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Kagero are in my view at the forefront of producing excellent books using new computer generated 3D colour illustrations, and they back them up with well researched text, good archive photos that support the rest of the book and make this a fascinating addition to your bookcase for aircraft enthusiasts and modellers alike. --www.militarymodelling.com, September 2011
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This superb monograph devoted to the the Messerschmitt Me 262 discusses its origins and development with detailed coverage of changes made in all its variants and sub-variants, including the special modifications for the foreign recipients. The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the worlds first jet-powered fighter aircraft and proved to be an impossibly fast adversary in the skies of Germany. Its late introduction to the battlefield during WWII means that this spectacular jet never realised its full potential. This volume includes many rare colour profile artworks, detailing the impressive fighter. About MonographsMonographs focuses on an individual type of aircraft. Each monograph contains descriptions of the aircrafts origin, its variants and combat history. Each volume includes several hundred archive photographs, technical scale drawings and colour profile artwork.
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Kagero Monographs series breaking new ground
29 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
This book is a lot like others in the series. It's an 8-1/4" x 11-3/4" square bound card cover of 96 pages. The first 40 pages are also much like others in the series. There is an excellent first hand account of an Me 262 combat mission. There is a short biography of Willy Messerschmitt and his company. There is a brief background of jet engine/gas turbine development. Then there is a design and development history which brings us up to the Normandy invasion and the Me 262 in full production.
Then the book goes where no other Monographs book has gone previously. We are treated to 50 odd pages of impressive CAD drawings showing all the minute details of the aircraft from many angles. The effect is exactly like that in Kagero's "3D" series which does the same for ships. This is a very welcome development which I hope we see more of in the future. There are dozens of books devoted to the Me 262 and it must be hard coming up with a fresh approach but Kagero has managed it. Well done.
The book is rounded out with line drawings depicting changes from variant to variant and there is one color profile with multiple views on the last page and back cover.
I look forward to the promised Me 262 Vol.2. I hope there are the usual comprehensive line drawings at various scales as I would hate to lose this feature. Highly recommended.
Then the book goes where no other Monographs book has gone previously. We are treated to 50 odd pages of impressive CAD drawings showing all the minute details of the aircraft from many angles. The effect is exactly like that in Kagero's "3D" series which does the same for ships. This is a very welcome development which I hope we see more of in the future. There are dozens of books devoted to the Me 262 and it must be hard coming up with a fresh approach but Kagero has managed it. Well done.
The book is rounded out with line drawings depicting changes from variant to variant and there is one color profile with multiple views on the last page and back cover.
I look forward to the promised Me 262 Vol.2. I hope there are the usual comprehensive line drawings at various scales as I would hate to lose this feature. Highly recommended.
Good but could be better
28 Oct 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I liked the graphics but there are a few inaccuracies in them. Text is informative but really a rehash of other's work. They should have given credit. Photo reproduction is so so.
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