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ShipCraft 28: British Escort Destroyers ot the Second World War
24,95 €The ‚ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the subjects, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references – books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.
This volume covers the many variations of Royal Navy wartime escort destroyers, both the purpose-built ‘Hunt’ class and the conversions from older fleet destroyers. The ‘Hunts’ were built in four groups (Types I to IV), while the old ‘V&W’ classes were modified to Long Range Escort, Short Range Escort and ‘Wair’ (anti-aircraft) variants. Also included are the fifty ex-US ‘flush-deckers’ that became the ‘Town’ class.
With its unparalleled level of visual information – paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs – this book is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build any of these numerous escort types. -
ShipCraft 29: Victory 100-gun First Rate 1765
24,95 €The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warships. Previously, these have generally covered plastic and resin models of 20th century subjects, but this volume is a radical departure not only a period sailing ship but one for which kits are available in many different materials and scales. This requires some changes to the standard approach, but the main features of the series remain constant.
Victory, Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar, is probably the worlds most famous sailing warship, and survives in restored form at Portsmouth. With lavish illustration, this book takes the modeller through a brief history of the ship, highlighting differences in appearance over her long career. Detailed colour profiles reveal decorative detail and changes to paint schemes over 250 years, and outline some of the debatable features experts still disagree about.
The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit, including the complexities of rigging. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and coverage concludes with a section on research references books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.
Following the pattern of the series, this book provides an unparalleled level of visual information paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs and is simply the best reference for anyone setting out to model this imposing three-decker. -
The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana, 2: Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Collection
22,95 €Maltese aviation artist and historian Richard J. Caruana, who started his career just over 50 years ago, celebrates this special milestone with a work dedicated to his countrys struggle for survival during the Second World War.
Three air battles during that conflict were decided in the air and changed the course of history: the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Malta, and the Battle of Midway. The heroic resistance of this tiny Mediterranean Island denied Rommel and his troops vital supplies, with the result that by the end of 1942 Axis forces had been driven out of North Africa.
This, in turn, provided the Allies with an opportunity to launch the first invasion of mainland Europe, on what Churchill described as Europes soft underbelly: Sicily. When the Allies won a firm foothold on the Italian Island, Malta could finally breathe a sigh of relief and it became a stepping stone for the movement of thousands of troops, aircraft and naval forces to the new frontline in Italy.
A short narrative gives an outline of the Battles history which is then illustrated with close to 200 colour profiles and other drawings.