THE BEST OF: ACES HIGH MAGAZINE – VOL2

The Best of: Aces High Magazine, volume 2

A collected edition from AK interactive, which brings together a selection from the Aces High aviation modeling magazine. It is not a kit or a material, and it is not an ordinary issue of the magazine either: it is a volume in its own right, the second in the series of selections. The difference from the individual issues matters when deciding on a purchase: an ordinary issue keeps to one theme, while a selection reaches across the issues.

What a selection like this is good for

Collected editions make sense above all for two groups. The first are modelers who did not follow the series from the beginning and can no longer find the older issues; for them a selection is the quickest route to what was worth reading in the series. The second are those who draw mainly on the techniques in magazines: one volume brings together more techniques and more built subjects than any single issue, so it works better as a reference handbook on the workbench.

What to think about before buying

If you collect the Aces High series as it comes out, expect the content of the selection to overlap with your issues; that is usual with editions of this kind and it is not a fault. If, on the other hand, you do not have the older issues on your shelf, a collected volume is usually the better way than tracking the individual editions down. The name states that this is the second volume of the selection, so check the volume number when ordering, so that you do not buy the same thing twice by mistake.

Who it is for

• Aircraft modelers who did not follow the series from the beginning.
• Anyone interested in techniques and methods in one larger collection.
• Collectors of the literature of this publisher.
• Those who prefer one volume to a set of individual issues.

This is a publication, not a modeling material. If the extent, the language of the edition or the list of the articles included matters to you, check them before ordering.