Shipcraft 3 - Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers [Paperback]

Roger Chesneau (Author), A. D. Baker III (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2005

The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, including an extensive photographic survey of either a high-quality model or a surviving example of the ship. Hints on building the model and modifying and improving the basic kit are followed by a section on paint schemes and camouflage, featuring numerous color profiles and highly detailed line drawings. The subject of this volume is the Yorktown class, the near-legendary aircraft carriers that kept the Japanese at bay in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the decisive battle of Midway, where Yorktown herself was lost. Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid before being sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but Enterprise survived the fierce fighting of the early war years to become the U.S. Navy's most decorated ship.

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About the Author

Roger Chesneau is a lifelong ship modeler and author of numerous naval books, including Scale Models in Plastic (0851771394).

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Duckworth Pub; 1st edition (May 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861762208
• ISBN-13: 978-1861762207
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great warship modelling book, July 24, 2007

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Robert Ruman (Silver City, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shipcraft 3 - Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers (Paperback)

this is actually vol 3 in the shipcraft series - not vol 4

2005 , paper covers, 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pages, prof illusrated., color, B&W and line drawings/ Drawings by A D Baker III

The `ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, using scale plans to highlight differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers, then moves to an extensive photographic survey of either a high-quality model or a surviving example of the ship. Hints on building the model, and on modifying and improving the basic kit, are followed by a section on paint schemes and camouflage, featuring numerous colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings. The strengths and weaknesses of available kits of the ships are reviewed, and the book concludes with a section on research references - books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.

The subject of this volume is the Yorktown class, the near-legendary American aircraft carriers that kept the Japanese at bay in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the decisive battle of Midway, where Yorktown herself was lost. Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan before being sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but Enterprise survived the fierce fighting of the early war years to become the US Navy's most decorated ship.

With its unparalleled level of visual information - paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs - it is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these famous carriers.

* Everything the ship modeller needs to know about building a famous warship

* Numerous detailed plans and colour illustrations

* Focuses on very popular modelling subjects which are represented by a wide selection of kits