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ThunderChief76
Airman 1st Class
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
- 1,800
- Feb 27, 2020
ThunderChief76
nice pair. What is the look of "Lend-Lease and Soviet Aviation in the Second World War"? Looks very good. It details every model and its service?
Have both of those, my reviews are on Amazon if that's of interest to you.
They're both excellent books.
Goes a bit beyond that, to point of describing Soviet re-engineing and rearmament efforts to "Russianize" the aircraft. It's a decent buy.
ThunderChief76
Airman 1st Class
Awesome, thanks. I agree they are both worth the price.
I do have the original edition. I have not cracked the new one yet, but when I do I will give my biased opinion.
OK, I finally got around to this book and I have to say unequivocally that I like it better than the original. I think the layout is better and so is the picture count. Obviously given the two I would choose this one, but as an addition to the first...I would say yes. The only criticism I can offer, and it may not be the books fault, is that I wish there was more on the VVA14.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
- 1,800
- Feb 27, 2020
Thanks
jetcal1
. I have read both reviews and made me interested in the two books, so...to the long list.- Thread starter
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Great buys Guys.
My Fathers Day present from the boss lady last week....!
My Fathers Day present from the boss lady last week....!
Nice Wayne! Boss lady has good taste.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
- 1,800
- Feb 27, 2020
This is my last grab.
But instead of joyfull, is a bitter one.
Four and a half months ago I tried to take advantage of the 20% off and free delivery in Europe offer from Osprey Publishing in their website and ordered some 9 tittles of both Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.
It was in the middle of the lockdown both in UK and in Spain, so I expect delays over the 2-3 weeks arrival estimate. By late June the package hasn´t arrived so I contact Osprey and they tell me that they will reship the order.
So far, so good. We were (are) in the worst health pandemic of the last century, with a spike in online shopping. Packages can get lost (never to me in more than 20 years of online shopping, but ther is always a first time).
So they sent the order once again, but namely in two packages, one with the order minus Ju 88 Aces of WW2 and a couple of days after, the missing book. Little weird to me but ok.
The small package arrived in a timely fashion in two weeks. The big one didn´t show up. Wait for a little time and start talking to Osprey once again.
Agreed to wait some more time but some what suspicious to me.
BTW, they sent the package without any tracking info.
Mid August and no show of the order, so began bugging once more.
They agreed to sent the order once again. Three times now. Could you belive it? I was more than suspicious but yesterday mailman leave a notice in my mailbox that he wasn´t able to deliver a package for me from UK, so I must show in my local post office to get it.
Alas, at least the order!
Today went at first hour to retrieve my package and...
Surprise. They gave me a little package that can´t hold more than one book. You know, 8 AoA/CA books at 96 pages each make some bulky package.
Went to work pretty much upset (already late), daugther birthday today and finally open the package late at night.
Obviously only one book. Fw 200 Condor Units. One of the order. Still lacking other 7.
And to add insult to injury, a pretty bad edition. The aircraft profiles look bleak (the mobile phone has enhanced them, true is sadder), pages and photos bleak and grainy (phone camera also enhanced them).
Compare with Nate units of WW2 arrived March this year and Devastator Squadrons of USN (edited 20 years ago):
Only front and back covers seems to be of decent quality. Not able (or willing) to read the text. It´s Chris Goss, so it can be bad.
What do you think? The mailman get an extra income reselling Osprey books in Ebay or Osprey pretty much pranged me?
I have already made my guess.
But instead of joyfull, is a bitter one.
Four and a half months ago I tried to take advantage of the 20% off and free delivery in Europe offer from Osprey Publishing in their website and ordered some 9 tittles of both Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.
It was in the middle of the lockdown both in UK and in Spain, so I expect delays over the 2-3 weeks arrival estimate. By late June the package hasn´t arrived so I contact Osprey and they tell me that they will reship the order.
So far, so good. We were (are) in the worst health pandemic of the last century, with a spike in online shopping. Packages can get lost (never to me in more than 20 years of online shopping, but ther is always a first time).
So they sent the order once again, but namely in two packages, one with the order minus Ju 88 Aces of WW2 and a couple of days after, the missing book. Little weird to me but ok.
The small package arrived in a timely fashion in two weeks. The big one didn´t show up. Wait for a little time and start talking to Osprey once again.
Agreed to wait some more time but some what suspicious to me.
BTW, they sent the package without any tracking info.
Mid August and no show of the order, so began bugging once more.
They agreed to sent the order once again. Three times now. Could you belive it? I was more than suspicious but yesterday mailman leave a notice in my mailbox that he wasn´t able to deliver a package for me from UK, so I must show in my local post office to get it.
Alas, at least the order!
Today went at first hour to retrieve my package and...
Surprise. They gave me a little package that can´t hold more than one book. You know, 8 AoA/CA books at 96 pages each make some bulky package.
Went to work pretty much upset (already late), daugther birthday today and finally open the package late at night.
Obviously only one book. Fw 200 Condor Units. One of the order. Still lacking other 7.
And to add insult to injury, a pretty bad edition. The aircraft profiles look bleak (the mobile phone has enhanced them, true is sadder), pages and photos bleak and grainy (phone camera also enhanced them).
Compare with Nate units of WW2 arrived March this year and Devastator Squadrons of USN (edited 20 years ago):
Only front and back covers seems to be of decent quality. Not able (or willing) to read the text. It´s Chris Goss, so it can be bad.
What do you think? The mailman get an extra income reselling Osprey books in Ebay or Osprey pretty much pranged me?
I have already made my guess.
WJPearce
Airman 1st Class
Thank you sir, I appreciate the follow up. It is still on my list. I will pull the trigger eventually.
I have that Fw 200 book, and I guess not knowing any better I liked it. Surprised by the use of the Condor being so sparse in WWII that I wonder why Churchill even bothered to give it a cool nickname.
From she who must be obeyed, with maybe a little nudge in the right direction here and there...
ThunderChief76
Airman 1st Class
Both the Blitz and Heinkel books are excellent. Great pickups!
