Shipcraft 3: Yorktown Class Carriers
by Roger Chesneau /
2015 / English / EPUB
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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, 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 color 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. The subject of this volume is the Yorktown
class, the near-legendary American aircraft carriers that kept the
Japanese at bay in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the
decisive battle of Midway, where Yorktown herself was lost.
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, 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 color 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. The subject of this volume is the Yorktown
class, the near-legendary American aircraft carriers that kept the
Japanese at bay in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the
decisive battle of Midway, where Yorktown herself was lost.
Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan before being
sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but Enterprise survived the
fierce fighting of the early war years to become the US Navy's most
decorated ship.
Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan before being
sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but Enterprise survived the
fierce fighting of the early war years to become the US Navy's most
decorated ship.
