Books : Bell P-39 - P-63 Airacobra and Kingcobra - WarbirdTech Volume 17 (WarbirdTech)
|
|
In association with Amazon.com
|
by: Frederick A. Johnsen
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.7464
EAN: 9781580070102
ISBN: 1580070108
Label: Specialty Press
Manufacturer: Specialty Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 100
Publication Date: October 04, 1998
Publisher: Specialty Press
Sales Rank: 1005014
Studio: Specialty Press
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This is the first-ever series analysis and review of the world's most exciting combat aircraft for the layman. Each volume emphasizes the unique, the groundbreaking, and the technical characteristics of the aircraft.
This book contains photos, drawings, and excerpts from previously 'secret' and 'restricted' technical manuals produced by the government and aircraft manufacturers, as well as vintage photos of aircraft during prototype and manufacturing stages, exploded views, phantom drawings from tech manuals, and more. For military and aviation enthusiasts.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Hey Little Cobra Don't You Know You're Gonna Shoot Them Down?
Bell P-39/P-63 Airacobra & Kingcobra
Warbird Tech Volume 17
© 1998 Specialty Press
By Frederick A. Johnsen
Reviewed by Ned Barnett
Hasegawa just came out with a 1/48th scale P-400 - the export version of the P-39D Airacobra - that is by all accounts (including my own) the best-of-breed. There are other good-to-great kits of the P-39 series by Eduard, Accurate Miniatures (re-released as a post-war air racer - and it's so good that it's hard to believe ... Read More
Rating: - The Bell Cobra's described
This is my 8th book about the Airacobra, and I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of -new or at least unknown to me- information and the quality of the photographs. Though modellers might probably prefer the Osprey "P-39 Airacobra Aces of World War 2"; the Squadron/Signal aircraft in action no.43 "P-39 Airacobra in Action" or even the Aircraft in Profile no. 165 "The Bell P-39 Airacobra" for the color sideviews and paint schemes or will value the Squadron/Signal "P-39 Airacobra in detail and scale" ... Read More
Rating:  - A little Disapointing
The book is good only for engineers, lots of technical explanations, not many pictures, many drawings. Most of the pictures are B&W. I bought it thinking in use to get painting schemes for models, but it didn't work very well.
|
|
|
