- How
to Build Dioramas - Learn everything you need to know
about making your dioramas look real! This fantastic revised
edition will show you how with new projects, new photos,
and expert tips. Includes painting, weathering, and detailing
tips for figures, aircraft, vehicles, and more! 290+ photos
with color throughout;
- Superdioramas
- With a very suitable title, this book highlights the work
of two very accomplished and ambitious modelers, Lewis Pruneau
and Bob Letterman, both of which were inspired and befriended
by Francois Verlinden early in his career. Francois immediately
published this first book dedicated to their work in order
to introduce them to the rest of the scale modeling community.
The book focuses on only three pieces of their work, but in
reality a book could easily have been made for each of these
massive pieces. The first piece, entitled The Paris Gun, is
a 1:35 scale monster of a German railroad mounted gun built
from scratch by Lewis Pruneau. Depicted in a diorama as it
appeared during construction in the factory, this piece is
comprehensively detailed from every side to a very high level
of realism. The next piece, also by Lewis, is of a dry-docked
German experimental U-Boat undergoing maintenance. Again,
the entire piece is built from scratch, with many photographs
taken during construction. This piece truly illustrates
the talents of this bold modeler. The final article focuses
on a miniature city in 1:35 scale by Bob Letterman. Depicting
a French city undergoing liberation from the Germans
by Pattons forces during WWII, it truly must be seen to be
believed. Although the main theme is clearly shown in the
form of U.S. Army convoys
moving past columns of German P.O.W.s in the city, seemingly
countless details can be seen, from individual vignettes on
street corners, to different European architectural styles.
This book is a must for every modeler, artist, military enthusiast,
and history buff.
- THE
GOLDEN WEST: A Special Feature with a Captivating View of
the West Through Diorama Modelling - A publication with
more than 60 pages in colour, with 260 photographs and
drawings. Dioramas, vignettes, model transformations,
etc. Clear step-by-step explanations.
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