ADVANCED AIRCRAFT MODELLING Vol 1

The hobby of model making in its present form might appear to be a somewhat recent story. However, since the beginning of recorded history, people have felt the need to represent, for various reasons, real life objects in smaller scales. Indeed, for thousands of years people have made figurines or built ship models. However, it is only over the last sixty years that modelmaking has undergone a fundamental, and profound change. Since the two world wars, modelers have leaned toward building aircraft and armour over all other areas of modeling. The replicating of aircraft especially offers a great variety of subjects, either military or civilian, from WWI, WWII, right up to the modern era, in a number of standard scales, from 1/144 to 1/24. The majority of the mainstream modelmaking companies offer an incredibly wide variety of every type and category of aircraft so that the modeller is sure to find whatever he, or she wants. Regardless of scale, the aircraft models presented in this volume are true works of art of exceptional intricacy that have demanded a great deal of effort, artistic skill and, above all, time to complete. However, modelmaking is a creative hobby and the builders of such excellent models never regret the time and effort they have devoted, as the end result is totally stunning and eye-catching. In this volume, which has been many months in preparation, we have attempted to gather representative samples as well as different types of scale aircraft. Here, you will find articles about the building, painting, detailing and weathering of model aircraft by such famous Greek modelers as Megas Tsonos and Nick Kavvathas, both of whom are internationally recognized master aircraft modelers with a long list of international top awards. In addition, there are historical texts, photos, camouflage schemes, profiles and illustrations by Richard Caruana. Much effort has gone into making this volume as interesting as possible for modelers of all ages, ability or, indeed, status. Advanced Aircraft Modelling is aimed at all levels of modeler; in this volume, you will also find many useful tips for such things as colour mixing, paintbrush and airbrush techniques, and much, much more that we all hope you?ll take your time to enjoy! Depending on the success of this first volume and its acceptance by the modelmaking world, it would be our greatest pleasure to try even harder on a future second volume. If so, we assure you it would feature yet more of the endless stream of wonderful material by brilliant model builders. Well, they do say, "the proof of the pudding is in the eating". So, we sincerely hope, via the following pages, to maintain your modeling pleasure at the highest possible level, and you find this new book totally absorbing, helpful and, above all, inspiring! Reviews: The models are all well built and weathered, very much in the 'Spanish Style' and all the images are clear and well lit. Verdict: This is a useful title, with lots of high quality work and the quality of the production is first class. It is certainly one to recommend - Model Military International, October 2009