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 class; highlighting differences between sisterships 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 ships; and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic survey 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 two related classes of Japanese 14in-gunned battleships; originally built during the First World War but subsequently totally reconstructed. They are famous for the towering forward superstructure; usually described as a pagoda bridge; that they featured when rebuilt. Ise and Hyuga underwent further reconstruction during the Second World War to emerge as a unique hybrid of battleship and aircraft carrier in a desperate attempt to compensate for fleet carriers sunk earlier in the war.
#170197 in Books Osprey Publishing 2016-04-19 2016-04-19Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 249.43 x .38 x 7.25l; .70 #File Name: 147281285996 pages9781472812858
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Samuel L. McdonaldGood Read0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Charles OckrassaAs anticipated8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. The road from Charlestown to Camden...By HMS WarspiteThe Battle of Camden in 1780 was supposed to be an opportunity for military glory for General Horatio Gates; hero of the Battle of Saratoga and rival to General Washington. A rare meeting engagement between British and American forces on the night of 15-16 August turned into a set piece fight on the morning of 16 August; in a pine forest near Camden; South Carolina. What happened next determined the fate in uniform of General Gates; and; oddly; put the British Southern Army under Cornwallis on the road to Yorktown."Camden 1780" is an Osprey Campaign Series book; authored by David Smith; with illustrations by Graham Turner. The author presents the Battle of Camden firmly within the context of the British Southern Strategy against the rebellious Thirteen Colonies. His narrative includes a detailed account of the siege of Charlestown and the subsequent British campaign to suppress the rebels in the Carolina backcountry. The Battle of Camden itself turns out not quite to have been the instant rout often presented in the history books.This is a nuanced presentation; full of the challenges for the respective commanders and the difficulties of terrain and a badly divided population. Not least of these challenges; for both sides; was integrating the few available regular troops with a variety of militia and irregular units operating in region. The narrative is nicely supported by an excellent selection of period and modern illustrations; maps; and battle diagrams. Highly recommended as a concise but informative read on the topic.
