Oliver Peissl has a new book - "1/48 Luftwaffe Modelling Workbook" was published at the end of 2025 and is a superb modelling 'how-to' volume focused on Luftwaffe subjects released by Dai Nippon Kaiga. Details according to their 'blurb';
For all aircraft modellers — from beginners to experts:
• Step-by-step builds of 15 Luftwaffe aircraft (including a Bundesluftwaffe F-104)
• Detailed guides on tools, materials, and techniques
• Construction, Painting, weathering, and finishing tutorials
• Over 500 full-color in-progress photos. Text is dual Japanese/English
The book is available officially in three countries beside Japan - Canada, Cyprus and Slovakia - links to these sellers can be found on Oliver's Facebook page, Erla's Werke. In Europe Oliver's Slovakian partner is 77propeller.com
Oliver tells me that Dai Nippon sent a photographer from Tokyo to photograph the 15 subjects featured in the book;
" the first contact I had with Dai Nippon was a request for one article but the conditions were not so good - I had to send my finished model to Japan for the pictures. So I said no thanks! Then they came back and asked for a whole book with 15 models. My answer: when I won’t send you one, I surely won’t send 15 models. They replied that for fifteen models they would send the photographer to me. Noah came all the way from Tokyo, spent two days with me, took 7000 images and then left..!"
Looking through the book ,the results are stunning - with Oliver's okay, here are a few page views ...
The Franco-German modeller also features on the cover of this month's Air Modeller magazine with his superb GWH Fw 189 and his work has been published by Modell Fan, Wingmasters, Cocardes, Modelâr, Tamiya Model Magazine, Ammo and Model Airplane International. Having just written a blog post in praise of AK Real Colors, I asked Oliver about his preferred paints;
".. Yes, I use a number of different brands. ATOM by Ammo are for me the best acrylics. Mr.Paint are for me the best lacquers. Also I like HATAKA and AK-RC of course. But Mr. Paint do the best RLM references. You should try them! "
Oliver (middle) and Noah (right)
