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Airfix has been commercially producing plastic kits since 1952 and its models have been made by successive generations of young boys and men alike. In the 1960s, a talented graphic artist called Roy Cross was commissioned to paint some of the box art for Airfix, and for a 10-year-period he provided many of the glorious paintings seen on the boxes.

Explains not only how and why the helicopter flies but also on the correct handling techniques needed to master the flying exercises required to obtain a helicopter pilot's licence. This manual is intended for students undertaking their basic helicopter training.

Designed to take the student through the various levels of kickboxing training, from the very early stages right through to black belt, this book is an ideal aid for anyone wanting to train in the comfort of their own home, or to improve their kickboxing skills in the gym or the dojo.

The Rover P5 was the last great representative of traditional British luxury saloon building, with the emphasis firmly on quality rather than sportiness. Its spaciousness, refinement and wood and leather charm still command a considerable classic car following. This book looks at this saloon.

Comprehensively sets out the ground rules for Mediterranean gardeners. This book talks about the range of plants to consider growing, what they offer and what they demand.

Providing useful tips and information, this book is suitable for archers of various levels. Illustrated with nearly 250 black and white photographs and 80 diagrams, it analyses shooting techniques and tuning, and also emphasizes the development of mental toughness.

Suitable for both recreational and competitive boxers, and all those who wish to take up amateur boxing, or participate in a boxing-based programme. This work offers practical advice on the many crucial factors that need to be taken into account if the boxer is to maximize his, or her, performance and potential.

Brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines. This work describes the work of twelve nations (Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Czechoslovakia and Hungary) from the earliest days up to the end of the 1950s.

Provides a comprehensive guide to the production of organic pulses and cereals across a range of organic farming systems in northern temperate and maritime regions. This work examines the subject of organic farming in general, and considers market demands and the issues that need to be considered when determining management strategies.

This title takes you through the process of making shows happen from the viewpoint of the production manager, the person responsible for everything on stage that is not an actor. It describes different types of productions, the role, the working life of backstage teams and theatre administration.

This is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to use pocket, portable and laboratory instruments to identify diamonds and coloured gems and to separate them from imitations and 'look-alikes'.

Profiles over 4,000 varieties of this popular and striking plant. Illustrated with over 2,200 colour photographs, each entry includes: a description of the plant and flower colour; notes on hardiness, height and spread, and flowering time; advice on cultivation and proven performers; the name of the parent plants, the raiser and similar varieties.

Gives an illustrated overview of the webbing straps, holsters, carriers and haversacks used by American combat troops from before World War One to the Vietnam War. This book is useful for students of American uniform and equipment, modellers, re-enactors and collectors.

This is the perfect guide for spotters and enthusiasts interested in airliners, feederliners, executive jets, light aircraft and other commercial airplanes. It contains 3-view silhouettes, color photographs, dimensions, technical specifications and a history of those aircraft most likely to be seen in the skies and at airports. Other helpful details are included to make aircraft identification more certain.

On 20 August 1980 Reinhold Messner reached the summit of Everest - alone and without the use of oxygen. This is an account of his extraordinary achievement. Messner describes his journey through Tibet and identifies with mountaineers who went before him, such as Mallory, Irvine and Wilson.

This manual is a comprehensive workshop guide for constructing instruments belonging to the mandolin family: the mandolin, tenor mandola and octave mandola. It describes the various techniques of the craft and explains the science of their unique sound.

This practical manual takes you through the period approaching, during and immediately after lambing. Advice is given on how to deal with a range of situations, from normal and malpresentations, and the sick in-lamb ewe to abortion and the health of the newborn lamb.

Royal Enfield was one of the best-known names of the British motorcycle industry, but curiously its products have never received the adulation bestowed on the products of Triumph, BSA and others. In this complete history, Mick Walker looks at all aspects of these good-looking, innovative machines.

The outbreak of WW1 in 1914 found the British Army unready in many respects for a new age of warfare. However, the British led the world in the personal equipment worn by the infantryman thanks to an American officer named Anson Mills and the skills of the company created to produce his design - the 1908 equipment set made in woven cotton web. By the outbreak of WW2, the British infantry had new 1937 pattern equipment, whose design reflected a new generation of weapons and tactics. This proved unequal to the special demands of jungle warfare in the Far East: so 1944 saw yet another set of kit. In this book the author offers collectors and students of militaria a detailed review of these infantry equipments which spanned the British soldier's combat experience throughout most of the 20th century.

Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend 63.6 million pounds and buy its rival. By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine for which Hooker had not been responsible.

The guide to waterfowl available from one of the top breeders in the country, with photographs of the author's own birds.