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Tiger 1 Heavy Tank 1942-45 (New Vanguard)

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Jentz is one of the finest armor scholars around and Osprey usually does a good job with many of their titles but the publisher made a mess of this one. The reader will be annoyed by glaring editing errors, mispellings, awkward paragraph formatting, and poor proofing. The production history of the vehicle could also have been presented in tabular form instead of chunks of text. There is good info here but you will have to tolerate the inexcusable editing.

Jentz is one of the finest armor scholars around and the New Vanguard series is a budget edition for building a modeling reference library BUT the atrocious spelling, grammar, page/text layout & formatting sprinkled throughout the text seriously detracts from the value & enjoyment derived from perusing a well done reference publication. The editing is really inexcusable. Much information regarding production details could also have been presented more effectively in tabular form. The publisher did such a bad job on proofreading that only if you have a very high tolerance for the flaws and also believe that there are no errors in the factual content will it enable you to confidently accept the contents.

The tiger tank is one of the most recognized tanks of WWII.Having said that, this book is very good in showing all the technical details and developement history of the Tiger. The artist color profiles of various units and paint schemes are excellent. The B/W photos could do with some enhancement and the exploded view is very detailed. But as a hobbyist I would like to see more attention to detail ( mounting brackets, attachment points,interior, motor close-ups,etc) to balance out all the technical info. For the the price however you receive enough info to satisfy your curiosity.

A great alternative to the expensive foreign imports today. Good information and color plates.