My Library just grew again 2013

[Logan Hartke]

How is it?  I was eying it recently.

Cheers,

Logan

[Steel Penguin]

just finished Broken Homes, the 4th Constable Peter Grant book by Ben Aaronavitch,( on the kindle) gripping, zippy, and a blind side that I didn't expect or see coming, now im waiting for book 5, which will be a long time coming as this on only came out on the 25th....

[Gondor]

How is it?  I was eying it recently.

Cheers,

Logan

Lots of nice pictures and a fair number if side profiles. Only the first twenty six pages have any text other than descriptions of pictures so personally I am a little disappointed. I would have preferred a more detailed breakdown of the differences between each version by chapter so it would be easier to identify the versions, but that's me simply wanting the detail and pigeon holeing of such things. Good value for the money though 

Gondor

[Logan Hartke]

Thanks!  I'll have to decide if I want to get it or not...

Cheers,

Logan

[Kerrillc]

From the Osprey aircraft of the aces range Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces and Early British Jet Fighters from The Aeroplane collections, more a pictorial essay of the many early jet types of the RAF/FAA. Has the wonderful cutaway diagrams that The Aeroplane specialised in. I think everyone should take a quick scan at W H Smiths and make their own choice. I didn't even hesitate!

[PR19_Kit]

Another Haynes 'Owners' Manual, this time for the SR-71 that I keep in my garage............ 

[NARSES2]

Early British Jet Fighters[/b] from The Aeroplane collections, more a pictorial essay of the many early jet types of the RAF/FAA. Has the wonderful cutaway diagrams that The Aeroplane specialised in. I think everyone should take a quick scan at W H Smiths and make their own choice. I didn't even hesitate!

I'll keep an eye open for that. I'm building up quite a collection of these "bookazines"

[NARSES2]

Early British Jet Fighters from The Aeroplane collections, more a pictorial essay of the many early jet types of the RAF/FAA. Has the wonderful cutaway diagrams that The Aeroplane specialised in. I think everyone should take a quick scan at W H Smiths and make their own choice. I didn't even hesitate!

Picked it up today, excellent 

[Gondor]

I received in the post today two ebay wins, well actually buy it now purchases,

Valiant wings series Airframe Albums 1 "The Heinkel He 219 `Uhu`"

American Secret Projects Fighters & Interceptors 1945-1978

Gondor

[Kerrillc]

Two from the ProjectTech Profiles by Chris Gibson; The Air Staff and AEW: Royal Air Force Early Warning Projects and The Admiralty And AEW: Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Projects. Truly excellent!! I also picked up a copy of The Aeroplane.

[Logan Hartke]

This just came in the mail today and I have to say it is fantastic.  If you have any interest in Soviet aviation Whifs, you need this book.  It's massive, too, 640 pages.  Quite the tome.  It's organized by designer, chronologically within the chapters.



Unflown Wings: Unbuilt Soviet/Russian Aircraft Projects Since 1925 by Yefim Gordon & Sergey Komissarov

The illustrations are fantastic and the text is good, as well--typical Yefim Gordon.  I've obviously not read the whole thing yet, but my only (minor) complaints at this point are that it lacks a dust jacket (unusual for a hardback book of this size) and that the general cover design makes the book look comparatively cheap and amateurish considering how good it actually is.  Never judge a book by its cover, I guess.

Cheers,

Logan

[Thorvic]

Yeap its a nice book although i suppose most of the projects have appeared previously in the OKB series of books or the Soviet Secret Projects, buts its handy to have them all in in one book rather than a shelf full of them  .

There are a couple of other issues i found, there is no index so you have to find the relevent OKB chapter and go through it if your after a specific aircraft and secondly whilst their are copies of various drawings there is rarely a suitable scale and no dimensions in the test or tabled at the end of the chapters so if something drabs your fancy to model it will mean research elsewhere to get the details needed.

Its still a great book and inspiring for whif modelling, but don't expect it to be a one-stop-shop for build research.

Geoff

[Librarian]

I'm starting to wonder if these two authors  have an OKB as in Soviet days, and put their names on the product. Absolutely phenomenal output and still top quality .

[Logan Hartke]

Yeap its a nice book although i suppose most of the projects have appeared previously in the OKB series of books or the Soviet Secret Projects, buts its handy to have them all in in one book rather than a shelf full of them  .

I agree, Thorvic, but I've come to expect that from any Gordon book that I buy.  I likewise have all of the OKB series of books and both Soviet Secret Projects titles, but for anyone that doesn't have those titles as you or I do, this will be a lot of new material.

Cheers,

Logan

[Kerrillc]

I bought some books on recently and have only just had time to have a look at them yesterday.

Sabre vs Mig 15 from Bromley Waterstone's.

From Ian Allan at Waterloo Chris Gibson's Vulcan's Hammer, very impressive.

And from the local branch of The Book Warehouse just nearby, three books that I could not resist.

First up is Air War On The Edge; A History of the Israel Air Force and its Aircraft since 1947, a truly fascinating study by Bill Norton of the Israel Air Force since its inception. Bargain price of £9.99

Second is The Red Air Force at War; Air Combat Over the Eastern Front & Korea subtitled "A Soviet Fighter Pilot Remembers" the memoirs of Sergei Kramarenko, (£7.99) saw this in the window, remembered the name and went in and also got

The SPITFIRE POCKET MANUAL subtitles All Marks In Service 1939-1945 the words Air Ministry at the bottom caught my eye. Dr Martin Robson collated these documents from the National Archives and the Air Historical Branch with a lot of help and inspiration from a great many people. At £3.99 it's a snip! I wonder if The Wooksta's got this one?

I looked at The Book Warehouse's website, not much of an online presence just a listing of addresses in London and a map of their locations.

I spoke to the staff and they said "no one seems to have the time!" Shame that. Had to restrain myself as there were quite a lot of interesting titles both fiction and non-fiction. My wife has pleaded with me to "read the paperbacks you have and send them to the charity shops and make some room!"