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Workhorse: The Panzer III In North Africa

by Claude Gillono

Reviewed by Brett Green

Summary

Title:	Workhorse: The Panzer III in North Africa By Claude Gillono Firefly Collection - The Oliver Publishing Group
ISBN:	978-0-9806593-5-1
Media and Contents:	Soft Cover A4 portrait style Pictorial guide well supported by B&W photos, Colour and B&W plates and tabular information. 34 pages including the rear plate
Price:	TBA
Review Type:	First Read
Advantages:	Many previously unseen photos; detailed and useful captions; interesting selection of colour profiles.
Disadvantages:
Recommendation:	The Oliver Publishing Group seems to have hit a sweet spot for modelling reference with their series of books. Thanks to careful selection of wartime photographs and the provision of attractive colour artwork, there is ample inspiration and information for a number of modelling projects.

FirstRead

The Oliver Publishing Group’s latest title is Workhorse: The Panzer III In North Africa, by the very prolific Claude Gillono.

The new book is presented in 34 pages including soft covers and is in A4 format.

Despite its slim proportions, the book is packed with information and large, beautifully reproduced wartime photos of the Panzer III in action in North Africa. Most pages boast two large photographs with detailed and useful captions focusing on the configuration, camouflage and markings of the vehicle depicted. Around 60 photos in total are provided.

In addition to the vehicles themselves, the uniforms and decorations of the Afrika Korps crews are also covered.

The centerpiece of the book (quite literally as it is the four middle pages) is 14 full colour profiles of Afrika Korps Panzer IIIs, plus several scrap and detail views. Once again, these illustrations are amply captioned. A further five vehicles are covered in colour profiles on the back cover.

The inside back cover offers a diagrammatic table showing Panzer Regiment tank strength as at May 1942.

The Oliver Publishing Group seems to have hit a sweet spot for modelling reference with their series of books. Thanks to careful selection of wartime photographs and the provision of attractive colour artwork, there is ample inspiration and information for a number of modelling projects.

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Traditionally, many of the subjects in these books soon turn up on Bison decal sheets too, so we can only hope that these North African Panzer IIIs receive the same treatment.

Highly Recommended

Thanks tor The Oliver Publishing Group for the sample.

Text and Images by Brett Green
Page Created 23 October, 2011
Page Last Updated 23 October, 2011