Tigers Over China: The Aircraft of the A.V.G (EagleFiles, No. 4) [Paperback]

Thomas A. Tullis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2001 | ISBN-10: 0966070674 | ISBN-13: 978-0966070675

EagleFiles #4 supplements the histories and biographies that have been published on the A.V.G. Due to the author's extensive pilot interviews, his incredible amount of reference material on these beautiful airplanes and use of rare, original photos, the aircraft illustrations in this book are among the most accurate yet produced of these famous aircraft.

Combining that research with his own artwork, Tullis has created the type of reference book many have searched for, a complete compendium on the color and markings of the aircraft flown by the American Volunteer Group. Much as been written about the men and misisons of the A.V.G., but little has been published documenting the machines they used.

Tullis presents a complete color discussion, full color Squadron markings for the First, Second and Third Pursuit Squadrons, full color presentations of the six different Shark's mouths ;and the Chinese roundel National Markings.

Eight full color profiles, top and bottom views along with five black and white profiles based on the original photos are beautifully rendered by Tullis. Period color photos are among the 125 rare original photos, many published for the first time from original negatives.

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About the Author

Thomas Tullis is self employed as a freelance aviation artist and author. His aviation profiles clearly exhibit a technical accuracy and realism rarely seen today. Each aircraft is painstakingly researched for technical accuracy and historical authenticity, with much of his knowledge of 1940's aircraft constgruction techniques garnered from first hand accounts from the men who built these machiens and those restoring those same machines today.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Eagle Editions Ltd (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966070674
• ISBN-13: 978-0966070675
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #958,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of reference materials for a serious modeler., January 15, 2011

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This review is from: Tigers Over China: The Aircraft of the A.V.G (EagleFiles, No. 4) (Paperback)

I bought this book a while ago as a reference for a model P-40 I was building. After I received this, I was pleasantly surprised that this book contained an artist rendition of my particular model. I loved how the author went into great detail about the various shark mouths. All in all I would recommend this for anyone who is looking for a reference of a specific aircraft in the A.V.G.. Here is my breakdown:

PROS:

1.) Lots of different aircraft are presented in this book. These are all artist renditions based off of photos and interviews. The few of the aircraft I have research all appear to be pretty accurate representations.

2.) Well organized and clear photographs (Please know that most of the references in this book are artist renditions.)

3.) Quality of this books is great, I feel it is very durable it is has withstood the wears and tears of my modeling desk quite well.

CONS:

1.) Really my only "slight" annoyance was there wasn't a whole lot of written history. There are plenty of other sources for this, but if you are looking to buy this book for a full blown history you will be disappointed. I can't even dock it a star for this. You will be buying this book first and foremost as a reference for the various paint schemes the Tigers wore.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you to all that have served our country!, October 4, 2010

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This review is from: Tigers Over China: The Aircraft of the A.V.G (EagleFiles, No. 4) (Paperback)

Great book for reference photos and paint schemes of the AVG Flying Tigers! There isn't much in the way of history in this book, but many pictures and captions that help with markings and colors for the modeler. One of my favorite facts about the P-40 B in this book, that I just learned, is the U.K. "roundels" circles in the camoflage scheme that weren't used since the Nationalist Chinese insignia was used.

If you ever wanted to build an accurate P-40 model for the Flying Tigers, this book is one I recommend!