This softcover book from
HT Model Magazine
is specifically devoted to the Avia B-34, B-534 and Bk-534. 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 5 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 and historical wartime photos of Avia B-34, B-534 a
Bk-534's.
HT Model has
been busy producing first rate books to assist modellers to get the tiny
details accurate on their model aircraft. This book has such
things as photos of the Avia B-534 factory with photos of skinless
aircraft showing the framework of the aircraft....this includes close-up
shots from the outside of the skinless cockpit. There are also a
huge selection of 131 black and white historical photos....some showing
various aircraft shortly after they crashed. Also included are 57
detail walkaround photos showing close-up detail of these aircraft
currently housed in museums.
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The 56 colour profiles are single
side views with the occasional view of the top and or bottom of the wings to give you an idea
of the paint scheme and markings. Below
I've include a tiny selection of some of the 51 pages....out of respect to the
producers of this fine book, I am not providing larger scans.
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28
Cockpit photos |
over
4 pages of Engine photos |
Colour
profiles |
11
pages of black and white drawings |
56
different Avia B-34, B-534 and
Bk-534 colour profiles featured in this book
The engine, skinless
airframe and cockpit photos
will be of benefit to anyone building one of these aircraft as a model.
Although some of the photos are in black and white....they are still very good
photos.
Also included is 5 pages that include
black and white line drawings and some of these line drawings seem to be from
a wartime technical manual. These line drawings explain the
operation of various systems on the aircraft including cockpit controls as well as line drawings showing
some engine plumbing detail.
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 any modeller with an
interest in the Avia B-34, B-534 and Bk-534. I am quite pleased to add this book to my library.....it will
prove to be a very helpful book and I look forward to the day I build one of
these tough biplanes. 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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