Osprey Modelling Manual SC (1998-2002 1st Series) comic books 2001-2003

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger!" By Jerry Scutts. Numbers 13 and 14 the Osprey Modelling Series see the start of a regular subseries on modelling specific AFVs. The first covers the best German tank of WW2, the Tiger, the mount of top tank commander Michael Wittmann. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books provide all the details needed to model the main Tiger I version – the Ausf E – and its variants. There is a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest. Softcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "M4 Sherman!" By Jerry Scutts.With numbers 13 and 14 the Osprey Modelling Series sees the start of a regular subseries on modelling specific AFVs. The second covers the Allies' most important tank of WW2, the US M4 Sherman, of which 49, 234 gun tanks were built. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the main M4 Sherman version – the M4A4 – and its variants. There is a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest. Softcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "Panzerkampfwagen III!" By Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos and John Prigent. The Panzer III was the instrument of Blitzkrieg on land, the major component of the Panzerwaffe in the early war years, and an important stepping stone between the earliest Panzers and the heavier vehicles of the later war years. Over 15,000 were built and the Panzerkampfwagen III saw service in all theatres, serving with distinction in Africa and Russia. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, this book will provide all the details needed to model the main Panzer III version – the Ausf J – and its variants. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "T-34/76 & T-34/85!" By Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos and John Prigent. The T-34/76 was a major step forward in tank design and its appearance on the battlefield during the German invasion of Russia shocked the Germans into developing new AFVs such as the Panzer V Panther. Produced in huge numbers, its later variant the T-34/85 would see extended postwar service with Communist-supplied countries around the world - such as the Arab countries, the North Korea, North Vietnam and China. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the main T-34 version - the Model 1943 - and its variants. There is a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Messerschmitt Bf 109!" By Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos and Geoff Coughlin. With number 17 the Osprey Modelling Manuals start a regular subseries on modelling specific aircraft types. The first covers the standard Luftwaffe single-seat fighter of the early years of WW2, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the mount of aces such as Adolf Galland and Werner Mölders. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the main Bf109 version — the 109E ‘Emil' — and other variants, particularly the ‘Gustav', the most numerous of all Bf 109 types, and the strange double-deck Mistel. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Supermarine Spitfire!" By Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos and Geoff Coughlin. Osprey Modelling Manual 18 examines Reginald Mitchell's classic Spitfire — the only RAF type in continuous production throughout WWII (over 20,000 were built in some 40 major variations), and an airframe adaptable as a fighter, fighter-bomber and PR aircraft. This book provides all the details needed to model the main Spitfire Marks — the Mks V and IX — and other Spitfire variants. Includes a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "North American P-51 Mustang!" By Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos and Geoff Coughlin. Osprey Modelling Manual 19 covers the best-known US fighter of WWII - the long-range escort that made possible the USAAF's bombing of Germany by day. This classic fighter would go on to have a significant postwar history too. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the main P-51 version, the P-51D (nearly 8,000, over half the total number of P-51s, built) and its variants. There is a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

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Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Focke-Wulf Fw 190!" By Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos and Geoff Coughlin. Osprey Modelling Manual 20 examines the Focke-Wulf 190, which entered Luftwaffe service in 1941. It would serve out the war as the best of all German fighters and fighter-bombers, and its variants would include Kurt Tank's extreme Ta152 tank-buster version (4 x 20mm, 1 x 30mm cannon). With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the most common A8 version as well as the long-nosed FW190D and other variants. There is a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.