The Fairey Barracuda - A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's First Torpedo-Bomber Monoplane (Also operated by the Dutch 860sq)

We are delighted to announce the next title in the Airframe Album series from Valiant Wings Publishing. This series of books offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject and includes

Period diagrams
Data from flight manuals
Data from spare parts catalogues
Fully detailed 3D isometric views of prototype and production machines
Full colour profiles and concise camouflage and marking notes

Our eighteenth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential reference for any FAA enthusiast tackling the Special Hobby (1/48th & 1/72nd) kits along with older kits such as the Frog 1/72nd scale example and will be an ideal companion to our Airframe Album titles covering the Fairey Firefly, Hawker Sea Fury and de Havilland Sea Hornet.

Contents will include all the elements listed plus:

A wealth of historical and walkaround photographs and detail images of the type

Period detail images during production and service use

Isometric views by Wojciech Sankowski of all prototype, production and test airframes

Colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana

At least 128 pages in total

Lists of all Barracuda kits, accessories, decals & masks produced in all scales

Detailed build of the Special Hobby 1/72nd Barracuda Mk I by Libor Jekl

A wealth of historical and walkaround photographs and detail images of the type Period detail images during production and service use Isometric views by Wojciech Sankowski of all prototype, production and test airframes Colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana At least 128 pages in total Lists of all Barracuda kits, accessories, decals & masks produced in all scales Detailed build of the Special Hobby 1/72nd Barracuda Mk I by Libor Jekl

Please note, The Dutch 860sq operated the Barracuda from June 1945 till February 1946 but there are no known images so Valiant could not include any side profiles in the C&M chapter (they would be standard FAA C&M anyway)