The next offering in Valiant Wings' Airframe Detail series is this well done edition on the Macch MC.202 Folgore. The author of this book should be no stranger to those who read about Italian WWII aircraft. Maurizio Di Terlizzi has published widely on the subject. Thanks to his meticulous research and some great color artwork, we have a book that both modelers and enthusiasts will find to be very useful.

These books are divided into two major sections with a number of appendices. The first section includes a history of the aircraft. This includes a brief on its combat career and a section on the different variants. This is followed by the technical description of the aircraft. Included in this part of the book are numerous photos of extant airframes as well as parts taken from the original technical manuals showing the various systems and areas of the plane.

The second major section is one on camouflage and markings. It is this portion of the book I found to be the most interesting. Typically, a major aircraft was built by several different airframe manufacturers. Each had their own way of applying camouflage and markings. It is here that we learn the differences in planes built by Macchi, Breda and SAI. This section also includes a mass of color profiles and plan views of various aircraft through the service life of the plane. This airplane was used after the armistice by both the ANR and by the Cobelligerent Air Force. Those that went through overhaul during that time had their own differences in camouflage. Post war the planes were used for fighter trainers and hacks, with even different schemes.

In the appendices, we have a complete listing of kits, aftermarket bits and decals as well as a bibliography. The period photos in the book are superbly chosen and particularly well done. It makes for a book that the Folgore fan has to have.