A History of Canadian Army Trades and Parachute Badges. A
book that contains a job description for every trade in the
Canadian Army since before the First World War. The vast
majority of trades described are long obsolete, examples of
these being Carriage and Wagon Repairer, Checker Number
Taker, Chemical Technician, Paperhanger, Panel Beater,
Watchmaker, Despatch Rider, Photogrammetrist and hundreds of
others. For each job, a photo of their trade badge is shown
if one existed, but not all trades had badges. This labour
of love is now extremely rare.
New in card cover - 262pp, c500 colour & b/w
illustrations
This special special 'Aces High'
publication covers one of the most famous military attack
helicopters, the Mil Mi-24 Hind. Using Trumpeter's 1/35
scale kit, Daniel Zamarbide guides you through the processes
of construction, detailing, painting and weathering of a
model of the legendary helicopter. The finished model is
presented on a vignette containing a vehicle and figures,
whose creation is also described in detail. The volume also
includes details of the history and development of the Mil
Mi-24, attractive colour profiles, and a comprehensive
'walkaround' chapter.
New in card covers - A4 format,
140pp, c400 colour photos
The Kamov design bureau was
established in late 1940s, successfully demonstrating the
single engine ultra-light Ka-8 type, and its improved
derivate Ka-10, which was flown on 30th of August 1949. Both
were experimental types, and the latter was adopted by
Soviet naval aviation. This splendid volume covers the
modern Werewolf, Black Shark, Erdogan, Alligator military
attack helicopters. Packed with full colour, detail
photographs, it will be an invaluable aid to modellers.
New
in card cover - A4 format, 96pp, c280 colour photos
British naval policy before the
First World War was to maintain a fleet at least as powerful
as the next two largest navies of tyhe world, put together.
The result was the largest array of armed might that the
world had ever seen. Martin Holbrook commernts, and presents
a collection of large format, full page colour plates of
twelve of the mightiest British warships of the era. With a
foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of
Burma, this very large format book (17 x 14.5 inches) will
be a valuable addition to naval collections.
Good in d/w - large format, 54pp,
12 colour plates
On the basis of newly discovered or
long neglected documents in German military archives, this
book gives the first description of Schlieffen's war plans
from 1904 to 1906, and Moltke's plans from 1907 to 1914. It
gives the first appraisal of the military and political
factors which influenced German war planning and reveals the
strategy for war against Russia from 1909 to 1912. It traces
the decline in the German military position and the
recognition by 1913 that it would be forced to fight a war
on both the Eastern and Western fronts.
