Trucks: Illustrated History Books & Guides (2/2)

Building and Painting Model Trucks

This richly illustrated book offers a complete guide to building model truck kits, across all of the popular scales. Concentrating on civilian vehicles, renowned modeller George Dent describes the fundamental processes involved in kit-building, including preparation and assembly of components, detailing and modification work including custom fittings, plus an in-depth look at painting and weathering techniques.

Featuring a range of popular, readily available kits in all of the popular scales: 1: 72, 1: 48, 1: 35, 1: 32 and 1: 24, and suitable for modellers of all abilities, each project is clearly explained in an illustrated, step-by-step format with over 680 colour photographs.

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Author:	George Dent
Details:	160 pages, 10.4 x 8.9 x 1.65 in (26.5 x 22.5 x 4.2 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	680+ color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2021)
ISBN:	9781785009181

Camions décorés - Les plus beaux d'Europe (Autofocus)

With their shiny chrome, careful paintwork, and unique decorations, these European trucks create a striking impression. Across sixteen reports, the book showcases trucks from nine countries, each decorated individually, whether with a fictional character or a tribute to its owner.
Decorated trucks are more than a trend; they have become a cultural phenomenon and moving works of art.

For nearly twenty years, Xavier Stéfaniak has traveled Europe and the United States photographing the most remarkable trucks in the tuning scene. Photographer for several European magazines, he presents his fourth book on this subject.

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Author:	Xavier Stéfaniak
Details:	160 pages, 11.6 x 9.8 x 0.71 in (29.5 x 25 x 1.8 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	many color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	Sophia Éditions (F, 2024)
Series:	Autofocus
ISBN:	9782385140267

Supertrucks

While cars were almost exclusively reserved for a wealthy upper class in the early days of the automobile, there was a high commercial demand for trucks from the very beginning. It is therefore no wonder that numerous companies competed with one another in the construction of trucks, and their designs could differ enormously depending on the mentality and size of the country of manufacture.

Pages of the book "Supertrucks"

This volume offers a unique cross-section of the last 60 years of truck history. 224 pages describe all the leading truck brands that have left their mark on truck construction worldwide with their models and technical innovations.

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Author:	Joachim M. Köstnick
Details:	224 pages, 12 x 9.1 in (30.5 x 23 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	26 b&w and 432 color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2016)
ISBN:	9783613037861

Schwertransporte - Starke Trucks, große Lasten

Motorization has fundamentally shaped transport over the last 100 years. Without trucks, today's prosperity would hardly be possible. This volume features old and young timers, including vehicles from long-gone brands as well as current models.

Organized by manufacturer, it includes German brands such as MAN and Mercedes, European brands like Scania, Volvo, and Renault, and US trucks from Freightliner, Kenworth, and Mack. The focus is on top models and powerful heavy-duty tractors. With around 500 illustrations, this large-format book showcases the most impressive trucks worldwide.

Pages of the book "Schwertransporte - Starke Trucks, große Lasten"

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Author:	Joachim M. Köstnick
Details:	224 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.83 in (28 x 21.5 x 2.1 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	500 color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2024)
ISBN:	9783613046528

Geschichte des Seecontainers und der Intermodal-Wechselbehälter

The author, Ulrich Cramer, a trained motor vehicle and aircraft engineer, has been working on transport rationalization projects since the early 1960s. First at the vehicle and equipment manufacturer MAFI and from 1971 with his own engineering firm CONTEC. Numerous innovations can be traced back to his engineering work.
In this book, he describes from his own experience how the beginnings of container transport in the USA in the early 1950s developed into global, trimodal transport to the smallest corner of the world.

Pages of the book "Geschichte des Seecontainers und der Intermodal-Wechselbehälter"

Cramer tells the story from the perspective of a technician. He himself had applied for a patent for the idea of the "MAFI Rolltrailer" in 1966. In 1967, he and MAFI built the first steel containers for the first European container shipping consortium ACL.
When container traffic began in Europe in 1966 and the sea container was still considered a "dead elephant", he and MAFI built the "Portalift", the first "container portal vehicle" from Europe. He played a key role in the steel container quickly gaining its dominant position.

Ulrich Cramer did pioneering work with the construction of the first container factory in China in 1980, which is now the largest container manufacturer in the world, and the construction of the first two 20-foot steel containers for CIMC in 1981. He transferred his technical knowledge of container construction to numerous projects in the field of inland containers and swap bodies, as well as to the development of associated transport and handling equipment.

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Author:	Ulrich Cramer
Details:	168 pages, 11.4 x 8.5 x 0.67 in (29 x 21.5 x 1.7 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	290 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2021)
ISBN:	9783861339816

Samochody użytkowe RWPG

This is the first Polish publication covering commercial vehicles produced in Comecon countries, the Eastern Bloc, from after World War II until 1990.

The author explains the structure of Comecon and defines commercial vehicles. He presents the manufacturers, their production focus, and selected models of vans, trucks, and buses, including their design, operation, and technical specifications.

Vehicles are grouped by country: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Romania, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. Each manufacturer and its vehicles are introduced with background chapters on the development of the automotive industry in that country.

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Author:	Zdzisław Podbielski
Details:	184 pages, 11.4 x 8.1 in (29 x 20.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Language:	Polish
Publisher:	Dom Wydawniczy Księży Młyn (PL, 2023)
ISBN:	9788377297155

Camiones muy antiguos - de guerra, carga, bomberos, autobuses y ambulacias

This book presents readers with an extensive catalog of old trucks, spanning various styles and periods, each accompanied by concise and contextualized documentary contributions.
From military trucks to cargo vehicles, fire trucks, buses, and ambulances, the work takes a journey through history, uncovering the origins of the first ambulances and fire trucks, their subsequent evolution, and the revolutionary impact on society as vehicles transitioned away from animal traction.

Positioned as a valuable tool for scholars and collectors, this volume provides in-depth information. It also invites readers to explore its pages in search of intriguing images or to be surprised by captivating anecdotes.

Text in Spanish.

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Author:	Joaquim Puig-Rafagut
Details:	256 pages, 10.6 x 9.25 x 1.38 in (27 x 23.5 x 3.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	many color photos
Language:	Spanish
Publisher:	Susaeta Ediciones (E, 2017)
Series:	Atlas ilustrado
ISBN:	9788467757835