The Master SCRATCH BUILDERS

Published by Schiffer in 1999, this handsome hardback contains over 168 packed pages showcasing  the amazing  talents of the world's leading exponents in scratch-building classic aeroplanes of yesteryear.With contributions by editor John Alcorn, Alan Clark,Ron Lowry, Peter Cooke, Mauro Cescutti and many more the accompanying colour galleries are a visual and stirring feast for any scale modeller.  The various colour galleries offer many superb examples of the art and chapters also cover construction techniques,vacforming,photo-etch,references and much more,whilst individual modellers describe the building processes of their prize-winning creations. Among the many stand- outs are Alan Clark's  1:36 Short Singapore; Ron Lowry's Gloster Gamecock, the editor's own 1:24 DH9A and the amazing WWII models of Peter Cooke including a magnificent Lancaster to 1:24.Apart from slight wrinkling of the dust jacket upper edges, this is a mint copy of a classic work that deserves  pride of place on any modeller's book shelf.