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  1. I'd like to offer a package of the 3 books from our Duke Hawkins Classic Series: DH-C001 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX & Mk.XVI DH-C002 - North-American Texan/Harvard DH-C003 - Hawker Hurricane So one gift of 3 books. I hope that's good? Nic
  2. You ask and we provide: And there are more than 100 additional pages to these ! And then we have the set of 1/32 scale decals coming. The profile in the last page is one of the decal options. Nic
  3. Well, that is a very nice review, Bill. Thank you for that! I have to say that the F-5 book was really fun to make. The trouble I often face is the number of pages. It wouldn't be a problem to make a book of 200 or 250 pages, but that would make it too expensive to print. And I agree with you that there are many more aircraft that should feature in the series. We're working on that! The photos for the F-5 book helped me to detail a Kitty Hawk 1/32 scale kit though: Nic
  4. Hello Ali, Because there will only be very few decal sets, they will be available from just 4 points: Hannant's, Aviation Megastore, Artscale and from us. These should be available in about 1 month. In our usual series, there will be 2 more (and quite spectacular) book before the end of the year! Nic
  5. Hello Kevin, Well, of the Mk.V there was only one built and 2 converted from a Mk.IV. I don't think one survived. Other marks are in the book though, with some attention to the Sea Hurricane as well. It was fun making this book, with several visits to the hangar of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, when maintenance was being carried out on their Hurricane. Many photos were also taken in Belgium of Hurricane Mk.IV with registration KZ321, when it was in maintenance. Unfortunately, just weeks after our visit, the aircraft was destroyed in a horrible crash in the Czech Republic. For the cockpit, we have also 10 pages of photos, both of airworthy and historical aircraft, showing the correct colours and instrument lay-outs. Philip Stevens, a very talented photographer had the chance to make photos of the aircraft in the air, resulting in some very spectacular photos. The maintenance chapter is quite impressive in this book: 18 pages of details uncovered! Nic
  6. Just a quick post to announce the third book in our Duke Hawkins Classic series: a 116 page book on the Hawker Hurricane, showing every part of the aircraft. I'm using the content at the moment to build the Revell 1/32 scale kit. For those that are interested, this book will be released in about 3 weeks. We're also preparing a 1/32 scale decal sheet for the Hurricane with 3 liveries: - A Belgian Air Force Hurricane Mk.II in silver with registration THS52 - An RAF Hurricane Mk.IIB "Mauritius VII" from 174 Squadron, with white stripes on the engine cowling - An RAF Hurricane Mk.IIC "Jessie" MW367 from 1697 Flight, the Air Dispatch Letter Service, one of the few that carried D-Day stripes. The idea to make the decals was more of a fun thing to do and only 150 will be made in 1/32. Nic
  7. The Trumpeter K4 is an enjoyable kit to build, but it needs a little work to turn it into a more accurate K4. The cockpit needs work on the machine gun cover, the side panels and the forward instrument panel. I've started the kit some time ago and decided to scratch these thing, but I'm sure there are sets for it. The seat also needs to be modified, so again; maybe a set might be a good idea. The area behind the headrest needs some work too. One of the things that sets out the K4 from earlier 109s is the access panel on the port side of the fuselage. This panel is square with rounded corners and the Trumpeter kit has the shape a little different. I filled and rescribed it. I like that the kit has an engine, something that the Hasegawa kit doesn't have. It is also riveted, so that's nice. I like how easy the kit builds and I don't mind modifying it. I also built the Hasegawa kit and it isn't a bad kit either, but I didn't like that the fuselage was in 4 parts. It was tricky to align all the parts. And it doesn't have an engine. Ow, and the rubber wheels of the Trumpeter kit are not the best. I had a spare set of wheels from a He-162 Volkjager, so I'll use those - they are much better. The aircraft you picked is cool, I like the large green fuselage band. Have fun building and painting it! Nic
  8. Happy to announce two new books in our Duke Hawkins series and one limited edition hardcover book. Just 6 year after we started this adventure (we're still just two guys that enjoy making books after hours); we're already at 37 books published! The first new book is a 180 page book on the A-10 A/C Thunderbolt II. It is filled to the rim with photos, showing every detail of the A-10: fuselage, wings, landing gear, bays, engines, cockpit, well everything. The book also includes a 22-page maintenance chapter and a lot of impressive action photos! Peter Anthoni, a friend of mine, took the trip to Davis-Monthan AFB to get every last detail of the jet. This book was supposed to be just 116 pages, but this adventure turned into 180 pages! Useful for detailing those 1/32 scale Trumpeter kits! Or the Academy 1/48 scale kits, which are pretty impressive. This our 30th in the series ! Here's the cover: The second new book is a 116 page book on the Saab 35 Draken. I've always liked this iconic jet with its fantastic wing profile and wanted to do a book about it. I've still got some 1/48 scale Hasegawa kits around, which were a good guide to see where details could be added, so this focussed our attention for photos. This book is filled with photos from the Drakens of the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight and Danish Team Karup for the details, but also with action photos of when the jet was still operational in Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Finland. Every detail is included and the cockpit chapter is extensive with photos of operational and restored aircraft, both single and two-seat versions. It is the 31st book in the series. The third book is a special one: this is our first hardcover book and is a little bigger than usual. This is a limited edition book of 172 pages, written by Michael Stephan and is called "Eagles Rock". It bring the story of the F-15 (C and E) with the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath. Included in this book are the history of the 48th Fighter Wing and RAF Lakenheath, but most of all a large presentation of the squadrons flying the Eagles and Strike Eagles: the 492nd FS Madhatters, 493rd FS Grim Reapers, 494th FS Panthers. There's also a chapter on the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadron at the base, before they moved to Aviano AFB in Italy. There are interviews with all the commanders in it, over 200 fantastic photos and the introduction was written by Lt. Gen. Glen W. Moorhead III. Here's the cover of the book and a few samples: I can only hope that you like the subjects that we picked for these new books! Nic
  9. Thanks for the comments! It really helps to make these books if you build models or think like a modeler. I often come across details while photographing an aircraft and think "model company X did a really good job with their model". Although, just as much I think the opposite and wonder how to correct a kit. I'm quite sure that when the F-5E and F-5F in 1/32 will be available again, I'll build them and pay more attention to some details, like the wheel bays or the nose of the jet. The book on the Su-34 is special in a different way. I don't think that a portrait of the jet this up-close has been made before. And it shows some details that almost all model companies have wrong! For those that are in the neighborhood, we'll present the new books at the KMK Scaleworld Modelshow in Geel, Belgium on the 21st of May. Nic
  10. Going to the printers later this week, is the 28th book in the Duke Hawkins series: a 140 page book on the F-5. The first 108 pages of the book are dedicated to the F-5 E/F/N Tiger II. The second part of the book is a large 32 page chapter on the F-5 A/B Freedom fighter. We made a huge number of photos of the different types from many air forces. These include the US Navy, US Marines, the airwings of Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan, Austria, Venezuela, Norway, Turkey, Bahrein, South Korea, Canada and Spain. Even the Sa'eqeh - the Iranian modification with two vertical tails - is included in this book. The book is packed with photos of the jets both in detail and in action. Most of these were from US and Swiss operated jets. There are two chapters in this book on the cockpit. The first shows the cockpits of the E and N single seat versions and the front and back seat cockpits of the F, while the second chapter in the back shows cockpits of the single seat F-5A and the two-seat F-5BM as it flies in service with the Spanish Air Force. Both types of the ejection seat are shown in great detail as well, which will help those looking forward to add detail to the upcoming 1/32 scale F-5E/F kits. Nothing is overlooked: fuselage, landing gear, vertical tail, speed brakes, etc. As usual, an extensive maintenance chapter is included. I always liked the F-5E and when the Kitty Hawk kit was released, I had a lot of fun building it. Some of the photos we already made, helped to add detail to the cockpit - especially the area behind the ejection seat. Here's a photo of the finished kit: The new book will be available in a few weeks from your preferred book or hobby shop. It will be released at the same time as our 29th book in the series. This one is on a jet of which unfortunately no 1/32 scale kit is available. Then again, even in 1/48, it still is a BIG model: the Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback Hopefully, you will like the two new books! Nic
  11. When I read recently that the book didn't arrive in New Zealand, I thought it would be cool to send it again. The only detail is that we were out of stock of the A-4 book, but I still had one at home, so that's the one you got now. I'm happy that you finally got it! We started the series a bit by accident and the reason we are able to continue the series is thanks to modellers like you buying some of them. The least I can do is to send one when the first one didn't arrive, right? Thanks to Kevin and Jack for the kind words! Ow and Jack, I've still got a few for you put away! Nic
  12. The address of the shop is Rue des Alliées 40 in 1190 Brussels (Forest). I went by the shop today and saw the new Airfix 1/24 Spitfire. Ooowww, that's a nice kit! I'll probably take one home next week. Nic
  13. Brussels is a city of over 1 million people and for the last 6 years, there wasn't a single modelshop, but this has now changed! A friend of mine, François Laloux has opened his own little modelshop and not only is it a great place to meet fellow modellers, he is also a highly experienced modeller himself, who is a wizard with paint, weathering products, an airbrush and different techniques. He really is a good guy and always takes his time to explain how to build your models in the best possible way. I hope it is okay for me to post some photos of the shop, which is called Track & Wings: He's got some big showcases in which he has displayed some of the models he has built. He's a very talented and most of all quick builder. He often builds in 1/32, and has kits like Italeri's Mirage III and F-35A, Roden's DR1 Triplane, or an IAR-81 from Special Hobby in the showcases. Ow and Wilfried's A-1E Skyraider from Fisher (which is in the RFI here on LSP) is in his showcase too! The photo to the right shows François, proudly behind his newly built desk. He designed the interior of his shop himself! He's got loads of material and paints, but he's only starting, so he'll probably expand the range even more. He's specialising in models of aircraft, military vehicles, figures and diorama products, but has some books and magazines too! And free coffee ! He's got some great LSP's for sale! I've bought the 0-2 Skymaster from Roden (quite a bit of flash there) and Revell's Hurricane (François is going to build one himself for the shop too!) But that 1/32 Liberator, Invader and Crusader are really tempting... Again, I hope it is okay to post this here, but I'm so happy we have a modelshop in Brussels again! Track & Wings is open on Wednesday afternoon, Friday and Saturday. Nic
  14. So, I had Fisher A-1E Skyraider conversion set in my stock when I talked about it with a friend of mine, Wilfried. I told him how nice the set is and how well it was designed for the Trumpeter kit. The more we talked about it, the more he became interested in it, but since it no longer is available, I gave him the one I had. And Wilfried has built it quite fast in an impressive way; here are a few photos of it. He added detail to the engine and presented it open. Just one more thing to look at! I hope you like the result! Here's a photo of the added detail to the engine:
  15. Maru, I understand now, but you really hit very close to home... Because before the end of the year, we're releasing a book on the Vampire too, but showing every detail of the aircraft, ideal to super detail the many kits available now in the different scales. So Geedubelyer, there's a scoop! And Niels, if you change your mind, please don't hesitate to contact me. A 1/32 scale B-1B? I'd go for that! Although I have one in 1/48 and that one is already a meter long ! Nic
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