Have not read volumes one or two yet , as just came across them this morning in a bookshop in a near-by town. They appear to be well written in a conversational style, and readable print. Colour profiles look nice but dated, photo's of some crude, probably tiny ( 1/100 scale-ish) models. have heard the original 2003 version no notes section, these ones do, but no index ,paper quality is good. The first part covers the Me264 bomber and others through to He177.