Military Model Scene

Title: Aircraft Modelling
Editor: Jason Nicholas Moore
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN: 878-1-78155-896-6

'Conversions, Scratchbuilding and Superdetailing', one of a new series of modelling titles from Fonthill Media. A 152-page soft-cover book.
An interesting start to his new series of books from Fonthill Media, as editor Jason Nicholas Moore has put together a selection of high quality models from a selection of experienced modellers. As is explained in the Introduction, this doesn't include basic explanations about tools and basic techniques, it is aimed at those experienced modellers who would like to expand their skills and maybe attempt working with materials beyond a straightforward plastic kit and carry out more challenging conversions along with resin or vacu-formed parts, or maybe even try their hands at complete scratchbuilds to add some of the rarer subjects to a model collection.
The 4 sections cover Conversions, by Neil Woodall, and features 2 conversions based on the Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster. The first is to backdate it into an Avro Manchester while the second is to change it into the later Lincoln, both using resin conversion sets. Section 2 by Bill Gillman & Tom Probert, looks at resin and vacuform models. Between them they take us through a 1/72 resin Supermarine Scimitar F.1 and then a vacuform for a large 1/32 Halifax GR.II. Then scratchbuilding is section 3, by modeller Claudio Luchina, who takes us through a well detailed account of the techniques he uses, and them details 3 different builds of aircraft we are unlikely to see being released as kits. The leaves us with Bill Gillman once again, and he takes us through the potential for superdetailing any basic kit, in this case describing what he did with the 1/72 Fairy Firefly TT.4 by Special Hobby.
In each case, there are plenty of tips on tools and techniques, accompanied by high quality of images illustrating the progress of the builds and, of course, the marvellous end results. All together a good quality book in terms of both content and presentation, with lots of useful advice on how to go about adding these extra aspects to your aircraft modelling skills. Highly recommended for any aircraft modeller.
Thanks to Fonthill Media for the review copy.

Robin