My Library just grew again 2020

Gondor · December 21, 2020, 05:05:26 AM

Literally just had drop through my front door

Valiant Publication Airframe & Minitures 16: The Hawker Hurricane by Richard A Franks

20 minuites later: Looks great. So many possible normal builds includeing four different engines. A DB601, Bristol Hercules, R~R Griffon and a Napier Dagger.

Gondor

Captain Canada · December 21, 2020, 10:00:46 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 21, 2020, 04:17:58 AM
Ooh yes, my Dad was on that op!

One of the Hastings crashed on the icecap in 'white out' conditions and they had to mount a air supply chain to keep the crew alive until the USAF went in with a ski-fitted HU-16 Albatross and a similarly equipped C-47 to get them out. We were at RAF Topcliffe at the time and the entire camp was on tenterhooks for about a week.

Wow. Interesting stuff !

Gondor · December 22, 2020, 07:13:55 AM

I was in town doing a little Xmass shopping so popped into what looked like a fairly cheap store only to find out that it was my local branch of The Works which I had not known had relocatedinto the local shopping centre so I walked out with

Haynes Vickers Wellington 1936 to 1953 (all marks and models) Owner's Workshop Manual for a very reasonable price of £7

Gondor

perttime · December 23, 2020, 08:46:08 AM

British Secret Projects 3: Fighters 1935-1950, by Tony Butler.

I guess I should look for something similar on German fighters.

NARSES2 · December 24, 2020, 06:30:48 AM

Quote from: perttime on December 23, 2020, 08:46:08 AM
British Secret Projects 3: Fighters 1935-1950, by Tony Butler.

I guess I should look for something similar on German fighters.

The same series does Luftwaffe projects along with a fair few more.

Gondor · December 25, 2020, 03:23:02 AM

Christmas day and acording to the lable it's from the cat

Famous Russian Aircraft: Mikoyan MiG-29 & MiG-35 by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov New revised and expanded edition

Now to find space for a 4.5cm wide book on my book shelves

Later: Just found another book for myself under the tree. The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams

Gondor

Rheged · December 25, 2020, 07:34:42 AM

Santa brought me Rory Stewart's book The Places in Between about his solo walk across Afghanistan.

Hobbes · December 25, 2020, 07:43:58 AM

the Haynes manual for the Bentley 4.5 litre unexpectedly arrived in my mailbox this week. This puzzled me initially because I didn't order it. It's probably a gift, but there was no identifying info on the package, so no idea who it's from...

Rheged · December 25, 2020, 08:00:40 AM

Quote from: Hobbes on December 25, 2020, 07:43:58 AM
the Haynes manual for the Bentley 4.5 litre unexpectedly arrived in my mailbox this week. This puzzled me initially because I didn't order it. It's probably a gift, but there was no identifying info on the package, so no idea who it's from...

Even if you don't still believe in Santa, it seems as though he still believes in you.

Nick · December 25, 2020, 09:54:26 AM

For Christmas I got a couple of books to fill my time and a £20 book voucher to buy some more!

Ordnance Survey Great British Puzzle Hunt - Each chapter is a small story with questions about a section of an OS map.

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline.

Mossie · December 25, 2020, 04:08:33 PM

For Christmas, bit of armour slant this year:

Osprey British Mk.IV tank by David Fletcher
British Armoured Car Operations in World War One by Bryan Perret
Tanks: 100 Years of Evolution by Richard Ogorkiewicz
The Dark Age of Tanks: Britain's Lost Armour 1945-1970 by David Lister
British Secret Projects 4: Bombers 1935 to 1950 by Tony Butler

Non modelling related:
Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope - And How to Find Them, Fifth Edition by Guy Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis

zenrat · December 25, 2020, 04:40:21 PM

Quote from: Nick on December 25, 2020, 09:54:26 AM
For Christmas I got a couple of books to fill my time and a £20 book voucher to buy some more!

Ordnance Survey Great British Puzzle Hunt - Each chapter is a small story with questions about a section of an OS map.

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline.

Must get that.

AeroplaneDriver · December 25, 2020, 10:28:07 PM

Included in my quite generous haul today from SWMBO was a nice hardback copy of the Battle Of Britain book Duel Of Eagles by Peter Townsend. Quite happy with that one I must say.

rickshaw · December 26, 2020, 02:25:05 AM

From from Brother for Christmas: Anarchy: the relentless rise of the British East India Company. Looks interesting. A subject and a period which may prove quite revealing.

PR19_Kit · December 26, 2020, 04:28:38 AM

As it's MY BIRTHDAY today, I had an amazing book pressie from my youngest, the 50th Anniversary book of the Royal International Air Tattoo. As she's been a volunteer at RIAT for umpteen years, she knew it was coming out and got an advance copy, and now I've got it.

It's AMAZING, over 300 pages of pics of pretty much every aeroplane that was ever there, from the very first North Weald Show in 1972 to the Virtual Show they held this year.

It'll only take me about 5 years to go through it all.