Japanese Heavy Cruisers

Japanese Heavy Cruisers
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 167
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ISBN-10 : 9781473815612
ISBN-13 : 1473815614
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Book Synopsis Japanese Heavy Cruisers by : Steve Backer

Download or read book Japanese Heavy Cruisers written by Steve Backer and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, 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.rnrnThis volume is devoted to the largest cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Built in defiance of treaty restrictions, they were the fastest and most powerful heavy cruisers of their day, and were heavily engaged in every campaign from Pearl Harbor to the end of the Pacific War.


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