Offered by Over The Blue Horizon and recently obtained in Tokyo is a great Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) pictorial -- from the well-regarded Gakken Pacific War Series, Volume 51 entitled “TRUE HISTORY OF IJN WARSHIPS PART II.” 

 

This very interesting volume offers a number of features starting with superb photographs of models in the 1/100 to 1/200 range of the Battleships NAGATO and KONGO, Heavy Cruiser TAKAO, and Submarine Tender CHOGEI.  The volume then transitions into period photography of WWII IJN warships including a number on gunboats. A wide variety of IJN topics; all well presented and perfect for the advanced IJN modeler!

 

This 198 page, 7 x 10 inch softcover with dustjacket is another great Gakken publication with nicely done color photographs of models and good period b/w photographs.  Text is in Japanese but the level of detail in this book helps compensates for the difficulty of translation.  Just look at the accompanying scans and it is apparent how interesting and very useful this superb pictorial can be. 

 

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