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I got this book a while back and its a very useful and interesting read. Not a cheap book at £35 but it covers the subjects very well, from research, history through to the build of the model itself and also focuses in on specific points of the build. As the title suggests its aimed at the more advanced side of aircraft modelling and really gives you something to aim for with your own work. Full of fantastic pictures and colour profiles it really is a useful book.

The book includes 366 colour photos & 25 B/w photos & 120 colour profiles, the colour profiles are especially useful

You can get it from Casemate Publishers and they are currently offering 20% off all books including this one http://www.casematepublishers.co.uk/tit ... 9606740688

A little about Casemate themselves too

Founded in 2007, Casemate is a major specialist publisher and book distributor. The publishing arm of Casemate is one of the leading publishers in the fields of military history, defence studies, and military science worldwide. Casemate are proud to distribute a range of highly illustrated titles suitable for modellers, including publications from Histoire et Collections, Kagero, Helion and Company, and Amber Books.

Heres a little info on the book from the website.

The replicating of aircraft especially offers a great variety of subjects, either military or civilian, from World War I, World War II, right up to the modern era, in a number of standard scales, from 1/144 to 1/24. The majority of the mainstream model-making companies offer an incredibly wide variety of every type and category of aircraft so that the modeller is sure to find whatever he, or she wants.

Regardless of scale, the aircraft models presented in this volume are true works of art of exceptional intricacy that have demanded a great deal of effort, artistic skill and, above all, time to complete. However, model-making is a creative hobby and the builders of such excellent models never regret the time and effort they have devoted, as the end result is totally stunning and eye-catching.

In this volume, which has been many months in preparation, Periscopio have gathered representative samples as well as different types of scale aircraft. Here, you will find articles about the building, painting, detailing and weathering of model aircraft by such famous Greek modellers as Megas Tsonos and Nick Kavvathas, both of whom are internationally recognized master aircraft modellers with a long list of international top awards. In addition, there are historical texts, photos, camouflage schemes, profiles and illustrations by Richard Caruana. Much effort has gone into making this volume as interesting as possible for modellers of all ages, ability or, indeed, status.

About the Authors
Maurizio di Terlizzi, Megas Tsonos, Theodoros Orenos, Christos Papathanasiou, Fraser Gray, Nikos Kavathas, Tolis Athanasopoulos, George Papadimitriou, Vasilis Mentzos & Mihalis Papadakis - all world-renowned modellers.

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Nice! Where did you get it from?
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JohnModeller wrote:Nice! Where did you get it from?
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Third sentence John, theres even a link for you...
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Paul wrote:I got this book a while back and its a very useful and interesting read. Not a cheap book at £35 but it covers the subjects very well, from research, history through to the build of the model itself and also focuses in on specific points of the build. As the title suggests its aimed at the more advanced side of aircraft modelling and really gives you something to aim for with your own work. Full of fantastic pictures and colour profiles it really is a useful book.

The book includes 366 colour photos & 25 B/w photos & 120 colour profiles, the colour profiles are especially useful

You can get it from Casemate Publishers and they are currently offering 20% off all books including this one http://www.casematepublishers.co.uk/tit ... 9606740688

Heres a little info on the book from the website.

The replicating of aircraft especially offers a great variety of subjects, either military or civilian, from World War I, World War II, right up to the modern era, in a number of standard scales, from 1/144 to 1/24. The majority of the mainstream model-making companies offer an incredibly wide variety of every type and category of aircraft so that the modeller is sure to find whatever he, or she wants.

Regardless of scale, the aircraft models presented in this volume are true works of art of exceptional intricacy that have demanded a great deal of effort, artistic skill and, above all, time to complete. However, model-making is a creative hobby and the builders of such excellent models never regret the time and effort they have devoted, as the end result is totally stunning and eye-catching.

In this volume, which has been many months in preparation, Periscopio have gathered representative samples as well as different types of scale aircraft. Here, you will find articles about the building, painting, detailing and weathering of model aircraft by such famous Greek modellers as Megas Tsonos and Nick Kavvathas, both of whom are internationally recognized master aircraft modellers with a long list of international top awards. In addition, there are historical texts, photos, camouflage schemes, profiles and illustrations by Richard Caruana. Much effort has gone into making this volume as interesting as possible for modellers of all ages, ability or, indeed, status.

About the Authors
Maurizio di Terlizzi, Megas Tsonos, Theodoros Orenos, Christos Papathanasiou, Fraser Gray, Nikos Kavathas, Tolis Athanasopoulos, George Papadimitriou, Vasilis Mentzos & Mihalis Papadakis - all world-renowned modellers.
LOL! This is my real surname- Athanasopoulos :mrgreen: Funny that one of the authors shares such an obscure surname with me :dance:
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Paul wrote:
JohnModeller wrote:Nice! Where did you get it from?
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Third sentence John, theres even a link for you...
Whoops! Missed it...thanks Paul
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That looks like a nice book :th:
Where does all the bloody time go.....?

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Just been over for a look but cannot see anything about 20% off. Give us a pointer Paul :th:
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SteveW wrote:Just been over for a look but cannot see anything about 20% off. Give us a pointer Paul :th:
There you go mate http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=78c ... ddec64755d
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Hmmm...will they honor these prices to us in North America? I will make an inquiry.
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jbellos1 wrote:Hmmm...will they honor these prices to us in North America? I will make an inquiry.
If they post then yes i would think they would
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They actually have a US site.
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