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I just got alerted by Amazon to this books forthcoming release.

It seems produced by this forums very own Dave Wooley, just thought I'd make you aware of his labours! :-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1854862405/ref=pe_3421_3724191_pe_snp_405

Well done Dave, I know you have been working on this for a good while, also to Bill Clarke , this guy brought me all my photo,s for the Moffett build,

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Hurrah! Drinks all around for Dave!!!

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If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.

-- "A Nation at Risk" (1983)

Its not often you get them in WERNER,

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Damn right!

Mines a Triple

Awesome, Dave! If I find one here on sale (It's not overly expensive, though), I'll be sure to pick one up

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De quoi s'agit-il?

Thanks guys. The book is due out at the end of this month and it's very much a US/UK callaborative effort a sort of "special relationship" as us Brits call it , in book form.
Dave Wooley

Dave any chance you can tell us more?

Is it just RC models you go into detail on?

Cheers

In a nut shell the book is divided into three parts, The first chapter is devoted to the full size ship, from the building hall to launch with a large number of photos focusing on the development of the warship post war right up to the present day. However there are several "walk about/ photo files which have never seen the light of day until now .In fact 90% of the warship pictures in the first chapter are unique to this book. The second part deals with the "builders model" here again there are a large number of photos that are being seen for the first time and these include builders models from around the world. The final part of the book which happens to be over 50% of the contents is devoted to model workshop development and practice, interpretation of builder’s drawings, " plus model construction techniques for various types of warship models . To be fair there is a slight bias towards working models . Bob Sumrall has very kindly written the forward but our "inspiration " for the book was PC Cokers "Building Warship Models” and John Bowen's "Scale Model Warships" The presentation as outlined above is quite different to most books devoted to this subject but then it’s good to beak the mould and look at things afresh, in a different way and from a different perspective. Although both Bill Clarke and myself would have loved to expand the book to include yet more information but in the end space is a limiting factor, but there’s certainly room for a follow on .
Dave Wooley

Thanks, Dave, sounds good! I'll be adding your book to my Amazon wish list for future purchase!

Congratulations Dave! I look forward to buying a copy - do you know who will be distributing it in the United States?

Kurt

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Hi Kurt Distribution in the US is through Naval Institute Press
Dave Wooley

Well Guys, My copy arrived this morning, courtesy of Dave himself, and after a quick look though, its a must for ship modellers, well done Dave and Bill.

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Congratulations Dave!!. Best for you and your book!.

Pachi

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