This softcover book from
HT Model Magazine
is specifically devoted to the Petljakov Pe-2
and Pe-3. This is a soft cover
book made from heavy weight glossy magazine paper, so it will hold up
well to continued use. The cover....(although a soft cover) is
made from thick glossy paper and will hold together well. The book
is produced in Slovakia, so it is written in the Slovak language and
comes with 4 pages in English to translate the main introduction text of
the book, but the true beauty and value of this book
is it's detailed walkaround photos, factory drawings and historical wartime photos of the
Petljakov Pe-2
and Pe-3.
Although the
Petljakov Pe-2
and Pe-3's could only carry a small bombload, they were the most produced short
range Soviet bomber during WW2 and became the backbone of the the Soviet
short range bomber forces during WW2. This
book has a large selection of photos......193 B&W photos and 160
colour glossy photos. There are also 12 beautifully done colour
profiles of various aircraft in Soviet, Finnish, German, Czech-Slovak,
and Polish markings......I've included one colour
profile below to give you a feel. The photos in this book focus on
most if not all the detail areas that modellers are obsessed with.
The photographer had the chance to climb all over more than one of these
aircraft and capture photos of all the tiny exterior details that matter
to modellers. As well as
photos of the landing gear, fuselage interior, guns, cockpit, exterior, and on and on.
This book is very well done book.
One very interesting part of this
book is the huge selection of line drawings and original factory drawings
explaining the internal components of the landing gear/bays, wings and internal
framing, fuselage, gunbays, interior, cockpit, skis, canopy, rear cockpit,
engine nacelles.
The 12 colour profiles are single
side views to give you an idea
of the layout of the camo. Below
I've include a tiny selection of some of the pages....out of respect to the
producers of this fine book, I am not providing larger scans.
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Cockpit photos |
Floats
and ski photos |
B&W Engine photos |
Colour
profiles |
black and white drawings |
12
different colour profiles featured in this book
Helpful engine, gun, cockpit
and other detail photos....some in colour.
I'm quite impressed
with the quality of this book and I look forward to other
editions from this company. I recommend this book to all modellers
planning
on building this aircraft as a model. I am quite pleased to add this book to my library.....it will
prove to be a very helpful book in my reference library. Special thanks to the folks at
HT
Model Magazine for the review sample and bringing this book to my attention.
All HT Model publications can be
ordered by e-mail, fax, or letter at this address:
HT model
Na letisko 49
058 01 Poprad
Slovak Republic
Europe
tel. ++421 52 7768212
fax. ++421 52 7768408
htmodel@nextra.sk
www.htmodel.sk
Or all their publications are carried by another Slovak internet MOS:
www.hobbyshop.sk
Steve
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