Andy Belsey's Book

[Andy Belsey]

Thanks guys for the positive feedback.
Andy

[Peter Gillson]

Andy

great book, great read, you should be very proud of it.

Petet

[Andy Belsey]

Andy

great book, great read, you should be very proud of it.

Petet

THANKS Peter
Glad you like it!
Andy

[Andy Belsey]

The book has been out several months now and I know that a few of you have copies. You should have had plenty of time to look through it now . Do you have any feedback for me about the book? I'm curious?? It has x18 '5 star' reviews on Amazon now and the only complaints I've heard were editorial issues, so out of my control. (I've been helping Mike Butler with his book on WW1 Figure Modelling, which will be published next year.)

Andy

(Sorry that I am not very active these days. I have struggled to want to make anything more that what I have to do as a living in architecture. That all went horrible recently, with not enough of us to do the workload. Thankfully it's settled down now and we got some more staff to help. I will hopefully get the desire for figures and dioramas again soon and try to join in more.)

[Jim R]

Hi Andy
Personally I really enjoyed the book. I don't think it could have been done any better. Until I read it I just thought a trench was a trench :hugging-face:
Jim

[JR]

Andy , I agree with Jim, a great book full of tips and interesting photos and information.

[Andy Belsey]

Thanks Jim and John for taking the time to give a bit of feedback.
Andy

[Andy Belsey]

I've just been shown this review from Military Modelcraft International



The publisher is now asking me to submit suggestions for a second book!!!??
Andy

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent review Andy, but I’m sure it’s no more than you deserve. I don't have the book, but your knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm shines through on the forum, so I’m sure the book is to the same standard.

[Ian M]

Fine words indeed! Well Done.

[boatman]

DITTO Andy very well done indeed
chris

[Jim R]

That's an excellent and we'll deserved review of your book.
Jim

[Neil Merryweather]

Thoroughly well-deserved, Andy!

[Andy Belsey]

I have recently had the following review of my book by Andy Robertshaw. You will see that he is one of top experts in the world when it comes to WW1 trenches and having his approval of my book is wonderful! Thank you Andy R.


I have had the great good fortune of being given the opportunity work with archaeologists excavating British and German trenches on the Western Front in both France and Belgium. Using this experience as a background I was able to combine my reach into the archives, photographs and film of the Great War to build a series of full scale replicas for teaching culminating in the Railway wood trenches at the Kent Show Ground. This led to the opportunity to work with film directors such as Sam Mendes and Stephen Speilberg to build trench locations for films such as '1917' and 'War Horse’. Although I work 'full scale' and assume that I know quite a bit about the subject Andy Belsey's book 'Modelling World War 1 Trench Warfare' came as a revelation. Drawing on unimaginable skill in creating miniatures and backed by in-depth research his book is a 'must have' volume for modellers, but will be a useful guide for armchair historians of the period and battlefield tourists. It should be on your book shelf or better still in your car as you tour the battlefield where, very largely, the trenches are now the 'battlefield beneath our feet’.
Andy Robertshaw, Director
Battlefield Partnerships Ltd