Teaches how to create accurate and realistic scale aircraft from scratchbuilding to painting. Includes simple techniques for adding interior and exterior details, removing seams, applying decals, and weathering. By Mike Ashey. 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 104 pgs.; 249 photos; softcover.

Learn how to construct and finish plastic model aircraft by mastering basic and advanced techniques in assembling, aligning, gluing, surface preparation, painting, and decaling.

Takes readers step-by-step through specific superdetailing projects that turn an average model aircraft into a showcase masterpiece. From wing cables to wheel wells, readers can learn techniques for creating realistic details. The author names and recommends tools and materials by brand, as well as revealing tips for solving modelling problems with the use of simple household items. Over 240 photographers help modellers see in close-up detail how to remove seams, rebuild a cockpit, scratchbuild interiors, detail guns and gunsights, rig biplanes and much more.

This book takes the reader through the construction of twenty-one kits, ranging from the de Havilland DH 4 and Handley Page HP 42 of the inter-war years, through the Fokker F27 Friendship and Bristol Britannia of the 1950s, to Concorde and the Airbus A340. Detailed instructions guide the modeller through every stage of the build process, accompanied by step-by-step photographs of the beautiful completed models.

Building plastic model Aircraft is an amazing hobby that makes your imagination fly, it allows you to express your creativity and relaxes you. This book has been written as a guide for newcomers to the hobby, but it may also be helpful for anybody that enjoys building plastic model aircraft.

Brett Green, one of the hobby's leading names, provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the basic techniques and materials needed to build scale aircraft, from opening the kit box to displaying the finished model, all in one clear and easy-to-follow expert guide. The many detailed photographs with step-by-step captions and the accessible and informative text cover every aspect of aircraft kit construction, from initial preparation through all stages of assembly to detailed finishing. This is an essential resource for any aviation modeller.