Franks, Richard A. The Fairey Firefly. A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's Versatile Monoplane

The 18th title in the "Airframe Album" series is an essential reference for any Fleet Air Arm enthusiast tackling the Trumpeter (1:48), Special Hobby and and older kits in 1:72 scale and will be an ideal companion to our "Airframe Album" titles covering the Hawker Sea Fury and de Havilland Sea Hornet. Content: A wealth of historical and walkaround photographs and detail images of the type; Period detail images during production and service use; Period diagrams and data from flight manuals and spare parts catalogues; Fully detailed 3D isometric views by Juraj Jankovic of all prototype, production and test airframes; Full colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana and concise camouflage and marking notes; Lists of all Firefly kits, accessories, decals & masks produced in all scales; Detailed build of the Trumpeter 1:48 Firefly Mk I by Steve Evans.

The contents: numerous contemporary photos and detailed shots of the aircraft; contemporary detailed photos of the Fairey "Firefly" from production and during service; contemporary diagrams from aircraft manuals and technical data; 3D views by Juraj Jankovic of all prototypes, test and production variants; coloured aircraft profiles by Richard J. Caruana; list of kits, decals and masking foils available on the market in all common scales; description of the development process of the kit in 1:48 by Trumpeter built by Steve Evans.