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Model-Aire International Encyclopedia of 1/72 Scale Models (ESM 72) Reviewed by Glen Broman, #32541 |
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Many years ago I was home at Christmas on leave. I received a gift certificate for a local bookstore. A few days after Christmas I stopped by to see what they had. I found a book on the shelf by Tom Young and several other gentlemen called the Encyclopedia of 1/72 Scale Military Models. I walked out of the store a happy man and I have enjoyed that book many times over the years. Tom Young is still in the business of cataloguing 1/72 scale models and ESM 72 is the fruit of his labors. ESM 72 is a quarterly publication of 1/72 scale aircraft and vehicles. Each quarterly publication also contains a third subject; rockets, missiles, spacecraft, figures or artillery. Each publication runs around 50 pages and is bound with a plastic spine. Each issue has an editorial as well as a column titled "From the left seat" that covers items of interest to the 1/72 scale modeler. Each issue has a listing of 1/72 scale kits that are listed alphabetically by manufacturer. For example, Volume 3, Number 3 starts listing aircraft manufactures starting with D, Daimler Benz being the first. Every 1/72 scale kit of an aircraft manufactured by Daimler-Benz is in there, followed by Dassault, DeHavilland and so on. Each entry lists the aircraft type, the model company that issued it and the media, such as resin, wood or vacuform. If no media is listed, the kit is injection molded. There are generally three black and white pictures of the kit box tops on each page. |
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For those of you looking for a value guide, this is not it, this is an encyclopedic listing of 1/72 scale kits. If you want to know who made a 1/72 scale kit of the Foosbane Sturmpickle Mark IV, this is the publication that will tell you. Also found in each publication are updates to the previous volumes, also listed alphabetically. The vehicles are listed a little differently, being listed by country of manufacturer. As you can imagine, Germany is nearly a volume in itself. There are also some neat surprises in the back, being listings of accessory parts, structures, conversions and a section on engines, cowlings and props. All in all, this is a very handy guide. Price for each for four issue volume is $25.00 or $30.00 if you are outside the US. You can contact Model-Aire International at PO Box 554, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0554. They can also be contacted via email at maiesm72@aol.com |
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