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No 97 Vigilante
$29.00

No. 97 in the Warpaint series
by Charles Stafrace

The North American Vigilante was an aircraft of extraordinary performance, and introduced aerodynamic, technological and electronic features that were much ahead of their time, and which were to become standard in combat aircraft that followed it.
It started out as a shipboard nuclear attack bomber, but when the Navy's nuclear attack task was given to Polaris submarines, the Vigilante risked extinction. Reluctant to lose such an advanced aircraft, the US Navy came up with the idea that it needed a shipboard Mach 2 long range reconnaissance bomber, and North American, with little effort, converted the Vigilante to carry out this mission.
In this new role, the Vigilante provided the US Navy with an unparalleled wide-ranging reconnaissance capability that was to remain unavailable to the Service after the Vigilante's retirement until the TARPS-equipped F-14 Tomcat came around in the 1980s. The recce Vigilante entered the scene just in time for the Vietnam War, during which its crews often risked their lives in order to bring back much needed information on the enemy.
The aircraft's two big engines and its aerodynamic shape gave the Vigilante an easy Mach 2.2 performance, enough to outrun its escorting F-4 Phantom, and making it the fastest aircraft ever to operate from an aircraft carrier until the arrival, again, of the F-14 Tomcat. Yet, the Vigilante remained one of those unsung heroes, and its demise from US Navy service went largely unnoticed.
This book tries to somewhat redress this injustice with the latest Warpaint title, which contains no less than 125 photos, many of which are in colour, seven pages of colour artwork, and 60 pages of text that describes the development and operational career of both the bomber and reconnaissance versions of this remarkable aircraft.
This book is written by Charles Stafrace and is superbly illustrated by Richard J.Caruana.

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Stock code: WPT097

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No 96 B24 Liberator
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No. 96 in the Warpaint series
by Ian White

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Stock code: WPT096

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No 95 Sea King
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No. 95 in the Warpaint series

Stock code: WPT095

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No 94 Supermarine Attacker
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No. 94 in the Warpaint series

Stock code: WPT094

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No 93 Messerschmitt Me 262
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No. 93 in the Warpaint series
By Kev Darling

It seems strange that the aircraft we recognise today as the Messerschmitt Me 262 nearly did not happen. Fortunately a need to change the selected engine and reconfigure the aircraft to maintain a viable centre of gravity created that unique shape. Having undergone a tortuous trial period the Me 262 would enter service with fighter units: its intended task being to shoot down as many of the aircraft in the USAAF bomber streams as possible. Unfortunately for the Luftwaffe Adolf Hitler decided to intervene and insisted that the Me 262 become a bomber - a wonder weapon. With airframes being diverted away from pure fighter duties the types impact in defending Germany was lessened. Other versions were mooted the most successful of which was the two seat night fighter that soon sprouted a forest of radar aerials on the nose. Further trials would see attempts to make the Me 262 more valuable in the ground attack role. To that end various heavy cannon were mounted in the nose to varying degrees of success while a visual bomber version with a revamped nose section complete with plexiglass nose was also tested. Reconnaissance was also another role that the Me 262 was configured for and to a certain degree it was successful. However, many of these efforts were symptomatic of a regime falling apart under great allied pressure and never came to full fruition. At the end of hostilities many intact examples were despatched to Britain and America where the survivors languish in museums. The Me 262 story is not quite over as modern flying examples with more reliable engines have since taken to the skies. This volume is fully illustrated and includes scale drawings and artwork by Richard J Caruana.

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Stock code: WPT093

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No 92 Grumman HU-16 Albatross
$32.00

No. 92 in the Warpaint series
by Charles Stafrace

The HU-16 Albatross was the last important amphibian flown by the United States military services. It also had the distinction of becoming the most used amphibian by different air forces around the world, no less than 21 air arms having it on their complement, at some time or other, from the mid-1950s to 1995. The Albatross was flown in a variety of roles but principally in its designated tasks of Search and Rescue and anti-submarine warfare. It participated in the Korean and in the Vietnam Wars, and was utilised for clandestine missions during the peak of the Cold War. The crews of the unarmed Albatrosses very often risked their lives to save the lives of others, not only fighting against the elements, but in many instances coming under enemy fire when carrying out rescue operations in war zones. Yet, its record and the efforts of its crews remained mostly unsung, because the combat types usually gain all the glamour. In this latest Warpaint title, Charles Stafrace gives an account of the Albatross's origins, production, and operational record in peace as well as in war, complete with serials, versions used, and squadron information, not only in United States service but also in those of the 21 other air arms. No fewer than 119 colour and B&W photos, as well as scale and colour drawings by Richard J Caruana, illustrate the account.

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Stock code: WPT092

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No 91 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbed'
$32.00

No. 91 in the Warpaint series
by Vladimir Trendafilovski

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbed'

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, also known by its NATO codename 'Fishbed', is undoubtedly a phenomenon in the field of military aviation - designed over 50 years ago, it remains in service even today.
Just as the ubiquitous Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, it was a successful product of the Soviet weapons design doctrine - simple, reliable and durable - built in large quantities and distributed throughout the world. Unsurprisingly, this has made the MiG-21 the most produced supersonic jet aircraft in the world with the longest combat aircraft production run in aviation history so far, reaching a total of 11,000+ examples delivered during full 28 years of series production that did not go on in the USSR alone, but also under licence in factories in the former Czechoslovakia and India.
Thus, nowadays the MiG-21 series of aircraft still rank as one of top 10 combat aircraft still in service with at least 500 aircraft in an airworthy condition with no less than a dozen user-countries, while the total of aircraft that are still considered in service and on strength is almost double that figure.
With the service life of the last produced examples due to expire in 2017, the MiG-21 is not yet going to become a museum piece or a warbird collector item, but will continue to serve as it did decades ago.

This WARPAINT is an attempt to bring new information on this very complex subject to the modeller and enthusiast, providing not only the complete development and service history of the MiG-21's numerous variants and sub-variants, but also a very detailed service history of the type in former Yugoslavia - theme that has not yet been addressed so properly and in such detail, bringing many quality photographs that are never seen before.
In combination with the superb colour profiles by Richard Caruana, showing aircraft from almost all the user-countries, this WARPAINT title is not to be missed by anybody interested in this type which is one of the world's most important aircraft that served not only as a combat aircraft, but also as an advanced jet trainer - paving the way to the sky for numerous generations of pilots throughout the world.

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Stock code: WPT091

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No 90 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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No. 90 in the Warpaint series
by Kev Darling

Stock code: WPT090

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No 89 Avro Lancaster
$31.00

No. 89 in the Warpaint series
by Tony Butler

The Lancaster is one of the most famous and charismatic military aircraft of all time and in World War II was responsible for several spectacular RAF operations. Indeed it was the most successful RAF bomber during the conflict and Tony Buttler's text in this substantial new Warpaint looks at the type's design and development, the highlights of its wartime career, its post-war career, overseas service and use as a trials and test aircraft. Until 1945 the type was operated almost exclusively as a bomber and so it did not move into other roles until the conflict was over, but its use in experimental work provides the modeller with many one-off modifications to the airframe. The text is complemented by a series of new and unique colour profiles created by Richard J. Caruana plus a substantial number of previously unpublished or rarely seen photographs, particularly in regard to these one off modifications. The volume also includes 1:72nd scale plans, production and serial details and lists of operators.

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Stock code: WPT089

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No 88 Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
$27.00

No. 88 in the Warpaint series
by Adrian Balch

The Lockheed T-33A was the two-seat trainer development of the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, which was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Air Force, and saw extensive combat in Korea with the USAF as the F-80. As one of the world's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet age" in the USAF and other air forces worldwide.
Decades after the first P-80 flew, the T-33A, its two-seater derivative, has only recently finally been withdrawn from use by its last operators. The T-33A may have been seen to have a mundane existence, there have been no great headline news about the aircraft and the general public have hardly heard of it. However, there are any number of pilots flying today where two generations of the same family have been trained on this almost unique workhorse operated worldwide. Just about every air arm that has ever operated the T-33 in over forty years
throughout the world has thought to preserve one in its museum, recognising a truly hard-working and reliable workhorse that has trained its pilots and made its Air Force what it is today.
Incredibly, there have been very few books published on this famous type that has seen decades of worldwide service, in fact those books can be named on one hand. This WARPAINT hopes to address that balance and provides the modeller and historian with not only the complete history of the type and its derivatives, but also a prolific array of top quality colour photographs, many of which have never been published before.
Combined with Richard Caruana's selection of superb colour profiles, this is one WARPAINT of a very important type in military aviation history not to be missed.

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Stock code: WPT088

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