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AD Flying Boats

by Colin Owers

Windsock Datafile 159

S u m m a r y
Publisher and Title: Windsock Datafile 159 - AD Flying Boats by Colin Owers
Media: Soft cover, A4 format
Price: £11.50 available online from Albatros Productions' website
Review Type: First Read
Advantages: Interesting and informative text; excellent collection of period photographs; close-up colour images of surviving and reproduction airframes; new detailed scale plans; inspirational artwork.
Disadvantages:  
Conclusion: An excellent publication that caters for both the enthusiast and modeller alike.


Reviewed by Rob Baumgartner



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FirstRead

 

Harris Booth was responsible for several aircraft designs, the most successful being the 1917 AD Admiralty flying boat.

As well as performing duties during World War I, the type was used post-war by Norway, New Zealand, Japan, and Sweden. Colin Owers covers its history with an informative text that uses 32 pages and 47 black and white period photographs.

Also within the soft card covers are a comprehensive set of scale plans. These have been drawn and traced by the indefatigable Martin Digmayer in both 1:72 and 1:48 scales. They are presented over 12 pages and include additional detailed views where necessary.

The A4 format is perfect for a series such as this. It allows as much information as possible to be conveyed from the pages to the reader.

The narrative is interesting and easy to read and doesn’t bog the enthusiast down with a myriad of facts and figures. These are saved for the appendix where the data is displayed in a collection of comparative tables.

Ronny Bar has created nine pieces of artwork that cover a good variety of colour schemes. It’s also good to see Paul Monteagle back, as he contributes an excellent painting of the Channel Mk.II for the front cover.

 

 

Conclusion

 

This is another welcome addition to the Datafile series. The popular format delivers on providing the modeller and enthusiast with an excellent all-round coverage of an often neglected WWI flying boat.

Thanks to Albatros Productions for the review sample

Review Copyright © 2012 by Rob Baumgartner
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Last updated 25 September, 2013

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