Any thoughts on this book? (book of Gato & Balao plans)

[Subnuts]

I was browsing Ebay earlier today and found this rather interesting looking book:

http://tinyurl.com/8va84

Hundreds of illustrations, including dozens of drydock photos, general arrangements at 1:96 scale, larger-scale plan and isometric views of equipment ranging from armament, hatches, diving planes, bollards, periscope supports, etc., frame and station plans, camouflage schemes, longitudinal sections, and more!

:hmm: The covers are missing but it looks like everythings there. Starts at one cent. Anyone heard anything about this book before? Thanks for any answers! :D

[Crash Dive]

Looks cool. :up:

[Sniper_1]

Looks good allright, pity it only ships to the USA as i might have tried to bid on it ;) .

Somebody alret the DEV's as the line drawings look superb (sorry Subnuts :shifty: )

Sniper_1

[Subnuts]

I just noticed that it's up to $26, so it might not be quite an unbelieveable fantastic bargain anymore. :rotfl:

[Abraham]

I ordered the book a few years ago directly from The Floating Drydock. If you want to know every technical detail, camo-schedule and modification on Gatos/Balao's', this is the book!
(104 pages, $ 39.95, ISBN: 0-94405-06-0).

[DeepSix]

http://www.floatingdrydock.com/books.html

Looks like the Gato/Balao book has been retitled "Fleet Submarines of WWII." Not sure if it's a reprint or a new book, but the author is the same....

A ton of interesting titles on that page. :up:

[Abraham]

No, Fleet Submarines of World War Two is a different - less deteiled but also interesting - book.
(ISBN 0-933126-72-7 $ 7.95)