MMP Books
MMP was founded in 1996 by Roger Wallsgrove, to publish Mushroom Model Magazine. This quarterly modelling magazine was developed from Mushroom Monthly, a club newsletter which ran from 1985 to 1995, achieving a world-wide reputation for quality articles, fearless and honest reviews, and a great sense of humour. From 1997 the magazine was produced in collaboration with Robert Peczkowski and Artur Juszczak (Stratus), which meant a big leap in print quality and design. MMP expanded into book publication in 1999, and since then they have built up a list of books on aircraft and aviation history, military vehicles, and military history. Their books are now read around the world and have been received to critical acclaim. In 2006 the decision was made to stop producing the magazine to concentrate on book production; the books being a logical follow-on, and with the same philosophy. MMP’s emphasis is on accessible, well-researched and well-written books, showcasing top-quality photos and artwork, produced to a high standard.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9788365958778
Pub Date: 05 Oct 2020
Series: Maritime Series
Illustrations: B&W photos, Color Photos, Scale plans, Color profiles
Description:
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War (Spanish: Guerra del salitre) was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance. It lasted from 1879 to 1884, and was fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert. The war ended with victory for Chile, which gained a significant amount of resource-rich territory from Peru and Bolivia.
Chile's army took Bolivia's nitrate rich coastal region and Peru was defeated by Chile's navy.Book includes maps, scale plans, period drawing, and photos.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9788365958570
Pub Date: 05 Oct 2020
Series: White Series
Illustrations: B&W photos, color photos, color profiles
Description:
This book describes in detail the camouflage and markings of the day fighters used by the Yugoslav Air Force from 1918 to 1941. Aircraft of Yugoslav, British, German, Czech and French origin are shown. This profusely illustrated book includes many historical photographs and color profiles showing the colors and markings carried by the aircraft.
Detailed color notes and precise description and illustration of national markings over the period complete a book that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modelers.More than 220 historical photos and about 160 color profiles (both volumes)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788365958792
Pub Date: 05 Oct 2020
Series: Camera ON
Illustrations: 150 B&W photographs
Description:
The L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143 better known by its nick name given to it by the troops that used it ”The Krupp-Protze" (Krupp Boxer) was a specialized, multipurpose, six-wheeled 6x4 (six wheel 4 wheel drive) German light off-road truck and artillery tractor. It was fitted with the Krupp M-304 flat four engine, a 4-cylinder horizontally opposed petrol engine that originally delivered 55hp but was upgraded to deliver 60hp in 1936. It was this flat engine the allowed the fitting of the slopping engine bonnet that gave rise to the vehicles nickname.
The Krupp Boxer saw extensive service on all of the operational fronts where the German army was engaged.This publication covers the Krupp-Protze in great photographic detail focusing on the trucks and their crews as they dealt with the conditions and circumstances they found themselves in. It is illustrated with the author’s own collection of photographs, all taken by the average German soldier and not official army cameramen whose photos are already well known.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365958952
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Single
Illustrations: B&W photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles
Description:
This book includes compilations of the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Mitsubishi A5M5 Model 52 Zero. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also included are photos of the details in B&W and color.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9788365958372
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: White Series
Illustrations: 300
Description:
This latest book in the Rainbow Series covers Swedish bomber aircraft deployed during World War Two and in early 50s.Camouflage and markings on the bombers obtained from different countries are described in unparalleled detail by the well-known Finnish author Mikael Forslund.The book features many previously unpublished photographs, and exclusive color profiles created for this book by Karolina Hołda.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365958839
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Single
Illustrations: B&W photo, color photos, scale plans, color profiles
Description:
This book is a compilation of the 4-view color profile, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Supermarine Spitfire IIa. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Additionally, photos of the details are in B&W and color.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365958938
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Single
Illustrations: B&W photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles
Description:
This book includes compilations of the 4-view color profile, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Potez 63-11. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also included are photos of the details in B&W and color.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9788365958518
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Illustrations: 350+ photos, 28 color profiles, 5 maps
Description:
This book describes the operations of the Soviet Air Force along the Finnish-Soviet front during the Winter War 1939-1940. The book includes 350+ photos, most of which were never published before, 28 color profiles, and 5 maps. A must-have book for the student of Soviet aviation history
Format: Paperback
Pages: 12
ISBN: 9788366549074
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Scale Plans
Illustrations: Scale plans 1/72 & 1/48 scale
Description:
Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 of the MiG-21MF versions.A3 size pages in A4 pb.12 A3 size scale plans.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365958945
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Single
Illustrations: B&W photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles
Description:
This book includes compilations of the 4-view color profile, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Photos of the details are in B&W and color.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365958921
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Single
Illustrations: B&W photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles
Description:
This book includes compilations of the 4-view color profile, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also, photos of the details are in B&W and color.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788365958785
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Camera ON
Illustrations: 150 B&W photographs
Description:
Germany was at the forefront of the development of armored cars during the First World War, however with the end of the war in November of 1918 and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the victorious allies imposed a complete ban on the German Army being equipped with any armored vehicles including armored cars. In the early 1920’s, The “Zusatz von Bologne,” which was an addendum to the Treaty of Versailles, allowed the German Army to produce armored cars primarily for policing duties; eventually this gave rise to the Sd.Kfz.
13 series in the early 1930’s.However, with the Nazi party takeover of Germany in 1933 new 4-wheeled armored cars were ordered and they were all to be based on the Horch off-road heavy passenger chassis. They were numbered Sd.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 44
ISBN: 9788365958686
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Spotlight ON
Illustrations: 40 color profiles
Description:
40 color profiles of the famous Ilyushin Il-2, Russian WW2 famous attack aircraft, showing variety of the camouflage and markings of different units.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 42
ISBN: 9788365958365
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2020
Series: Spotlight ON
Illustrations: 40 color profiles
Description:
40 color profiles of the famous Mirage III & Mirage 5, a French Cold-War era jet aircraft. French and foreign users are shown in variety of camouflages.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788365958525
Pub Date: 26 Apr 2020
Series: Camera ON
Illustrations: 140+ B&W photos
Description:
This new photo album is number 17 in the MMPBooks/Stratus "Camera On" series and is the second volume on the Sd.Kfz. 7.
The book contains 140+ photographs of the Sd. Kfz 7 and its various sub-types, the photos mostly unpublished before now and are all from German sources, with the majority being private photos taken by ordinary German soldiers, not professional propagandists. In this volume we endeavor to show the vehicle in even more depth and cover the sub-types in more detail than only one volume allowed, however still show the vehicle as the soldier viewed it as his work place and often also his home, not the highly posed and polished views of the official photographers.Book includes special versions like:Selbstfahrlafette (Sd.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365958822
Pub Date: 26 Apr 2020
Series: Single
Illustrations: B&W photo, color photos, scale plans, color profiles
Description:
This book is compilations of the 4-view color profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PZL Karaś II. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also photos of the details in B&W and color.
