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Title: Osprey
Post by: certainreasons on November 30, 2005, 04:56:12 AM
Hi, is anyone going to review/provide errata for the Osprey Yak book?

Regards


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Massimo Tessitori on November 30, 2005, 10:06:33 PM
Hi, :)
I've the book, but at present time I have not competence enough on the subject to criticize it. The impression is good. I'll ask other people.
Massimo


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Dark Green Man on November 30, 2005, 11:55:16 PM
I also have it.

what are you looking for exactly ?

or are you asking if it is worth spending money on?


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Audrius on December 01, 2005, 08:17:28 AM
Hii!!
Hi, is anyone going to review/provide errata for the Osprey Yak book?Regards

I have no (at least yet) that book in my collection, not like gentlemen here  ;D But I have been disscusing about it with the other fellas who has it and has compitence on the subject and it was disscused on Russian forum.
In general the same serias book on Lavochkin aces is much better than Yak one. The Yak book contains lots of errors and in first place should be mentioned the profiles of a/c. The reson is very simple - most of the profiles is the copy from the russian  "Yak book" by Stankov with it's own mistakes.

BR Audrius


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Massimo Tessitori on December 01, 2005, 09:09:38 PM
Hi, :)
is there a list of detected errors and corrections somewhere? It would be interesting to collect such observations.
Massimo


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Dark Green Man on December 02, 2005, 02:30:25 AM
"most of the profiles is the copy from the russian  "Yak book" by Stankov with it's own mistakes."

oh you noticed that too !


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: M_Bykov on December 02, 2005, 08:01:22 AM
Hi Pals!

Sadly, I haven't enough free time now to make that 'list of detected errors' in those colour profiles... Maybe later. In general only can say that after average but nice looking book about 'Lavochkins', the 'Yak aces' book  by the same author was a great disappointment for me   :o :-\  >:(


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: certainreasons on December 04, 2005, 10:43:56 PM
Thanks to all who replied. Hopefully someone will be able to catalog the 'detected errors', until then we can always post questions about specific aircraft here on the forum. Regards!


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Dark Green Man on December 07, 2005, 02:14:37 AM
gimme a couple of days and I will make a list of profiles from the book.

unfortunately I do not have photos of all of them.

I will tell you what I can.


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Dark Green Man on December 10, 2005, 08:33:27 PM
I have photos of profiles numbered  :
1,4,5,8,9,11,12,13,15,16,17*,18,22,23,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,37,38 & 39

do any of these aircraft interest you ?
"The Russians are Here" part 1 and 2 offer corrected decals and profiles for some of these.
AML decals also has a very good set for Vetrov,Denchik and both of Stepanenko's machines as depicted in this book.

* several aircraft in this squadron had very similar markings , some had numbers and some did not.
decals for three of these machines come in the ICM Yak-7A kit (48-031)
I have a scan of that decal sheet if you are interested.


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: han9 on October 24, 2017, 03:02:56 PM
Not new but certainly interesting.

A detailed review of Bf 109E/F vs Yak-1/7 Eastern Front 1941 – 42 Osprey Duel 65 by Khazanov, Dmitriy & Medved, Aleksander

https://juhansotahistoriasivut.weebly.com/my-blog/khazanov-dmitriy-medved-aleksander-bf-109ef-vs-yak-17-eastern-front-1941-42-osprey-duel-65


Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Massimo Tessitori on October 25, 2017, 09:27:11 AM
Hi,
the reviewer is right about a limit of the book: Yaks were not the only soviet fighter planes at that time (1941-42), while Me-109s were nearly the only fighters on the German side (apart the wider Me-110). So, some numeric comparisons can be misleading.
Regards
Massimo