The German Aircraft Carrier Graf Zeppelin (Super Drawings in 3D) Paperback – April 3, 2017

Here you have another typically fine entry from this Polish-produced series featuring a plethora of computer-generated drawings (text and captions entirely in English). Nearly, but never finally, completed, Nazi Germany's only aircraft carrier ended its days post-war as a Soviet target ship in the Baltic. Its sunken remains were only located in 2006, a fact noted here in the brief text which accompanies the many renderings. This book is all about the illustrations (there are no actual photographs) which range from wide overviews from numerous angles, to tight close-ups of specific fittings. If you are trying to imagine what this looks like, think of clear and highly detailed "artist's conception" paintings; these are not blueprint type diagrams. All illustrations are of the exterior; there is no attempt to depict interior spaces, companionways, etc. The objective of the book is to give the reader a general (brief) overview of the conception and history of the ship and a detailed look at how it appeared and was fitted out; at this, the volume succeeds perfectly. Includes a separate plans sheet (of the ship, ship's boats, armament, etc.) as a bonus. Highly recommended for modelers and students of the WWII Kriegsmarine.

The Graf Zeppelin, Germany's only aircraft carrier, has fascinated me. Here we have a collection of line drawings and computer generated pictures to show how this ship, which was never completed, would have looked. Fascinating to look at, and if you are a modeler interested in building a model of this ship this is a must have reference.

These series of ship books have no equal!

The 45th book (No. 16045) in Kagero's "Super Drawings in 3D" series is devoted to a ship that was never completed. As a result the appearance of this ship will be more speculative than the case for others in this series. For someone not in tune with the passions of military enthusiasts/modellers the incomplete German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin might seem a strange subject for this series. The fact is that the appetite for books about anything German in World War II is inexhaustible so that it is was inevitable that an unfinished German carrier would get a book in this series before any of dozens of British and American carriers with extensive service histories.Be all that as it may, this 8-1/4" x 11-3/4", 80 page, stapled card cover is really good. The text is fairly brief at parts of 4 pages and is supplemented by a specification table. The real attraction as always are the computer renderings. Again as always these are superb. What puts this book in the 5 star category for me are the well detailed captions. These are really informative and point out features like the operation of the strange pneumatic catapults and the recovery of their carriages. (I suspect these would not have been a great success in service.) Also, although very hard to see, the covers for the cycloidal propellers are also pointed out. There is also excellent commentary on boats, armament, aircraft, electronics, and more. About the only thing I can fault are no mention of the dual Kriegsmarine/Luftwaffe accommodations and command structure which would have been problematic in service.There is also an unbound foldout with 1:400 scale five view conventional line drawings supplemented by many fittings, boats, aircraft, etc in larger scales. All very well done.Highly recommended. This ship is fascinating primarily because it's an attempt by a major naval power to produce a class of ship it had no previous experience with. The design (if not the ship) emerged with many obsolescent features and did not compare well to American, British, or Japanese contemporaries but you have to start somewhere.

Opera molto importante per avere chiarimenti necessari alla costruzione del modellino

La única pega es que está en Inglés sin traducir, pero, eso si es fabuloso el fascículo a nivel de detalle de la maqueta del barco que representa y da que pensar como los alemanes pudieron ser tan obtusos lo mismo que los rusos después al desechar un tipo de barco que en poco tiempo se convertiría en el rey de los mares ( de hecho los rusos si, hicieron cantidad de submarinos pero en portaaviones eran unos lerdos)

Wie fast nicht anders zu erwarten, ist auch dieses Heft wieder eine Fundgrube für den Modellbauer oder den Freund der grauen Schiffe. Der gezeigte Zustand ist der zur geplanten Fertigstellung. Alle Details werde genau wiedergegeben und sind in Punkto Darstellung und Detailliertheit sehr gut wiedergegeben.Auch wenn von der ZEPPELIN nur Bilder des Bauzustandesvorhanden sind, ist es dem Verlag gelungen fast keine Fragen offen zu lassen.

Wo bekommt man detailierte Info ? Hier!Das Buch ist mit, für Modellbauer sehr wichtigen Risszeichnungen ausgestattet.Meine Meinung: Absolut Top!!

Il libro e bellissimo,completissimo e pieno di dettagli per un modellista navale e l'ideale x completare un opera navale riferendosi alla realtà come documenta il libro,ma di una cosa sono un bel pò stizzito,il libro mi è arrivato rovinato e questo non dovrebbe succere,ho già effettuato una segnalazione per la sostistuzione dello stesso e devo dire in tutta sincerità che il servizio clienti AMAZON e un qual cosa di speciale,educazione,modi e sopratutto pazienza nei confronti del clienti,mi avete chiesto una recenzione ed io ho recenzito.