FW 190 vol. 1/Smith & Creek (Classic)

[Jukka Juutinen]

Anyone seen this yet: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Fock.../9781906537296

[Jukka Juutinen]

Anyone???

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen

Anyone???

Some people on LEMB have commented.

[Peter D Evans]

Thanks for the pointer to the LEMB Nick, but as is the way at present, Jukka is unable to view the thread/LEMB. However, here are a selection of the comments posted thus far.

Member: gareth/digiartist "Received my copy yesterday too and I have to say it just blew me away. I love the volumes on the Me262 but this sets a new standard! The layout, design and overall quality is stunning. Although just a a quick glance ,while juggling my 5 week old sons feed the two things that really stood out was the superb profile work and the clarity and size of the photos, many I'd never seen before. Roll on the other volumes!"

Member: Chris Simmonds/Hurricane "Superb quality, the stock is of high quality, the photos reproduced to the highest quality and of really good size: the book is a masterpiece, the text is both lucid and authorative, I have been 'glued' to it since opening the first page. Greatly look forward to the next volumes."

Member: Steve/JSG72: "Interesting pic on page 92 showing an Fw190 under construction. Ahead of it and is an Bf110 and a Fw189 ahead of that. This pic is captioned to illustrate that Focke-Wulf were also building Messerschmitts at this time. What is not mentioned is the plane directly to the left front. It looks like, possibly a Fw190V with a 139 engine. It appears in photo to be a shiny surfaced "Klein" wing with an unusually large Balkenkreus. Also the flaps appear deployed with the insides looking smooth with no fillets. I mention this because there are no other pics I have seen of the Fw190V series craft allowing this observation.

On another note. I would hope that members are "Upto speed" on new released volumes and are not going to fall behind on another great Ian Allan/Classic publication.

TBH, this book is indeed a fantastic overview into the development of the Fw190. It is certainly a good source of unseen pictures, especially the Versuch planes and some Official factory drawings/estimates of performance. They also give an insight into the interpretation of Allied planes vs the Fw190 with British/American and Soviet trials. This is not a purely technical book. It does contain chapters and forays into the development of the high altitude planes developed and tested by FW, only, again enhance by the pictures.

Pilot experiences on Ops, which I have to say, contain some whimsical references TMM. The number of planes shot down on standard ammo "first hand" is indeed thought provoking? As a pick up and read reference, this book has the best pictures ever. All 4? volumes will be a great enhancement. However, you will need many other titles, dealing with the Fw190 series to be satisfied. (Which is good BTW.) Robert and Eddie are to be congratulated on collating and producing, such a work. It is of course "A Classic".

Recommended. Without doubt."

...and for what its worth, I agree with all three, it is a fantastic work...

Cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

[Jukka Juutinen]

Thanks Peter! I will order it right away!

[Jim P.]

gareth/digiartist is a brave soul to be handling a new book while feeding two 5-week olds - the end result could have been catastrophic!!!

And according to Amazon, this book will be available through them in early to mid-January 2012 in the U.S. My copy is on order.

[digiartist]

Jim, just my bad grammer....just the one son, but yes I was courting disaster :-)

By the way, just to reiterate whats been already said about the 190 book. It is superb, and now that I've had more time to read it I would heartily recommend it.
Personally my interest is in the Dora and later marks of Anton but with the superb photos and interesting text I was really taken by the book's coverage of the prototypes and early 190s.