This new
book from Model Alliance is created by well known profile artist Jon
Freeman.
The book
focuses on giving modellers a large selection of colour profiles to help
expand their reference library. I've scanned a tiny selection of
the colour profiles to give you a small taste to the many colour
profiles presented in this book. In fact there are 73 different
Spitfire colour profiles featured in this book. They cover
Spitfires
from the various RAF Squadrons that included Australians, Canadians,
Czechs, Belgium and Polish Squadrons that flew with the RAF as well as a
few others from the British Commonwealth. The
colour profiles in this book feature Spitfires from Mk1's through to the
last of the short nosed Spitfires....the MkVI that flew from the UK in
what was to become called the European Theatre of
Operations.
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Included with each colour profile
is info on the particular plane as well as information about it's paint
scheme. Above is an example of one of the colour profiles. About 20%
of
the profiles also include a top and bottom view and two side profiles to
give an all around view of certain Spitfires included in this book. Below
I've include a tiny selection of some of the pages....out of respect to the
artist's copyright, I am not providing larger scans.
73
different Spitfire colour profiles featured in this book
Also included in the book is a
page with 13 colour chips for the various Spitfires.
Towards the back of the book are 2 pages showing a Model Alliance decal sheet
that includes some of the Spitfires featured in this book....including one with
nude nose art. The 1/48 and 1/72 decal sheets are NOT included with this book, but
there is ordering instructions included in this book, so you can order the decal
sheet. 1/72 decals (MA72-114) cost £
6.50 .....1/48 decals
(MA48-114) cost £8.50 if you
use the order form included in this book.
If the
decals interest you...contact: |
On Target Profiles |
Aviation
Workshop |
Brook
Barn |
Letcombe
Regis |
Wantage |
Oxfordshire |
OX12
9SD |
UK |
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I'm quite impressed
with the quality of this new book. Although the cover is a soft
cover....it is a heavy weight cardboard cover. The pages are heavy weight
paper....this is a reference book sure to last a long long time.
I'm quite impressed with this new book and I look forward to other additions to
this new On Target Profile Series. I recommend this book to anyone
interested in the early Mk. Spitfires flown by the RAF. Later editions in
this profile series will feature the later Mk. Spitfires. Special thanks to Jon Freeman
for the review sample and bringing this book to my attention.
Steve
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