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| Modelling the Tiger I (Osprey Modelling) | 
| Authors: Gary Edmundson, David Parker, Steve Van Beveren, Ned Dinesh, Darren Thompson
Brand: Osprey Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 280843
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.1 x 0.3
MPN: OSPMOD037
ISBN: 1846031702
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781846031700
ASIN: 1846031702
Publication Date: July 24, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great choice for this Tiger I fan November 17, 2007
Owning more than my share of the Osprey Modelling series, this is one of their better efforts. Edmundson is a master modeler and the various projects detailed in this book are both inspiring and instructional. A must-have for armor modelers out there.
 You can get a lot of information and inspiration from September 29, 2007
this little book. Edmundson is one of my favorite armor modeling authors. He is too focused on accuracy of detail for my building philosophy, but that does not detract from the appreciation of his awesome builds, painting and WAD (weathering, abuse, damage) he represents on his vehicles. I've been inspired by his published works and recommend them to you highly. There are insights and techniques to be had with this volume, and that alone is worth the price (not to mention the pictures).
As good as it gets, but let down by the very limiting format Osprey uses September 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I own nearly every one of the Modelling Manual titles produced because I love the work presented, the inspiration I gain, and there are always great tips and ideas to skim from each work. However, the small size severely limits photo size and text amount, thus minimizing instead of maximizing the potential of this series. This title in particular uses the most recent kit releases, aftermarket accessories, and latest info regarding the Tiger I tank. Limited in scope and detail by the overly strict Osprey format, this is otherwise an excellent session on how to super detail the 1/35 Dragon Tiger I kits. While I love David Parker's Tamiya 1/16 version (and nothing against his superb piece), I found it an odd addition from a scale modelling perspective and was disappointed to not see any of the new 1/48 kits attempted or a rework of the older 1/35 Tamiya kit (which still occupy a large portion of modeler's shelves). With Alex Clark's equally impressive Tiger in 1/72 title I guess the 1/48 guys are out of luck. With that said, however, any of these techniques and ideas can be easily applied across any scale and kit.
I am finding more and more today as I build my own models that these manuals are best used in conjunction with more dedicated reference like the Actung Panzer series from Japan or "The Modeler's Guide to the Tiger Tank" from Ampersand Pub., which go much, much further into the specific details and their relative time tables regarding each variant. The real strength of these Osprey titles is that it shows the modeler to a good extent what is needed to achieve the best in accuracy and detail and this is born true with this Tiger I title. To physically see what is required on each model to arrive at said result is still very helpful to the end user and as such are good to have on the book shelf.
Highly recommended for the intermediate to advanced crowd (and very inspirational for those just getting started if not a little intimidating), but it is time for Osprey to rethink the format and expand the graphics and layouts to maximize the potential from each modeler. A boatload of work has gone into these models with too few photos that are too small with much too abbreviated text to really delve into the how and why of each build. A strong 4 out of 5 mainly for the shear modeling talent presented, a superb choice of authors whose work is undoubtedly some of the best in the world. Bravo guys, great job.
A survey which will appeal to military libraries and crafts collections alike. September 3, 2007
G. Edmundson, D. Ned, D. Parker, D. Thompson and S. VanBeveren's MODELLING THE TIGER I contributes to the 'Osprey Modelling' series offering modelers expect advice on how to model the Riger I, the most famous tank of World War II. Discussions of kits, after market products and history feature six different projects in a survey which will appeal to military libraries and crafts collections alike.
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