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  • Sixty Years of Airfix Models

    by Jeremy Brook ...
    The best-known and most important manufacturer of plastic model kits in the UK, Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Forty Years of Airfix Toys

    by Jeremy Brook ...
    Airfix acquired the first plastic injection moulding machine in the U.K. in the mid 1940's and was soon manufacturing vast numbers of plastic toys. By 1981, when Airfix's financial woes led to takeover and the end of all production save for plastic model kits, it had made a wide variety of toys, games, arts, crafts, building sets, racing sets, model trains and even Meccano and Dinky toys. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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  • Modelling a Tiger I I3./SS-Panzer Regiment I, Kursk 1943

    In 1/35 scale

    by Gary Edmundson ...
    Series series Osprey Modelling Guides
    Part of Osprey Modelling 37: Modelling the Tiger I, a detailed modelling guide on the '1331', 13./SS-Panzer Regiment I, Kursk 1943 in 1/35 scale.Probably the most famous tank of World War II, the Tiger I was stepped up after the appearance of the Soviet T-34 and KW tanks lent a further impetus to the programme. 1,350 Tigers were produced between August 1942 and August 1944, and The Tiger has ... Read more

    $2.32 USD

  • Airfix Kits

    by Trevor Pask ...
    Series Book 598 - Shire Library
    With the aid of stringy glue and scalpel-sliced fingers, young and old have turned display cabinets and bedrooms into mini-museums, or tiny battlefields.This book looks at the fascinating tale of this British company, a pioneer in the world of modelling, as well as its products, its changing fortunes over the years, and its links with popular culture.Using colour images, Trevor Pask explores this ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Firefighters

    The men and women who risk their lives to save ours

    by Gary McKay ...
    At 12.32 a.m. on Friday 23 June 2000, the Childers auxiliary brigade received a 000 call saying that the Palace Backpacker Hostel at 72 Churchill Street was on fire . . . The first truck pulled up in front of the hostel five minutes after the fire call was sent. It was a dramatic scene. Occupants were streaming out of the burning building, and the Childers crew were facing a big fire with limited ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Style Me Vintage: 1940s

    by Liz Tregenza ...
    The next book in the successful Style Me Vintage series is designed to inspire re-enactors and all those vintage aficionados who admire the classic looks of the 1940s. This beautiful and accessible book looks at how to source and put together 1940s outfits – from how to create the elaborate hairstyles and how to apply the correct make-up to sourcing the right accessories and authentic clothing, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Build Your Own Kit Car

    by Steve Hole ...
    In Build Your Own Kit Car, renowned kit car expert Steve Hole presents a comprehensive guide to planning, managing and executing a kit car build. The first part of the book covers the history of kit cars; detailing the innovations the kit car industry has made in car building technology, and how companies like Westfield and Caterham have become household names. The second half of the book takes ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Dinky Toys

    by David Busfield ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    Dinky Toys are a part of many people’s childhood. They were one of the many famous brands produced as part of the Meccano empire set up by Frank Hornby at his Binns Road factory in Liverpool. Although they began before the Second World War, it was the post-war ranges produced by Dinky that really caught the public’s imagination and helped to make the period into the company’s golden years. This ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Making Urban Buildings for Model Railways

    by David Wright ...
    This fascinating book is aimed at all those modellers who wish to create a model railway set in an urban landscape. It covers the selection and the construction of a wide range of urban buildings, and presents many detailed photographs of real buildings from which the modeller can gain ideas, identify specific features and draw inspiration. Special attention is paid to modelling architectural ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • What the Victorians Got Wrong

    by Stan Yorke, Trevor Yorke ...
    The nineteenth century was an era of scientific advance like no other in history. And no nation gained more from its forward momentum than Britain and her Empire. Railways were built, bridges constructed, rivers tamed and electricity harnessed, to the great benefit of all But progress was only achieved at high cost. Impatience for achievement too often resulted in catastrophe and disaster. In 1879 ... Read more

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  • Scenic Modelling

    A Guide for Railway Modellers

    by John de Frayssinet ...
    This invaluable and well-illustrated book describes landscape modelling from a new perspective. It explains in detail how to design and construct a model railway in a convincing and pleasing landscape. The author has always considered that model railway dioramas are an art form and this book is brimming with advice and tips that will allow the modeller to create true-to-life landscapes. Important ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Shed Style

    Decorating cabins, huts, pods, sheds and other garden rooms

    by Selina Lake ...
    In Shed Style, Selina Lake reveals how even the smallest garden can be home to an outdoor retreat. From the traditional gardener's potting shed to a writer's cabin to an artist's studio, Selina explores sheds, cabins, huts, greenhouses, pods and all manner of garden structures, providing ample inspiration for anyone dreaming of their own garden hideaway. She reveals how any existing shed, cabin or ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus