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For the ninth volume of Glenn Bartolotti’s “A complete Step-by-Step guide to Painting and Finishing Armor Models and Figures” the subject chosen is “Step-by-Step Finishing British Armor” with an AEC Dorchester of the 2nd Armoured Division in North Africa. With 22 pages, this is one of the largest in the series and at $3.95USD, the price is double that of others.
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One of the first things I did notice was that the constructive criticism provided was heeded. After buying a few of the SBS, I did inform Glenn that the inability to print is something people may not like. This volume can be printed. This is a good thing as it also has templates of the armored AEC truck armored panels.
As before, it tackles a subject and the list of materials are simple easy to find items. In this case, the only non-standard local hobby shop items being the Accurate Armour resin AEC wheels. Paints used are Vallejo and Model Master. Even the paintbrush sizes used are listed.
A one page written history is provided, along with the build, followed by a single page of text on the captured vehicles. This is supported by ten archive photos, a page of templates, 36 photos of the model being built, and three sets of profiles. The last page is a teaser of the next title.
The photos of the model in progress are very good and the techniques used are clearly illustrated. I do like that he used the better quality plastic rivets from the Tichy Train Group but I wonder why a compass (or divider) was not used to help with alignment as he writes it was all done by eye. Basic scratchbuilding techniques are shown such as adding the roof racks (leave the long and cut to size) along with creating a tarp.
The following six pages cover painting and weathering the model. Although Glenn opted for a British scheme, he does include color profiles, nicely rendered by the author, of both captured vehicles, namely Max and Moritz.
This is a great title at an excellent price. I printed the templates and the result was very good but I HIGHLY recommend a scale bar be added in case the modeler is using a different sized paper. My thanks to Glenn for allowing me this sample to review.
For the ninth volume of Glenn Bartolotti’s “A complete Step-by-Step guide to Painting and Finishing Armor Models and Figures” the subject chosen is “Step-by-Step Finishing British Armor” with an AEC Dorchester of the 2nd Armoured Division in North Africa. With 22 pages, this is one of the largest in the series and at $3.95USD, the price is double that of others.
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One of the first things I did notice was that the constructive criticism provided was heeded. After buying a few of the SBS, I did inform Glenn that the inability to print is something people may not like. This volume can be printed. This is a good thing as it also has templates of the armored AEC truck armored panels.
As before, it tackles a subject and the list of materials are simple easy to find items. In this case, the only non-standard local hobby shop items being the Accurate Armour resin AEC wheels. Paints used are Vallejo and Model Master. Even the paintbrush sizes used are listed.
A one page written history is provided, along with the build, followed by a single page of text on the captured vehicles. This is supported by ten archive photos, a page of templates, 36 photos of the model being built, and three sets of profiles. The last page is a teaser of the next title.
The photos of the model in progress are very good and the techniques used are clearly illustrated. I do like that he used the better quality plastic rivets from the Tichy Train Group but I wonder why a compass (or divider) was not used to help with alignment as he writes it was all done by eye. Basic scratchbuilding techniques are shown such as adding the roof racks (leave the long and cut to size) along with creating a tarp.
The following six pages cover painting and weathering the model. Although Glenn opted for a British scheme, he does include color profiles, nicely rendered by the author, of both captured vehicles, namely Max and Moritz.
This is a great title at an excellent price. I printed the templates and the result was very good but I HIGHLY recommend a scale bar be added in case the modeler is using a different sized paper. My thanks to Glenn for allowing me this sample to review.