40.ANSALDO SVA.5
AGILE ANSALDO!
THIS was the first DATAFILE devoted to an Italian WWI subject and the Ansaldo SVA 5 was the ideal subject, popular with modellers for the wide range of colourful unit markings and unique camouflage it wore. Many aspects of the design and its derivatives appear in print for the very first time and will be invaluable to enthusiasts being replete with rare photos-over 95 all told-together with Marco Gueli's excellent 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings, camouflage and markings overview, appendices and a model kit survey. Brian Knight provides the evocative front cover painting and Ray Rimell contributes three colour profiles with exotic markings.
CONTAINS BONUS ANSALDO RESTORATION 'TIP-IN' PAGES!
WRITTEN by noted Italian WWI aero historian Gregory Alegi, this excellent DATAFILE was published in 1993 and proved one of that year's best sellers. With authentic 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings by Marco Gueli, this thoroughly comprehensive reference includes over 52 rare wartime images as well as a unique selection of 11 post-war images and a special section of 34 close-up detail photos that offer numerous structural details and a glimpse into the roomy cockpit.The author contributes an invaluable discourse on the camouflage and markings worn by these enigmatic fighters and includes Methuen notations for the national colours-these support the three rear cover profiles by series editor Ray Rimell.This unique 36 page monograph is rounded off by detailed appendices and a survey of Ansaldo model kits up to 1993-there's been many more since due in no small part to publication of this book. We have two copies both with slight creasing of their covers and both with 'tear sheets' covering Ansaldo SVA 5 survivors...
