Japanese Battleships: Fuso & Ise classes (ShipCraft)
This volume covers the two related classes of Japanese 14in-gunned battleships, originally built during the First World War but subsequently totally reconstructed.
They are famous for the towering forward superstructure, usually described as a pagoda bridge, that they featured when rebuilt.
Ise and Hyuga underwent further reconstruction during the Second World War to emerge as a unique hybrid of battleship and aircraft carrier in a desperate attempt to compensate for fleet carriers sunk earlier in the war.
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 class, highlighting differences between sisterships 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 ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit.
This is followed by an extensive photographic survey 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.
Autor: | Robert Brown |
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Szczegóły: | 64 strony, 29.5 x 21 cm, miękka oprawa |
Ilustracje: | 130 czarno-białych i kolorowych zdjęć |
Wydawca: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2016) |
Seria: | ShipCraft (24) |