Osprey Books

I have found the books to be quite helpful with lots of tips, yes they are a bit pricy but I think they are worth it!

Thanks for the info. I think I`ll give the modelling books a miss unless I really want to build the model theyre on about.
Cheers

I have more than 50 Osprey books in my collection. Many are written by some of the best authors in the business, such as Thomas Jentz, Hilary Doyle and of course, the honorable Steven Zaloga.
They are a good value for the money, are generally accurate, give a good overview of the subject and they have excellent line drawings. I like them.

The "How to" series of modeling manuals however, leave something to be desired, They are not the "Complete How-to manual" for whatever it is you are building, more just a general outline and some nice photos. Useful, but they could be better.

I'd say most definately still a houshold name. He is quite a modeler and I think he specializes in T-34's. I myself have not used the modeling books but do have some of the specialized books such as the King Tiger, JStalins and so on. They are interesting and do provide some good info.