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Aircraft in Detail 020: Sukhoi Su-35s Flanker E

The first close-up look at the newest version of the Flanker, recently taken into service by the Russian Air Force. Including spectacular, never before seen details such as cockpit, thrust-vectoring engine exhausts and more.

Aircraft in Detail 022: C-160 Transall

The first close up look at a true workhorse in European Military aviation. The Transall, a two-engine transport aircraft is seen in every detail, inside and out as well in spectacular action with the Luftwaffe, Armée de l'Air and Turkish AF. Includes a...

Aircraft in Detail 023: Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter

A complete photographical portrait of the SU-22 Fitter, the export version of the Russian Su-17; Russia's first swing-wing fighter.

Aircraft Pictorial #02 - SB2U Vindicator

The newest release in our groundbreaking Aircraft Pictorial series covers the Vought built US Navy carrier deployed dive bomber aircraft, SB2U Vindicator.  As with all books by this author, you will see many photographs of details of this aircraft type...

Aircraft Pictorial #06 - F-4BPhantom II

Pete Clayton, CDR USN (Ret) is one of the leading authorities on this topic of US Navy aircraft and a major contributor to the US Navy Tailhook Association Newsletter.  He has put together a photo history of the F-4B & N variants from their initial...

Aircraft Pictorials 9: Aircraft Painting Guide Volume 1

Airframe & Miniature No .23 The Junkers Ju-88 Part 1: V1 to A-17

A Complete Guide to the Luftwaffe's Legendary Twin by Richard A. Franks.The Junkers Ju 88 has become a very popular aircraft modelling subject in recent years and this latest book will go some way towards unpicking the bewildering choice of variants and...

Airframe & Miniature No .24 The Junkers Ju-88 Part 2: Ju88C to Ju88T

The Junkers Ju 88 has become very popular aircraft modelling subject in recent years and our latest book will go some way towards unpicking the bewildering choices of variants and schemes that apply to the type. This twenty-fourth book in our...

Airframe Detail No. 04 - Supermarine Swift, A Technical Guide

-A wealth of historical photographs-Walkaround detail period pictures-A mass of period diagrams from original flight manuals-Detailed study of structure, equipment and armament-Colour profiles and camouflage and marking detail by Richard J Caruana-Lists...

Airframe Detail No. 09 - The Westland Lysander Second Edition

The Westland Lysander Airframe Detail Second Edition-Now expanded to 144 pages. Build of the Airfix 1/48th scale Mk I/III kit Updated walkaround with more than 55 added images 50 plus historical images added to the introduction and markings...

Airmark Modellers Airguide 23: Douglas SBD Dauntless

The Airmark series is a smaller, one stop, full colour book of a specific aircraft, with background details, walk arounds, colour side profiles and model builds, ideal for the enthusiast and modeller alike

Airmark Modellers Airguide 26: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat Volume 2

Airmark Modellers Airguide 26: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat Volume 2

Airmark Modellers Airguide 29: Douglas A-20 Havoc & Boston

Airmark Modellers Airguide 29: Douglas A-20 Havoc & Boston

Airmark Modellers Manual 10: Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Airmark Modellers Manual 17: F4F Wildcat

Airmark Modellers Manual is a exciting series looking at the history of the aircraft, detailed scaled drawings, colour schemes and modelling the aircraft. In full colour, photos and illustrations.

Airmark Modellers Reference Guide 7: USAF/US Navy Red Air Aggressors

Airmark Profile & Scale #27: F-89 Scorpion

Airmark Profile & Scale #30: Boeing AH-64 Apache

AK Interactive TINT INC #01

The best publication for figure modelers ever created! Our new magazine features comprehensive articles written by the best figure painters from around the world who will teach you their tricks and techniques. If you liked our Figure FAQ, you cannot miss...

AK Learning Series 09 - THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MAKE BUILDINGS IN DIORAMAS

The latest addition to our successful Learning Series is a guide book devoted to the creation of scale buildings. Top specialists from around the world explain what tools and materials they use and how they work with them in order to reproduce realistic...

Arab Revolutions and Border Wars Vol.3 - AK Interactive

148 Pages. Soft Cover. Volume 3.   New profile book. Whether you like Arab vehicles, you make models or not, you should take a look at this super-book with lots of inspirational profiles, with information, anecdotes, etc. You can buy this book as a sole...

Asia @ War: At the Forward Edge of Battle - A History of the Pakistan Armoured Corps 1938-2016: Volume 1

This is a well-researched and authoritative account by a military historian, Maj Gen Syed Ali Hamid. It embraces the evolution of the Pakistan Armoured Corps, including its culture, organization, doctrine, equipment, operational performance, overseas...

Asia @ War: At the Forward Edge of Battle - A History of the Pakistan Armoured Corps 1938-2016: Volume 2

At the Forward Edge of Battle is the first ever illustrated history of the Pakistan Armoured Corps. The Pakistan Armoured Corps is based on a unique blend of values and traditions inherited from its predecessors, and those of the post-Independence...

Asia @ War: BORNEO STAND-OFF VOLUME 1 Seeds of the Confrontation and the Brunei Revolt of 1962

The aftermath of the Second World War saw many colonial empires in a state of upheaval. In South East Asia, what had been armed resistance against the Japanese invaders and occupiers was now often turned into national liberation movements seeking...

Asia @ War: Eagles of Destiny: Volume 2 - Growth and Wars of the Pakistani Air Force 1956-1971

Eagles of Destiny Volume 2 is a detailed account of the transformation of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) with the help of the first US assistance program, and how its leadership utilised this opportunity to create a modern air force. It provides detailed...

Asia @ War: Emperor's Own: Ethiopians in the Korean War

On June 25, 1950, as he was flying back to Washington D.C. to deal with the outbreak of war in Korea, US President Harry Truman thought, “In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak. I recalled some earlier...

Asia @ War: France’s War in Indochina: Volume 1: The Tiger versus the Elephant, 1946–1949

...a very interesting book with insights into how French forces dealt with Viet Minh tactics and strategies, anticipating almost the same problems faced by American forces in Vietnam nearly twenty years later. The VVA VeteranUndoubtedly, Americas attempt...

Asia @ War: Fury from the North North Korean Air Force in the Korean War, 1950-1953

It was almost exactly 15.00 hours local time, on 25 June 1950, when nine Yakovlev Yak-9P fighters of the North Korea’s ‘Korean People’s Air Force’ (KPAF) simultaneously attacked Seoul International Airport and the Kimpo Airfield outside Seoul, the...

Asia @ War: Hunting the Viet Cong: Volume 2: The Fall of Diem and the Collapse of the Strategic Hamlets 1961-1964

In the early 1960s, the American-backed South Vietnamese government began an aggressive counterinsurgency programme aimed at eliminating the Viet Cong. The policy – known as the Strategic Hamlet Programme – seriously hurt and ‘cut up’ the VC. The second...

Asia @ War: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 : Volume 1 - Indian Military Intervention in East Pakistan

In 1947, India and Pakistan were partitioned by their former colonial ruler, Great Britain. A job that should have taken ten-years was done in a few months. Britain, drained by two world wars in 40-years, no longer had the will or the money to guide the...

Asia @ War: Into the Endless Mist Volume 1: The Aleutian Campaign, June-August 1942

Covers the events of Operation AL from the Japanese raid on Dutch Harbor and the invasion of Attu and Kiska to the American landing on Adak in late August 1942. At the beginning of June 1942, in the wake of the enormous Japanese struggle to bring a...

Asia @ War: Into the Endless Mist Volume 2 - The Aleutian Campaign, September 1942-March 1943

Finally, the Americans, using their industrial capacity and taking advantage of the obvious Japanese mistakes, moved on to Kiska by landing on Adak and Amchitka. The Japanese plan to provide reinforcements and supplies to both garrisons in the Aleutians...

Asia @ War: Last War of the Superfortresses MiG-15 versus B-29 in the Korean War 1950-53

In Last War of the Superfortresses the authors provide a detailed history of the confrontation between Soviet fighters and the United States Far East Air Force’s B-29 ‘Superfortress’ bombers during the Korean War of 1950–1953, drawing on Military...

Asia @ War: NINE LIVES OF THE FLYING TIGER VOLUME 1 America's Secret Air Wars in Asia, 1945-1950

The famed American Volunteer Group (AVG) created in August 1941, under the command of Claire Lee Chennault set an example of heroism for the American public opinion at the onset of the Second World War. This band of volunteer aviators serving under the...

Asia @ War: Nuclear India: Developing India's Nuclear Arms from Reluctance to Triad

Since the 1998 nuclear tests and the publication of India’s Nuclear Doctrine, India has continued to face endemic security challenges from both China and Pakistan. The latter, through the apparent induction of tactical nuclear weapons into the equation...

Asia @ War: Operation Cactus: Indian Military Intervention in the Maldives, 1988

In 1988, the Indian Army and Air Force, ably supported by the Indian Navy, carried out a daring intervention in the Maldives. The government of the Maldives, led by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, facing an attempted coup by PLOTE, a renegade group of Tamil...

Asia @ War: Operation Meghdoot: India’s War in Siachen – 1984 to Present

In 1984, the Indian Army carried out a stunning operation that captured the Siachen Glacier in the northernmost regions of what is now the Union Territory of Ladakh. Since that time, a full brigade of Indian troops has faced off against a similar number...

Asia @ War: Paradise Afire: The Sri Lankan War Volume 4 - 1995-2002

In April 1995, the LTTE resumed the war by launching a surprise attack against the Sri Lankan Navy at Trincomalee, thus opening the third phase – the so-called Eelam War III – of the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war. From 1995 to 2002, both sides...

Asia @ War: Paradise Afire: The Sri Lankan War: Volume 1 - 1971-1987

When released into independence from Great Britain in 1948, the stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, was expected to become a sort of ‘South Asian Singapore.' However, stable political order and bright economic prospects...

Asia @ War: Paradise Afire: The Sri Lankan War: Volume 2 - 1987-1990

Upon achieving independence from Great Britain in 1948, the stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, re-named Sri Lanka in 1972, was expected to become a sort of ‘South Asian Singapore’. However, stable political order and bright economic prospects proved...