Everything the ship modeller needs to know about building a famous warship Numerous detailed plans and colour illustrations Focuses on very popular modelling subjects which are represented by a wide selection of kitsThe '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, using scale plans to highlight differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers, then moves to an extensive photographic survey of either a high-quality model or a surviving example of the ship. Hints on building the model, and on modifying and improving the basic kit, are followed by a section on paint schemes and camouflage, featuring numerous colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings. The strengths and weaknesses of available kits of the ships are reviewed, and the book concludes with a section on research references - books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.
This volume features the King George V class battleships, the most modern Royal Navy battleships of WW2 and a very popular modelling subject. The King George V herself helped sink the Bismarck, and the Prince of Wales was famously sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Far East. Ships of this class served throughout the war in many theatres, and their changes of armament and colour scheme during this time offer many opportunities to the ship modeller to modify basic kits to show ships at different periods in their lives. Roger Chesneau is a lifelong ship modeller and author of numerous naval books, including Ship Models in Plastic.
- ISBN10 1861762119
- ISBN13 9781861762115
- Publish Date 27 June 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 November 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Greenhill Books
- Imprint Chatham Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English