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Battle of Britain: Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire and Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Aircam Aviation)

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This book shows every sign of being hastely put together for the fourtieth anniversary of the battle of Britain. Frightfully thin for a book by Osprey -38 pages- its main stength lies in giving a lot of sideviews, 27 black-and-white Hurricanes, 25 colour Hurricanes (including the cover); 21 Spitfire in black and white, 19 in colour; 35 Messerschmitts in black-and-white and an additional 37 in colour. With so much sideviews in just 38 pages you can imagine the depth of the text, but you can also say that the story of the battle of Britain is told in another book, and that this special is only for the modeller who wants his/her Hurricane, Spitfire or Messerschmitt to look different from the standard Airfix or Matchbox kit.
The artwork in the book is good for its time (1970), but since then a lot of water has passed the bridge. Nowadays there is better material to be bought, but one has to pay a far higher price than this book would cost, providing you can find it.