This new soft cover
100 page book from IsraDecal
covers the AH-1 Tzefa in IAF Service and is written by IsraDecal
owner, well respected modeler and world renowned
all around nice guy Ra'anan Weiss. This publication is #7 in their popular series 'Aircraft in
Detail' and covers the AH-1 Tzefa
from it's initial evaluation to forming an active Squadron up to current
time. This book has 22 pages of photos and text devoted to the history of the AH-1 Tzefa
including it's involvement and the loss of 2 AH-1 Tzefa during the Israeli
invasion of Lebannon. There is an impressive amount of detail in the 22
pages and it is a riveting read.
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images below to see larger images
But he main focus of this 100 page soft cover
book is all the detail photos. You get....
- 360 color photos
- 59 black and white photos
- 14 line drawings
- 6 color side profiles
The photos are grouped in the book making
it quick and easy to find the relevant photos you need for that extra bit of
detailing you are trying to add to your AH-1 Tzefa
model.
The photos "groupings"
include:
- Introduction
- The 'Southern Squadron' Photo
Gallery
- The 'Northern Squadron' Photo
Gallery
- Flight School
- Color Profiles
- Daily and Routine Maintenance
- Walkaround Front Cockpit
- Walkaround Rear Cockpit
- Walkaround Nose Section
- Walkaround M-197 - 20mm
Gatling Gun
- Walkaround Gun Ammunition Box,
Air Data Sensor
- Walkaround Stub Wings,
Formation Lights
- Walkaround Wings, Pylons and
Skids
- Walkaround AH-1 General
Arrangement, Cable Cutters
- Walkaround Landing
Lights, Aerials
- Walkaround Airborne Laser
Tracker, Formation Lights
- Walkaround Main Rotor
- Walkaround Electronic Warfare
Aerials
- Walkaround Electronic Warfare
Aerials, Chaff / Flare Dispensers
- Walkaround Lycoming T53-L-703
Exhaust and Sand Filters
- Walkaround ALQ-144 Infra Red
Jammer, Tail Boom and Lower Fuselage Aerials
- Walkaround Tail
Section,
- Walkaround Tail Section,
Formation Lights
- Walkaround Tail Section,
Squadron Badges
- Walkaround Armament
Subsystems M35
- Walkaround Armament
Subsystems M35 and M18
- Walkaround Machine Gun
and Grenade Launcher
- Walkaround 2.75 Inch
Rocket Launchers
- Walkaround BGM-71 TOW
Misslies
- Walkaround Tail Rotor
Wow...this is quite
the book and up to the usual very high standards that modellers have come to
love and appreciate from Ra'anan Weiss at IsraDecal.
If you have an interest in the Cobra or specifially the IAF AH-1 Tzefa or
Israeli Aviation or if
you're a modeller planning on building a AH-1 Tzefa, then this book will be a
valuable resource and well worth adding to your reference library.
I would like to
thank IsraDecal
for providing me with this
review sample.
Steve
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