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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN num: 9782913903081
ISBN number: 2913903088
Label: Histoire and Collections
Manufacturer: Histoire and Collections
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 84
Printing Date: 2002-01
Publishing house: Histoire and Collections
Sale Popularity Level: 620796
Studio: Histoire and Collections
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The very first volume in this heavily illustrated history of the plane covers the years 1936 to 1942, when the Third Reich was at its height. Over 200 colour illustrations show the camouflage and markings used on all fronts by Germany and its allies. Forty grey and white photographs, most never seen before, have also been assembled for this remarkable work.
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I got this book on discount (love that word) and it's one of the better modeler's references on the ME-109. It covers the history of the aircraft from prototype to the ME-109F model, the real final version. The G and other models were just improvements and not great improvements at that.
This book gives pages and pages of paint schemes, squadron markings, individual aircraft markings, and how kills were recorded. That was really neat to read. Kill marks were very first on the area over the stabulator but were moved to the rudder because the German pilots shot down so man aircraft. At very first I thought those markings were mere tick marks. However, this book goes into great detail that the kill marks recorded the nationality, date, and type shot down.
I have plans to scratch build a Dora model of the BF-109. This invaluable book will show what squadron (Staffel) it belonged, the flight (gruppe), and all the technical things that make a good model great.
The only way this book could be beat is for a software set to come out with all the individual histories of the BF-109, the pilots of the particular aircraft, the individual flight, and fate of the aircraft. This task isn't as impossible as it seems. It has already been done for the 1,500 or so Tiger tanks.
I give this book five stars. It's a really nice reference book.
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Reading some of the mixed reviews, I was a bit concerned with this purchase. I thought, for this price, I still should give it a try.
What this book brought me:
-great deal of very interesting profiles (litteraly packed with)
-very interesting explainations on the tactical markings on the planes
-Some top down views I couldn't find elsewhere
-quick history and visual explaination of the differences between the different models
As a modeler and painter, I find this book incredibly inspiring and meeting fully (and beyond) the objectives I had when I bought it. Text editing could be better but I don't mind that much.
In a word, I don't regret a second this addition to my library.
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If you are interested in different colour schemes for the early Bf109's through to the very first F versions, then this is the book for you. As always, colours are subject to personal interpretation as these are invariably translated from grey and white photographs - but all in all, most profiles seem to be a sensible representation.
The artwork may appear flat and does not reach levels of aviation artists like Richard J. Caruana. The perspective layout is also on the weak side, particularly the under-surfaces. The weathering effect can be annoying as it is done on a permanent layer and is repeated on every profile. There are certain elementary errors which could have been avoided, ex. E-1's should not have the undersurface cannon bulges...
All in all however, the effort is commendable and the publication is in fact a good reference source if you want to choose a scheme for your models.
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If you are more interested in camouflage than the actual blue print of the aircraft, this is the book for you. The level of detail concerning insignia and variation in paint schemes makes this book fascinating. Remember, the goal of the artist was not to make super realistic lateral views. Rather, it is a chronicle on the creative camouflage applications by the Luftwaffe during WW II. I was somewhat bothered by the underneath wing cross not following the shape of the wing. Unacceptable considering all the work that went into these illustrations. No one checked for typos and word spacing problems either. Still, the two volumes of this series are the most important books of their kind. Aircraft modlers will go absolutely nuts over these books.
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For a book based exclusively on a collection of aircraft profile drawings the artwork has to 'look right'; here it simply does'nt. A vast selection of Bf109s are illustrated but they all have a curious banana shaped fuselage and heavily shaded panel lines where none exist...there are no accompanying reference details and little in the way of photos. As the intro in the original French edition stated, this work was essentially cobbled together from a variety of well known English language sources and designed for non-English speaking enthusiasts. There seems ultimately little point in offering a translated edition...the bottom line... even Osprey does this sort of thing better..!!
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