The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated; each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class; highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage; featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits; lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships; 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 famous German sister-ships whose fates were so very different - Bismarck had a short but glorious career; first sinking HMS Hood and then in turn being sunk by the Home Fleet; whereas the Tirpitz spent most of the war skulking in Norwegian fjords; fending off attacks by midget submarines and carrier aircraft before being finally sunk by enormous specially designed bombs dropped by RAF Lancasters.
#204000 in Books Osprey Publishing 2010-11-23 2010-11-23Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 245.87 x 2.54 x 7.21l; .35 #File Name: 184603510448 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. the author does a fine job of highlighting the strengthsBy JCFully agree with the positive reviews of this Osprey title. Within the limits of the format; the author does a fine job of highlighting the strengths; weaknesses and accomplishments of these two classes of BB's.My only criticisms are minor. He mislabels a USN CL as the North Carolina (pg. 30); he wastes some of the limited space he has by using the same pic of the North Carolina at anchor as a museum twice (pgs. 1 44) and although the text makes it clear he has read Robert Lundgren's fine web articles on the Kirishima's destruction by the Washington; he does not give any credit to Lundgren in the short bibliography.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting ReadBy LanceI enjoyed the book thoroughly. This type of book can be very dry but the authors don't belabor any one topic. The continual references about the South Dakota being a jinxed ship are a bit trying. No one mentions it's a good thing the South Dakota was armored against 16 inch shells while taking the punishment off from Savo Island; while the Washington may not have come off so well being only armored against 14 inch shells.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Battleships EndureBy Mel VineyardAmerican battleships have endured because of both outstanding crews and ship design. We should build modern battleships based on the ideas proposed in the 1940's and 1950's.
