paul fisher Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Not really sure where to put this as I've never reviewed a product before but the new book from Crecy on the Macchi 200, 202 and 205 fighters arrived yesterday and simply blew me out of my socks.I was deeply into building Italian aircraft in 1/72 scale back in the 70's and 80's when I could see that well and lately my interest in trying again in a larger scale has been growing so I went ahead and bought this book. We had nothing even remotely this good to go from and the Italian publications of the day suffered from poor photo reproduction and paper. I was pleasantly surprised at the depth of detailed information, drawings and best of all clear period photos that really show the design and construction of these beautiful 'planes .One thing I note in particular is that none of the paint applications are the same from 'plane to 'plane, even in the same scheme the motions of the human arm and hand are visible in the random application of the markings.A feast for the smoke ring aficionado.I am already searching for a better airbrush! Since losing a fifty year accumulation of books a few years ago I have been extremely picky about what I have replaced.This is certainly a book worth the modest price and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about these gorgeous aircraft. Best, Paul Rick Griewski, Pete Fleischmann, Out2gtcha and 18 others 13 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Sounds like I'll have to get a copy... Thanks for the insight Paul! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Still waiting for my copy. Thanks for your initial impressions though! Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 37 minutes ago, Iain said: Sounds like I'll have to get a copy... Thanks for the insight Paul! Iain £30.45 on Amazon UK, RRP £40, just ordered a copy, thanks Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Well, my copy just arrived. There isn't much more I can add to the review above posted by Paul other than to say buy with confidence! Mark Proulx Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 So what is the title? I cant get anything to pop up on Amazon here in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Is it this one?: LSP_K2, paul fisher, coogrfan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Yup. Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Hmmm... the listing for that book says it is to be offered by Classic Publications and will be released May 24th. What, do they have to translate it from English english to American english? europapete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 No, they just have to get "approval" from certain Italian families over here. Just to make sure commission payments go where they should, you understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I'm not much into documentation and books of this nature, but just having acquired the Murizio Terlizzi MC 202/205 Upgrade Set, it actually starts to have some appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Also don't forget Aircraft In Pixels has some rather nice sets too MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) Also ... says it's volume one ... release on May 31 Amazon U.S. Edited March 23 by MikeMaben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 10 minutes ago, MikeMaben said: Also ... says it's volume one ... release on May 31 Amazon U.S. Same here. Mine was ordered two weeks ago and it was announced for the same date! I saw it yesterday in a shop but the price was the double of the Amazon discount price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/23/2024 at 7:39 AM, MikeMaben said: Also ... says it's volume one ... release on May 31 Amazon U.S. The book arrived this morning. So the delivery date was seemingly a provisional one! europapete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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