| New from AJ-Press is this book on the
German Carrier Graf Zeppelin by by Siegfried Breyer. A never competed carrier
that would have been the Germans first carrier. Modelers and historians
around the world have been buying AJ-Press books mostly for the photo's
and drawings as the text was in Polish. But what is really big news
is that this book includes english translations. Each page of text includes
one column of Polish Text and a second column of English text. Bravo Zulu,
AJ-Press, you have made a good book even better. |
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The book is in softcover format with 112 pages filled with over 100 photo's
of the Graf Zeppelin at all phases of her construction. There are drawings
of the concept and the changes he underwent. I hadn't really realized how
close to completion this ship came and still wonder what kind of impact
it would have had on German naval operations if completed.
The book discusses the aircraft that were to be operated from the carrier.
Detailed drawings show them as well as several rare photo's of the completed
navalised versions of these aircraft. Weapons and fittings are well detailed
and the modeler will find these drawings useful as many were used on other
types of ships as well. One of my favorite features in this book are the
stunning 3D renderings of the ship. They are photo realistic and among
the best I have seen and there are 17 pages of them. |
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| Also included with this book are several folded poster
prints showing 3D renderings of the weapons and the ship itself. Plans
of the ship are reproduced in 1/400 scale. These are an awesome reference
and are done in a nice glossy format suitable for framing if desired.
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| CONCLUSIONS |
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 If
you are even remotely interested in the Graf Zeppelin, I highly recommend
this book. This is item # AJPM 42 AJ-Press GRAF ZEPPELIN. German Aircraft
Carrier by Siegfried Breyer available from Airconnection
for $22.99 USD / $28.99 CDN an excellent price for all that is included.
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for the latest in books from AJ-Press and other European sources. |
