Copyright 2020 Nicholas Kalis
Review
The Model Soldier Manual, A basic guidePeter J. Blum
illustrations by Clyde A. Risley
Imrie/Risley Miniatures, Inc. Fifth Printing
Copyright 1971
Black and white illustrations
ISBN 0-91-2365-03-3
Soft cover 39 pages
Written 49 years ago (as of this writing), Blum's chapter on "diorama building" is really just a description of the mechanics of building a diorama with some brief description of scenery techniques. Another chapter follows entitled "displaying" which discusses enclosed dioramas. This short book published by Imrie/Risley Miniatures serves to instruct readers as to how far diorama building has come in the past half century.
Blum's The Model Soldier Manual, A basic guide would serve today's model railroader little. The only groundbreaking Blum performs is a page illustrating horse markings and a companion page with a paint chart for painting horses - and those would only be useful to a large scale modeler.
Only if one is interested in painting horses or following the history of books on model soldiers and dioramas, would I recommend this 39-page pamphlet.
Revised November 22 2020
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