This splendid large format quality book provides a tribute to the late Hugh John Lambert and his extraordinary comprehensive range of master plans of naval ordnance; he produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been published. Seaforth intend to put that right and this first volume focuses on British destroyer weapons of World War II. Lambert died three years ago and the book includes a full obituary. Norman Friedman, one of the foremost authorities on twentieth century naval weaponry, has written a very good fifty-three page scene setter by way of an introduction. It provides a first class overview of British destroyer development and their weapons, mostly their guns, from the period before World War I up to 1945, illustrated by over fifty photographs. This is followed by 176 pages of weapon, mostly guns but also systems plans, beginning with ten pages of basic destroyer plans (‘S’ series) of HM Ships: Whitehall (1924), Harvester (1940), Matabele (1939), Napier.. Read more
John Roberts, Friends of the Royal Navy Museum, 2019

The scope and breadth of this title is simply astonishing. It matters not whether you are interested in scale modelling or not, if you have any interest in WW2 then this title makes a huge contribution to the history, facts and narrative. I have to declare that I’m no specialist in naval matters, not even a naval scale modeller, my interests lie in matters aviation. What is astonishing to me is just how quickly I was drawn into the book, its readability, clarity and style are magnificent. Pick any section and you’ll be absorbed and hooked on what comes next... This title is, I am bound to say, possibly the best book I have ever seen on any subject – it’s that good in my opinion. Watch the full video review [link=https://www.scalemodellingnow.com/bookreviews-battleship-bismarck-a-design-and-operational-history]here[/link]
Scale Modelling Now

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Stand To! Journal of the Western Front Association

A book that will delight the enthusiasts of British battleships. Read the full French review [link=http://lefauteuildecolbert.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-last-british-battleship-hms.html]here[/link]
Le Fauteuil de Colbert

There are plenty of photographs, liberally sprinkled throughout, many of which are great. There are also a good number of relatively poor quality. But as Henshaw explains, they're as good as he could find, and illustrate important points. Using such surprisingly scant reference material - scant when you consider over 2,700 of Liberty ships were built - Henshaw has produced what is probably the most attractive aspect of this book, the numerous line drawings. Some of these are quite accurate, where plentiful reference such as other detailed drawings could be sourced, whilst others, as Henshaw is at pains to point out, are educated guesses based on the available evidence. I love them, and hope they might one day help me build models. A fascinating book, well worth having/reading. Read the full review [link=https://aquestionofscale.blogspot.com/2019/05/book-review-libertys-provenance-john.html]here[/link]
A Question Of Scale, Seb Palmer