Tuesday, January 31

Airframe & Miniature turns 20 with a BIG bang. The Lancaster - part I from Valiant Wings

Valiant Wings next title in the Airframe & Miniature series is "The Avro Lancaster, Part 1-Wartime Service." The twentieth in this popular series is due out towards the end of Mrch. Coming in at 272 pages, this is the first of two editions that will be a great companion to an y of your Lanc builds. See how to get it at a disount for a short time in our preview....


Airframe & Miniature turns 20 with a BIG bang. The Lancaster - part I from Valiant Wings

Airframe & Miniature No.20: The Avro Lancaster (including the Manchester)
Part One - Wartime Service – A Complete Guide to the RAF's Legendary Heavy Bomber 
by Richard A. Franks
272 pages / soft cover A4
200+ photographs
Scale drawings included
ISBN: 978-1-912932-17-7
Special Pre-order Offer  - Order before February 23rd and save £3 on RRP!
Valiant Wings latest book "Airframe & Miniature No.20: The Avro Lancaster (including the Manchester) Part One - Wartime Service – A Complete Guide to the RAF's Legendary Heavy Bomber is written by Richard A. Franks. The first of a two-part sieries, part One covers the Avro Manchester and Lancaster B Mk I, II, III & VI in RAF service in WWII.

A popular aircraft type with modellers and has recently been the subject of several new toolings in all scales, especially in 1/32nd and 1/48th. Our latest book goes some way towards unpicking the different variants and detail differences that apply to the type. This book in our much-acclaimed series contains at least 272 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and RAF Bomber Command enthusiast should be without.
"The Avro Lancaster Part One" covers the Avro Manchester and Lancaster in RAF service in WW2 and contains:
60+ pages of technical information
60+ pages of walk-around images and technical diagrams
10+ 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 Juraj Jankovic
Specially commissioned extensive full kit builds by Steve A. Evans
Specially commissioned front cover artwork by Jerry Boucher
Set of scale plans

The Avro Lancaster Part Two will cover post-war variants, use by foreign air forces, civilian types, both Lancaster and Lancastrian, and test-bed machines. This volume will publish later this year; full details of its contents will be announced in due course.

Special Pre-order Offer  - Order before February 23rd and save £3 on RRP at this link on the Valiant Wings Website...