KLP Publishing

05/07/2024

The fifth title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale by Kent Karlsen, had its fourth anniversary earlier this week, but I was away celebrating our 25th anniversary with my wife at the time! So to celebrate both these occasions (one clearly more momentous than the other), I've just updated this book to v2.2 with a few typographical and layout improvements, and temporarily reduced the price to just 12 Australian dollars....

The fifth title in our Build Guide Series, Building the Fly Arado Ar 234 in 1/32 Scale by Kent Karlsen, had its fourth anniversary earlier this week, but I was away celebrating our 25th anniversary…

02/07/2024

Thanks to everybody who participated for helping to make our EOFY Sale a great success. Now that normal operations have resumed, don't forget to check out our latest title, "Building the Hasegawa/Alley Cat Ki-100 in 1/32 Scale" by Harvey Low

In this 54-page eBook, renowned modeller Harvey Low combines the Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-61 kit with the Alley Cat conversion set to produce a stunning model of the Kawasaki Ki-100. Harvey guides you thro…

01/07/2024

KLP author Peter Castle is at it again!

29/06/2024

Today is the last day of our End of Financial Year sale. Just use the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout to receive a 20% discount on the value of your cart.

https://www.klp.com.au/shop/

29/06/2024

Coming to the end of our End of Financial Year sale, which ends at midnight tomorrow (AEST). Let's take a look at one of our most popular titles, the first in Geoff Coughlin's trilogy of book on the British Phantoms, suitably entitled "Building the British Phantoms Volume One". It's available now for 20% off using the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout.

In this 366-page eBook, Geoff Coughlin—with the aid of a host of contributors—guides you through the specifics of building the FG.1 Phantom in Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, and A&AEE service. With…

28/06/2024

A sneak preview of things to come...

Hi everyone I finished my ebook!!!!!!!! Sent the pendrive off to KLP yesterday - 28 GB worth of information which I hope will help you build nice Ju 88 G-6 models in any scale but even if you no longer make models and you just like to go over the details there will be something for everyone including 38 profiles and scale plans and loss lists. I have been collecting information on this subject for 20 years and with friends and contacts passing away and with very bad hands I wanted to get it all together while it was still possible. There are many Ju 88 G-6 photos it would have been great to use but I was never able to track down the owner and so they have been left out in all but I think two occasions where I know the buyer. Look I know this is a bigger thing for me than for maybe others but I wanted the right people to be credited otherwise I would not have these great photos in the first place. Where the owner is alive and we were in contact the photo reads 'Courtesy of....' Where the author or owner has passed away and I have been granted permission to use the photo or years have passed with all attempts to reach the next of kin exhausted the photo is listed as belonging to the deceased's 'Collection.' All my finished Ju 88 G-6 / Mistel 3 models are in the work and in every case I have left the errors in place to illustrate the problem modelling an aircraft with so many details whose source information is spread over such a large area. It really is a case of not seeing the wood for the trees. My hope is that by bringing all the information together under one roof the modeller might have an overview of the aircraft that was otherwise impossible to have. Anyway I hope you will enjoy it. My hands are wreaked now and I must rest them a good long while so I can continue in the near future.
Best wishes, John

28/06/2024

Day 5 of our End of Financial Year sale, where you can get 20% off our entire catalogue* by using the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout. Today we take a look at another of our more recent titles, "Chevron and Cross: Camouflage Paints and Camouflage Schemes of the Royal Hungarian Air Force", by Károly Magó.

*excludes the new Ki-100 book

In this 417-page eBook, author Károly Magó covers the camouflage paints and schemes of the Royal Hungarian Air Force from inception until 1945 in forensic detail. Using historical photos, original …

27/06/2024

Day 4 of our End of Financial Year Sale, and today we take a look at our title on building Eduard's 1/48 MiG-21MF by the mighty chukw, Chuck Wojtkiewicz. Amazing build, accompanied by terrific artwork, and currently available for 20% off using the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout.

In this 243-page eBook, expert modeller Chuck “chukw” Wojtkiewicz builds the Eduard 1/48 MiG-21 kit, converting it into a Romanian MiG-21MF LanceR using an aftermarket set from Icaerode…

26/06/2024

Day 3 of our End of Financial Year Sale, where you can get 20% off the value of your cart by using the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout. This includes John Kim's terrific treatise on the Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 kit, entitled "Building the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 Scale", oddly enough.

In this 342-page eBook, John Kim guides you through the process of building, painting, weathering, and finishing the Hasegawa 1/32 scale Fw 190D-9 kit. He uses a carefully curated selection of afte…

25/06/2024

Day 2 of our End of Financial Year Sale, and we take a look at one of our ever-popular Wingnut Wings build guides. "Building the Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa in 1/32 Scale" features 3 outstanding builds by Gary Boxall, and is currently available for 20% off by using the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout.

In this 361-page eBook, award-winning modeller Gary Boxall describes the building, painting, and finishing process of three Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.IIIa kits! The first build uses Aviattic lozenge de…

24/06/2024

Many thanks to Stephen Sutton over at the Scale Model Kit Review YouTube channel for his detailed review of our book, "Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale".

Purchase Here: https://www.klp.com.au/product/building-the-trumpeter-p-47d-razorback-in-1-32-scale/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/klppublishingIn this 32...

24/06/2024

I'm pleased to announce that we've just launched our End of Financial Year (EOFY) Sale for 2024! Just use the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout to receive 20% off the value of your cart*. The sale will expire at midnight on 30 June, AEST. That coupon code again: EOFY2024 *Note: this excludes our newly-released title, Building the Hasegawa/Alley Cat Ki-100 in 1/32 Scale…...

I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just launched our End of Financial Year (EOFY) Sale for 2024! Just use the coupon code EOFY2024 at checkout to receive 20% off the value of your cart*…

21/06/2024

Thanks to Thor at Valhalla Scale Model Works for his kind words about our latest title.

In this 54-page eBook, renowned modeller Harvey Low combines the Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-61 kit with the Alley Cat conversion set to produce a stunning model of the Kawasaki Ki-100. Harvey guides you thro…

19/06/2024

I'm pleased to announce that our latest title, Building the Hasegawa/Alley Cat Ki-100 in 1/32 Scale, is now available! In this 54-page eBook, renowned modeller Harvey Low combines the Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-61 kit with the Alley Cat conversion set to produce a stunning model of the Kawasaki Ki-100. Harvey guides you through the construction and painting of the model, not only outlining his weathering and finishing techniques, but also detailing his custom paint mix for the upper surface green colour (ANA #7)....

I’m pleased to announce that our latest title, Building the Hasegawa/Alley Cat Ki-100 in 1/32 Scale, is now available! In this 54-page eBook, renowned modeller Harvey Low combines the Hasegaw…

19/06/2024

In this 54-page eBook, renowned modeller Harvey Low combines the Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-61 kit with the Alley Cat conversion set to produce a stunning model of the Kawasaki Ki-100. Harvey guides you through the construction and painting of the model, not only outlining his weathering and finishing techniques, but also detailing his custom paint mix for the upper surface green colour (ANA #7). As a bonus, we've also included the cut files for the paint masks that Harvey created for painting the fuselage codes on the model. These are provided in DXF, Studio3 (for the Silhouette platform), PDF, and SVG formats. Note: all our prices are in Australian dollars.

In this 54-page eBook, renowned modeller Harvey Low combines the Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-61 kit with the Alley Cat conversion set to produce a stunning model of the Kawasaki Ki-100. Harvey guides you thro…

15/06/2024

Thanks to IPMS/USA for their review of our eBook, "Building the Trumpeter P-47D Razorback in 1/32 Scale".

KLP Publishing (Scale Modelling Guide Books) is an Australian publisher that specialises in modelling guides of specific topics and in PDF format. Publisher Kevin Futter has a clear vision for this. In short, the publisher does not want to have the limitation of real printed books, including unsalea...

13/06/2024

Check out KLP author John Kim's latest masterwork!

12/06/2024

The need to claw back some normality beckons, so let's take a look at one of our most recent publications, "Chevron and Cross: Camouflage Paints and Camouflage Schemes of the Royal Hungarian Air Force". This 417-page eBook covers the camouflage paints and schemes of the Royal Hungarian Air Force from inception until 1945 in forensic detail. Just 20 Australian dollars from our website!

In this 417-page eBook, author Károly Magó covers the camouflage paints and schemes of the Royal Hungarian Air Force from inception until 1945 in forensic detail. Using historical photos, original …

02/06/2024

A look back to something for those with a Japanese bent.

In this 104-page eBook, noted modeller and KLP author Jan Gabauer takes you through the building, painting, and finishing of the terrific 1/32 scale Ki-45 Kai Tei kit from Zoukei-Mura. Jan navigate…

31/05/2024

A throwback to one of the titles we published last year, featuring Peter Castle's amazing scratch-built 1/18 scale Hawker Fury.

In this 415-page eBook, Peter Castle takes a set of plans and a grand idea, and turns them into a magnificent 1/18 scale model of the Hawker Fury biplane from the 1930s. Peter’s build feature…

27/05/2024

I'm pleased to announce that our most recent title, Building the Airfix Gannet AS.1/AS.4 in 1/48 Scale, has just been updated to v1.1. This update involves only the addition to two new aftermarket products from Aerocraft Models, and is not considered an urgent update. Shop now This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books....

I’m pleased to announce that our most recent title, Building the Airfix Gannet AS.1/AS.4 in 1/48 Scale, has just been updated to v1.1. This update involves only the addition to two new afterm…

26/05/2024

There's a lot happening here at KLP Publishing right now, with much news and new releases to come. In the meantime, check out our most recent release. Just 16 Australian dollars!

In this 161-page eBook, award-winning modeller Gary Boxall describes the building, painting, and finishing of the Airfix 1/48 Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4 kit. After a brief look at the kit itself, Gary…

23/05/2024

I'm pleased to announce that Building the British Phantoms Volume Two: The FGR.2 in RAF Service has now been updated to v1.2, and for next 7 days, is on sale for just 18 Australian dollars! Shop now Thanks once again to eagle-eyed customer Stuart Wallis, a small number of errors in some of the photo captions has been corrected, along with some refinements in the typography....

I’m pleased to announce that Building the British Phantoms Volume Two: The FGR.2 in RAF Service has now been updated to v1.2, and for next 7 days, is on sale for just 18 Australian dollars! S…

20/05/2024

I'm pleased to announce that the next title in our Build Guide Series will be Building the Kitty Hawk T-6/Harvard in 1/32 Scale, by Chuck Sawyer, along with a second build by yours truly. The book will feature two builds, the first being my own out-of-box build to show how the kit goes together without resorting to any modifications or aftermarket products....

I’m pleased to announce that the next title in our Build Guide Series will be Building the Kitty Hawk T-6/Harvard in 1/32 Scale, by Chuck Sawyer, along with a second build by yours truly. The…

17/05/2024

I'm pleased to announce that Building the Airfix F6F-5 Hellcat in 1/24 Scale has just been updated to v1.3. And for the next 7 days, has been reduced to just 12 Australian dollars! Shop now In this 263-page eBook, Chuck Sawyer executes a meticulous build of the Airfix 1/24 F6F-5 Hellcat, providing plenty of construction and painting hints and tips along the way....

I’m pleased to announce that Building the Airfix F6F-5 Hellcat in 1/24 Scale has just been updated to v1.3. And for the next 7 days, has been reduced to just 12 Australian dollars! Shop now I…

16/05/2024

"Building the British Phantoms Volume One" is just 15 Australian dollars until May 21!

In this 366-page eBook, Geoff Coughlin—with the aid of a host of contributors—guides you through the specifics of building the FG.1 Phantom in Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, and A&AEE service. With…

15/05/2024

A little hint at what's coming down the pipe...

AIMS 1/32 Ju 88 G-6 WNr 622311 '3C+DA' of Stab NJG 4, Gütersloh, 1945. Look out for a future KLP publication! My hands are in agony but I enjoyed doing this - however at the end of the day I now have about 2 kg of 'accident waiting to happen' 🤣
John