This softcover book from
HT Model Magazine
is specifically devoted to the Bf-109B/D/E. This is a soft cover
book made from heavy weight glossy magazine paper, so it will hold up
well to continued use. The cover....(although a soft cover) is
made from thick glossy paper and will hold together well. The book
is produced in Slovakia, so it is written in the Slovak language and
comes with 4 pages in English to translate the main introduction text of
the book, but the true beauty and value of this book
is it's detailed walkaround photos and historical wartime photos of
Bf-109's.
The Bf-109
is one of the most popular planes with modellers. So a book like
this with all these photos will benefit almost every modeller. And what a selection of photos......over
350 glossy photos. There are also 50 beautifully done colour
profiles of various Slovak and German Bf-109's......I've included one colour
profile below to give you a feel. The photos in this book focus on
all the detail areas that modellers are obsessed with. Lots of
cockpit colour photos.....photos of the engine......photos of various cannons and machine guns and so much
more. As well as
photos of the landing gear, open maintenance panels, gun bays, back side
of instrument panel gauges, cockpit, exterior, and on and on. I
can't think of a single detail area that isn't included as photos in
this book.
The 50 colour profiles are single
side views with the occasional view of the top of the wings to give you an idea
of the layout of the camo. Below
I've include a tiny selection of some of the pages....out of respect to the
producers of this fine book, I am not providing larger scans.
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28
Cockpit photos |
3
pages of gun bay photos |
over
4 pages of Engine photos |
Colour
profiles |
11
pages of black and white drawings |
50
different Bf-109 colour profiles featured in this book
The engine, gun bay
and cockpit photos
will leave you grinning......it's all there in beautiful colour.
Also included is 12
pages that include many, many black and white line drawings that seem to be from
a wartime Luftwaffe technical manual. These line drawings explain the
operation of various systems on the aircraft including the proper way to suspend
the engine on an engine hoist as well as line drawings showing plumbing detail.
I'm quite impressed
with the quality of this book and I look forward to other
editions from this company. I recommend this book to all modeller, because
sooner or later you'll build a Bf-109 and this book will answer so many of your
questions. I am quite pleased to add this book to my library.....it will
prove to be a very helpful book on future Bf-109B/D/E models. Special thanks to the folks at
HT
Model Magazine for the review sample and bringing this book to my attention.
All HT Model publications can be
ordered by e-mail, fax, or letter at this address:
HT model
Na letisko 49
058 01 Poprad
Slovak Republic
Europe
tel. ++421 52 7768212
fax. ++421 52 7768408
htmodel@nextra.sk
www.htmodel.sk
Or all their publications are carried by another Slovak internet MOS:
www.hobbyshop.sk
Steve
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