How to Paint IDF Tanks. Weathering Guide

Conflicts and unrest between Israel and her Arab neighbors represent one of the most important keys to understand the geopolitics of much of the last century. It is not surprising that the peeked interest level among many modelers for Israeli armor has been permanently ensconced in the limelight for decades. The huge variety of armored vehicles used by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) - from Israel's independence in 1948 to present - will be analyzed by the renowned military historians Daniele Guglielmi and Mario Pieri including an excellent first hand reflective introduction accompanied by numerous color photographs showing the wide variety of Israeli armor used throughout history. In this book you will find how to paint and weather IDF armor with the different colors of camouflage sported by Israeli vehicles throughout the young country´s history while using a multitude of different painting techniques and effects.

In this book, the reader learns how to paint and realistically weather Israeli armoured vehicles with their different camouflage colours, markings and insignia. To this end, some of the best modellers in the military vehicle modelling sector demonstrate their techniques. Overview of the model projects presented here: IDF AMX 13/75 (1/35 scale model by Takom); Centurion "Shot Kal, Yom-Kippur War 1973 (1/35 scale model by AFV-Club); Chariots of Fire. Merkava Mk. I Hybrid; Magach 6B in Operation "Peace for Galilee", Lebanon 1982; Dog House. Nagmachon (1:35 scale model by Tiger Models).