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Title: The Messerschmitt Me 109: 1936 To 1942: (From the Prototype to the Me 109F-2) (Aircraft and Pilots) by Anis El Bied, Andre Jouineau, Alan McKay ISBN: 2-913903-08-8 Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Details!
Comment: 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.
Rating: 2
Summary: Osprey do it better !
Comment: 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..!!
Rating: 4
Summary: The Messerschmitt Me 109 : 1936 to 1942 : (From the Prototyp
Comment: The color profiles of various Me-109s ARE the book. Great for modelers, and Me-109 fans. Some French to English translation / editing flaws in the text.
The main thrust of the book is the Me-109E, its various paint schemes, maintenance markings, wing and fighter group insignia, fusilage markings, kill markings, etc. The Me-109F2 is introduced in the final chapter, with 12 profiles of said aircraft provided.
If you're looking for prewar / early war Me-109 color profiles, this book is "more bang for your buck" when compared to those in the Osprey Aircraft of the Aces Series.
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Title: Messerschmitt Me 109: From 1942 to 1945 (From F to K and Post-War Derivatives) by Dominique Breffort, Andre Jouineau, Alan McKay ISBN: 291390310X Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Junkers Ju 87: From 1936 to 1945 by Herbert Leonard, Andre Jouineau ISBN: 2913903533 Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The North-American P-51 Mustang: From 1940 to 1980 by Dominique Breffort, Andre Jouineau, Alan McKay ISBN: 2913903819 Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Curtiss P-40: From 1939 to 1945 (Planes and Pilots, 3) by Anis El Bied, Daniel Laurelut, Alan McKay, Anis El Bied, Andre Jouineau ISBN: 2913903479 Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Corsair: Thirty Years of Filibustering... by Bruno Pautigny ISBN: 2913903282 Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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