Maciej Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Dear LSM members and visitors,Four new books will be published by Kagero in October 2015. Super Drawings in 3D No 38The Battleship Tirpitz Stefan Dramiński ISBN 978-83-64596-69-8• 100 pages• 183 renders• Insert Poster A3 - comparison of both battleships of the Bismarck class• Gloss coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Booklet binding The Tripitz, sister ship of the legendary Bismarck, was the last battleship to be procured by the German Kriegsmarine. As fate would have it, she spent almost the entire war in Norway and although she never got a chance to use her guns against enemy warships, her existence alone was a major threat to Allied shipping. Being a “fleet in being” in the fjords of Norway, Tripitz tied up huge Allied resources to keep her in check. It is no wonder then that the Allies attempted to take her out of action at all costs and subjected Tripitz to countless air and surface attacks throughout her service career. Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop Super Drawings in 3D No 39The Battleship HMS Warspite 1914–1919 Troels W. Hansen ISBN 978-83-64596-73-5• 92 pages• 170 renders• Gloss coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Booklet binding In 1906, the British launched one of the most revolutionary ships ever built – HMS Dreadnought. Besides being a big ship powered by turbines the ship was constructed with „all big guns“. This meant that the earlier battleships were typically equipped with just 4 main guns intended to engage other battleships plus an additional number of smaller guns to engage cruisers. The Dreadnought dispensed with the smaller weapons to increase her main battery to 10 12in guns, making her broadside twice as powerful as any other capital ship in the world. This design effectively rendered all other battleships obsolete, and sparked a naval shipbuilding race between the naval powers which consumed a huge portion of their industrial capacity up to and during WWI. Several battleships of different classes were built but learning that both Japan and the United States were implementing 14 inch guns decisive measures were taken to keep the Royal Navy ahead – the Queen Elizabeth class with it‘s fearsome 15 inch guns were therefor introduced. In 1913 the British launched HMS Queen Elizabeth which was often described as a Super Dreadnought: bigger, faster, and more heavily armed and armored than any other ship. During the next few years 4 more ships where launched. Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop Top Drawings 26Focke-Wulf Fw 190 DD-9/D-11/D-13/D-15 models Stefan Dramiński ISBN 978-83-64596-72-8• 32 pages• 19 drawings sheets A4, 1:72, 1:48, 1:16, 1:4• 11 color profiles (23 views)• 1 double sheet B2 with the scheme 1:16• Masking foil• Format (sizes): (210x297 mm)• booklet binding The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D, better known to its contemporaries as the Langnasen Dora (Long-nose Dora), was the finest project created by Kurt Tank’s design team to see service in numbers. It duly capitalized on all their previous experience in building high-performance fighters. The D-9, the aircraft’s most popular variant, was first flown on 7th September 1944. Soon it made its presence felt both on the western and eastern fronts. A total of some 700 machines (sources vary) were assembled in Focke-Wulf plant at Cottbus, as well as by Arado and Fieseler contractors, by the end of the war. The D-9 powered by Jumo 213A-1 engine was practically the only variant to see serial production. The later D-11, D-12 and D-13 variants, powered by Jumo 213F-1 engines, were approved for production in March 1945, and only a few were delivered. D-12’s armament was one engine-mounted 30-mm MK 108 cannon and two 20-mm MG 151s in the wing roots. The D-13 differed from the D-12 by having a 20 mm engine-mounted MG 151 cannon in place of the 30 mm MK 108 unit. If only handled with skill, the Dora was a formidable opponent, capable of outrunning and outmanoeuvring any allied fighter it was pitted against. Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop We invite to visit our website www.kagero.eu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 2, 2015 Administrators Share Posted October 2, 2015 Nice! Love the later Fw190D models... Very welcome release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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