Introduction
In this review, we get to take a look at Chernobyl Exclusion Zone which is the third title in the Worn Art Collection series from AK Interactive. As is indicated by the main title, this release covers vehicles, people, and diorama’s based around Chernobyl, both during the emergency period and the years that followed.
Review
This offering from AK Interactive presents contributions from eight individuals, all of whom are credited on the front cover, and these are:
Abilio Pineiro Grajera
Alex Friedrich
George L Johnson
George Mefsut
Michal Dostal
Michal Traj
Roberto Del Cima
Rob Ferreira
This is a soft backed title, with a double faced card cover that provides page stops if used in that manner, for ease of locating specific pages. This cover protects 112 pages of good quality glossy paper, that is A4 in size. The information is presented in a duel language format, with Spanish and English text. The contents of the book are presented as follows:
Intro: Roberto Cuevas
90 Seconds: Abilio Pineiro Grajera
Zvero Boy: Michal Dostal
Pool: George Mesfut
Unit Four: Alex Friedrich
The Hook: George Johnson
IMR-1: Michal Traj
Silent Hill: Rob Ferreira
Then and Now: Roberto Del Cima
This offering from AK Interactive, covering the event of April 26th 1986 to the present in model form, is an interesting subject. The recent drama titled “Chernobyl” awakened a lot of interest in the events that occurred at that time, and the power of the atom when things go wrong. In this book, we are presented with 8 dioramas showing various aspects of the Chernobyl incident, and also replicating vehicles that have been left out to rot ever since the event. I am pleased to see that both ground and air vehicles have been covered in this book.
The modellers that have produced these dioramas have done a very good job of providing you with an insight, into how they have managed to achieve these works of art. I will say that for me Alex Friedrich gets the gold medal, not because of what he has represented, but how he has presented it to the viewer, by placing it inside an old TV, giving the impression of an image rather than a model.
As mentioned previously, the text has been provided in Spanish and English. With the presentation style that English is provided first, followed by Spanish and so as you go through it goes English, Spanish, English etc. I thought this method would by distracting, However, I was not correct in that, and I found no issued in reading through this title. The photography throughout is first class.
Conclusion
This book covers an interesting subject, and the eight people providing the content, have tackled the subject in many different ways. These approaches gave me a much better appreciation of just how differently modellers can approach a subject. With the result that the modeller can have their eyes opened, both in terms of what they produce, and for me how it is presented. This is a very pleasing modelling title from AK Interactive.