Panzer Aces belongs to the armour modelling tradition built on build reports rather than on history writing. In a title of this kind the author shows how one particular vehicle was put together, painted and weathered, including whatever was modified on the kit along the way. For an armour builder that is the most transferable form of instruction, because the reasoning behind each step is visible alongside the result. A build report doubles as a frank account of the kit itself, including whatever had to be corrected before painting, which makes it worth reading before anything is ordered out of 1:35 military vehicle kits. The same treatment of post-war and current vehicles is in Tanker Magazine.
