Reviewing the Tank Art book series

This is my take on the TankArt book series by amazing modeller Michael Rinaldi.
This is not intended to be a thorough review, but a broad stroke look which focuses more on the the key aspects of the entire series.
These books have profoundly influenced the way I look at, and weather my models.
This is a set of books, that in my opinion, are great assets to have in any modeller's library.
I can't recommend them enough.
Special thanks to Michael Rinaldi for providing me with a signed copy of TankArt Volume 4 and Mitko from DN Models for arranging the whole thing.
You can fin these books and more at: www.rinaldistud...
Thanks to all of my subscribers for your continued support!

[@TacticalJackalope]

Superbly done my friend. I am of course a believer in this series so you didn't have to sell me! Fantastic camera work and editing.

[@reelmesh]

+TacticalJackalope Thanks buddy, I know you already have a few of these. This one was very much a joy to film. :)

[@terrymcdade7985]

Thanks Carlos for doing this video. Very informative about the books. Glad to see you are doing videos again.

[@reelmesh]

+Terry McDade Thanks Terry, nice to see you back making videos as well. :)

[@terrymcdade7985]

+Carlos Mendes I watched your channel update a couple of weeks ago and decided to finish something I had started but never completed. That was my North African group build. I have everything, so I did my final research on it and will get it finished. Thank you sir.

[@reelmesh]

+Terry McDade I still have to finish the North Africa GB and I'm about to publish a video of progress on another GB that I had forgotten and never mentioned in the channel update! This year is really going to be more about these old builds and clearing some space in my head for some really hardcore projects along the way. You are welcome Terry, nice to see you active again! :)

[@schweinhund227]

This is by far your best video, both in execution and narration. ... most excellent description of those fascinating books! Kutgw

[@reelmesh]

+Norm Lajoie Thank you my friend, it took a lot of work, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. :)

[@longlance67]

wonderful video Carlos, a joy to watch !

[@reelmesh]

+Shane Smyth Thanks mate, it was a pleasure to make! :)

[@fishbob86]

Wow. What a great video, the editing was fantastic I felt mesmerised. The music and narration tied together so well with it. This was a great video. Thank you for putting in the time

[@reelmesh]

+fishbob86 Thank you so much for the kind words, it truly means a lot, I spend hours and days producing these videos to the best of my abilities and it's really rewarding to see it is noticed by my viewers. :)

[@ArmourEmpire]

I have one of these books and find them really inspirational. They give you so many ideas and make you strive to master new techniques

[@reelmesh]

+Armour Empire They do indeed, and I draw heavily from them not only technique but like you say, inspiration. :)

[@elrickinslayer5821]

Terrific review,Carlos.Although I'm not an armour modeller I can certainly see the potential here for application to all modelling subjects. I will definitely look into acquiring at least one of these volumes to add to my reference collection.Many thanks.

[@reelmesh]

+Elric Kinslayer Thanks for watching Elric, I do believe one can learn a lot simply about modeling from these books, they are really well paced and written, if you know someone that has a copy just read through a bit. I feel that you'll be convinced of their utility. :)

[@Aliktren]

yeesh Carlos, master modeller and now awesome video producer as well .. great video, just spent out for vol 2 and 3, excited to get them

[@localjedi2468]

Excellent video there, Carlos! Highly interesting and professional. Thanks for sharing.

[@reelmesh]

+localjedi Thank you for watching and your kind words! :)

[@richardb3882]

Hi Carlos, nice review, I am defiantly going to get some, it's nice that they focus on Armour only which is my main focus and interest as I start out on this fascinating hobby :)

[@reelmesh]

+Richard B Thank you! You won't regret it Richard, these are works of art in themselves! :)

[@bilk1968]

That's a nice video, Carlos! Very professional!

[@reelmesh]

Thank you Guido! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

playboy magazine for modellers :) really cool video you made there, i had a look at volume 2 once and was very impressed. looking at the articles or try to follow them, both are nice and inspire.

[@reelmesh]

+Hamilkar Barkas Thank you my friend, I think you would really like the first and fourth volumes, they are as you say very inspirational, but also very much instructional. :)

[@steviegibson5847]

VERY well done video. extremely professional. I have volumes 1 & 2, and thought I did not need volume 4. well, I'm going on Amazon right now to buy it!

[@reelmesh]

+Stevie Gibson Thanks Stevie! You won't regret it I'm sure. :)

[@steviegibson5847]

+Carlos Mendes out of stock! Typical.

[@reelmesh]

+Stevie Gibson Try on www.rinaldistudiopress.com/ He should have it. :)

[@michaelsmeltzer1105]

Enjoyed the video Carlos. I have volume 4 and love it...

[@reelmesh]

+Michael Smeltzer Thank you Michael! I love it too, great book! :)

[@vortexmodeling]

please put on description links to where we can find these books. thanks for the amazing review.

[@reelmesh]

+Vortex Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm sorry for the really late reply. There's now a link to his Site/Shop on the about section of the video. :)

[@AlexModeling]

your best video until now... and i do enjoy and like them all... Damn nice to see you Carlos!! estou em vista de arranjar o meu cantinho e em breve poderemos conversar como nos "bons velhos tempos amigo"... again.. Damn noce to have you back

[@reelmesh]

+AlexModeling Obrigado amigo, fico contente por ouvir isso, eu estou aos poucos a recuperar da perda e em breve estarei de volta com mais frequência, de momento ainda estou a apanhar os bocados. Mal posso esperar para podermos fazer um skype como deve ser! :)

[@betochon]

This video reminded me of the iPhone and iPad release videos that they do in apple

[@Duececoupe]

Fantastic video and review mate, 10/10....at least! Got to get these books now!

[@AdamMann3D]

Wow, very nicely put together review. I'll be reviewing the reissue of Tank Art 1 soon.

[@SuperSwitched]

+Adam Mann Do you know when we can expect the re-issue Adam?

[@AdamMann3D]

You can pre-order it now but I believe he said end of April it would ship.

[@SuperSwitched]

pre-order from where Adam?

[@AdamMann3D]

www.rinaldistudiopress.com/#!tankart-1-pre-order/cyt2

[@SuperSwitched]

Thanks Adam :) I ordered the combo set. With the exchange rate, one might as well save wherever they can :)

[@lordfarnswaller]

Thought tank art 2 was brilliant, used (well tried too) the white wash technique. His latest one, with the inclusion of open top vehicles is brilliant. Nice video Carlos

[@reelmesh]

+lordfarnswaller Thanks Paul, His latest is indeed very good and packs even more technique and beautiful builds, I think it's well worth the investment, even if WWII armor isn't exactly your thing. :)

[@Filmman586]

Great review Carlos! Lou

[@reelmesh]

+Louis Matarazzo (Filmman586) Thank you Lou! :)

[@DNModels]

Great job man!!!

[@reelmesh]

+Mitko Nikitov Thank you my friend, for everything! :)

[@SuperSwitched]

Well done Carlos :)

[@reelmesh]

+Switcher Thank you Richard, love these books soooo much my friend. :)

[@sharpiesfishandphantoms]

cheers carlos, my bank account isn't going to enjoy this video anywhere near as much as i did. exemplary english too, where did you learn?

[@reelmesh]

+John Sharpe Thanks for watching John, I know the feeling, I bought the previous 3 and my wallet didn't like it either, but my mind love it a lot! I learned my english self-taught watching TV at first when I was very young, then at school as well, and then met a half British friend and got to perfect and practice a lot. :)

[@sharpiesfishandphantoms]

Well you did a great job of teaching yourself, i thought i was the only person who still uses words like thus!

[@reelmesh]

+John Sharpe I guess I use it because it makes sense from a PT to EN translation standpoint, or maybe I'm just weird like that... ;)

[@sharpiesfishandphantoms]

+Carlos Mendes i use it because it's the correct word to use lol!