HMS Nelson/Rodney

trotsky@aapt · Post by **trotsky@aapt** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:25 am

Re the last photo in John Bange's set, what is the reference book that stands behind his modelling table, and where can I get it?

Laurence Batchelor · Post by **Laurence Batchelor** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:48 am

Can you please post the link to the photo you mean?
Cheers
LB

Sean Hert · Post by **Sean Hert** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:56 am

I think he means this one;

MichelB · Post by **MichelB** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:17 am

The Encyclopedia of the World's Warships, by Hugh Lyon and J.E. Moore RN. Crescent Books/Crown Publishers.

Laurence Batchelor · Post by **Laurence Batchelor** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:09 pm

Michel beat me to it!

It's quite a common book and not too expensive second hand.
This type of artwork was used alot in books of that period, but is not always accurate.

MichelB · Post by **MichelB** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:41 pm

I grew up with that book; it made me fall in love with ships and ship models. I got for my eleventh birthday: now almost 19 years ago....

trotsky · Post by **trotsky** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:15 am

Thanks Michel B and others for replying to my query re the nelson/rodney book. Identified it, located it and bought it online.

Edward Pinniger · Post by **Edward Pinniger** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:12 am

I also have this book - it's one of the things that got me interested in scratchbuilding warships. I built a (not very accurate or detailed) 1/200 HMS Cossack - in neutrality patrol colours, of course! - a few years ago using this book as a reference.

G. Shoda · Post by **G. Shoda** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:53 pm

It was one of the first warship books I acquired. I also was intrigued by some of the illustrations, which encouraged me to build my first two scratch built models ala E. Pinneger.

It is well worth acquiring. Since it was mass produced, copies are very inexpensive. It is a good book for ship modelers.

Steve Sobieralski · Post by **Steve Sobieralski** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:14 am

The color artwork in this book is from the old Warships in Profile series and it contains all, or nearly all, those that were published. It also includes some (such as Nelson/Rodney and Lexington/Saratoga) that were from titles that were announced but, to the best of my knowledge, never saw actual publication. In addition, most of them are printed larger, in some cases much larger, than they were in the original WIPs.

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