This is the fith Manual in a series about scale modelling where the aim is to bring a lot of concentrated information about painting and general modelling techniques for all modellers at a competitive retail price. Each manual will deal with a specific topic in detail, offering a lot of different approaches and techniques and in most cases written by one author. The contents will be carefully selected and presented in a way that every reader should find something new to try and to adapt to their own methods. Each book will have high quality photos and a detailed text so the reader will easily follow the progress of the assembly and painting of each theme, to help adopt new modelling techniques and different approaches. In other editions of the "Scale Modeling Handbook" range the length of each theme was limited due to the number of pages taken for other contents, but here there are no such limitations. Each theme will be presented in a most detailed and explanatory way so there will be no omissions or unanswered questions. Depending on the themes and contents, real painted colour chips of hues and mixes will be added with information on how to use them. In this series we will include various modelling aspects from Historic and Fantasy, Scale Models, Dioramas, Vignettes, Figures, Busts, Techniques and History. In this particular issue there are articles by three different artists. The first article, by Theodosis Giannakidis, is an in-depth description of the detailed construction of a desert diorama featuring a Panzer I tank, two resin figures and a palm tree. The concept behind the diorama with 21 in-progress photos depicts a mechanical problem with the tank where the crew members are trying to fix it, whilst also mindful to the fact that enemy forces are close by. The second article is a short, two-page feature of a DAK AFV Commander by Toshihiro Sano painted with Tamiya Enamels. The artist explains in detail his way of painting and includes all his paint mixes. The third article by Christos Katselos is a detailed step-by-step feature on how to paint a DAK Panzer Crew using various Vallejo Acrylics. There are 43 step-by-step photos that reveal all the necessary information for painting the DAK crew figures.
In other editions of the Scale Modelling Handbook series, the length of each topic was limited due to the number of pages for other content, but here there are no such restrictions. Each topic is covered in such detail and comprehensively that there are no omissions or unanswered questions. Depending on the topic and content, real colour chips of shades and mixtures are added with instructions on how to use them. This series covers a wide range of modelling topics, such as historical and fantasy themes, model making, dioramas, vignettes, figures, busts and working techniques. The content: "Trouble in Africa". German Africa Corps, North Africa 1941 (construction of a diorama in 1:35 with a PzKpfW. I Ausf. A and figures from Alpine Miniatures); tank commander of the German Africa Corps (painting a desert uniform with enamel paints); tank crew of the German Africa Corps (figure painting using various Vallejo acrylic paints).
