CLAUDE JOACHIM Capturing CLERVAUX the final hour

The second volume of the superb diorama created my Claude Joachim . the first was dedicaded to the castle, this one is the spotting of the area. My second « blast », a « cshock » hurt me again.
The summary is made with an aerial picture of the town caption the pages numbers, as a guide, a plan to navigate in the book.

1. THE UPPER VILLAGE . tips to create the street. The houses tecnics about the walls. The roofs maticular in « diamond » shape.

2. THE CASTLE EXTENSIONS. Tips to rouned windows, the floors news and destroyed, titles with weathering, effects of the shells hits. Really is first rate ! The watch tower is an headache for building ;manificent.

3. THE PARK AND LOWER VILLAGE .numerous house for domestics and shops, hotel, café, garage... The tips for the trees, the roots are free materials…chairs, letters box (from 1944 designs).publicity posters are real. The GMC truck was undamaged with a tree.

4. THE RIVER « KLIERF ». the tecnics about the step by step is very interesting . The resin and wave is luckily associated. The bridge towers are described.

5. RIVERBANK HOUSES ,FARM HOUSE , BOUVIER house, architectural tips are wide.

6. THE VILLA PRUM.The magnificent private house is detailed.

The last seven pages content full pictures to see the diorama with different angles.

In conclusion, this art modeling masterpiece is enormous ; only one man do everything. a part of its life. He don’t keep the secret tips only for him. He decide to share them. What a treasure for us and the « virus » we have continue. These books are very recommended. A good space in our modeller library shelf.

Jean-Paul Poisseroux

December 2015

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