Squadron is an American publisher whose reference titles have long been standard bench companions. These are picture-led books with close-up documentation of one machine - the series includes a volume on the M561 articulated military vehicle. A book like this is not read before a build starts; it lies open next to the half-finished model, because its purpose is adding detail.
Detail photographs reveal exactly what a kit simplifies: hose and cable routing, how equipment is strapped down, the pattern of floor plating, hinge shapes. The sensible approach is to pick two or three features that will be visible on the finished model and add only those. Vehicles to build sit in military vehicle model kits, with the broadest choice in 1:35, and further photo and type titles in reference books on real machines.
