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Bismarck and Tirpitz (ShipCraft Book 10) Kindle Edition

by Steve Backer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
A treasury of useful facts, plans, and photos for modelers.
 
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 sister-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 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.
 
This volume covers the famous German sister-ships whose fates were so very different—Bismarck had a short but glorious career, first sinking HMS Hood and then in turn being sunk by the Home Fleet, whereas the Tirpitz spent most of the war skulking in Norwegian fjords, fending off attacks by midget submarines and carrier aircraft before being finally sunk by enormous, specially designed bombs dropped by RAF Lancasters.
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  1. Part of series
    ShipCraft
  2. Print length
    208 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Seaforth Publishing
  5. Publication date
    May 22, 2008
  6. File size
    49.8 MB
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About the Author

STEVE BACKER is the editor of steelnavy.com, the best warship modeling site on the web, for which he writes extensively on warship kits and accessories. He is also the author of five previous titles in this ShipCraft series, the most recent being Admiral
Hipper Class Cruisers.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KEURP7C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seaforth Publishing; Illustrated edition (May 22, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 22, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 49.8 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 85 ratings

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  • Pasquali Samuele
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recensione
    Reviewed in Italy on April 18, 2019
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    Ottimi spunti per costruire il modello.
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  • Richard Briggs
    5.0 out of 5 stars A useful book; especially for model builders
    Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2025
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    An interesting and useful addition to my library and of great use to scale model builders. Recommended.
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  • fundiverapfs
    5.0 out of 5 stars Genial
    Reviewed in Germany on June 12, 2021
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    Das Buch ist super.Besonders für Modellbauer
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  • Fernando Antonio de Castro Quinta
    5.0 out of 5 stars Useful
    Reviewed in Brazil on April 1, 2021
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    Very good for modelers and for lovers of the theme!
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  • Rob Newman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good for modellers
    Reviewed in Australia on March 13, 2019
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    This is a good guide for modellers. It gives a brief overview of the histories and specs of the ships, then goes into the model kits available and briefly outlines their pluses and minuses. It's a pity it doesn't cover the kits' faults and how to correct them. I guess in saying that, the Tamiya 1/350 kits would require an entire volume on their own.
    It also has a few plans that could be handy to model builders who wish to add a little more realism to their kit.
    All in all, its not a bad book.
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