of the examples shown. It does not matter if you are a beginner who has just started building models, or a more advanced and...

Solution Book 11: 4BO Russian Green Vehicles

SOLUTION BOOK - How to Paint 4BO Russian Vehicles as well. This complete 52-page guide with step-by-step tutorials in four languages (English, Spanish, French, and German) explains how to apply the different colours and effects common to Red Army...

Solution Book 12: How to Paint Realistic Rust

SOLUTION BOOK is a simple and easy to follow guide which allows any modeller to obtain effects and finishes similar to the examples shown. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner that has just recently started to paint your kits, or a more advanced and...

Solution Book15: How to Paint Italian NATO Aircraft

SOLUTION BOOK is a simple and easy to follow guide which allows any modeller to obtain effects and finishes similar to the examples shown. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner that has just recently started to paint your kits, or a more advanced and...

Stalingrad Vehicles Colors - German and Russian Camouflages in the Battle of Stalingrad - AMM6146

The Battle of Stalingrad certainly was one of the best known and most dramatic of World War II. The historic clash marked a turning point in the conflict. In this book, we will show you the camouflage schemes used on a large number of soft skin 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...