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New from SAM Publications just in time to go on sale at IPMS Scale ModelWorld comes a great collection of "How To" articles aimed at getting the most out of some classic Airfix kits.

Build and Convert – ‘Circuits and Bumps’ - Endorsed by Airfix

Mike Grant’s ‘Circuits and Bumps’ series had been the most enthusiastically acclaimed material ever to run in Scale Aviation Modeller International Magazine. Combining classic kits with simple but effective techniques Mike has produced a series of show-stopping models from an assortment of vintage Airfix toolings with very little recourse to after market products. His step by step guides are superbly photographed, each build demonstrating a specific technique and each article summarised in a ‘How To’ page that is both clear and concise. The overall content and presentation has excited enthusiastic comment from both sides of the Atlantic, and we have been inundated with requests to see the material in book form, where more space can be given to each model, and the excellent quality of the work involved can better be appreciated. If you are a beginner, an intermediate, or even consider yourself an expert modeller, this book has something for you – be it new ideas, new ways to solve problems, or simply new ways to look at some of those old kits you built ‘when you were young’.

This new book contains no fewer than fifteen classic builds, and these include:

De Havilland Chippie - Getting things straight and level with the de Havilland Chipmunk

Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher - Tips on using etched brass details with this charismatic US Navy spotter

F-80 Shining Star - Getting a natural metal finish on the F-80 Shooting Star

Brewster Buffalo F2A-1 - The Buffalo gets a makeover, using Barclay’s experimental camouflage scheme to demonstrate some masking and painting techniques

Point Defence – Filling seams on the Bristol Bloodhound missile

Classic Spotter Bird Dog - Getting to grips with the glazing on the Cessna 0-1 Bird Dog

Scaling Down Airbus - Creating your own decals for the Airbus A300

Angelito Henschel Hs123 - Sanding techniques with the classic ground attack machine in Spanish markings

Dayglo Shark - Plunge moulding details for the SA 341 Gazelle

Roland C.II - Detailing without the aftermarket

Focke Wulf Fw 190F-8 - Pre-shading techniques on an unusual captured ‘Butcher Bird’

DHC Beaver - Sweating the details – the bits that aren’t in the box!

Taking the Pane out of Kit - Canopies De Havilland’s Mosquito revisited

Douglas F4D-1 Skyray - Masking and painting the Killer Ray

Bristol Bulldog - Biplane basics with the classic inter -war fighter

The book is priced at £9.99 and will be launched at IPMS Scale ModelWorld

To order your copy now go to the SAM Publications website www.sampublications.com and follow the link, or contact [email protected] or telephone +44 (0)8707 333733

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