Scale75 SEB003 WOLFE - The Battle of the Atlantic (English, 230 pages, hard cover)

This work is aimed at different types of enthusiasts. Modellers, militaria collectors and history lovers will enjoy this great source and reference book. In this collector's book we find a great compilation of photographs from those times, illustrations, step by step painting processes and 3D modeling renders. It has been carried out after a meticulous historical study and a great production work that will take us, undoubtedly, to the epic Battle of the Atlantic. From the moment this idea was conceived until the last word of this book was written, they have acted as a helping guide to facilitate the understanding of the history of the German sea wolves during World War II as well as their attire, instrumentation, or symbology. Furthermore, the present work is not just centered on history but takes a step forward in the small-scale recreation of one of the most famous U-boats of that period and reproduces it with accuracy, the U-69. The physical creation of the submarine, of the characters, the posterior model-making and decoration process, will serve as an ample knowledge guide for model makers and aficionados. The historical documentation area has been carried out by Eduardo Delgado, a renowned period historian and collector, and connoisseur of all the anecdotes of the main characters from our creation. Author of several books on marine subjects during World War II, he has delved into interesting technical data about the different flotillas and submarines from the period. Thus, this book turns into an interesting consultation work for both, aficionados and history lovers. As it can be expected from an author who is also a great collector of subject-related militaria, he has provided the uniforms and rigging from his own collection to be photographed in detail and shown in the present work for the collectors?? delight. And this is not all: these uniforms and rigging have been used to adorn the people that were scanned to create the characters of our model. All this process is explained in detail in the book.