Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8252
EAN num: 9780870210198
ISBN number: 087021019X
Label: US Naval Institute Press
Manufacturer: US Naval Institute Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: 1989-04
Publishing house: US Naval Institute Press
Sale Popularity Level: 237204
Studio: US Naval Institute Press
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This richly detailed tribute to the legendary Yamato is now back in print by popular demand. Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armour and having the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II. This classic in the Anatomy of the Ship series contains a full description of the design and construction of the battleship including wartime modifications, and a career history. This is followed by a substantial pictorial section with rare onboard views of Yamato and her sister ship, a comprehensive portfolio of more than 600 perspective and three-view drawings, and 30 photographs. Such a handsome and thorough work is guaranteed to impress modelmakers, ship enthusiasts, and naval historians.
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As usual this is a very good book for those interested in how a ship is built but unless you also own the cruiser Takao you will have to do some added research into the boats, etc to build a large scale model.
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the fascination for the biggest Engineering masterpieces remains.
Yamato was one of these masterpieces.
If you are an Engineer, probably you will be deceived. It missing lots of very interesting/important details. One of the reasons is no reliable info remains of this ship.
On the other hand, if you is a "typical curious guy/girl" you will find interesting info on the structure of this ship.
Anyway it an interesting book for a glance, not to include in your library as a comprehensive compendium on the subject :-) :-)
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Fills a void in reference material on the Yamato.
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For those interested in warships in general, this is a fascinating pictorial of one of the premier capital ships of WWII. For scholars of YAMATO, and particularly those who want to model her, it is simply imperative that you own it. In fact, it is impossible to build a highly detailed model of this ship without this book - don't try to without it.
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Unlike most books on warships, which tend to focus on areas such as it's service history and technical specifications, which this book does cover, here is a fantastic collection of line drawings. I have several books featuring comprehensive line drawings of aircraft, but I had never seen such a book dedicated to a ship before. The author, a Polish modelmaker by the name of Janusz Skulski, has produced a book of such depth it will astound you. The 3-view plans are accompanied by great descriptive keys, and range from the entire hull and superstructure, liteally right down to individual nuts and bolts. The technical specifications are detailed and the photos, while necessarily brief because hardly any were ever taken of the Yamato, are very imformative. I can not stress enough how impressed I was with the level of detail, it was like looking at the original blueprints!
A top read!
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