Steve Wiper
Price: £14.99
This is the sixth volume in a series providing ship modellers with all they need to know about a famous class of warship and associated model kits.
The subject of this volume is the Second World War German Navy's fast attack torpedo boat, called the Schnellboot, but more commonly known in the English speaking world as the "E-Boat. This vessel was considered to be one of the most effective of its type during the entire conflict, and feared by all who encountered it.
The S-Boats went through a very notisable evolution as the war progressed, finishing up as a weapons platform that was extensively examined by the victorious Allied forces post-war. Some nations continued the use of captured S-Boats for years following the end of the war.
This book will be an extensive referance tool, invaluable to the modeller, useful to the historian, and inspiring to the newcomer. Historic photographs, extensive plan sets, colour illistrations, model galleries, and model availability information, make this book a "Must Have" to those interested in the "kriegsmarine Schnellboote". 64 pages p/b