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Binding: PaperbackBrand: Osprey Publishing Dewey Decimal Number: 623.747520228 EAN: 9781841769653 ISBN: 1841769657 Label: Osprey Publishing Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing MPN: OSPMOD035 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 80 Publication Date: November 28, 2006 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: November 28, 2006 Studio: Osprey Publishing Related Items:
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 Rating: - M4 (76mm) Sherman Medium Tank reviewVery helpful manual for the advanced modeler. I am not an advanced modeler but even I found the book helpful. So it is suitable for all skill levels. Rating: - Zaloga Has Two Sherman Modeling Books, actually...Steve Zaloga is a superb historian of US and Soviet military equipment, and a very capable model builder, as well as an extremely talented writer, so you really cannot go wrong with any title he has written. Where Amazon has gone wrong is that they have confused his two books on "Modelling the US Army M4 Sherman Tank" as different editions of the same book. If you click on the "paperback" edition link above, you'll find the companion volume, which deals with building the early variants of the Sherman ... Read More Rating: - For advanced ModelersThis book is really geared for advanced modelers. It does have some nice color photos including some beautiful models by the author. But the modeling tips are really more advanced and are a bit beyond my current abilities. Maybe someday I'll be able to put this to better use. Rating:  - Sherman tankI am an experienced armor modeler but I am always looking for new painting and weathering techniques. I found this book to offer several color schemes and painting approaches for the Sherman tank. I have been able to take and adapt the author's ideas to my work on some recent models. My litmus test for modeling books is simple: whether it helps me improve my skills in the hobby or not. This book did. I do not have the time or patience for scratch building using styrene plastic and I seldom ... Read More Rating: - An excellent modeler's resourceMr. Zaloga, a noted armor historian, strikes again with this volume in the Osprey Modelling series. This volume is themed around the famous M4 "Sherman" tank with the 75mm gun. The later "Shermans" with 76mm guns will be in a follow-on volume. This voluime has a brief overview and several model projects in different scales. The quality of workmanship is tremendous and each chapter has lots of historical information as well as modelling techniques. Each model has in-progress photos as well as descriptions ... Read More 
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