Ju-88, Volume One

[Peter Achs]

Originally Posted by FalkeEins

perhaps drop all references to "non-German" incompetence in future reviews then eh?

Ahm… No.
There is a connection between the home country of the author and the quality. The books from UK/US or Eastern Europe that I know and deal with my field of interest (Junkers, air defense etc) are simply bad. I can prove it.

I do not know who you are. But why are you defending this obviously bad book? You know that it is full of errors and lacks so many things. The typos and howlers are just a small aspect.

Kagero:
I have three booklets about the Ju 88 (issues 13-15). I'm sorry, but the quality of the text and captions of this series is below any discussion. The line drawings are fine. Color drawings are beautiful to look at, but the “scientific” value tends to zero. These (all?) color profiles from this period are 90 percent speculation.

Regards
Peter

[ChrisS]

Peter, don't worry it's an English ingrained personality trait to defend the 'under-dog' against teutonic onslaughts, Belgium, Greece and Norway come to mind

Being serious now: with regard to Kagero's artwork I think 90% is a major exageration, for example in volume III the artist has placed wartime photographs next to his profiles so that the accuracy can be seen. Can we expect that your book will be filled with superbly crafted and accurate profiles then? Do you have an artist in mind? I can recommend a Serbian, a Slovakian, an Englishman, a couple of Polish chaps and even a frenchman. Sadly only one German (and he works for Kagero)

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Peter,

The more you attack writers of works from other countries, the lower your stature in our eyes becomes. A word to the wise...

Regards,
Richard

[Nick Beale]

I recommend a speedy return to the topic of this thread.

William Medcalf has set up a site for his book which will include errata, so I'm sure that specific contributions will be welcome, whether sent direct or via this forum. Sweeping generalisations are altogether less helpful, I suspect.

[Peter Achs]

Hi Chris,

I think the quality of a book does not depend on the number of profiles. I have a theory that I wrote several years ago on another board: The quality of a book is inversely proportional to the number of color profiles. (Roughly)

You forgot one Icelander:
Ednorth makes very good and accurate profiles.

Regards
Peter

[ChrisS]

Originally Posted by Peter Achs

I think the quality of a book does not depend on the number of profiles. I have a theory that I wrote several years ago on another board: The quality of a book is inversely proportional to the number of color profiles. (Roughly)

You forgot one Icelander:
Ednorth makes very good and accurate profiles.

Hi Peter
Yes I did forget Ednorth, remiss of me!

I think the EoE project books will be filled with profiles.... so I am certain Larry Hickey will blow your theory to pieces

All the best

Chris