RAF WWII Modelling References List - A
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Airspeed
- Airspeed Aircraft since 1931, Author: H.A.Taylor, Publisher: Putnam
- Airspeed: The Company and Its Aeroplanes, Author: D.H. Middleton, Publisher: Terence Dalton (Nov 1982)
Courier
- Oxford, Courier and Envoy - Publisher: Air Britain
- Airspeed Oxford and Consul (Warpaint 136) - Author: William Harrison;
Publisher: Guideline
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol17 p225 (modelling)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - RugRat (resin)
Envoy
- Suggested 1/72 kit - RugRat (resin)
Horsa
- Air International Vol2.no4 p208 & p213
- Scale Models August 1988
- IPMS(UK) 3/94 p9 & 4/94 p35
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Italeri - Build notes
Oxford
- Oxford, Courier and Envoy - Publisher: Air Britain
- Airspeed Oxford and Consul (Warpaint 136) - Author: William Harrison; Publisher: Guideline
- Aircraft Profile No.227
- The History of Britain's Military Training Aircraft, Author: Ray Sturtivant, Publisher: Haynes
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol15 p382 (Aircraft in Detail) & p398 (modelling the Tasman kit)
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol16 p510 (Inside Story)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Admiral/AZ
Queen Wasp
Armstrong Whitworth
- Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Since 1913, Author: Oliver Tapper, Publisher: Putnam
Albemarle
- Warpaint Series No. 115 - Author: Tony Buttler
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey; Publisher: Arms and Armour 1997
- Air Enthusiast Quarterly No.39
- Air International Vol.8,no.2 p81
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Valom - Build notes
Whitley
- Whitley File - Publisher: Air Britain
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey; Publisher: Arms and Armour 1997
- Aircraft Profile No.153
- Air Enthusiast Quarterly No.9
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol15 p238 (Aircraft in Detail)
- Warpaint Series No. 21
- Aircraft Crash Log No. 4: Armstrong Whitworth
Whitley - Author: Nicholas Roberts 1978
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk I-IV) - Flightpath resin conversion (intended for
the old Frog kit)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk V & VII) - Airfix, Mk.V released
August 2015, Mk.VII to follow?
Avro
- Avro Aircraft Since 1908, Author A.J.Jackson, Publisher: Putnam
Anson
- Anson File - Publisher: Air Britain
- Avro Anson Mark I in Worldwide Service - Wingleader Photo Archive 25 -
Author: Andrew Thomas and Simon Parry; Publisher: Wingleader
- Air Enthusiast Quarterly No.42
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol10 p102 (Aircraft in Detail)
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol16 p395 (Aircraft in Detail Mks 11-22)
- RAF Yearbook 1981 p.62 (cutaway)
- The History of Britain's Military Training Aircraft, Author: Ray Sturtivant, Publisher: Haynes
- Warpaint Series No.53 - Hall Park
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Special Hobby
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Aeroclub (C.19)
- Valom C.19 and T.21 kits due soon
Lancaster
- Lancaster File - Publisher: Air Britain
- Modeller's Datafile 4 - The Avro, Lancaster, Manchester and Lincoln - Publisher: SAM Publications
- Avro Lancaster Early Production batches 1941 - 1943 - Wingleader Photo
Archive 5 - Author: Richard Alexander; Publisher: Wingleader
- Avro Lancaster
Late Production batches 1943 - 1945 - Wingleader Photo Archive 15 -
Author: Mark Postlethwaite; Publisher: Wingleader
- Avro Lancaster Part
3 (Mk II,VI,X,Type 464, B1 Special) - Wingleader Photo Archive 18
- Author: Peter Allam; Publisher: Wingleader
- Lancaster - Classic Aircraft and How to Model them - Publisher: PSL
- Lancaster - Author: Francis K, Mason; Publisher: Aston
- Lancaster - Publisher: Crowood
- Lancaster Squadrons In Focus Author: Mark Postlethwaite - Publisher: Red Kite
- Lancaster in Action - Publisher: Squadron/Signal
- Lancaster at War Vols 1,2,3,4 - Publisher: Ian Allan
- Osprey Combat aircraft 31 - Lancaster Squadrons 1942/43
- Osprey Combat aircraft 35 - Lancaster Squadrons 1944/45
- The Design and Development of the Avro Lancaster - Royal Aeronautical Society
- Aircraft Profile No.65 (Mk I & III)
- Aircraft Profile No.235 (Mk II)
- Aircam No12 - Avro Lancaster
- Air Enthusiast Quarterly No.51 (tail markings)
- Scale Models - January 1976 ('Grand Slam' variants)
- Scale Models - June 1993 ('Dambuster' variants)
- IPMS(UK) - 5/93 and 6/93
- IPMS(UK) - 5/95 ('Tallboy' and 'Grand Slam' variants)
- Air International Vol.21,no.6
- Air International Vol.22,no.4 ('saddle tank')
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol20 p584 (Aircraft in Detail)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk I & III) - Revell (new mould), Airfix or Hasegawa (use Aeroclub bomb-aimers blister for BI)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk.II) - Airfix
- Suggested 1/72 kit ('Dambuster') - Airfix or Hasegawa 'Dambuster'
- Suggested 1/72 kit ('Grand Slam') - Airfix 'Grand Slam'
- Suggested 1/72 accessories - Aeroclub, Paragon, Falcon Clear-Vax
Manchester
- Avro Manchester - Author: Robert Kirby; Publisher: Midland Counties 1995
- The Avro Manchester (Second Edition)- Author: Robert Kirby; Publisher
Fonthill 2015
- Avro Manchester in RAF Service - Wingleader Photo Archive
23 - Author: Peter Allam; Publisher: Wingleader
- Warpaint Series No103
- Avro York - Author: Tony Buttler; Publisher: Warpaint Books
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey; Publisher: Arms and Armour 1997
- Modeller's Datafile 4 - The Avro, Lancaster, Manchester and Lincoln - Publisher: SAM Publications
- Lancaster - Classic Aircraft and How to Model them - PSL
- Lancaster - Munson; Aston
- Aircraft Profile No.260
- Suggested 1/72 kit - AIM - Historic Wings (vacform - ex Contrail)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Planet (expensive)
- Suggested 1/72 conversion - Airfix Lancaster + Paragon conversion (resin - out of production)
Lincoln
- Modeller's Datafile 4 - The Avro, Lancaster, Manchester and Lincoln - Publisher: SAM Publications
- Lincoln at War 1944-1966 - Publisher: Ian Allan
- Warpaint Series No34 - Avro Lincoln - Author: Tony Buttler - Publisher: Hall Park
- The Aeroplane - December 2008 - Avro Lincoln (Datbase feature)
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol12 p150 (Aircraft in Detail) & p170 (conversion)
- Model Aircraft Monthly - July 2008 (history, plans, drawings, conversion)
- Model Aircraft Monthly - December 2007 (conversion)
- Flypast - June 1994 p23 (article)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Contrail (vacform - out of production)
- Suggested 1/72 conversion - Revell (new mould) or Hasegawa (post-war) Lancaster + Flightpath (resin) or Paragon (resin - out of production) conversion
Rota
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Azur
Tutor
- Suggested 1/72 kit - RVHP (resin)
York
- Warpaint Series No98 - Avro York - Author: William Harrison; Publisher:
Warpaint Books
- Aircraft Profile No.168
- Aviation News mini-monograph
- Author: Chris Ashworth
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Mach 2 or Contrail (vacform - out of production)
- Suggested 1/72 conversion - Airfix Lancaster + Czechmaster conversion
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