Casemate RM Vittorio Veneto. Super Drawings in £D

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RM Vittorio Veneto

Kagero Super Drawings in 3D

 

 

Battleship Vittorio Veneto was one of the three Italian Littorio class battleships operating in the Second World War. She was one of the most modern and powerful battleships of her times. She was designed by General Umberto Pugliese and engineer Francesco Mazzullo. She was the first battleship to exceed the limit of 35,000 tons of displacement imposed in the Washington Naval Treaty. The keel of the Vittorio Veneto battleship was laid down by the Italian shipbuilder "Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico”, in Trieste, on 28th October 1934.

She was launched on July 1937 and began her service in the Italian Fleet (Regia Marina) by August 1940. She was named in honour of the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto in the First World War and she had three sister ships: Littorio, Roma and Impero (the last one was never completed). She was armed with a main battery of nine 381mm guns in three triple turrets. She was able to reach the speed of 30 knots (56 Km/h).

 

 

 

With their ever increasing series of books in the 3D format, Kagero never fails to deliver. This particular publication on the Italian battleship not only provides a superb history of the ship, one which I knew only a little, if anything about before reviewing this book. She seems to have a slightly more active life than her sisters, but still it was a bit short on the actual battle being joined with the Royal Navy. It seemed the Italians were quite timid when it came to action against the British Battleships and most missions either failed to find the convoys they were looking for, or were aborted, the only really battle she was involved with became the famous Battle of Matapan, in which her three escorting cruisers and two destroyers were sunk, whilst Vittorio Veneto was damaged by a torpedo. The sections in the introduction are:-

 

• Overview
• Design
• Armour
• Propulsion
• Security systems
• Underwater protection
• Armament
• Conning tower
• Service
• Conclusion

 

The rest of the eighty two pages are filled with the beautifully rendered 3D drawings we have got know so well in this series, covering every part of the ships structure, weapons, boats and sundry equipment. The drawings are really clear and perfect for the maritime modeller to see all the useful details that could help make that masterpiece that we all strive for. This release does include drawings for below the waterline, unlike a lot of other books in the series, so perfect for those of us who build full hull. An A2 folded sheet of line drawings is also included and this contains 3 views of the ship overall, in 1:350 scale, while on the reverse there are bow and stern drawings in 1:350, plus  numerous detail drawings of equipment in various scales between 1:50 and 1:200, giving more detail to the information hungry modeller.

 

 

Conclusion

Following the now tried and tested formula that Kagero have made their own, this book is superbly produced and with the subject matter being one of the most good looking battleships, it  will become a must have for any maritime modellers.  With the imminent release of the Vittorio Veneto in 1:350, by Trumpeter, this book couldn’t have been released at a better time.

 

 

 

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