Pasoleati said:Is that one any good?
newsdeskdan said:Pasoleati said:Is that one any good?
I wrote most of it back in 2014 (back when I was still writing Fw 190A-1 instead of Fw 190 A-1); make of that what you will. It was my fifth book-length publication. Projects-wise, it has a couple of original Ta 152 C drawings in it, an original drawing of the Ta 154/Fw 190 A-8 Mistel, three original drawings of the Gero II airborne flamethrower, some photos of Ta 152 airframes being stress-tested at Detmold which I don't think I've seen published elsewhere and numerous other photos I scanned off original hard-copy Focke-Wulf documents. It's not really a projects-oriented publication though - it's a general overview of the Fw 190 (all versions). Other content, besides the words, includes eight profiles by Claes Sundin, two artworks by Mark Postlethwaite etc. etc. I think it has about 320 images in it all together. Contents attached.
athpilot said:newsdeskdan said:Pasoleati said:Is that one any good?
I wrote most of it back in 2014 (back when I was still writing Fw 190A-1 instead of Fw 190 A-1); make of that what you will. It was my fifth book-length publication. Projects-wise, it has a couple of original Ta 152 C drawings in it, an original drawing of the Ta 154/Fw 190 A-8 Mistel, three original drawings of the Gero II airborne flamethrower, some photos of Ta 152 airframes being stress-tested at Detmold which I don't think I've seen published elsewhere and numerous other photos I scanned off original hard-copy Focke-Wulf documents. It's not really a projects-oriented publication though - it's a general overview of the Fw 190 (all versions). Other content, besides the words, includes eight profiles by Claes Sundin, two artworks by Mark Postlethwaite etc. etc. I think it has about 320 images in it all together. Contents attached.
Wow! Reading this, I bought it on the spot. It´s way better than most of the recent german magazines/bookazines concerning Luftwaffe-Planes.
Pasoleati said:Dan, perhaps I should emphasize that I am not super keen on projects, especially ones that never flew. So the apparent lack of projects in this bookazine is not actually a shortcoming. In fact, I find it amazing that in many books on the Fw 190, including Classic's multi-volume study, one will not find a thorough description of Fw's spinning characteristics. And it is, one of the most important aspects of handling of an aircraft. Yet, eye candy galores nearly every Fw 190 book.