Friday, July 23

Preview: Two new books on painting & weathering US Navy aircraft & US Army AFV's in WWII from Vallejo

Vallejo has just released two new books featuring World War Two machines from the land and the air in US service. Both promise to cover all you need to know to turn out amazing armour and aircraft models using Vallejo paints. See a little of the contents of both in our preview...

Preview: Two new books on painting & weathering US Navy aircraft &  tanks during WWII from Vallejo

WWII US Navy Colors
From Vallejo Publishing
By: Jordi Lario
Number of pages: 112
Soft Cover
Format: A4, Portrait format
SKU: #75.024
Languages: in English or Spanish
Without a doubt, aircraft such as the Corsair, Hellcat and Avenger were icons of the US Navy during World War II. This book from the bench of accomplished modeler Jordi Lario shows how this type of aircraft can be painted exclusively with Vallejo products.
From the painting of the cockpit and interior to the final stages of weathering, the techniques and tricks necessary to achieve excellent results are shown through a multitude of step-by-step guides, highlighted sections and visual information.
Through the different aircraft featured, the reader can understand how to paint everything from monochrome finishes to interesting tritonal camouflage, thus covering the main schemes used from 1944 to 1945.
The book is a complete and interesting guide, not only for lovers of US Navy aircraft from World War II, but also for any modeler who wishes to learn how to paint cockpits, interiors, camouflage and weathering effects exclusively with acrylics to individualize each model.


WWII US Army in Europe and the Pacific
From Vallejo Publishing
By: Javier Redondo
Number of pages: 128
Soft Cover
Format: A4, Portrait format
SKU: #75.019
Languages: in English or Spanish
In this book Javier Redondo shows, through a series of thorough step-by-step guides, how to paint and weather a simple US Olive Drab camouflage or the more unusual tritonal camouflage patterns used by the US Army. Through a variety of armoured and softskin vehicles, all subject to very different weather conditions, the book shows a great variety of both painting and weathering techniques.
To showcase the author’s work, the book outlines different techniques and provides information about the colors and the techniques used in an accessible and visual format. In addition, at the end of each article there is a color chart which helps to clearly identify the colors and products used.
At the end of the book there is a section of profiles to provide even more options when painting US Army vehicles and a gallery of other pieces made by the author.
The book is a complete and fascinating guide, not only for lovers of the US Army vehicles in World War II, but also for any modeler who wants to learn how to reproduce painting and weathering effects with acrylics.

Prices are currently TBC, but you can find out more about pricing from your favourite distributor of Vallejo products