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Book Synopsis Revell Pt Boat Kits in Plastic by : T. Garth Connelly
Download or read book Revell Pt Boat Kits in Plastic written by T. Garth Connelly and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revell PT Boat Kits in Plastic, A Review documents the history of the PT Boat kits issued by Revell. It provides ideas, suggestions, pointers, and inspiration for building these landmark kits. Written by a noted naval historian with input from six scale ship models and noted researchers it features color photos of models based on the kits, accompanied by descriptions of what was done to achieve such high quality models. It is illustrated with historical photos from the author's archives as well as drawings from sources including PT Boats, Inc. the official national veterans association of the men who served on PT boats in World War II.
Book Synopsis Revell Pt Boat Kits in Plastic, a Review by : T. Garth Connelly
Download or read book Revell Pt Boat Kits in Plastic, a Review written by T. Garth Connelly and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revell PT Boat Kits in Plastic, A Review documents the history of the PT Boat kits issued by Revell. It provides ideas, suggestions, pointers, and inspiration for building these landmark kits. Written by a noted naval historian with input from six scale ship models and noted researchers it features color photos of models based on the kits, accompanied by descriptions of what was done to achieve such high quality models. It is illustrated with historical photos from the author's archives as well as drawings from sources including PT Boats, Inc. the official national veterans association of the men who served on PT boats in World War II.
Book Synopsis US Patrol Torpedo Boats by : Gordon L. Rottman
Download or read book US Patrol Torpedo Boats written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks – although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines. This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.
Download or read book PT 105 written by James K. Keresey and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast—the fastest craft on the water during World War II—and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story.
Book Synopsis PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II by : Robert J. Donovan
Download or read book PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II written by Robert J. Donovan and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Building, Detailing, and Converting The 1 by : T. Garth Connelly
Download or read book Building, Detailing, and Converting The 1 written by T. Garth Connelly and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building, Detailing, and Converting the 1:35 scale Italeri PT-596 provides ideas, suggestions, inspiration, and pointers for building this famous kit of a World War II PT Boat. Written by a noted naval historian with input from four scale ship modelers and noted researcher it features color photos of five models based on the kit, accompanied by descriptions of what was done to achieve such high quality models.It is illustrated with historical photos from the author's archives as well as drawings from sources including PT BOATS, INC., the official national veterans association of the men who served on PT boats in World War II.
Book Synopsis The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art by : Roy Cross
Download or read book The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art written by Roy Cross and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airfix has been commercially producing plastic kits since 1952 and its models have been made by successive generations of young boys and men alike. In the 1960s, a talented graphic artist called Roy Cross was commissioned to paint some of the box art for Airfix, and for a ten-year-period he provided many of the glorious paintings seen on the boxes, setting new standards for realism and accuracy. Many are still being used today, a full four decades later. Inside the pages of this book are some of Roy's best artworks, shown here in full format and in superb detail, with many reproduced here in book form for the very first time. As well as his vintage box art, Roy has included many sketches and alternative versions of his Airfix box art. After Roy left Airfix in 1974, the company went through a turbulent time. The present owners are Hornby, who have ambitious plans for Airfix and the other brands it acquired including Scalextric and Corgi. The decade that Roy Cross worked for Airfix, though, could be classed as their vintage era, with some of their finest models being produced then in their millions, ready for eager youngsters to build up into detailed miniature models of their favorite aircraft, ships and locomotives.
Book Synopsis Allied Torpedo Boats by : John Lambert
Download or read book Allied Torpedo Boats written by John Lambert and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An inspirational/enjoyable book with excellent representations of a wide variety of [Motor Torpedo Boats] by various modelers in a variety of scales.”—ModelGeek 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, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. This volume follows the format of the highly successful Flower Class Corvettes where the extent has been doubled to include far more detailed drawings of the many different designs of British MTBs and US PT-boats, including their fittings, sensors and weapons. “The content is packed with information that makes you want to turn a page, from the history of torpedo boats from 1915-1945, which then goes on to model products, showcase, construction, aftermarket products for scales 1-1200 to 1-100 . . . Not only a reference to torpedo boats, but a wonderful guide to building and getting the best out of a model.”—AutoModeler
Book Synopsis The Mosquito Fleet by : Bern Keating
Download or read book The Mosquito Fleet written by Bern Keating and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2023-11-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mosquito Fleet, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Download or read book Playthings written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PT 109 written by William Doyle and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy's path to power – hailed as a “breathtaking account” by James Patterson, “masterfully written” by historian Douglas Brinkley, and “the finest book” ever written on the subject by Lt. Commander William Liebenow, the man who rescued JFK and the PT 109 crew in August 1943. In the early morning darkness of August 2, 1943, during a chaotic nighttime skirmish amid the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri barreled through thick fog and struck the U.S. Navy's motor torpedo boat PT 109, splitting the craft nearly in half and killing two American sailors instantly. The sea erupted in flames as the 109's skipper, John F. Kennedy, and the ten surviving crewmen under his command desperately clung to the sinking wreckage; 1,200 feet of ink-black, shark-infested water loomed beneath. "All hands lost," came the reports back to the Americans' base: no rescue was coming for the men of PT 109. Their desperate ordeal was just beginning—so too was one of the most remarkable tales of World War II, one whose astonishing afterlife would culminate two decades later in the White House. Drawing on original interviews with the last living links to the events, previously untapped Japanese wartime archives, and a wealth of archival documents from the Kennedy Library, including a lost first-hand account by JFK himself, bestselling author William Doyle has crafted a thrilling and definitive account of the sinking of PT 109 and its shipwrecked crew's heroics. Equally fascinating is the story's second act, in which Doyle explores in new detail how this extraordinary episode shaped Kennedy's character and fate, proving instrumental to achieving his presidential ambitions: "Without PT 109, there never would have been a President John F. Kennedy," declared JFK aide David Powers. Featuring castaways on a deserted island, a spy network of Solomon Island natives, an Australian coast watcher hidden on the side of a volcano, an S.O.S. note carved into a coconut, and a daring rescue attempt led by Kennedy's fellow American PT boats, PT 109 is an unforgettable American epic of war and destiny.
Book Synopsis The Titanic Book and Submersible Model by : Susan Hughes
Download or read book The Titanic Book and Submersible Model written by Susan Hughes and published by Somerville House, USA. This book was released on 1999-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think the movie Titanic made a splash? Well, wait until you see this precision-crafted, historically accurate, pre-painted, floatable plastic model that can also fill with water, break in two, and sink--just like the real thing! Packaged with a book that explores the remarkable feats of engineering that went into the ship's construction as well as the engineering flaws that led to the disaster, The Science and Story of Titanic offers children a hands-on introduction to the history and principles of ship building and a look at rare, authentic documents, memorabilia, and photographs from Titanic specialist Steve Santini's private collection.
Book Synopsis US Patrol Torpedo Boats by : Gordon L. Rottman
Download or read book US Patrol Torpedo Boats written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks – although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines. This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.
Book Synopsis Ship Models from Kits by : David Griffith
Download or read book Ship Models from Kits written by David Griffith and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past thirty years the world of model kits has undergone a veritable revolution. New techniques in injection moulding have improved the scale accuracy and surface detail of the humble plastic kit, while many specialist companies now produce top-quality resin models, vastly broadening the range of subjects on the market. However, the really radical change has been the advent of photo-etched brass fret, which allows the finest detail to be reproduced to scale. In ship modelling, this has resulted in a new form of the hobby, mid-way between traditional build-from-the-box simplicity and the time-consuming demands of fabricating everything from scratch. These new materials have prompted innovative techniques, which are comprehensively demonstrated in this new manual. Designed for those wishing to achieve the best results from their ship kits in the 1:700 to 1:350 range of scales, it uses step by step photographs to take the reader through the building of two models, one in plastic and one in resin, from basic construction, fittings and detailing, to painting, finishing and display. Written by a highly experienced, award-winning ship modeller, the book is a showcase for the contemporary approach to the hobby.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1954-06-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Book Synopsis American PT Boats in World War II by : Victor Chun
Download or read book American PT Boats in World War II written by Victor Chun and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American PT Boats in World War II is an illustrated study of the development, construction, tactics, and combat actions, of U.S. PT Boats.
Book Synopsis War and the Arc of Human Experience by : Glenn Petersen
Download or read book War and the Arc of Human Experience written by Glenn Petersen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenn Petersen flew seventy combat missions in Vietnam when he was nineteen, launching from an aircraft carrier in the Tonkin Gulf. He’d sought out the weighty responsibilities and hazardous work. But why? What did the cultural architecture of the society he grew up in have to do with the way he went to war? In this book he looks at the war from an anthropological perspective because that’s how he’s made his living in all the subsequent years: it’s how he sees the world. While anthropologists write about the military and war these days, they do so from the perspective of researchers. What makes this a fully original contribution is that Petersen brings to the page the classic methodology of ethnographers, participant observation—a kind of total immersion. He writes from the dual perspectives of an insider and a researcher and seeks in the specifics of lived experience some larger conclusions about humans’ social lives in general. Petersen was long oblivious to what had happened to him in Vietnam and he fears that young men and women who’ve been fighting the US military’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq might be similarly unaware of what’s happened to them. Skills that allowed him to survive in combat, in particular his ability to focus tightly on the challenges directly in front of him, seemed to transfer well to life after war. The same intensity led him to a successful academic career, including the time he represented the Micronesian islands at the United Nations;how could anything be wrong? Then surreptitiously,the danger, the stress, and the trauma he’d hidden away broke through a brittle shell and the war came spilling out. As an anthropologist he sees in this a classic pattern: an adaptation to one set of conditions is put to a new and practical use when conditions change, but in time what had once been beneficial turns into maladaptive behavior. In writing about why we fight, he shed lights on what the fighting does to us.
