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,
highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their
appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and
camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings
and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and
weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for
super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and
improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic
gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the
book concludes with a section on research references - books,
monographs, large-scale plans and websites.
This volume is devoted to the largest class of submarines ever built,
the Type VII, which formed the backbone of the German effort in the
critical Battle of the Atlantic. A pre-war design, the Type VII was
developed as the campaign progressed and was still in frontline service
in 1945. All the major variants, as well as minor changes to equipment,
are covered here.
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 boats.
