Description

Large format paperback, staple bound in white pictorial covers. 36 pages plus covers. Illustrated with 45 rare archive black and white photographs; 14 pages of detailed 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings, together with technical data on both short- and long- fuselaged versions, by Ian R. Stair and three color profiles plus 8 other color images by Ray Rimell on rear cover. “Camoflage and Markings” essay by Ray Rimell and Appendices round out this issue. First edition, no other dates of publication given (this popular issue was reprinted at least twice). “Few WWI aeroplane designs would be subject to the continuous modifications and many experimental programmes of the Hansa -Brandenburg W 12 floatplane, yet all this fine-tuning paid off as these fighters proved highly effective in the hands of German Flanders-based Staffeln. With their firepower and speed these aircraft were capable of taking on the big Felixstowe flying boats and at least two British scouting airships were lost” …to their depredations. [Publisher’s Blurb]. An excellent resource for the scale-modeler and airplane enthusiast. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, internally unmarked copy with very slight bump to upper fore-edge corner. Near fine.