This softcover book from
HT Model Magazine
is specifically devoted to the Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 book. 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 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 the
Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6.
The
Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 was flown by Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland,
Yugoslavia, Romania, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia. This
book has a large selection of photos......85 B&W photos and
205colour glossy photos. There are also 48 beautifully done colour
profiles of various Bf-109 G-6's used by a variety of air forces
including captured aircraft......I've included one colour
profile below to give you a feel. The photos in this book focus on
most if not all the detail areas that modellers are obsessed with. Lots of
cockpit photos.....colour photos of the engine......photos of various cannons and machine guns,
fuselage framing and photos of aircraft under restoration and partially
disassembled and so much
more. As well as
photos of the landing gear, fuselage interior, guns, cockpit, exterior, and on and on.
This book is very complete and I think there is no area of the Bf-109
G-6 not covered in the detailed walkaround photos in this book.
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One very interesting part of this
book is the pages with technical drawings from the original technical manuals.
48
different colour profiles featured in this book
The 48 colour profiles are mostly
single
side views, but with the occasional view of the top of the wings to give you an idea
of the layout of the camo and placement of stencils on the airframe. 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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Cockpit photos |
Vintage
photos |
Engine photos |
Colour
profiles |
black and white drawings |
Helpful engine, gun, cockpit
and other detail photos....in colour.
With this book it
would be possible to build a 1/32 Bf-109 G-6 and super detail all areas of the
model.
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 modellers
planning
on building this aircraft as a model. I am quite pleased to add this book to my library.....it will
prove to be a very helpful book in my reference library. 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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