Encyclopedia of Aircraft Modelling Techniques– Volume 2 Interiors and Assembly Review

Volume 2 of the Ammo of MIG encyclopedia is out and it is terrific. The book is in the same format as Volume 1 with cover leafs to mark your place and is 160 pages of excellent hints, tips, and procedures to take a model to the next level. Do you need to know how to install brake lines on your landing gear? Volume 2 will show you how using either lead wire or stretched sprue on a plastic, resin, or metal strut. This detailed level of instruction continues throughout the book. You get instruction on how to detail gear bays, piston engines, jet engines, and scratch build interior avionic and other bays. There is some weathering instruction, although there is another volume which will go into much greater detail on weathering techniques. The second half of this volume deals with exterior assembly or how to put the cockpit in and join the fuselage without leaving fingerprints. Seriously, this part of the book details how to use glues and puttys to get a seamless join. Also included are step-by-steps on scribing, riveting, thinning parts, working with photoetch, and creating stressed skin effects.

Having studied Volume 1 – Cockpits, I anticipated another great tool and I am not disappointed. Unlike many modelling help books which explain how to do something and then give you a starting picture and, voila, a finished pic this book has numerous pictures illustrating good step-by-steps. If you are a beginner or an experienced modeller you will find info in this series of books that will definitely help you develop or improve your skills as a modeller. I recommend this book highly.