Building WWI Aircraft Dioramas in 1:32 Scale Jeroen Veen

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Building WWI Aircraft Dioramas in 1:32 Scale

Jeroen Veen

Publisher: KLP Publishing

106 pages

Landscape format (A4 size with softcover) in all digital format

  3 full features build

Price tag: 15 $AUD (around 9€ and 9,5$)

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KLP Publishing is an all-digital publisher that have in Kevin Futter is CEO. I think is a one man show and for quite a few year having published several digital books of modelling several subjects that are quite inspiring and gives the modeler reader quite a boos in the mojo.

I know because I do have two previous digital books releases by KLP, the Felixstowe and the Fw-189 and they are both great.

 

This time, I had the honour to be asked to make a review of the latest release: Building WWI dioramas by the great modeler (and also friend) Jeroen Veen.

This book has 106 pages, is divided in 5 chapters

-      Introduction

-      About Jeroen Veen

-      The Smoke

-      Crashed

-      Survivors

The book is full with very quality pictures and step by steps of the 3 dioramas named “The Smoke”, “Crashed” and “Survivors” as the chapters name.

       

The first diorama is “The Smoke: Preparations for a Dawn Patrol” and it`s with the a RE.8 “Harry Tate”, probably my favourite British aircraft made by Wingnut Wings and it is always a pleasure to see one full build in such a quality.

 

 

The author shows every single step of the building with very nice tips for all modellers. I mean it as some of those I already has forgetten and others I never heard about, so I need to try them out! I cant tell you which one as for that you need to get the e-book.

The inside wood work and all the busy interior is marvelous.

 

The build goes for more than 30 pages, before it enter to the base diorama itself for more than 10 pages of WIP.

 

Despite of having several figures, there`s nothing about the painting of those.

 

At page 57, starts the “Crashed”

 

It’s a very small vignette, very intriguing but fantastic.

Here, the figure has a bit of text to explain the modifications made specially on the hair but there`s not step by step of painting job.

 

On this chapter, the step by step pics are much less and only a few on the engine. However the explaning text is quite rich and comprehensive and you can almost “see” the steps made by the Author.

 

 

Now moving to my favorite diorama on this book is the “Survivors – Memories from another era”

It stars at page 73 until the end of the e-book (pag 106)

 

Here again several step by step on the Fokker DVII build, with a very comprehensive explaning text. It`s a joy to see the step-by step pictures alongside the text.! Really inspiring.

 

For the Page 93 starts the diorama construction but there`s no step by step of it specially for the base itself  (the Floor, the wall, figures etc) but you get the display cases scratchbuild, the propeller rack and he Wade Meyer`s painting

 

 

Conclusion:

It´s a great e-book for 9€ (or 9,50$) that gives you good tips and very inspirational stuff along 106 pages.

For just 9€, you will have a grat reading and re-reading and watching over and over again all those pictures

It´s a great book to all modeler that have some interest in WWI.

And also it`s a mojo elevator looking for Jeroen Veen works.

Highly Recommend

Thanks to Jeroen Veen for the chance of making this review and go to KLP website to get yourself a digital copy – click here.

 

[PanzerWomble]

Nice one , I like Kev's ebooks , you get a huge amount of information at a very low price. And well done Jeroen . 

[DocRob]

A great addition to my electronic bookshelf. I used the KLP issues about the Arado 234 and the AEG G.IV during my builds and they were very helpful.

Cheers Rob