Customer Reviews

The Verlinden Way, Vol. 3: On Plastic Wings - A Complete Guide to Plastic Aircraft Modelling

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The book offers a wealth of building, detailing and painting techniques for aircraft, even including plenty of dioramas. The subjects go from WWII fighters (the best: a crashed F4U Corsair) to modern jets, including some helicopters.

While washes don't work for me (I prefer weathering with pastels), I have applied most of the suggested techniques, and they *work*!

I would recommend these book highly, and it should be on your library, along with Sheperd Paine's "HOW TO BUILD MILITARY DIORAMAS", so as to have the best possible material.

This book was evidently written in French and translated to English. Mr. Verlinden needed to hire better translators and proof readers for this book. There are numerous misspelled words, not just typos! The phrase usage AND misspellings makes this one hard to follow, especially for young readers. The information offered is excellent but almost not worth the hassle. Beginners in the plastics modeling world might be discouraged by the difficulty of the text. As he says in this book, "For the occasional modeller (misspelled: should be modeler) it is too much of an investment." He is referring to piles of magazines and books. Buyers of this book should probably visually scan through this one before purchasing to see if it is worth the seemingly inflated purchase price.