The Battleship Richelieu (Super Drawings in 3D)

The 17th book (No. 16017) in the Super Drawings in 3D series is devoted to the French battleship Richelieu. It is a stapled card cover in European A4 size (8-1/4" x 11-3/4") with 76 internal pages. For reasons known only to the publishers the card covers are included in the page numbering. There is also an unbound foldout so make sure it is included if buying second hand.This is the first French ship to appear in this series. Although it is a capital ship of the World War II era which seems to dominate this series the Richelieu had a number of design features of great interest not seen in other ships. The two quadruple turrets mounted forward is the most obvious feature. There are also the co-axial multiple directors (3 originally but 2 as depicted) mounted at the top of the tower foremast. Then there is the interesting combined funnel and main mast which reminds one of the later "macks" (combined mast and stack) that appeared on some postwar US ships.The book has a 5 page design, description, and service history which can only be considered barely adequate. The only reference given is the Garzke and Dulin book. The more recent Jordan and Dumas book is far superior. The rest of the book is devoted to the stunning CAD drawings. The captions are on the weak side with minimal information which is a weakness of the series as a whole. There are more than a few features which are completely unremarked. On the plus side there is a plan view with the Bofors and Oerlikon positions called out with on plan numbers.The unbound foldout has conventional five view line drawings of the ship in 1/400th scale. These are supplemented by perspective line drawings that mimic the front and rear cover and seem superfluous and included just to fill in space.Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in this ship. If you have others in this series this one is to the same high standards.

This is my first real good look at a French Battleship. I've always been a little puzzled about about the design of these ships as they are rather unorthodox, and the book describes some of the thinking that went into building treaty ships.The ship in the book is as it was completed at the end of the war. I would like to see some some other configuration of these ships during there time not just a snapshot of a day in the life of the ship.Like the other 3D books, this one is outstanding. My only criticism on this one is the decks are colored a little to dark and it makes it a bit harder to see details on the deck. Other wise good job!GM

Not all that much is available on the countries involved in WW II whose navies were considered to be either second rate and/or were not around for the long haul. That's a shame for some were extremely well thought out designs based on the theory of having them survive against their better equipped opponents. Consider certain components of the French, Dutch and Italian Navies and schematic drawings such as found in this book become all the more desirable.

Great entail drawings of the ship's exterior but no drawings of the interior of the ship layout of magazines propulsion etc

Great book for modelers looking for details to finish-off the Trumpter kit.

Quick shipping; product received exactly as described in ad.

For the serious students of warships, the Kagero line are fantastic! This title is especially well received in that the French warships don't get nearly the coverage of most other navies of WWII.

Excellent detail from all angles. Provided details I had never seen elsewhere which I will use in the 1:400 model I will assemble.

I don't know what happened with this Richlieu book. Normally the drawings in this series are really excellent but this one falls far below parr. I purchased the Graf Spee book at the same time and the quality of the illustrations are far superior being clear and bright and very lifelike. The Richlieu drawings are dull and drab, lack contrast and shading and are far inferior to other books in the series and it is the lack of contrast that causes this loss of detail. I note that the team who did this edition (Richlieu) did not have Stefan Draminski in it, Is this significant? The book is OK but only rates a thee out of five. I hope the new Hood book due out very soon is not like this

Ideal for model makers and naval enthusiasts who want to see all the details of a specific ship. It must have taken a huge amonut of research. Highly recommended.

Dir Pläne zeigen sehr schön, wie ein fertiges Modell später aussehen kann und klärt viele Fragen, die sich auf normalen 2D-Plänen nicht darstellen lassen.Zusätzlich zu "Plansky Modelarsky", Plänen aus dem französischen Marinemuseum in Paris und zu den Plänen aus dem Marinearchiv in Chattelerault ein Muss für jeden, der Vorlagen zu diesem speziellen Schiff sucht.

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