Modelling Postwar Tanks (Modelling Manuals) [Paperback]

Jerry Scutts (Editor)

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Series: Modelling Manuals | Publication Date: August 25, 2000

Since WWII tanks have proved themselves in every conflict - Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Gulf, the Arab-Israeli wars. This book concentrates on how to model accurately not just postwar technical developments but also changing tactical uses.

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A perfect combination of easy-to-follow text combined with comprehensive step-by-step photography make Osprey Modelling Manuals indispensable reference guides for modellers of all standards and abilities.

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• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing; First Edition, edition (August 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841761389
• ISBN-13: 978-1841761381
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,784,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been so much better, April 5, 2001

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This review is from: Modelling Postwar Tanks (Modelling Manuals) (Paperback)

First, a warning. This book was first published in Spain in 1992. I began to suspect something was up when there was oddness in some of the sentences. For example, what we in the US would call a track guard, the authors call a skirt. What Americans refer to as a skirt, they refer to as a side-skirt.

This book could have been better by adding more pages, cutting the number of subjects, providing plans for some of the scratch-built pieces (especially for the MG shield for the Sheridan, and hull pieces for the M43 HMC and M41 HMC), and general updating.

You won't find many assembly tips, but there is quite a bit on painting and weathering.

The subjects are T-54 (back-dating the ESCI T-55), T-62BDD (Tamiya), M551 (Academy), M43 HMC (Tamiya), M41 HMC (Italeri), M60A1 RISE (ESCI), Israeli M60A1 w/Blazer (Tamiya), and the S Tank (Accurate Armour). The Merkava and T-34/85 (in Croatian colors) are also in here, but the articles are totally on painting/weathering as they don't even mention what kits were used.