Vol. 64, No. 4 winter 2019 382


T e book is well done, and the photographs illustrating every segment of the author’s builds are thoughtfully and professionally presented with good lighting. T ere are several diagrams and schematics of running gear and electronics gear installation which clarify some of the mysteries of radio control operation.


As might be expected from a Canadian author who is well-grounded on things British, all of his models are those of British steel warships: no American, German, or Japanese warships inhabit these pages. Despite this, there is much to be learned and admired in the work illustrated, from detailing, airbrushing, working with resin, improving kits, and yes, scratch- building as well using wood and styrene sheet.


T e book is printed on good quality satin stock, has a hard cover with dust jacket with a close-up photograph of one of his models on the cover, and contains no fewer than 198 photographs including a gallery of fi nished models as a conclusion. Highly recommended.


Robert N. Steinbrunn Phelps, Wisconsin


British Naval Weapons of World War Two: T e


John Lambert Collection, Volume II: Escort and Minesweeper Weapons


Edited by Norman Friedman


Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2019 Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2019 10” x 11-3/4”, hardcover, 240 pages


Photographs, scale drawings, appendix, index. $59.95


ISBN: 9781526750471


As a ship modeler, books full of generic pictures of HMS Whatever sliding by, a couple of hundred yards away, are of limited value to me. T ey are pleasant to look at while sipping a cup of tea on a rainy day, but what the typical hardcore boat-studier and builder wants are closeups, details, and intimate shots showing the anatomy and layout of the vessel he or she intends to build. Not from a distance, but “right up there”. In a perfect world, a shipbuilder’s book would be crammed full of clear, crisp detail photos, or, even better, detailed technical drawings by a skilled draſt sman.


Well, the perfect world seems to have come into view in this volume.


T is beautifully hardbound, 10-inch by 11-3/4- inch volume contains drawing aſt er excruciatingly detailed drawing of the typical guns and gunmounts, directors, anti-aircraſt


mounts, antisubmarine


equipment, and other juicy bits as mounted on World War II British and Commonwealth escort ships, plus a nice selection of drawings of typical corvettes, sloops, minesweepers, and even a typical Hunt-class destroyer. Deck layouts are given for many ships, which are particularly useful to a modeler like me. T ere are also several United States Navy items, including 20-millimeter Oerlikon guns, and 3-inch deck guns, also drawn to the same very detailed standard.


T e draſt sman, John Lambert, was a member of the Royal Navy during the 1950s and 1960s, serving mostly aboard aircraſt carriers. Aſt er his naval career,


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