Luke R. Bucci, PhD
Reviews By Author
The Brandenberg-class Battleships 1890-1918. Super Drawings in 3DPublished: March 3, 2020 Thanks to Casemate Publishing & IPMSUSA for the review copy! Kagero Publishing continues to illustrate obscure ships in exacting CG 3D detail with their characteristic dark blue background. This time the first German Imperial Navy battleships – the Brandenberg class – is the subject. This book is a softbound European A4 size (8 ¼ by 1111/16 inches) with only English language (… more |
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The The Russian ASW Guided Missile Cruiser Petropavlovsk. Top Drawings 74 7074Published: February 25, 2020 Kagero Publishing, from Poland, is one of the major military history publishing houses. Since 1998, when Kagero started publishing in English, over 550 titles have been produced. Topics focus on specific planes, armor and ships, along with a bevy of focused topics, such as a class of warships or an armor type. Kagero caters to ship modelers by turning out books filled with line and 3D computer… more |
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British Battleship vs Italian Battleship: The Mediterranean 1940-41Published: February 9, 2020 Mark E. Stille, a retired Commander of the U.S. Navy, and is a prolific writer and enthusiast for WW2 naval history – over 40 Osprey titles. Paul Wright painted the ships on the cover and in the text. Alan Gilliland illustrated the maps, ship profiles and armaments. Maurizio Brescia provided many of the photographs. This book is in the Duel (Engage the Enemy) series from Osprey… more |
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World War II US Fast Carrier Task Force Tactics 1943-45Published: January 27, 2020 Brian Lane Herder is a WW2 naval enthusiast and legislative librarian for Kansas state government. Adam Hook did the illustrations and Martin Windrow is the Series Editor. You get a 9.75 X 7.25 inches size paperback book with ten sections. You get 8 full-page, full color Plates (illustration by Adam Hook), 18 full color photos (most not seen before), 25 B&W photos (most not seen… more |
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Kawasaki Type Tanker PE Scale Set #794Published: January 27, 2020 Bottom LineTom’s Modelworks supplies a hefty, highly-detailed PE set for the Fujimi family of 12 large, Kawasaki-type Imperial Japanese Navy fleet tankers. This PE set is for advanced modelers with some scratch-building experience. Brief HistoryThe Kawasaki type tankers were twelve large (~10000 tons) tankers that were designed in the mid-1930s with the intention… more |
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Treaty Cruisers. The First International Warship Building CompetitionPublished: March 16, 2019 Thanks to Casemate Publishing & IPMSUSA for the review copy! This book is also available in a hardback version (302 pages) priced at $55.00. Casemate Publishers has reprinted a definitive review of the so-called “Treaty Cruisers” by Leo Marriot. The author has a long list of military books to his credit, focusing on WW2 ground actions and WW2 to modern naval subjects,… more |
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The Cruiser Moskva - Top DrawingsPublished: January 19, 2019 Thanks to Casemate Publishing and IPMSUSA for the review copy! The Moskvawas specifically designed to be a US Polaris submarine hunter/killer in the Arctic Ocean, along with her* sister ship Leningradin 1962, and operational in 1967. Their primary weapon was helicopter-launched torpedoes and depth charges assisted with sonobuoys, although the ships themselves carried missiles and… more |
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Tsushima 1905 - Death of a Russian FleetPublished: December 26, 2018 Thanks to Osprey Publishing for the review copy and IPMSUSA staff for delivering the book and publishing the review. Mark Lardas is a real “rocket scientist” who has worked on Space Shuttle analytics and navigation. He is also an accomplished author with at least twelve books on naval topics, and a model maker as well. See his website for more details (… more |
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IJN 14cm Barrels With Or Without Blast Bags SetsPublished: December 5, 2018 Bottom Line: Brass barrels in 1/700 scale for all WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) warships mounting 14cm (5.5in)/50cal guns, for mountings without (-058) or with (-059) blast bags.
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The Japanese Destroyer Fubuki 16061. Super Drawings in 3DPublished: November 25, 2018 Thanks to Casemate Books and IPMS USA for the review copy! Kagero Publishing has produced a large number of WW2 single-warship books from their Super Drawings in 3D series. These are reference works of the highest quality, detail, and interest for modelers. Each book has roughly 82-92 pages (92 for Fubuki), beginning with a short biography of the ship followed by a wealth of CG (… more |