Book Review of Top Drawings 57 Messerschmitt Bf-110, Vol. 1
Author Maciej Noszczak
Polish-English Kagero Publication
ISBN: 978-83-65437-99-0
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
THE BOOK:
Kagero is a publisher based in Lublin, Poland. They do their books in both Polish and English. This book is all in English.
The book comes in a self-sealing clear cello bag. It is soft-cover of 20 pages in 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" page format.
The cover art shows 2 side profiles of Bf-110's posed against a dark green background with a white line drawing showing the top of a Bf-110.
One profile is of a Bf-110C-2 that is overall dark green above a light blue undercarriage. It has a shark-mouth on it's nose and a yellow tip on it's spinner. It has the fuselage code of black M8 + yellolw N black P.
It was with 6/ZG 76 and was flown by Oblt. Hans-Joachim Jabs, France, mid-May 1940. It appears in the book on page 15 again.
The other Bf-110 is in a splinter of 2 greens, with grey fuselage sides over a light blue undercarriage and a white spinner. It has a black shield on the side of the nose with a white dragon and 2 pyramids on it, outlined in white. It has a fuse code of black A2 + white B black H. It is shown again on the back cover of the book. It has the black werk number 3185 on the rudder.
It was with 4/JG2 (former ZG52) crewed by Lt. Hans Dietrich Albert (pilot) and Uffz. Hans Shaff (radio-operator).
There are 12 color profiles (including the ones on the front and back cover) and 69 line drawings.
There is a large loose sheet inserted into the book that is 27" x 19" and printed on both sides. It is folded 3 times to fit the book.
The face side has a top and bottom view of a Bf-110C-1, a bottom view of a Bf-110C-1/B and illustrations of the fuselage bulkheads, all in 1/48th scale.
The reverse side has a top and bottom view of a Bf-110B-1, a top and bottom view of a D-3 Trop, 2 bottom views of a D-1/R1.
As a bonus, there is inserted in the book a die-cut canopy masking set designed to use on Eduard's 1/72nd scale kit of the Bf-110C/D/G.
Because this was done on a black sheet the masks cannot appear in a photo...sorry!
This is one neat book. It will be of great interest to aircraft historians and modelers alike.
Highly recommended.
I want to thank Casemate Publishers who sent me this book sample and the folks at Kagero.
Casemate is the N.American distributor of Kagero books and all Kagero titles can be seen listed on their site at:
Kagero is a publisher based in Lublin, Poland. They do their books in both Polish and English. This book is all in English.
The book comes in a self-sealing clear cello bag. It is soft-cover of 20 pages in 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" page format.
The cover art shows 2 side profiles of Bf-110's posed against a dark green background with a white line drawing showing the top of a Bf-110.
One profile is of a Bf-110C-2 that is overall dark green above a light blue undercarriage. It has a shark-mouth on it's nose and a yellow tip on it's spinner. It has the fuselage code of black M8 + yellolw N black P.
It was with 6/ZG 76 and was flown by Oblt. Hans-Joachim Jabs, France, mid-May 1940. It appears in the book on page 15 again.
The other Bf-110 is in a splinter of 2 greens, with grey fuselage sides over a light blue undercarriage and a white spinner. It has a black shield on the side of the nose with a white dragon and 2 pyramids on it, outlined in white. It has a fuse code of black A2 + white B black H. It is shown again on the back cover of the book. It has the black werk number 3185 on the rudder.
It was with 4/JG2 (former ZG52) crewed by Lt. Hans Dietrich Albert (pilot) and Uffz. Hans Shaff (radio-operator).
There are 12 color profiles (including the ones on the front and back cover) and 69 line drawings.
There is a large loose sheet inserted into the book that is 27" x 19" and printed on both sides. It is folded 3 times to fit the book.
The face side has a top and bottom view of a Bf-110C-1, a bottom view of a Bf-110C-1/B and illustrations of the fuselage bulkheads, all in 1/48th scale.
The reverse side has a top and bottom view of a Bf-110B-1, a top and bottom view of a D-3 Trop, 2 bottom views of a D-1/R1.
As a bonus, there is inserted in the book a die-cut canopy masking set designed to use on Eduard's 1/72nd scale kit of the Bf-110C/D/G.
Because this was done on a black sheet the masks cannot appear in a photo...sorry!
This is one neat book. It will be of great interest to aircraft historians and modelers alike.
Highly recommended.
I want to thank Casemate Publishers who sent me this book sample and the folks at Kagero.
Casemate is the N.American distributor of Kagero books and all Kagero titles can be seen listed on their site at: