Review of Adam's Armour Modeling Guide No. 1 Construction
Author: Adam Wilder
AFV Productions Publication
ISBN: 978-0-9555413-8-4
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $49.00
ISBN: 978-0-9555413-8-4
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $49.00
AFV Productions is based in the UK. Their books are distributed by Casemate in Pennsylvania, who sent me this book and also Guide No. 2 in the two book series. They were in a wrap of clear bubble-pack inside a padded envelope.
The book is soft-cover of 192 pages in 8 1/4" x 11 5/8" page format.
It is loaded with 183 photos of models made up, 40 photos of actual tanks, 9 photos of the author and other individuals, 2 photos inside contest rooms and a whopping 417 photos of tools and modeling equipment being used.
The front cover has a color photo of a Soviet Object 701 No.5 prototype tank 1941 model.
On the back cover is the copyright date of 2015, AFV's street address in the UK, their web site address, telephone number, e-mail address and a mention that they are on Facebook.
Chapter 1 is Armour Modeling
Chapter 2 is a gallery of made up models. Most of these are paper-projects or one-off prototypes, with a couple of sci-fi ones thrown in too:
38TX Walker (sci-fi) 3 photos
German 30.5 cm SFL Bar Paper-Panzer. 6 photos
German Geschutzwagen Tiger fur 17 cm 72(sf). 8 photos
German E-50 Paper-Panzer. 6 photos
German E-75 Paper-Panzer. 5 photos
Czech Hetzer, Prague 1945. 6 photos
German Jagdtiger. 3 photos
German Jagdpanther, No 112 Schwere Panzerjager Abterlung 654. 4 photos
Soviet JS-3 M45. 7 photos
Soviet Object 701 No. 5 1944 prototype, Battle for mainland Japan. 7 photos (1 on front cover)
German Kruppsteyr Waffentrager Prototype. 2 photos
German Krupp/Ardelt Waffentrager 88 mm Pak43. 4 photos
KV-2X Walker (sci-fi) 3 photos
Soviet KV-1 M42. 4 photos
U.S. LVT-(A)1, Saipan 1944. 4 photos
U.S. M113A1, Vietnam. 6 photos
U.S. M4 Sherman, Okanawa 1945. 6 photos
German Panther Ausf. F. 5 photos
German Panzer IV Ausf H, 4th Panzer Div. 4 photos
Soviet T-34/85. 9 photos
Soviet T-34/122. 7 photos
A destroyed Soviet T-62 in a diorama, Afghanistan. 5 photos
German Tigher I, fall 1943 production. 6 photos
A diorama of 3 German Tiger hulls stacked on top of each other. 2 photos
German VK3001 prototype. 5 photos
Chapter 3 is Choosing a subject & starting assembly
Chapter 4 is Working with resin parts
Chapter 5 is Removing segments of plastic from kits
Chapter 6 is Cladding large open areas
Chapter 7 is Applying weld detail
Chapter 8 is Zimmerit
Chapter 9 is Working with photo-etch & other metallic parts
Then the conclusions.
This book and the 2nd volume of the two part series has got to be THE BOOKS to have for all AFV kit modelers. I am still drooling over my two copies. They are well worth the price.
The book is soft-cover of 192 pages in 8 1/4" x 11 5/8" page format.
It is loaded with 183 photos of models made up, 40 photos of actual tanks, 9 photos of the author and other individuals, 2 photos inside contest rooms and a whopping 417 photos of tools and modeling equipment being used.
The front cover has a color photo of a Soviet Object 701 No.5 prototype tank 1941 model.
On the back cover is the copyright date of 2015, AFV's street address in the UK, their web site address, telephone number, e-mail address and a mention that they are on Facebook.
Chapter 1 is Armour Modeling
Chapter 2 is a gallery of made up models. Most of these are paper-projects or one-off prototypes, with a couple of sci-fi ones thrown in too:
38TX Walker (sci-fi) 3 photos
German 30.5 cm SFL Bar Paper-Panzer. 6 photos
German Geschutzwagen Tiger fur 17 cm 72(sf). 8 photos
German E-50 Paper-Panzer. 6 photos
German E-75 Paper-Panzer. 5 photos
Czech Hetzer, Prague 1945. 6 photos
German Jagdtiger. 3 photos
German Jagdpanther, No 112 Schwere Panzerjager Abterlung 654. 4 photos
Soviet JS-3 M45. 7 photos
Soviet Object 701 No. 5 1944 prototype, Battle for mainland Japan. 7 photos (1 on front cover)
German Kruppsteyr Waffentrager Prototype. 2 photos
German Krupp/Ardelt Waffentrager 88 mm Pak43. 4 photos
KV-2X Walker (sci-fi) 3 photos
Soviet KV-1 M42. 4 photos
U.S. LVT-(A)1, Saipan 1944. 4 photos
U.S. M113A1, Vietnam. 6 photos
U.S. M4 Sherman, Okanawa 1945. 6 photos
German Panther Ausf. F. 5 photos
German Panzer IV Ausf H, 4th Panzer Div. 4 photos
Soviet T-34/85. 9 photos
Soviet T-34/122. 7 photos
A destroyed Soviet T-62 in a diorama, Afghanistan. 5 photos
German Tigher I, fall 1943 production. 6 photos
A diorama of 3 German Tiger hulls stacked on top of each other. 2 photos
German VK3001 prototype. 5 photos
Chapter 3 is Choosing a subject & starting assembly
Chapter 4 is Working with resin parts
Chapter 5 is Removing segments of plastic from kits
Chapter 6 is Cladding large open areas
Chapter 7 is Applying weld detail
Chapter 8 is Zimmerit
Chapter 9 is Working with photo-etch & other metallic parts
Then the conclusions.
This book and the 2nd volume of the two part series has got to be THE BOOKS to have for all AFV kit modelers. I am still drooling over my two copies. They are well worth the price.
I want to thank the folks at AFV Productions in the UK and the people at Casemate in Pennsylvania who sent me this review copy.