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Modelling Luftwaffe Jets and Wonder Weapons Spiral - 2012

by Brett Green

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While the Allies largely relied on mass production to help them win World War II, Hitler's Nazi Germany put a great deal of their limited resources into new technologies. Nowhere was this more evident than in some of the revolutionary aircraft developed for the Luftwaffe. By the end of 1944, a number of jet and rocket aircraft were entering front-line service in the roles of high-speed interceptor, fighter, reconnaissance and bomber.

In addition to these tangible assets, which were used with varying degrees of success, the drawing boards of Germany were littered with dozens of advanced designs that never reached the prototype or production stages. Many of these operational and paper projects advanced the pace and influenced the direction of aircraft development in the decades following World War II, with many of the German engineers responsible for these innovations seamlessly continuing their roles in the United States and the USSR.

Modellers have had a long fascination for the Luftwaffe's jet arsenal and secret weapons of fact and fiction and this new Osprey Masterclass will explore the Luftwaffe jets and rocket planes that saw service at the end of World War II. This title will discuss the background behind these wonder weapons before covering aspects of the aircraft in detail - powerplants, cockpits and ordnance - with photographic walkarounds and modelling guides. Special attention will then be given to the techniques for painting and finishing late-war jets and rocket aircraft, with step-by-step techniques offered for bare metal, puttied panel lines, unfinished plywood and the ever-controversial RLM camouflage colours. Finally, the rocket and missile technologies and the Luftwaffe '46 phenomenon will also be covered, with modelers having a particular fascination for these what if aircraft that never saw service but now appear as scale models.

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  • Title Modelling Luftwaffe Jets and Wonder Weapons
  • Author Brett Green
  • Binding Spiral
  • Edition Spi
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Osprey Publishing (UK), Oxford, England
  • Publication date 2012-11-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781780961606 / 178096160X
  • Weight 1.74 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.89 x 8.3 x 1.12 in (25.12 x 21.08 x 2.84 cm)
  • Category Crafts / Hobbies
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.133

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"Clearly and copiously illustrated, coverage offers practical, step-by-step advice for modelers of most skill levels. Kit comments and historical remarks season sections. And notes on the Fi 103 trolley – and Simon Herbert's scratch-built 1:35 V2 Vidalwagen – should please vehicle and diorama enthusiasts."
- David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com

"...a fine survey of military aircraft developed by the Luftwaffe and is a strong pick for any military aircraft modeler who wants a blend of history and keys to authentic modeling."
- The Midwest Book Review (February 2013)

About the author

Brett Green is the editor of HyperScale (www.HyperScale.com), an online model magazine established in 1998, and a highly respected aviation modeller. He has published two books on the colours and markings of Luftwaffe aircraft: Augsburg's Last Eagles, on the late-war Messerschmitt Bf 109, and Stormbird Colors on the Me 262. For Osprey Publishing he has written Modelling 2: Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Modelling 11: Modelling the P-47 Thunderbolt, and has co-written World War 2 US Army Fighter Modeling in the Masterclass series. Brett lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.

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E-134: Osprey Publishing. Good. 2012. Hardcover. Spiral Bound. 4to. Published by Osprey Publishing, London, UK. 2012. 194 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in illustrated paper spiral boards boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards wrinkled and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. While the Allies largely relied on mass production to help them win World War II, Hitler's Nazi Germany put a great deal of their limited resources into new technologies. Nowhere was this more evident than in some of the revolutionary aircraft developed for the Luftwaffe. By the end of 1944, a number of jet and rocket aircraft were entering front-line service in the roles of high-speed interceptor, fighter, reconnaissance and bomber. In addition to these tangible assets, which were used with varying degrees of success, the drawing boards of Germany were littered with dozens of advanced… Read more
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