| Date of Review |
March 2001 |
| Title |
How To Build Tamiya's Fairey Swordfish |
| Author |
Geoff Coughlin |
| Publisher |
ADH Publications |
| Published |
2000 |
| Format |
50 pages, softbound |
| MSRP (USD) |
Approx $15.00 |
I was wandering through some hobby shops in Bristol (England) and
happened across this title on their bookshelf. Published
by the same folks who produce Tamiya Model Magazine International, this
is a monograph that beautifully covers the details and techniques to render
the perfect Swordfish.
This title compliments the Squadron/Signal Swordfish in Action that
we reviewed last month - where that title covers the development and operational
history of the aircraft, this one is packed full of color photographs
of a number of actual Swordfish examples revealing numerous useful details
and color information.
Accompanying these photos of the actual Swordfish, the author describes
how to represent key portions of the aircraft with color step-by-step
photos of the Tamiya kits under construction.
The good news is that this is easily THE BEST aircraft modeler's 'how-to-build'
publication I've seen to date. The bad news is that I haven't seen this
title in the US, so you'll need to either press your local hobby retailer
into locating a copy or order one from overseas.
A quick check of the Hannants website
shows that this title is in stock there. Good hunting!
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