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Originally Posted by Captain Mark
Tell me, what do you think of the Formula Perfect manual?
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I have four Formula Pefect Manual's for all the 1/20th scale cars (Jordan, Bennetton, Lotus, Tyrrell). The whole series is excellent even if, like me, your Japanese is not what it should be
. The Tyrrell book is no exception and is excellent too and is the primary reason I am building this car now.
I could be critical about the photographs as they are not always as detailed as one would like. Also, it can be quite difficult to work out which race an image is from. However, you won't find reference pictures as good as these anywhere else for this car (unless there is an issue of F1 Modeling covering this car that I don't know about).
Price wise, the books are a little on the expensive side but at least they are in demand and so their second hand value is high should you wish to sell on after the build. I got mine from Mac at Mac Modeling and I think he has some more.
Bottom line, if you are building this model and plan to do any detailling, the book is essential. Even if you are not, the under the cover photographs will help you learn how F1 cars of that era are plumbed, wired and the types of CF used too.
Hope that helps,
Bill