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Summary: A Wonderful Reference
Review: Historically, this has been an extremely difficult book to purchace, as once you own it, you will not give it away. From the false keel to the top-gallant trucks, there is nothing as comprehensive as this book. This 119 page manual covers the history and every aspect of the victory, including deck, rigging, belaying, framing, 3D perspectives and cross sections. Every cannon and carriage, mast and yard, block and tackle is drawn for you, including all tables for the rigging. Rare archived Black and White photos are included. Any model maker, or anyone interested in owning a piece of histroy, this facinating book is almost as good as building your own.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: I have just completed a model of the Victory and most of the rigging information I used came from this book. The rest came from Alan McGowan's book in which comprenhesive drawings are also by John McKay. If you want to know what's what on the Victory this is the book to have. This is a must have book for Victory modellers and enthusiasts. My copy became very grubby in the course of the project so I will be getting another copy.
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Summary: A great book on a great ship
Review: John McKay's book is well up to the very high standard set by the "Anatomy of the Ship" series and covers HMS Victory in fantastic detail. Anyone interested in the ship (or other sailing warships of the period, which would be similar in detail) and especially anyone interested in building a model of the Victory should add this book to their collection. My one disappointment with McKay is that he didn't include any drawings and only one illustration showing HMS Victory in her pre-1801 condition with her original elaborate figurehead and open stern galleries; the book entirely focuses on her appearance at Trafalgar - admittedly her most famous battle but she was also Sir John Jervis's flagship at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and it would have been useful to have more data on her pre-reconstruction configuration. Another book well worth having on the Victory is C. Nepean Longridge's "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships," which I also highly recommend.
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Summary: A great book on a great ship
Review: John McKay's book is well up to the very high standard set by the "Anatomy of the Ship" series and covers HMS Victory in fantastic detail. Anyone interested in the ship (or other sailing warships of the period, which would be similar in detail) and especially anyone interested in building a model of the Victory should add this book to their collection. My one disappointment with McKay is that he didn't include any drawings and only one illustration showing HMS Victory in her pre-1801 condition with her original elaborate figurehead and open stern galleries; the book entirely focuses on her appearance at Trafalgar - admittedly her most famous battle but she was also Sir John Jervis's flagship at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and it would have been useful to have more data on her pre-reconstruction configuration. Another book well worth having on the Victory is C. Nepean Longridge's "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships," which I also highly recommend.
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Summary: The next best thing to blueprints. :-)
Review: So, you're thinking about purchasing this book? Well let me tell you that it is incredible. The 100-Gun-Ship Victory is the most comprehensive book I have ever seen when it comes to the ships construction. It has just enough historical info about the Victory's career to make you salivate and then you get to the drawings, WOW! It is chalked full of drawings after drawings about details that you wouldn't expect and the ones you would. Most of the drawings are in 1/192 scale some in 1/48 scale. If you get the revised edition it has a full Victory rigging drawing cleverly printed on the inside of the book jacket. The actual cover of the book depicts the true colors of the Victory. Lots of effort went into creating this masterpiece of information, if you are not sure about this purchase; relax, you will thoroughly enjoy it.
Michael
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