Scale Model Handbook. How to Guides. Volume 2: Techniques for Modelling in Detail WWII Scale Models. Creating & Painting High Quality WWII Dioramas, Vignettes, Figures & Busts

We welcome a new American master artist, Andy Gulden, who compiled the First Chapter of the book with his astonishing diorama of a late Second World War Panzer IV in a scenic setting on a base with an accompanying six figures that he has updated and modified to fit onto the tank. Andy succeeded to accomplish the very tired looks on the figures faces, as the scene took place in 1945at the end of World War Two. The detailed article covers 16 pages and comprises 43 photos (37 Step-By-Step and six In Progress) focusing mainly on painting and weathering the tank, and also some on constructing the base. Detailed mixes have been included for painting the figures with oils for the faces and acrylics for the uniforms.
The well-known Belgian master artist Lieven Terryn presents his perfectly painted 1:35 scale Sturmmann of "Kampfgruppe Hansen" at Poteau using mostly oils, taking up six pages in Chapter Two. The detailed text, along with the excellent photos of the finished figure includes 10 In-Progress images revealing all the necessary information to paint a similar figure in detail.
Another well-known artist Toshihiro Sano wrote the Third Chapter, which is all about painting German WWII Waffen SS camouflage clothing patterns and equipment using enamels. This six-page, detailed article consists of 40 highly detailed photos, 34 "Step-By-Step", and all the necessary information for painting two Waffen SS Grenadiers in 1:35 scale.
In the Fourth Chapter we welcome a new Italian well-known master artist, Roberto Del Cima, who reveals his secrets in painting an awesome large-scale bust of a WW2 Red Army Female Sniper using acrylics. This is covered in 10 pages with 46 highly detailed photos, with 43 of them "Step-By-Step".
Featured in the Fifth Chapter is a small Step-By-Step diorama by the master modeller Theodosis Giannakidis, who was inspired from a similar classical diorama he saw published a long time ago in "The Verlinden Way" Volume 2. Theodosis explains in detail his approach for this beautiful diorama presenting all the necessary information for its assembly, construction, painting and weathering. The eight-page feature has a detailed text and 28 pictures, 21 of which are "Step-By-Step" so the reader, if he wishes, can easily follow the whole procedure and create a similar winter diorama.

In the Sixth and final chapter Christos Katselos is another of our well-known master artists and a regular contributor to Mr Black Publications, who explains in detail how to paint an Italian camouflage pattern on a 1:16 scale full figure. This final chapter covers 15 pages and the article consists of 60 detailed photos, 52 of them are "Step-by-Step", with detailed captions and painting mixes for all elements of the figure.