The Battleship USS Iowa

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Unerwartet viele und sehr gut detaillierte Ansichten auch im 3D-Modus und als Schnittdarstellungen bis in die Tiefen des Schiffskörpers. Besser geht's nicht für Modellbauer und Technikfreaks!!!

Very fast shipping, awesome paper quality (photographic) and folded page drawings of particular of the ship. Not so good the price. Very detailed of ship technical and of her story. Real pity not available in Italian too. Advised for passionate

An excellent and informative guide to the Iowa. Although it doesn't delve too deeply into the internals of the ship(primarily the engines), it does provide wonderful illustrations- many in colour and in various scales- of the Iowa from its commissioning in 1943 right through to 1988 showing all modifications during her lifetime. For model builders like myself having just purchased Trumpeters 200 scale Iowa, this book is a must.

As the previous reviews illustrate, the reader’s reaction to this book is going to depend upon his expectations. Complete coverage of an Iowa class battleship would take several volumes. If what you are looking for is in the book, you are going to like it. If what you are looking for is not in the book, you are not going to like is. Those statements would appear to state the obvious but the marketing materials for the book set bad expectations.This book follows the new Osprey Anatomy of the Ship format. The organization is:I. Introduction - Brief description of the ship and its historyII. Primary View - Broad views, most 3d renderings.III. DiagramsA. General Arrangements - Mostly line drawing of the ship in various configurations.B. Hull Structure - Deck plans and 3d cutaways.C. Superstructure - Same as previousD. Rig - A short section of 3d and line drawings of davits, cranesE. Armament - 3d and line drawings of the various weapons carried over the yearsF. Fire Control - Radar and directorsG. Fittings - An oleo of detailsH. Aircraft - A few pages of line and 3d drawings of the Kingfisher, Seahawk, and catapultI. Boats - 10 pages of 3d and line drawings of boats and life raftsThe book covers all three eras of the ship. The baseline is the World War II configuration. All the deck plans are from that era.If you like 3d renderings of ship details, you are going to love the book. The exterior 3D drawings are excellent and avoid many of the errors I have found in other books (and model kits). This could well be the definitive 3D rendering book of an Iowa class battleship as other reviewers have stated. I echo the praises of other reviewers.If you are into anatomy of a ship, as other reviewers have pointed out this book will be a disappointment. That would not be so much of a problem but for the title of the book (and the “Features of the book” on the cover) setting certain expectations. Outside of the deck plans (which appear to come from the Booklet of General Plans) the structural elements shown (internal and below the waterline) tend to be largely conjectural and at odds with with the actual ship construction.I echo a criticism I have made about other recent ship books and made by another reviewer here: there is too much 3D rendering for the sake of doing 3D. For example, the 3D deck plans add nothing and for many of the 3D interior views I cannot figure out what is being shown. I wish book publishers would limit 3D renderings to things that can be best shown through such renderings.My overall rating is reflects evaluating the book as one that portrays the external configuration of the U.S.S. Iowa throughout its history.