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GtrsRGr8 · 05-14-2016, 06:17 PM

I ran across the website for Kagero Publishing just a little while ago. They have some very interesting freebies, 15 or so in number, at this webpage.

Kagero seems to be a company that specializes, at least, in publishing items related to the hobby of model building, in particular models of military machines (airplanes, tanks, ships, etc.). Most of the books on the above-referenced webpage will probably be of interest to modelers only. However, at least two of them will have a much broader appeal.

Those two are Topshots 12 -- A-10 Thunderbolt II and Top Colors No. 8 Battle of Britain, Part I. The first one is about the modern-day A-10 "Warthog" warplane. The second one is about what the title suggests--the Battle of Britain (the air war above England (and maybe other parts of Great Britain) against Nazi Germany in 1940).

The book about the A-10 has a small amount of textual information about the plane, but mostly it has page after page of color photographs of the (real--not model) plane taken from seemingly every conceivable angle of every different area of the plane. The second one has considerably more text than the first one and, instead of photographs, has many beautiful, detailed paintings of aircraft that were involved in the Battle of Britain. With this being only Part I of the title, this book deals exclusively with German airplanes; I assume that there is a Part II and that it deals with the planes of Great Britain. However, if there is, it is probably not free; I'll do some more looking around on Kagero's website, though.

One caveat. The publisher is a Polish one. Most of the books of interest to modelers are almost entirely in Polish. However, the two books that I have highlighted are both almost entirely in English.

ADDENDUM: You might have assumed this, but in case you didn't . . . . the books are all in PDF.

05-14-2016, 06:17 PM	#322
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	I ran across the website for Kagero Publishing just a little while ago. They have some very interesting freebies, 15 or so in number, at this webpage. Kagero seems to be a company that specializes, at least, in publishing items related to the hobby of model building, in particular models of military machines (airplanes, tanks, ships, etc.). Most of the books on the above-referenced webpage will probably be of interest to modelers only. However, at least two of them will have a much broader appeal. Those two are Topshots 12 -- A-10 Thunderbolt II and Top Colors No. 8 Battle of Britain, Part I. The first one is about the modern-day A-10 "Warthog" warplane. The second one is about what the title suggests--the Battle of Britain (the air war above England (and maybe other parts of Great Britain) against Nazi Germany in 1940). The book about the A-10 has a small amount of textual information about the plane, but mostly it has page after page of color photographs of the (real--not model) plane taken from seemingly every conceivable angle of every different area of the plane. The second one has considerably more text than the first one and, instead of photographs, has many beautiful, detailed paintings of aircraft that were involved in the Battle of Britain. With this being only Part I of the title, this book deals exclusively with German airplanes; I assume that there is a Part II and that it deals with the planes of Great Britain. However, if there is, it is probably not free; I'll do some more looking around on Kagero's website, though. One caveat. The publisher is a Polish one. Most of the books of interest to modelers are almost entirely in Polish. However, the two books that I have highlighted are both almost entirely in English. ADDENDUM: You might have assumed this, but in case you didn't . . . . the books are all in PDF. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 05-14-2016 at 06:40 PM.