Saturday, July 2

Preview: Airframe & Miniature No.19: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning - A Complete Guide To The 'Fork-tailed Devil' from Valiant Wings

Valiant Wings Publishing are gathering every bit of information you could ever think about to cram into their new 240page book about the Lockheed P-38 Lighting family of aircraft. Not only the P-38, but F-4 & F-5 variants with models, drawings, restorations, plans & period photographs fill this new book by Richard A Franks. See what's inside in our preview...
Preview: Airframe & Miniature No.19: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning - A Complete Guide To The 'Fork-tailed Devil' from Valiant Wings

Airframe & Miniature No.19: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Including the F-4 & F-5 – A Complete Guide To The 'Fork-tailed Devil'
by Richard A. Franks
128 pages
A4 Softcover
English texts
ISBN: 978-1-912932-27-6
Black & white + colour photographs, line drawings & aircraft profiles included:
Pre-order before May 26th and save £1.00 on the cover price!
RRP:  £25.95
The P-38 Lightning is a popular aircraft type with modellers and has recently been the subject of several new toolings in all scales. Valiant Wings latest book goes some way towards unpicking the different variants and colourful schemes that apply to the type.
This nineteenth book in their much-acclaimed series contains at least 240 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and USAAF enthusiast should be without.
Contents will include all the usual elements listed plus:
60+ pages of technical information
60+ pages of walk-around images and technical diagrams
8+ pages of camouflage and markings
25+ pages of model builds and modelling information
200+ photographs including wartime images
Colour side views and four-views by Richard J. Caruana
3D isometric views of all variants by Wojciech Sankowski
Specially commissioned extensive full kit builds of the Hobby 2000/Dragon P-38J and Anigrand Craftworks XP-58 in 1/72nd scale, and the Hasegawa P-38J and Tamiya P-38F in 1/48th scale by Steve A. Evans
Specially commissioned front cover artwork by Jerry Boucher
Bonus set of 1/48th scale plans
Airframe & Miniature No.19: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning - A Complete Guide To The 'Fork-tailed Devil' from Valiant Wings will retail at only £25.95 plus postage and packing
The book will also be available from all good hobby stores and specialist bookshops. This publication is scheduled for mid-late July.
If you like the look of this book, you can find out more about it on the Valiant Wings website for more on their great books.

SPECIAL PRE-ORDER OFFER - Save money!
1/ Save on postage; pre-order before August 8th and save £2.00 on post and packing, both UK and worldwide!
Save on cover price; pre-order before August 8th and save £1.00 on RRP!

Pre-orders can be made via the Valiant Wings website, www.valiant-wings.co.uk, by ‘phone on 07305 062637(+44 7305 062637 if calling from outside the UK) or by writing to:
Valiant Wings Publishing
Unit 3 Glenmore Business Park
Stanley Road
Bedford
MK42 0XY