Intro

The first question, undoubtedly, is whether a civil vehicles painting guide fits here and might be useful for military modellers. After reading the book, I am completely sure it will be interesting to all modellers, first of all because every technique can be adapted to any field of modelling, and Mr. Tur is a more than competent modeller so there is a lot here to learn.
But also because often there is not much difference between how a civil or military vehicles gets dirty and old, just civil ones tend to be less well maintained and last longer so the effects are somehow exaggerated in them.
And we have to note as well the recent releases of vehicles that, despite being military, are in a kind of nobody's land because of their nature, like bulldozers, tractors, trucks, etc.
For all these reasons, this volume will come handy to any modeller interested in giving an old and used appearance to their kits.

Review

The book is softcover of A4 size, portrait, and has 118 pages. It is printed on satin paper, obviously in colour. The structure of the book is the usual step by step with plenty of photos.
Each article starts with a brief introduction and the rest is photos and detailed captions, which explain in order what has been done to achieve each effect.

The photos are large and clear, the general views of the model often occupy half a page and the details are split in four or five per page, enough to see it clearly. They also show also the product used -this is quite helpful for a quicker reference, or to know how does it look and what could replace it.

At the end of each section, there are four large photos of the finished vehicle.

The book contains seven models, all of them at 1/35 scale, profusely explained with photos.

Most of the article focus on painting and weathering, as you may expect, with little reference to building -but it is not really missed.

The vehicles chosen represent a good range of industrial equipment. Although there are no military vehicles, all are heavy machines, no cars here:
There are three trucks, one tractor, one tracked tractor, one excavator and one road roller.

All the models show vehicles with signs of use and age in various degrees. In one end, one of the trucks looks used but still in good shape, while the excavator is heavily rusted but still in use.

As the title points, almost all the products used are from Vallejo. The author makes good use of paints, washes, pigments and ready-to-use mud, all of them acrylic.

In general, the explanations are clear and pertinent, and allow to follow the painting and weathering processes.

Conclusion

This is a very interesting volume, that despite being devoted to civil vehicles, uses the traditional military modelling scale of 1/35 and applies similar weathering techniques of this area.
The models presented look very realistically, and the processes Using a variety of Vallejo's acrylic products are well explained.