Here it is, fellow Whiffers.............a pristine new thread in which you may gloat over the latest additions to your library throughout 2022. Please use this after midnight on 31st December 2021. I've set it up a couple of days early, as circumstances may prevent it being created nearer the due date.
Chris, please would you be so kind as to do your usual thing and pin this thread? Thank you.
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Hurrah! Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for that which was borrowed has been returned..............18 months ago, I loaned out my copies of R V Jones Most Secret War and Alfred Price Instruments of Darkness. Today they have been returned, with an apologetic note that sundry lockdowns, a broken leg and lastly a dose of covid had prevented their return sooner. I was contemplating having to buy new copies because I thought that I'd lost them for good.
I'm particularly pleased to get the R V Jones back, as it's a signed copy, given to Madame R when she was still in Aberdeen, doing postgrad research. Jones was her head of department and the book is signed "To Miss MacAllister and her young man, whose non-standard approach to problems mirrors my own Best Wishes Prof Jones." You will no doubt appreciate why this volume is so valuable to us both.
That's BRILLIANT! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Arrived today
Crowood Aviation Series Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury
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Arrived today from Amazon:
American Secret Projects 4: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945=1974 by Tony Buttler
French Secret Projects 3: French and European Spaceplane Designs 1964-1994 by J.C. Carbonel
Recent Amazon purchase arrived today
Middle East @ War Series.
Number 38, Bombers at Suez. The RAF Bombing Campaign Duerung The Suez War, 1956
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Received today
Warpaint No. 45 Martin B-57 Canberra
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Griffith Borgeson's tome on Errett Lobban Cord, slip-cased, pages are US ledger 11" X 17".
Originally published in 2003 at $198, book is NOS and it was $44.95 with free shipping in
the Continental US from the folks at Auburn Speedsters.com.
http://auburnspeedsters.com/
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Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on January 13, 2022, 04:38:51 PM
Griffith Borgeson's tome on Errett Lobban Cord, slip-cased, pages are US ledger 11" X 17".
Originally published in 2003 at $198, book is NOS and it was $44.95 with free shipping in
the Continental US from the folks at Auburn Speedsters.com.
http://auburnspeedsters.com/
Now that looks superb, almost as good as the cars they built!
You snagged a good bargain there too. Those 'coffee table' style books often hold their prices for a long time.
Good score
:thumbsup:
The chocolate-orange roadster is gorgeous.
Do you read "coffee table" books like you would a novel? I do but when I do Mrs z says "you are not supposed to actually read them. You are just supposed to dip into them."
Doesn't stop me.
Quote from: Leading Observer on January 08, 2022, 09:56:21 AM
Arrived today from Amazon:
American Secret Projects 4: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945=1974 by Tony Buttler
French Secret Projects 3: French and European Spaceplane Designs 1964-1994 by J.C. Carbonel
Received those titles today from my LBS.
Quote from: zenrat on January 14, 2022, 02:24:09 AM
Good score
:thumbsup:
The chocolate-orange roadster is gorgeous.
Do you read "coffee table" books like you would a novel? I do but when I do Mrs z says "you are not supposed to actually read them. You are just supposed to dip into them."
Doesn't stop me.
Agree 100%. :thumbsup:
I have two of Sony Levi's books on his powerboat designs and they're of a similar format, but I read them cover to cover, like a novel. ;D
They also cost a FORTUNE!
One of my retirement presents was a two volume work on Napoleon's Grand Armee's Uniforms. Basically a collection of superb colour plates. Been through them from cover to cover ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 14, 2022, 07:22:46 AM
One of my retirement presents was a two volume work on Napoleon's Grand Armee's Uniforms. Basically a collection of superb colour plates. Been through them from cover to cover ;D
Oh nice :thumbsup:
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It'll be read. ;D
It's typical Grif, a combination of the technical and the biographical. :thumbsup:
a copy of the FASA star trek RPG 3 basic books and character sheets no dice but I've plenty of those
Two aditions to the Library today
On Target Profile 12, Hawker Hurricane in RAF and Commonwealth Service
AIRfile 12 Inform & Inspire, Hawker Hunter In RAF Service. A quick flip through and I find a certain Mr McEvoy wrote the forward.
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I may have accidentally acquired about 40 issues of Warship Journal
Batmobile Cutaways: Batman Classic TV Series.
By Richard Jackson (Author), Alan Cowsill (Author), James Hill (Author), Ed Giddings (Illustrator), Mojo (Illustrator).
72 pages of cutaways of vehicles from the Batman Classic TV Series (AKA Batman '66, or the campy Adam West one) including two versions of the Batcycle, the Batgirl Cycle, the Batboat, and obviously the only Batmobile that counts - the George Barris one.
Quote from: zenrat on February 04, 2022, 04:08:24 AM
the Batman Classic TV Series (AKA Batman '66, or the campy Adam West one) .
I've wondered if they ever realised at the time how campy that was (I was 14 so was just starting to notice such things :angel:) or indeed if it was actually intentional ? Certainly set the mark for tv series to follow :thumbsup:
I think that when they made the TV series and then the movie they had their collective tongues firmly in their (and possibly others) cheeks.
Quote from: zenrat on February 06, 2022, 03:38:55 AM
I think that when they made the TV series and then the movie they had their collective tongues firmly in their (and possibly others) cheeks.
I think in all probability you're right, I do hope so anyway :thumbsup:
Everything about the Batman TV series was intentional, and it many ways it's a lampoon
of the movie serials of former years.
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on February 07, 2022, 03:13:02 PM
Everything about the Batman TV series was intentional, and it many ways it's a lampoon
of the movie serials of former years.
I wasn't quite old enough to appreciate it back then. Maybe I should revisit it ? ;D
Received today from eBay
AIRfile 5 Inform & Inspire, RAF Trainers Volume 1: 1918-1945
AIRfile 8 Inform & Inspire, RAF Trainers Volume 2@ 1945-2012
AIRfile 10 Inform & Inspire, RAF Middle East & Far East 1945-1979
all three in excelent condition, as new by the look of them and only £20 all in :thumbsup:
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Just arrived via Amazon, Helion Middle East @ war Vols I, II, & III, 75 Years of the Israeli Air Force.
Brilliant, with a number of photos that I have not seen before. :thumbsup:
Just received today from Naval & Military Press
Flightcraft 3: Hawker Hurricane and Sea Hurricane
Flightcraft 4: Avro Lancaster in Military Service 1945-1965
Flightcraft 13: Gloster Meteor In British Service
Well there was a sale on :angel:
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Just received from eBay
Aerofax Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Aerofax Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
Aerofax MiG-23/27 Flogger
All for just under £35 includeing Postage
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Recently I was looking around on internet for some photographic books that have no place here, but I found amusing this amazon review:
I bought this book for a 90-year old friend's birthday. Since it was shrink-wrapped, I was unable to ascertain whether it was suitable for him, but I understand he is recovering nicely from his heart attack. ;D
;D ;D
Received today from The Tank Museum
Tankograd - British Special No 9020 Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank
Tankograd - British Special No 9031 FV4201 Chieftain
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Received from the Tank Museum
The Tank Museum: Churchill Tank, Vehicle History and Specification by David Fletcher
The Tank Museum: Cromwelll Tank, Vehicle History and Specification by David Fletcher
Both had been pre-ordered then delayed so my previous books from The Tank Museum were bought with a discount, these were bought as I have very little information on them and I like some information when I work on something.
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A veritable treasure trove from WH Smith in Glos today. ;D
A Tempest bookazine on US Jet Bombers, another one on Supermarine Flying Boat Secret Projects, and it looks like it's first of a series as it's numbered '1'.
And lastly a wonderful photo album of the Lightning by Fred Martin. That's the REAL Lightning, the one with two engines, one on top of the other..... ;)
From my local WH Smiths today
A bookazine on the Century Series American Fighters
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I recently acquired the bookazines on AEC, post Second World War and Bedford British military vehicles: fascinating. It would be only too easy to spend far too much in W H Smiths (and other newsagents) on these bookazines.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 03, 2022, 07:41:44 AM
A veritable treasure trove from WH Smith in Glos today. ;D
A Tempest bookazine on US Jet Bombers, another one on Supermarine Flying Boat Secret Projects, and it looks like it's first of a series as it's numbered '1'.
I've been looking out for that. Will have to look in WHS at Waterloo station. I do know that Part 2 is Fighters and Bombers, due out end of July.
Quote from: Rheged on May 04, 2022, 09:06:59 AM
It would be only too easy to spend far too much in W H Smiths (and other newsagents) on these bookazines.
It is.
Don't ask me etc.......
If I'd have looked inside the back cover of the Supermarine book I might have noticed the big '2' there which describes the next volume, about fighters. I guess it may include the odd Spitfire.........
While on holiday in Canberra I purchased, "Empire of the Clouds" and "Operation Sea Lion" second hand. Both are being avidly read. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Nick on May 04, 2022, 09:12:57 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 03, 2022, 07:41:44 AM
A veritable treasure trove from WH Smith in Glos today. ;D
A Tempest bookazine on US Jet Bombers, another one on Supermarine Flying Boat Secret Projects, and it looks like it's first of a series as it's numbered '1'.
I've been looking out for that. Will have to look in WHS at Waterloo station. I do know that Part 2 is Fighters and Bombers, due out end of July.
I shall be looking out for that at Waterloo when I pass through next week as well :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rheged on May 04, 2022, 09:06:59 AM
It would be only too easy to spend far too much in W H Smiths (and other newsagents) on these bookazines.
Tell me about it :angel:
I have my copy of Supermarine Flying Boats and I think everyone else on the SIG table at Milton Keynes has had a read too ;D
It turns out that the drawing on p117 is incorrect and shows the same Merlin powered aircraft twice. The middle drawing should be the cover art model with Taurus engine and the cockpit in the wing support. No great problem as Ralph has provided the correct drawing over on Secret Projects.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/supermarine-secret-projects-vol-1-seaplanes-and-floatplanes-by-ralph-pegram.39036/#post-525571
For folks in the US, it's to have its US release on May 26, it'll be available from Amazon for $13.99:
https://www.amazon.com/Supermarine-Secret-Projects-Vol-Floatplanes/dp/1911639943
Arrived this morning from eBay
Aerofax: Ilyushin Il-18/-20/-22 A Versatile Turboprop Transport
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Purchased from Guideline Publications at the Scottish Nationals today
Warpaint Series No.80 Saab Draken, to fill a hole in my knowledge
Scale Aircraft Monographs: Camouflage & Markings Number 7: The Israaeli Air Force Part Three: 2002 to 2012
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Gifted to me from Gondor, MANY thanks Alastair, the Airframe and Miniature book on the Me262. :thumbsup:
The Future of Flight by Leik Myrabo and Dean Ing.
Written in 1985, it a a serious work predicting a future were flight is supreme, we'll have personal aircraft and laser driven craft will fly into space.
Sounds like a ropey sci-fi novel and it's funny to read the back cover in 2022, but it's based on some sound principles and Myrabo did some successful experimentation on laser driven craft for NASA.
There are concepts for space fighters and even a space battle cruiser! Being written around the time SDI "Star Wars" was announced puts this into perspective.
Purchased at the Scottish Nationals today
Detail & Scale Series Volume 1, F3H Demon
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Pristine copy of the 1976 RAF Yearbook, with the programme for that year's Battle Of Britain day at Biggin Hill thrown in.
Got this from Ebay after seeing a tweet about Derek Wood's, 'what if' article inside, complete with Wilf Hardy artwork:
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Fabulous artwork there, I've still got that yearbook somewhere. :thumbsup:
And I have a resin Hawker P.1081 kit that arrived from Newcastle one fine day. It look great in the scheme in the lower pic. ;)
RAF Yearbook 1976. Can be accessed by googling RAF yearbook 1976 pdf The article you want is pages 45 to 49. There's also an article on flying the TSR2 on pages 54 to 57
Picked up a Richard Franks bookazine on the Scimitar, that's the twin jet Supermarine Scimitar, not the Jaguar engined little tank thingie.
Full of all sorts of useful info, am might just persuade me to actually BUILD one of my two Skybirds 76 Scims.
Received today direct from Guideline Publications
Combat Colours Number 5: The de Havilland Mosquito in RAF Photographic Reconnaissance and Bomber Service : 1941 yo 1945
Combat Colours Number 6: The de Havilland Mosquito Day and Night Fighters in RAF Service : 1941 yo 1945
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The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Mossie on May 27, 2022, 09:02:10 AM
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. :thumbsup:
Well done sir ;)
Why, thank you. ;D I'm enjoying the book, so I hope to read the whole series in time. I'll probably use them as 'go to' books when I'm in between reads.
Arrived today via Amazon, no wonder it was raining when I got home as it's rather wet there :rolleyes:
Scale Aircraft Monographs: Camouflage & Markings Number 3: The Israaeli Air Force Part One: 1948 to 1967
I just need part two to have all three parts of this series and I am expecting that part two will not be cheap or readily available either :banghead:
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Quote from: Mossie on May 30, 2022, 03:41:14 AM
Why, thank you. ;D I'm enjoying the book, so I hope to read the whole series in time. I'll probably use them as 'go to' books when I'm in between reads.
They will quickly become the books you read instead of the normal books you read! :thumbsup:
This arrived in the post this morning.
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Something Mrs z and I can share - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L Shirer.
Quote from: zenrat on June 06, 2022, 04:24:15 AM
Something Mrs z and I can share - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L Shirer.
A very good book. I have apreciated also the other Shirer books.
I succumbed to the Naval & Military book Sale and received today
Monitors of the Royal Navy: How the Fleet brought the Great Guns to Bear by Jim Crossley
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The Green Eagles of Calshot. It looks like a privately published autobiography and history of the flying boats at RAF Calshot.
Green eagles because the RAF badge was corroded by salt water spray.
Just received today
Scimitar, Supermarines Last Fighter by Richard A Franks
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Quote from: Gondor on June 07, 2022, 05:25:23 AM
Scimitar, Supermarines Last Fighter by Richard A Franks
Full of interesting stuff, that one. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 07, 2022, 07:49:29 AM
Full of interesting stuff, that one. :thumbsup:
Your purchase earlier prompted me to buy it as I have very little info on it yet I have four kits by three manufacturers.
Gondor.
One for me. I don't think Mrs z will be interested in it. Although I could tell by the look on her face that she was thinking "who is this Bouton Paul bloke?"
Boutlon Paul 1917-1961: Aircraft, Projects, and Studies. by Les Whitehouse.
Quote from: zenrat on June 08, 2022, 04:08:46 AM
One for me. I don't think Mrs z will be interested in it. Although I could tell by the look on her face that she was thinking "who is this Bouton Paul bloke?"
Boutlon Paul 1917-1961: Aircraft, Projects, and Studies. by Les Whitehouse.
I met Les Whitehouse several years ago. He was Chairman of the Boulton Paul museum near Telford and must have a wealth of knowledge to share.
Sadly the museum closed due to site redevelopment and the ever-increasing age of the volunteers. Some had started as BP apprentices back in the 50s!
Quote from: Nick on June 08, 2022, 04:35:06 AM
Quote from: zenrat on June 08, 2022, 04:08:46 AM
One for me. I don't think Mrs z will be interested in it. Although I could tell by the look on her face that she was thinking "who is this Bouton Paul bloke?"
Boutlon Paul 1917-1961: Aircraft, Projects, and Studies. by Les Whitehouse.
I met Les Whitehouse several years ago. He was Chairman of the Boulton Paul museum near Telford and must have a wealth of knowledge to share.
Sadly the museum closed due to site redevelopment and the ever-increasing age of the volunteers. Some had started as BP apprentices back in the 50s!
I've only had a quick flick through it but it looks interesting and a source of inspiration.
Collected the latest Aeroplane Magazine y'day, which is excellent in its own right containing many tales of the Cold War, but it comes with one of the Company Profile bookazines attached, and as luck would have it it's Supermarine! :thumbsup:
Just what I needed for a bit of background on my 1 Week GB Defender. ;D
Excellent news. I shall get one on Sunday when we go into Hereford to the cathedral.
Later..........item not available in Hereford; RATS!
And now for something completely different.......
Scratch-Building Model Railway Tank Locomotives
The Tilbury 4-4-2
By Simon Bolton
Bought because I have the mad idea of building one of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Class_A55
So I thought I best buy something to give me an idea of how to build something like it. :-\
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A parcel from those nice people at Postscript Books
"Action Stations Revisited" volumes 6 and 7
"And now the shipping forecast"
"Scotland: Defending the Nation" Birlinn Publishing. A book of military maps and diagrams from the battle of Solway Moss 1542 to the end of the Cold War.
From the Coventry Show today, 'Swift from the cockpit' by Nigel Walpole. Interestingly it still makes the claim that the Supermarine 510 was the first British swept wing aircraft to fly, yet says that the Hawker P.1052 preceded the 510 by a month. What? :-\
And a lovely book of pics of Challenger 2s in Germany, with pics of them in all possible positions, even loaded on their transporters...... ;)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 19, 2022, 10:05:21 AM
And a lovely book of pics of Challenger 2s in Germany, with pics of them in all possible positions, even loaded on their transporters...... ;)
Oh I wonder why that is of such interest ? :angel: ;)
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 20, 2022, 06:07:08 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 19, 2022, 10:05:21 AM
And a lovely book of pics of Challenger 2s in Germany, with pics of them in all possible positions, even loaded on their transporters...... ;)
Oh I wonder why that is of such interest ? :angel: ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 19, 2022, 10:05:21 AM
From the Coventry Show today, 'Swift from the cockpit' by Nigel Walpole. Interestingly it still makes the claim that the Supermarine 510 was the first British swept wing aircraft to fly, yet says that the Hawker P.1052 preceded the 510 by a month. What? :-\
Supermarine Aircraft since 1914 states in regards to the Type 510 first flight:
"It was the first British jet-engined aircraft to fly with sweepback on both wing
and horizontal tail surfaces."
The P1052 had conventional unswept horizontal tail surfaces.
Re. the P1052, a photo of it was posted on one of the Facebook aircraft groups I follow and one of the first
comments was that it looked like a
Luft46 design, my response was the following:
"
Lufteidolia -
the tendency of some to state "Hey that looks like the (WWII German aircraft/project/Napkinwaffe wank
of your choice)" upon first seeing an aircraft type they didn't know about previously.
Derived from pareidolia, sometimes associated with Luftidolatry."
Yes, but other sources keep on about the 510 being '...the first British swept wing type to fly....'.
Which plainly isn't true, but like many 'facts' it seems to be reported ad nauseam once it's been written down, and copied a few times
I have similar problems with such 'facts' being reported (wrongly....) about the Advanced Passenger Train's history, and the fact that I actually worked on it seems to hold no sway with the prats who continue to write these error filled articles. :banghead:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 21, 2022, 12:14:45 PM
Yes, but other sources keep on about the 510 being '...the first British swept wing type to fly....'.
Counter with "The 510 was the first British swept
tail type to fly." ;) ;D
It's kind of odd that people keep making that misstatement as all of my references, the Supermarine Putnam,
Mason's
The British Fighter, Sturtivant's
British Research and Development Aircraft, Goulding's
Interceptor,
and Hygate's
British Experimental Jet Aircraft make it clear that the Type 510 was the first British type with
all flying surfaces being swept and that it had flown
after the P.1052, not that it was the first British type
with
swept wings full stop. Heck, even Wikipedia gets it right.
:rolleyes:
Evidently the distinction is too subtle for some or it may be that they get confused by it being the first swept-wing
aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier, and thus conflate the two separate events.
:o
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on June 21, 2022, 11:45:49 AM
...Re. the P1052, a photo of it was posted on one of the Facebook aircraft groups I follow and one of the first
comments was that it looked like a Luft46 design...
No it doesn't. It looks, if anything (given it's similarities to the Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk) British.
Quote from: zenrat on June 22, 2022, 04:17:13 AM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on June 21, 2022, 11:45:49 AM
...Re. the P1052, a photo of it was posted on one of the Facebook aircraft groups I follow and one of the first
comments was that it looked like a Luft46 design...
No it doesn't. It looks, if anything (given it's similarities to the Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk) British.
Similar statements are very common and it's tiresome. :banghead:
Show a picture of a Northrop YB-49 and the
stolen from the Hortens numbskulls pounce, most of whom
are immune to facts.
:rolleyes:
Got two books delivered this afternoon from eBay
The Design and Development of the Hawker Hunter by Tony Buttler. Recommend by Lee and as he says it's worth it just from a quick flick through as well as the drawings that my LHC GB Hunter needs :thumbsup:
AIRfile 11: Inform & Inspire: Fairey Swordfish. Bought for two reasons, the first to increace the AIRfile book collection I have and the second for the subject matter and all the colour schemes provides as useful for real world and whiff's
Gondor
Arrived today
The Oakwood Press, Portfolio Series, Volume Three. The Great Eastern Railway Part One, Compiled by M. Sharman. A Selection of Locomotive Drawings
Bought hopeing that it would provide some information for some projects
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Finally got hold of a copy of Conway's Warships 2015.
I've wanted this for ages because it has a very good article on post-war RN weapons, including lots of detailed drawings of magazines and installations, which I've been finding snippets of online for years. Now I have it in my hand, I realize that the 'snippets' really amount to 90% of the article, but it's still good to have it all in one place.
Other good articles in it are one on modern carrier design, and a historical one about the Russian 'Popovka' circular battleships, which is an interesting rabbit hole for the what-iffer.
EDIT: Another what-if project in the book is the 1929 plans for an Italian aircraft carrier by an officer called Bonfiglietti. The ship's a sort of 'mini-Lexington' with four twin 6" (as opposed to Lex's 8") turrets disposed fore and aft of the island. I havn't had a chance to read it properly yet, but it looks like a pretty solid design on a quick scan.
The Popovkas were fascinating vessels, even if they were a dead end in maritime design. I rather like the description of the monitor Novgorod (allegedly)spinning like a sea borne top if only one main gun was fired
Didn't some other nation play with the idea of circular warships ? My memory says "yes" but won't tell me any more than that.
The Novgorod's the only one that comes up on a Google search.
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This is a model of it, obviously.
Received today
The Great Eastern Railway by Cecil J. Allen
Caledonian Railway Company Centenary 1847-1947
Both via Abe Books
Gondor
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 12, 2022, 08:22:18 AM
The Novgorod's the only one that comes up on a Google search.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/5845/sMHeQv.jpg)
This is a model of it, obviously.
The only other warship was the larger
Vitse-Admiral Popov:
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A related design was the Imperial yacht
Livadiia, but she was more oval than purely circular:
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/14/44/60/23/livadi29.jpg)
You can't but wonder WHY? :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 12, 2022, 12:57:20 PM
You can't but wonder WHY? :o
Theoretically, they can be exceptionally manoeuvrable but as we all know, abstruse theory does not always work in practice.
It is also suggested that circularity serves to reduce draught while allowing the ship to carry much more armour and a heavier armament than other ships of the same size.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 12, 2022, 08:22:18 AM
The Novgorod's the only one that comes up on a Google search.
I had a quick rummage through a couple of books I've got on the birth of the modern battleship - Warrior to Dreadnaught type of things and couldn't find any either.
For some reason I thought the French had dabbled ? Obviously wrong
The circular battleships were self-propelled coast defense monitors rather than being designed
for ship-to-ship maneuver warfare. The circular plan made some sense in that it could carry much
heavier armament than a conventional hull of the same displacement. They worked OK for what they
were and the stories of spinning and whirling etc. have been dismissed as exaggeration by modern
naval historians.
I've just been given a copy of " The Dumpy Book of Aircraft and Flight " dated 1960 and published by Sampson, Low. It has a certain period charm as it reflects the brightest and best of the late 1950's. Among the gems within are the Argentinean IA 38 tailless four engined transport aircraft designed under the direction of Reimar Horten and based on the German Horten Ho VIII project.............it looks suitably weird; and a comment that the Blackburn Beverley was designed to be fitted with rockets to reduce the take-off run. Was this ever actually trialled?.... and if so is there an eyewitness report of this rather portly and sedate aircraft being hurled into the air in an outburst of sound and fury?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_I.Ae_38 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_I.Ae_38) Data, and pictures https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ia+38+transport+aircraft&sxsrf=ALiCzsaFnMFwM6LXCtX6d_wGZoX_LYumAw:1658431739983&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixu_vV24r5AhXOYMAKHQpVCQsQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1366&bih=657&dpr=1 (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ia+38+transport+aircraft&sxsrf=ALiCzsaFnMFwM6LXCtX6d_wGZoX_LYumAw:1658431739983&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixu_vV24r5AhXOYMAKHQpVCQsQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1366&bih=657&dpr=1)
Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot.
Paul Tremelling's Dad was an ATC at Yeovilton. One afternoon in 1982 young Paul got to see the entire fleet take off. His Dad said 'There's some trouble in South America'.....
Some years later Paul joined the Navy and learnt to fly Sea Harriers.
Saw this in the supermarket and it's a good read. Very relaxed tone and lots of detail on how carrier flight ops work.
from Mrs SP for my birthday Warhammer fantasy roleplay 4th ed, a lovely full colour hardback, seems that theve rolled the time line back to around the same as 1st ed, a lot is simaler, but the development of 30 ish years is there. time to head back to the old world, and explore the empire.
Just downloaded three Flight Manuals so I suppose they go here :-\
Hunter T7
Hunter FGA9
Hunter FR10
References for trying to get the cockpits looking right.. ish rather than what is provided by some kits.
Gondor
Supermarine Secret Projects: Volume 2 Fighters and Bombers
Publication date was meant to be last week but Mortons website says it is now available for pre-order for 19th August.
https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/5629/bookazine-supermarine-secret-projects-vol-2-fighters-bombers
A book from a friends' estate - War Movies by Jay Hyams.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114835937283
Published in 1984 so not too modern, but it goes right back to the beginning and has a lot of obscure stuff I'm going to have to try and track down.
Interesting dipping in and out, so far.
Oh, that looks interesting
Picked up a copy of the Airframe Album on the Meteor by Richard Franks at a reduced price. :thumbsup:
Lots and LOTS or pics and diagrams of every variant ever, including all the one-offs and test machines. There's so many of them that it'd be difficult to Whiff one that hadn't already been done!
Of course he doesn't mention the PR19 as they'd have had him in The Tower before he blinked if he'd even have hinted about it.....
Received two books today via eBay
Hawker Hunter: Biography of a thoroughbred by Francis K. Mason
Flight Craft 16 Hawker Hunter in British Service
Gondor
Got Key Publication's VC10 bookazine today, and pretty good it is too. Lots of pics that I've never seen before, and I've got most of the VC10 books published so far.
But it doesn't cover very many of the VC10 projects that never were, our bread and butter on here..............
Osprey are bringing out a book in their X-Planes series on the McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat. Ordered it this morning
Arrived today from eBay
Modern Combat Aircraft 15, Hawker Hunter by Robert Jackson
After a quick flick through the book I found a couple of pictures of the Sidewinder installation on a Mk.4 in a gun pack replacement set up.
Gondor
Quote from: Nick on August 08, 2022, 05:08:24 AM
Supermarine Secret Projects: Volume 2 Fighters and Bombers
Publication date was meant to be last week but Mortons website says it is now available for pre-order for 19th August.
https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/5629/bookazine-supermarine-secret-projects-vol-2-fighters-bombers
Ordered (thanks for the post, Nick, had forgotten all about that one).
Arrived in the post yesterday, the 3rd Boxed Set of 'Schlock Mercenary', yay!
Not the cheapest, but it'll provide the two of us hours of enjoyment and giggles.
And it's pretty good Space Opera, too. :thumbsup:
Today Postman Pat delivered a shiny new copy of 'Supermarine Secret Projects Pt 2 Fighters and Bombers'.
Quote from: kitbasher on August 23, 2022, 05:00:02 AMToday Postman Pat delivered a shiny new copy of 'Supermarine Secret Projects Pt 2 Fighters and Bombers'.
Probably wait until Telford unless I see it in Smiths ;)
I saw it in Smiths in Glos today Chris.
I didn't get it as my hands were full, but it looks a hefty tome for a zine.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 23, 2022, 07:49:02 AMI saw it in Smiths in Glos today Chris.
I didn't get it as my hands were full, but it looks a hefty tome for a zine.
Yup some of these bookazines are quite hefty and certainly good value for money
Made my way to Smiths this afternoon and I now have a shiny copy of Supermarine Secret Projects 2 waiting to be read :thumbsup:
Oh, Croydon Smith's only had Volume 1 when I looked on Thursday :-\
Arrived today
Warplane Classic No.1
SEPECAT Jaguar by Andy Evans :thumbsup:
On a quick skim through this book contains lots of information on the various versions produced and some information about the squadrons that operated them. Also a set of 1/72 plans which will come in useful to me later.
Gondor
Recovered from the local sorting office, only open late on Thursdays and Fridays at the moment which is no help when this book had an attempted delivery on a Monday.... :banghead:
Airlift Force
RAF Transport Command 1948 - 1967
By Colin Ovens and published by Guideline Publications
Gondor
Picked up Supermarine Secret Projects No 2 - Fighters and Bombers in WH Smiths.
Still haven't seen this volume )or the first one), in my local Smiths. Might have to find them online.
Quote from: Mossie on September 20, 2022, 11:51:44 AMStill haven't seen this volume )or the first one), in my local Smiths. Might have to find them online.
It literally only just came in Mossie and it's a fairly large branch.
Quote from: Mossie on September 20, 2022, 11:51:44 AMStill haven't seen this volume )or the first one), in my local Smiths. Might have to find them online.
This link is what you need. Free postage too :thumbsup:
https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/5629/bookazine-supermarine-secret-projects-vol-2-fighters-bombers
Thanks both! :thumbsup:
The news stand at the bigger supermarket near me had the Key Publishing bookazine on the (Hawker) Tempest.
"80 years after Hawker's piston-engine star took flight"
I'm sure I'll spend a few evenings with it.
I got that one, it's pretty good, full of techie and operational stuff. :thumbsup:
Picked up the November Issue of Aeroplane, the one with the picture of the TSR2 on the front.
Gondor
Haynes Centurion tank owners manual :thumbsup: i have an Australian version to build and a UK AVRE to do
Quote from: Gondor on October 26, 2022, 11:35:41 AMPicked up the November Issue of Aeroplane, the one with the picture of the TSR2 on the front.
Gondor
So did I.
Had to hunt for it on the shelves til I found the stack hidden behind a copy of Guitar World :o ;D
On the recommendation of several other members I went on-line and purchased the Key publications special on the Tempest. Haveing only glanced through it so far I concur with the recommendations made earlier :thumbsup:
While in town picking up, hopefully my last pair of spectacles, more details in my blog, I took the opertunity to pop into W.H.Smiths and left with the November edition of Scale Aircraft Modelling due to the article on the F-111K, must do some more on my build some time..... and Issue 611 of Scale Aviation & Military Modeller International for the articles on the Blackburn Buccaneer.
Gondor
Digital version of the November The Aeroplane.
Easier than trying to track it down, I'd have to drive down to Seattle, plus it's easy to read
on my 12.9" iPad Pro.
;)
earlier this week, i got the new book "Aircraft of the Belgian Air Force".
a new book with pictures and profiles of every aircraft to serve the BAF in the past 75 years (from 1946 to present and the future).
Received today from Postscript
Project Cancelled: The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects by Derek Wood
Gondor
Edit: Bought from Amazon not Postscript
Quote from: Gondor on November 02, 2022, 10:40:26 AMReceived today from Postscript
Project Cancelled: The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects by Derek Wood
Gondor
Postscript Books is a very dangerous website. It can lead to excessive depletion of your resources if you are not careful.....................but I still recommend them!
Quote from: Rheged on November 02, 2022, 10:50:58 AMQuote from: Gondor on November 02, 2022, 10:40:26 AMReceived today from Postscript
Project Cancelled: The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects by Derek Wood
Gondor
Postscript Books is a very dangerous website. It can lead to excessive depletion of your resources if you are not careful.....................but I still recommend them!
Someone mentioned the above book in a post somewhereand at the price it was too good to miss. I am very selective with what I buy and could not manage to convince myself that I needed anything else other than anther book that should have been delivered today.
Gondor
Quote from: Rheged on November 02, 2022, 10:50:58 AMPostscript Books is a very dangerous website. It can lead to excessive depletion of your resources if you are not careful.....................but I still recommend them!
Sadly their search engine is rubbish, no matter what I write in the search box it comes up with 5 pages of stuff. All the same, every time!. :banghead:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 02, 2022, 03:34:35 PMQuote from: Rheged on November 02, 2022, 10:50:58 AMPostscript Books is a very dangerous website. It can lead to excessive depletion of your resources if you are not careful.....................but I still recommend them!
Sadly their search engine is rubbish, no matter what I write in the search box it comes up with 5 pages of stuff. All the same, every time!. :banghead:
Agreed, the search engine is a mess! However, getting their old-fashioned paper catalogue every month gives me a reasonable choice............
Quote from: Gondor on November 02, 2022, 10:40:26 AMReceived today from Postscript
Project Cancelled: The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects by Derek Wood
Gondor
One of the books that drew a fair few of us to the Dark Side of modelling :wacko:
Received today from Postscript
Haynes Churchill Tank
WK275 by Guy Ellis
Gondor
Which edition of Wood's book?
The 2nd edition was expanded over the first with added material.
Quote from: jcf on November 03, 2022, 01:31:53 PMWhich edition of Wood's book?
The 2nd edition was expanded over the first with added material.
Second edition although it's a 1990 publication run that I bought. Will be trying to scan a few of the drawings to use as information for a few builds I think.
Gondor
Received a pre-order from Valiant Wings today.
The Bristol Beaufort, A Technical Guide by Richard A. Franks
Number 10 of the Airframe Detail series
Gondor
From SMW:
BAC 3-11 brochure, incl dimensioned drawings.
HP Victor history and development (2 volumes)
Testbeds, motherships and parasites
I got 3 books last Wednesday which normally I don't buy but at 3 bucks for 2 of them I thought why not ?
Model railways from 1991 by Cyril J Freezer. Yeah I don't do rail way things but this has some great stuff diorama wise and old school tricks ..quite a cool read.
Advanced model railways from 1993 by Dave Lowery..same reason as above ^ ;D
Modern tanks and AFVs 1991 to present from 2021 by Russell and Stephen Hart...a pretty up to date book with some nice Arab designs I've never seen before ..quite a informative book....this was only a $20 note and well worth it.
That Cyril J Freezer book has been the British model railway 'Bible' for ages, and it's very good indeed. An excellent find there. :thumbsup:
Cheers Kit..it's a bloody good book...condition isn't top notch but for 2 bucks it's more than good enough. ;D
On pages 64 and 65 theres this amazing bridge and it's superbly built as is everything around it..I do wonder how it would look in 35th scale :wacko:
Received from World Of Books via eBay
Linewrights Aeroguide 9 Hawker Hunter F Mk 6/T Mk 7
Lots of usful detailed pictures
Gondor
I picked up the latest copy of SAM to see the second part of the F-111 in RAF service article and to find out what happens next in the Cuban Missile Crisis - no spoilers please! ;)
Lovely read on the first few pages but then they've obviously had a printing error. They managed to print page 30 on what should have been page 26. :banghead:
I shall be writing to the editor...
Quote from: Nick on November 23, 2022, 08:38:00 AMI picked up the latest copy of SAM to see the second part of the F-111 in RAF service article and to find out what happens next in the Cuban Missile Crisis - no spoilers please! ;)
Lovely read on the first few pages but then they've obviously had a printing error. They managed to print page 30 on what should have been page 26. :banghead:
I shall be writing to the editor...
I shall be speaking to him on Dec 4th ;)
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:09:20 AMQuote from: Nick on November 23, 2022, 08:38:00 AMI picked up the latest copy of SAM to see the second part of the F-111 in RAF service article and to find out what happens next in the Cuban Missile Crisis - no spoilers please! ;)
Lovely read on the first few pages but then they've obviously had a printing error. They managed to print page 30 on what should have been page 26. :banghead:
I shall be writing to the editor...
I shall be speaking to him on Dec 4th ;)
I shall join you!
Used some of the Points on my Waterstones card yesterday -
Augustus - From Revolutionary to Emperor, by Adrian Goldsworthy
A People Betrayed - A history of corruption, political incompetence and social division in modern Spain, by Paul Preston.
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:09:20 AMQuote from: Nick on November 23, 2022, 08:38:00 AMI picked up the latest copy of SAM to see the second part of the F-111 in RAF service article and to find out what happens next in the Cuban Missile Crisis - no spoilers please! ;)
Lovely read on the first few pages but then they've obviously had a printing error. They managed to print page 30 on what should have been page 26. :banghead:
I shall be writing to the editor...
I shall be speaking to him on Dec 4th ;)
That
could be the printers fault, but not necessarily
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on November 25, 2022, 05:57:06 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:09:20 AMQuote from: Nick on November 23, 2022, 08:38:00 AMI picked up the latest copy of SAM to see the second part of the F-111 in RAF service article and to find out what happens next in the Cuban Missile Crisis - no spoilers please! ;)
Lovely read on the first few pages but then they've obviously had a printing error. They managed to print page 30 on what should have been page 26. :banghead:
I shall be writing to the editor...
I shall be speaking to him on Dec 4th ;)
That could be the printers fault, but not necessarily
Gondor
I emailed him this afternoon and he very kindly sent a pdf of the missing page within 10 minutes :thumbsup:
He is hoping for extra space in a future issue to reprint it. Says there was 'a bit of a mess-up after passing the file back to the office'.
Quote from: Nick on November 25, 2022, 06:50:02 AMQuote from: Gondor on November 25, 2022, 05:57:06 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:09:20 AMQuote from: Nick on November 23, 2022, 08:38:00 AMI picked up the latest copy of SAM to see the second part of the F-111 in RAF service article and to find out what happens next in the Cuban Missile Crisis - no spoilers please! ;)
Lovely read on the first few pages but then they've obviously had a printing error. They managed to print page 30 on what should have been page 26. :banghead:
I shall be writing to the editor...
I shall be speaking to him on Dec 4th ;)
That could be the printers fault, but not necessarily
Gondor
I emailed him this afternoon and he very kindly sent a pdf of the missing page within 10 minutes :thumbsup:
He is hoping for extra space in a future issue to reprint it. Says there was 'a bit of a mess-up after passing the file back to the office'.
That's good of him. I bought a copy today and found no issues :rolleyes: with mine. :thumbsup:
Gondor
Just got this: a crowdfunded exercise by Joe Coles, the operator of the Hush-Kit website.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FifymT1WIAQLuJw?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Quality is excellent, with beautiful illustration by Andy Godfrey. Content is a mixture of 'listicles' ("Top 10 Incredible Military Aircraft") and interviews with pilots. LOADS of what-if material too.
Hush-Kit website: https://hushkit.net/
Hush-Kit Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hush_Kit
Andy Godfrey's Twitter: @teaselstudio1
Didn't add to my library but I did sit down and create a spreadsheet of my Biggles collection.
I've got a lot still to collect.
Currently reading Biggles Hunts Big Game.
Creating spreadsheets like that is relatively easy. Keeping them up to date on the other hand :banghead:
Ask me how I know ? :angel:
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 28, 2022, 06:06:54 AMCreating spreadsheets like that is relatively easy. Keeping them up to date on the other hand :banghead:
Ask me how I know ? :angel:
One has to remember to write down each buy without letting too much time pass.
I started 10 years ago creating an Excel file of my books. It took me a month, to write about 5000 titles. Now I am up to 8500, too much shopping, I must slow down.
My file is quite complete, I have columns for:
author/original title/title my edition (if translated)/language/publisher/year/category 1/category 2/category 3/read or not/price/where
Categories are helpful for example in finding titles necessary for research, like: photography/french/erotic or railway/german/military...
I must be an addict to Excel, I created files also for kits, for trains (each country a different file, with pages for steam, electric, diesel, freight, passenger...), for 1/87 military, and for 1/87 cars and trucks.
Received from Guideline Publication today
Camouflage & Markings No 4, The Israeli Air Force Part Two: 1967 to 2001
With this edition I now have all three parts on the IAF, this one also covers what I consider the most interesting period of their existence.
Gondor
Quote from: loupgarou on November 28, 2022, 08:18:46 AMI must be an addict to Excel,
I still struggle with Excel I'm afraid. We used Lotus at work and I continued to use it when we moved to Excel (I still think there was something fishy about that deal), but unfortunately that's long past. :-\ I must try and get to grips with it next year.
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 29, 2022, 05:55:33 AMQuote from: loupgarou on November 28, 2022, 08:18:46 AMI must be an addict to Excel,
I still struggle with Excel I'm afraid. We used Lotus at work and I continued to use it when we moved to Excel (I still think there was something fishy about that deal), but unfortunately that's long past. :-\ I must try and get to grips with it next year.
Using it only to create lists of things,without convoluted calculations, I find it very easy and practical.
Quote from: loupgarou on November 29, 2022, 06:41:37 AMUsing it only to create lists of things,without convoluted calculations, I find it very easy and practical.
I just think I'm prejudiced against it to be honest. I used to do some quite complex spreadsheets with Lotus but do I actually need to do something like that for lists of models (built and unbuilt) and books ? Not really, so I must make an effort in 2023.
I used to be a dab hand at Excell but then I changed jobs to one where I don't use it and micro$oft went and changed everything anyway.
Quote from: zenrat on November 30, 2022, 02:51:02 AMI used to be a dab hand at Excell but then I changed jobs to one where I don't use it and micro$oft went and changed everything anyway.
It's the sheer frequency with which they amend things that gets me. Most of it is completely unnecessary and is probably only done so they can justify the hoards of programmers that they employ most of whom are only employed so that their competitors can't employ them. I know most IT companies are the same, but MS are the ones who seem to get my goat the most :angry:
Come the revolution boys and girls ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 30, 2022, 06:03:57 AMQuote from: zenrat on November 30, 2022, 02:51:02 AMI used to be a dab hand at Excell but then I changed jobs to one where I don't use it and micro$oft went and changed everything anyway.
It's the sheer frequency with which they amend things that gets me. Most of it is completely unnecessary and is probably only done so they can justify the hoards of programmers that they employ most of whom are only employed so that their competitors can't employ them. I know most IT companies are the same, but MS are the ones who seem to get my goat the most :angry:
Come the revolution boys and girls ;D
COME THE REVOLUTION! Microsoft gets my goat because it is always changing things just for the sake of changing them. Update, after update, after update because they produce unsafe and buggy software all the time. Linux is marginally better but only just. Apple is a waste of space. :banghead: :banghead:
There was a media mogul Bond Villain whose minion made the best generalization I've heard, of the computer industry - especially as applied to MicroFloppy... have a look, it's in the Pierce Broanan one where he's dealing with a Stealth Boat and the Royal and Chinese navies are involved.
Teri Hatcher features, also :wub: :wub:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 01, 2022, 12:00:47 AMTeri Hatcher features, also :wub: :wub:
Ooooh, I've not seen that one, wasn't a fan of the Pierce Broanan era (not him, but the films) but Teri might be a reason to view it :angel:
Quote from: NARSES2 on December 01, 2022, 12:41:12 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on December 01, 2022, 12:00:47 AMTeri Hatcher features, also :wub: :wub:
Ooooh, I've not seen that one, wasn't a fan of the Pierce Broanan era (not him, but the films) but Teri might be a reason to view it :angel:
Ms Hatcher was very carefully filmed, as she was "with child" at the time
Ah yes I seem to remember something in the press at the time
Oxfam in Hereford:- "Combat fleets of the World" 2006 edition, because it covers all sorts of ancillary craft; and the "Eagle Book of Britain's Fighting Services" (1962} which I received as a Christmas present 60 years ago and have bought today purely for nostalgic reasons.
Quote from: rickshaw on November 30, 2022, 09:59:10 PMQuote from: NARSES2 on November 30, 2022, 06:03:57 AMQuote from: zenrat on November 30, 2022, 02:51:02 AMI used to be a dab hand at Excell but then I changed jobs to one where I don't use it and micro$oft went and changed everything anyway.
It's the sheer frequency with which they amend things that gets me. Most of it is completely unnecessary and is probably only done so they can justify the hoards of programmers that they employ most of whom are only employed so that their competitors can't employ them. I know most IT companies are the same, but MS are the ones who seem to get my goat the most :angry:
Come the revolution boys and girls ;D
COME THE REVOLUTION! Microsoft gets my goat because it is always changing things just for the sake of changing them. Update, after update, after update because they produce unsafe and buggy software all the time. Linux is marginally better but only just. Apple is a waste of space. :banghead: :banghead:
I use Open Office, which is essentially a free, open-source clone of old MS Office including old Excel, which I got very used to working at Woodford.
Quote from: Weaver on December 04, 2022, 10:05:57 PMI use Open Office, which is essentially a free, open-source clone of old MS Office including old Excel, which I got very used to working at Woodford.
Me too, I've had it for ages now, and it works like a charm for me. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 04, 2022, 10:24:30 PMQuote from: Weaver on December 04, 2022, 10:05:57 PMI use Open Office, which is essentially a free, open-source clone of old MS Office including old Excel, which I got very used to working at Woodford.
Me too, I've had it for ages now, and it works like a charm for me. :thumbsup:
Open Office is an excellent piece of software. Pity MS won't learn from it. :banghead:
Quote from: rickshaw on December 04, 2022, 10:36:37 PMQuote from: PR19_Kit on December 04, 2022, 10:24:30 PMQuote from: Weaver on December 04, 2022, 10:05:57 PMI use Open Office, which is essentially a free, open-source clone of old MS Office including old Excel, which I got very used to working at Woodford.
Me too, I've had it for ages now, and it works like a charm for me. :thumbsup:
Open Office is an excellent piece of software. Pity MS won't learn from it. :banghead:
But that would mean admitting that they *don't* know everything and that their product *isn't* perfect! ;)
Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 04, 2022, 10:41:50 PMQuote from: rickshaw on December 04, 2022, 10:36:37 PMQuote from: PR19_Kit on December 04, 2022, 10:24:30 PMQuote from: Weaver on December 04, 2022, 10:05:57 PMI use Open Office, which is essentially a free, open-source clone of old MS Office including old Excel, which I got very used to working at Woodford.
Me too, I've had it for ages now, and it works like a charm for me. :thumbsup:
Open Office is an excellent piece of software. Pity MS won't learn from it. :banghead:
But that would mean admitting that they *don't* know everything and that their product *isn't* perfect! ;)
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
From WH Smiths:
US Supersonic Bomber Projects by Scott Lowther
It's a softback 'bookazine' and only a tenner which makes it good value. It has drawings for every project (I think) and the drawings are TO SCALE and THE SCALE IS STATED ON THEM. :thumbsup:
More info: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/5630/bookazine-us-supersonic-bomber-projects
(https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/images/5630.jpg)
Every time I'm in Smiths I look at the latest Bookazine collection. Haven't seen that one yet, must keep an eye open for it :thumbsup:
Scott Lowther stuff in WH Smiths? Wow, progress is being made! :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 06, 2022, 08:34:30 AMScott Lowther stuff in WH Smiths? Wow, progress is being made! :thumbsup:
I saw that in Asda on Saturday.
Quote from: Weaver on November 26, 2022, 07:00:17 AMJust got this: a crowdfunded exercise by Joe Coles, the operator of the Hush-Kit website.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FifymT1WIAQLuJw?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Quality is excellent, with beautiful illustration by Andy Godfrey. Content is a mixture of 'listicles' ("Top 10 Incredible Military Aircraft") and interviews with pilots. LOADS of what-if material too.
Hush-Kit website: https://hushkit.net/
Hush-Kit Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hush_Kit
Andy Godfrey's Twitter: @teaselstudio1
Video review of the Hush-Kit Book Of Warplanes by Ed Nash:
Quote from: Nick on December 06, 2022, 10:37:09 AMQuote from: PR19_Kit on December 06, 2022, 08:34:30 AMScott Lowther stuff in WH Smiths? Wow, progress is being made! :thumbsup:
I saw that in Asda on Saturday.
I'm going into town today so hopefully they'll have it in the main branch. I looked in the smaller one in the station yesterday but they didn't have it.
From WH Smiths yesterday :thumbsup:
US Supersonic Bomber Projects Volume 1 by Scott Lowther
Interestingly this is V.1 which primarily covers those more serious designs. The forthcoming V.2 will cover those more esoteric types.
Two more bookazines from Mortons, this time because they sent me a Christmas discount code: XMAS20. Gets you 20% off + entry into a prize draw for £100 worth of books.
Mortons website: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/home
(https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/images/5620.jpg) (https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/images/5629.jpg)
Picked those up in Smiths a while ago, both are fascinating and great value :thumbsup:
Received today
RAF on the Offensive: The Rebirth of Tactical Air Power 1940-1941 by Greg Baughen
It was on sale at £3.99 from Naval & Millitary Press instead of the usuall £25 and I thought it could be interesting.
Gondor
With my well known liking of all things Concorde related, this one was a 'Must Get' for me.
Mike Bannister's 'Concorde', a nice simple title for an anything BUT simple book. It's a 450 page tome all about his life as a BA pilot. flying VC10s and Concordes.
And it had to be bought as Mike, BA's Senior Concorde Pilot, was the same guy who was my 'instructor' for my day 'flying' the Concorde simulator at Brooklands in 2019!
See here :- https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=47163.msg863457#msg863457
Christmas list:
Supermarine Secret Projects 2: Fighters and Bombers
Judge Dredd Dreadnoughts
Judge Dredd Origins
Finally got one of the Supermarine bookazines, I guess No.1 is on its way too as I've been told two pressies have been delayed by the postal strikes.
Catching up with some Dredd stories, some early ones to fill in gaps. I used to be quite into Dredd but haven't read anything for some time.
Well it's 2023 in parts of the World and the 2023 thread is started so this is locked.