Aircraft in Detail Books
walk-around high resolution details of engines, airframes, and armaments
Modeler's Close-Up #1: F/A-18 Hornet / Super Hornet
About
to embark on an F/A-18 model? Enhance your project and ease your
efforts
with Modeler's Close-Up #1: Hornet and Super Hornet, a powerful
collection
of F/A-18C and Super Hornet photography depicting airframe, systems,
and
weapons details.
Aside from a concise written and photographic history of the Hornet and Super Hornet in US service, this volume also features dozens of high resolution, large format detail images - you'll get so close you can see individual rivets, data plates, and weathering marks.The book's spiral binding allows it to be laid flat calendar style to permit ease of use at the modeling bench.
Modeler's Close-Up#1 comes in two versions - one with a full color interior and the other in B&W. Otherwise, the two versions have identical photo coverage, and both have full color covers.
"If you're getting ready to build the 1/48 Hornets from Hasegawa, the 1/48 Super Hornets from Revell or Hasegawa, or the magnificent 1/32 Academy Hornets, then this is reference is just what you need on your work bench. This title is highly recommended!"
Coil-bound for ease of use at the modeling desk.
$3.99 for the
downloadable pdf version
$3.99 for full color .pdf
download version
The book's spiral binding allows it to be laid flat calendar style to permit ease of use at the modeling bench.
This
Modeler's Close-Up is cover-to-cover color photography which has been
color
laser printed on quality paper stock. While the subject aircraft are
mostly
subdued gray camouflaged, the color printing helps to quickly identify
those non-gray details to help you bring your own Prowler project
alive.
This title is definitely recommended!
Michael
Benolkin, Cybermodeler.com
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Modeler's Close-Up #4:
E-2C
Hawkeye
Never as well publicized as some of the types it has supported, the E-2C has played a pivotal role in the USN for the past four decades, providing airborne early warning and control for carrier groups operating against Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan. The Modeler's Close-Up format gets you in close, allowing inspection of airframe and engine components, panels, antennas, and even weathering marks. Over 50 pages, full color. Coil Bound. The book's spiral binding allows it to be laid flat calendar style to permit ease of use at the modeling bench.
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Modeler's Close-Up:
Lockheed
C-5 Galaxy 50+ pages of full color imagery showing the external and internal details of the USAF's largest aircraft in sharp focus.
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Modeler's Close-Up: C-17 Globemaster III Just in time for the new Anigrand kit! Superdetailers will delight with close-in photography of landing gear, ramps, doors, engines, and interior structures. 50+ pages, all color $3.99 PDF
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Modeler's
Close-Up: HH-60J Jayhawk / MH-60S Knighthawk |
Close-in detail photography of the US Coast Guard's primary long-range rescue helo and the Navy's MH-60S VERTREP/CSAR/AMCM workhorse. 42 pages, all color $3.99 PDF download |
Aircraft covered include:
P-39 Airacobra, P-63 Kingcobra, P-77, B-9, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, XP-55, B-36, B-46, XP-81, P-40, P-60, F15C-1, SBD, B-19, XB-42, BTD, AD Skyraider, F3D, A2D, F4D, P-38, P-58, P-80, F-104, P-67 Moonbat, Phantom I, B-26, B-48, P4M Mercator, XB-51, Black Bullet, P-61, N-102, F-20, YF-23, B-2, P-47, XP-72, F-84, RF-84F, F-103, F-105, Twin Mustang, F7U, F8U, plus many "what if" designs.230 page PDF document
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| Speculative
Warplane
Designs - A History in Patents A must for the fans of "Luft '46" and "What-If"! This work documents unbuilt US designs from the 1930s to the present day, using US Government patent documents. Some of these "what ifs" are outlandish, others might well have been built had things gone differently, and some are recognizable as having influenced aircraft that did end up being built. A sampler: *A jet powered flying wing fighter from Bell. Also, a number of unbuilt Airacomet derivatives/alternative designs. *A "Twin Liberator" - two B-24s on a common wing. * A McDonnell design contemporary with and similar to the XP-67 Moonbat, except being of pusher configuration. *Large twin and four engined flying wings from Northrop predating the XB-35. *VTOL F-104 Almost 200 pages, with hundreds of B&W side, top, bottom, frontal, and overall drawings. Lots of potential here for scratchbuilding and kitbashing! PDF download version $5.99
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Wings
from the Water *Chronicles the development of flying boats, amphibious, and floatplane aircraft from the early days of aviation through the 1990s, through the use of patent documentation. *Hundreds of 3-view, overall, and detail illustrations *Covers many never-built
"paper projects" - ideal for
the scratchbuilder
and "what-if" enthusiast NEW IMPROVED ORDERING! Printed version, 230+ pages softcover $19.99 + s/h
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V/STOL:
A History in
Patents Details the development of tilt-rotor, tilt-wing, vectored-thrust, and other manner of V/STOL aircraft from the early days of aviation to the present day. Over 140 pages. containing hundreds of B&W drawings that will be of much use to the scratchbuilder and kitbasher. PDF format download $1.99 (approx 12MB file) |
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Modeler's
Close-Up #11:
KC-135E/T Stratotanker Extensive walk-around photo coverage of rebuilt KC-135E (TF33 engines) and KC-135T (CFM56 engines) model Stratotankers, showing details of landing gear, wings, cargo door, engines, tail, and Flying Boom. 35 page all color PDF PDF download............................$1.99 |
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Modeler's Close-Up #12:
F-15C
Eagle An in-depth survey of the F-15C, shot with the modeler in mind. 50 pages, full color high resolution images *Intakes *antennas *inlets *exhausts *camouflage schemes PDF download $4.99 |
| KB-50
Superfortress Ad Although
it was later to rely
on SAC KC-135s,
in the 1950s and 1960s TAC had its own tanker force in
the form of KB-29s and later KB-50s, the latter being refitted with J47
turbojets in underwing pods and drogue dispensers under the wingtips
and in the former tailgun position. The KB-50s were pivotal in allowing
TAC to rapidly deploy fighters worldwide, and were only retired when
corrosion was discovered after several crashes. Original full-page ad -
we only have the one!
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| P-80
/ F-80 Shooting Star Ad Conceived
of in great secrecy
by what became known as Lockheed's "Skunk Works" the P-80 Shooting Star
was just too late for actyion in World War II, but helped the new USAF
transition to a jet force, and was in action from early on in Korea.
The basic design was stretched to become the T-33 trainer, which was in
production until the late 1950s, and is still flown today by several
air arms.
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| F-100
Super Sabre Ad The
first USAF fighter to be
supersonic in level flight, the F-100 originated from the Sabre 45
project. After a near-disasterous introduction to service, the "Hun"
matured into a air-refuelable fighter-bomber that saw much use over
Southeast Asia. F-100s were also flown by the Thunderbirds, with the
Air National Guard until 1979, and as pilotless drones well into the
1980s.
Original full-page ad - we only have the one! |
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| F3H
Demon Ad Among
the first naval fighters
to be armed with missiles, McDonnell's F3H/F-3 Demon was very nearly
stillborn, as the initial J40-powered F3H-1s were totally unsuitable
for service, and many went straight from the factory to use as ground
training hulks. The later marks were more successful, and served until
replaced by F4H Phantoms in the 1960s.
Original full-page ad - we only have the one! |
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| A4D
A-4 Skyhawk Ad Legendary
designer Ed Heinemann
created the A4D in response to an early 1950s requirement for a
Skyraider replacement. The diminuitive "Scooter's" capabilities far
belied its size, and A-4s would see much combat over Southeast Asia and
the Middle East. A-4s were replaced in frontline USN squadrons by the
A-7, but the Marines held onto their A-4Ms into the early 1990s, and
the last TA-4Js were only retired recently.
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| XF-91
Thunderceptor Ad The
Thunderceptor was Republic
Aviation's attempt to produce a fast-climbing interceptor by combining
jet propulsion for cruise flight with a battery of rocket motors for
climb performance. The XF-91 also had "inverse taper" wings that were
wider at the tips than at the root. Only the prototypes were built, as
the Thunderceptor's range was too short to defend large areas.
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