Model Tanks

Model Tanks
Tom Cole
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NZ$ 52.99
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NZ$ 42.39
Paperback
h234 x 165mm - 96pg
15 Apr 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781445679716
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In 1961 the first Armoured Fighting Vehicles appeared in the ever-expanding range of Airfix kits. The 1960s and 1970s are considered by many as the golden age of kit building and the enthusiastic schoolboys and young men building these kits became known as the Airfix Generation. The hobby went into decline in the 1990s as plastic kits gave way to video games, but the hobby has recently undergone a revival as the original members of the Airfix Generation, now at the end of careers and family commitments, take a nostalgic look back at their childhoods. Some, like the author, will become once again absorbed by the hobby, but many will be content to buy a few old kits - others are coming to the hobby from an entirely new perspective. All will be delighted to find a new book that tells the early days of the hobby from a model tank perspective. Here, Tom Cole concentrates on the kits from Britain' s Airfix and Matchbox and looks at the early imports from Japan, in the form of Fujimi and Nitto, and the European Esci.
After a long career in the Royal Air Force, Tom Cole returned to the hobby of military modelling. A regular winner at national model making competitions, Tom has had numerous articles published in commercial magazines. His first book was ' Build and Convert Airfix Military Models' and he is currently working on a book about small-scale British vehicles of the Second World War.

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