Vic, not sure where you are located but many of the extant manuals and mod sheets are available for viewing and copying at the British National Archives at Kew. Unfortunately, they have not been digitized.
Vic, not sure where you are located but many of the extant manuals and mod sheets are available for viewing and copying at the British National Archives at Kew. Unfortunately, they have not been digitized.
Thanks for that but I'm in Canada so I can't take advantage of that. I live in Ottawa (our capital for those not from here) and have started thinking about going into our archives for some documents.
This is great. I have thoroughly enjoyed going through it. I did notice it is missing the last two sections. Does anyone have those by chance? They are:
Section 10 - Electrical and Radio Installations
Section 11 - Armament and Equipment Installations.
Thanks for that but I'm in Canada so I can't take advantage of that. I live in Ottawa (our capital for those not from here) and have started thinking about going into our archives for some documents.
I do not know why some are shown as attachments and some as thumbnails but that gives you a rough idea of what the Canada Science and Tech Museum holds.
If you are allowed to photograph these books here are a couple of hints on how to do a good copy with a smart phone
There is a better one for bound books It is in Japanese but the video is good enough to follow what to do and includes diagrams
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He has more detail in his blog but there is no link to it. I used MDF not styrofoam but what you use is your choice. I also scaled to folio pages which naturally results in lower resolution but is still reasonable with my Samsung.
I needed to research these because the National Archives of Australia's setup is totally useless.
As you can see the manufacturers shades have been replaced with light card (manila folders). Add to that these shonky shades hang where they want (cannot be focused) and the proper bulbs have been replaced with the cheapest available instead of ones with the correct light spectrum.
The result is uneven lighting which produces results like these.
Thank you very much for both the info on the manuals in my area and the DIY book scanner! I've been wanting to get to the museum's library for a while but their hours of operation are not conducive to someone with a day job. But when I do get there, I hope to have made the book scanner that the Japanese fellow designed. That looks like a pretty simple and good performing design.