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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101526793873
ISBN-139781526793874
eBay Product ID (ePID)19050105483
Product Key Features
Book TitleBritish Sloops and Frigates of the Second World War
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Naval, Models, Marine & Naval
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Crafts & Hobbies, History
AuthorLes Brown
Book SeriesShipcraft Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length11.5 in
Item Width8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews...an excellent book for both the enthusiast and the modeler and something that should find a place in your library., ...provides a useful reference to the many sloops and frigates in service during WWII, providing a broad overview rather than focusing on any particular class.
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number27
Dewey Decimal623.820125
Synopsis"...a handy publication for both historians, modelers, and anyone interested in British warships." - The Northern Mariner The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the subjects, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references - books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.This volume covers the majority of British wartime escort classes, from the inter-war ASW and minesweeping sloops that culminated in the superb Black Swan class, to the wartime designs that were originally known as 'twin-screw corvettes' but were eventually classed as frigates - the 'River' class, and their derivatives of the 'Loch/Bay' classes that were modified for prefabricated construction. Also included are the American-built destroyer escorts which became RN 'Captains' class frigates and the earlier ex-US Coast Guard cutters that were listed as sloops.With its unparalleled level of visual information - paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs - this book is simply the best reference for any model-maker setting out to build any of these numerous escort types.
LC Classification NumberVM298.3
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- 14 Dec, 2021
FRIGATE AWESOME!!!!
Great addition to the ShipCraft series......very informativeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
