INTRODUCTION TO New Vanguard

Books in Osprey’s New Vanguard series deal with World War II tanks, AFVs and ships, as well as covering the vessels of World War I, World War II and the Napoleonic period, and the artillery and naval innovations of the American Civil War and medieval periods. Featuring specially commissioned full colour artworks, including exploded and cutaway diagrams, books in Osprey’s New Vanguard series are illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and diagrams. A valuable resource for model makers, wargamers, and military history enthusiasts.

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Interview with a modeller

I recently had the chance to interview Gary Edmundson, one of the authors of our Modelling series. Gary was born in Sunderland in 1956. At the age of ten he emigrated with his family to Canada. He is currently living in Fort Saskatchewan, working in the chemical industry as an analyser technician. An interest in military aviation led to building military models for a hobby and Gary is now a regular contributor to military modelling magazines.

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New Vanguard Planes

Digital Plane Profiles

Explore Osprey's digital plane profile archive. There are currently over 6,500 printable plane profiles taken from past, present and future aviation titles. To see the plane of the week click on the plane profile above. osprey


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Osprey raids series

In late september a post topic started to atttract attention on this planned new series and promised...

Alessio    November 27, 2008 08:59 PM

Where are my books ?

On 10 October, I placed the order 26745 and I have not received it. It contains the following books:...

OldCrow    November 21, 2008 05:12 PM

Osprey and 'Gentlemen of the Road'

I'm guessing this has already been mentioned around here (probably numerous times), for which I apol...

hawkinslad    November 12, 2008 03:41 AM

Good on ya Osprey!

I recently received an order in Australia for 3 books. When the books were delivered by Aussie Post ...

Legio X    November 4, 2008 07:12 AM