Scale Modelling Reference Books and Military History Books
Welcome to the Scale Modelling books and Military History books review area.
We have a large selection of book reviews in Aircraft, Armour and Maritime books accessed by category below. Many of these reviews are Video Reviews from Geoff Coughlin.
Geoff Coughlin Scale Modelling books – ebooks and print

Building the British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service
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Geoff completes the ‘Building the British Phantoms’ series with a detailed look at the F-4J(UK) in RAF service.

Building the Tamiya F-4B Phantom II in 1/48 Scale
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Building the British Phantoms Volume Two: The FGR.2 in RAF Service
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Including 11 kit builds and 26 colour profiles by Simon Hill

F-4 Phantom II
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Part of Pen & Sword’s highly successful Flight Craft series: 96 pages with 100 colour illustrations

Airfix Buccaneer S.2C in 1/48 Scale
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Download this stunning 112 page eBook with colour illustrations from KLP Publishers

Building the British Phantoms Volume One
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Download this stunning 366 page eBook with colour illustrations from KLP Publishers
Aircraft Book Reviews
Latest Reviews
(27 November 2025)
- English Electric Lightning – Duke Hawkins series No.40 book review
- The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Airframe Miniature No.25
- Westland Whirlwind Walkaround
- If It Had Wings
Full A-Z Aircraft Books List

Specific Modelling-related Books : Valiant Wings Publishing Series
A range of high quality, exhaustively researched books covering popular aircraft types of interest to the avid enthusiast.
Armour Book Reviews
Latest Reviews
(10 May 2023)
- Basic Guide To Modelling Airfix Modelworld
- Panzer III, German Army Light Tank, North Africa El Alamein to Tunis, 1942-1943
- Modelling And Painting World War I Allied Figures
- Pakwagen SDKFZ 234/3 and 234/4 : Land Craft Series No.11
- Modelling US World War II Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Full A-Z Armour Books List
Maritime Book Reviews
Latest Reviews
(18 April 2023)
- Naval Eyewitnesses, the Experience of War 1939-1945
- Seaforth World Naval Review 2023
- USS Hornet CV-12 Service in War and Peace
- Victory 100-gun First Rate 1765
- British Escort Destroyers of the Second World War – Ship Craft 28
Full A-Z Maritime Books List
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