Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #95
Author: Mikhail Maslov
ISBN: 13; 978 1 84603 9812
Price: $21.95
The chapter breakdown is well thought-out and clear:
Introduction
Spanish Civil War
Swallows Over China
Khalkin Gol (Russo-Japanese conflict)
Winter War (Russo-Finn conflict)
Great Patriotic War
Appendices
There are 38 color plates that are of the highest quality (and the most inspiration for modelers) and about 90 black and white photographs throughout the book. It's an interesting read and well-written. I can't tell if it was originally written in English or if it is a translation; it appears to be written by a native speaker of English.
As soon as I saw this book was coming out, I told Emil Minerich, the owner of Skyway Model Shop, that I wanted it; it's a winner. Sure enough, when I received it, I found a ton of wonderful profiles to choose from in there to go with all the cool model kits out there.
I pulled down my Smer Hi-Tech Plus kit (ex-Heller) of the I-153 and started messing with it already; I have great ideas now...