by Bruce Kapito » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:12 pm
Hi Guys,
I was just about to post about the most recent sale on Ebay. I think the reason these books are going for so much is that they are indeed that good. In fact, I'd venture to say that if Ray Burt is still with us, I would plead with him to do a series on US battleships the same way he did the Royal Navy battleships. The Friedman, Dulin & Garzke, & Schimera books while quite excellent on the technical side, leave much to be desired as sources of references for modellers.
Also, given the whole new range of kits that have come out in the last few years and are announced to come out soon there is really no reference material that show good photographs of these ships available in one convenient location.
While I do love Navsource, its a pain in the neck researching the ships on the computer especially when govt sponsored archives show very few pictures in their valiant efforts to show as many ships as possible. And searching govt archives takes forever. Has anyone tried to get into the US National Archives on line? It's virtually impossible to find good pictures of let's say the USS New York, BB-34 yet easy to find tons on the USS Iowa, BB-61. I'll grant you there were prohibitions against taking pictures of USN ships after 1938 due to some law whose name escapes me at present but there are tons of officially sanctioned photos in the govt records. Some of them are breathtaking in detail like the Arizona's turrets being serviced.
Oh well, just throwing my oar into the water. If you have the funds and chance to either bid on ebay or find these books on line but already have them, please as a courtesy post them here. I can think of no better people who would value these books as much as we do.
Hi Guys,
I was just about to post about the most recent sale on Ebay. I think the reason these books are going for so much is that they are indeed that good. In fact, I'd venture to say that if Ray Burt is still with us, I would plead with him to do a series on US battleships the same way he did the Royal Navy battleships. The Friedman, Dulin & Garzke, & Schimera books while quite excellent on the technical side, leave much to be desired as sources of references for modellers.
Also, given the whole new range of kits that have come out in the last few years and are announced to come out soon there is really no reference material that show good photographs of these ships available in one convenient location.
While I do love Navsource, its a pain in the neck researching the ships on the computer especially when govt sponsored archives show very few pictures in their valiant efforts to show as many ships as possible. And searching govt archives takes forever. Has anyone tried to get into the US National Archives on line? It's virtually impossible to find good pictures of let's say the USS New York, BB-34 yet easy to find tons on the USS Iowa, BB-61. I'll grant you there were prohibitions against taking pictures of USN ships after 1938 due to some law whose name escapes me at present but there are tons of officially sanctioned photos in the govt records. Some of them are breathtaking in detail like the Arizona's turrets being serviced.
Oh well, just throwing my oar into the water. If you have the funds and chance to either bid on ebay or find these books on line but already have them, please as a courtesy post them here. I can think of no better people who would value these books as much as we do.