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| Subject: | New Osprey Modelling Manuals: Sherman and Tiger I |  |
| Date: | Mar 31, 2001 |
| From: | Christophe Jacquemont | |
Hi,
These are just out in the UK, £10.99 each at Motorbooks although
Hannants list them at £12.99.
I had a look at the books at Motorbooks.
Both have modelling articles witten by Spanish modellers (material from
Euromodellismo, a Spanish publisher of modelling magazines and books
some of the material is quite old -early nineties- but of an excellent
level) some colour profiles (very well done) scale drawings ( a bit
small) photographs of preserved vehicles a few well chosen period
photographs and a bit of general history. All parts other than actual
modelling are done by John Prigent, Military Modelling author and
Missing-Links celebrity host extraordinaire. He does a very competent
job although errors/misprints crept in especially in the model round up
section (an Academy 1/35 M50? Revell 1/72 M4A1 a "top quality kit"????
Modelkasten individual Sherman tracks "suitable for a beginner to build
succesfully" -when a top-notch reviewer in the first part of the book
recognizes it took him two full week-ends to build them...- ???). The
reference section is quite good, pointing to the best reference books
available but also to the best websites where to look (and ask for)
information.
The Tiger I book has just so/so modelling articles, mind you the models
of some zimmerited Tigers and a Sturmtiger are very competently built
but nothing really out of the ordinary or inspiring. I chose not to buy
this one.
The Sherman book is much more exciting and has many unusual
subjects/camo schemes, I bought it and will try to write a review for
Track-Link.
All in all an interesting but eneven series, better browse before you
buy.
Cheers,
Christophe |
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