The overall visual information in this book ensures that it is a wonderful reference point for any model maker who is passionate about developing this particular line of models. At the same time, for the passing observer who is interested in different types of Destroyers, the book is a helpful point of reference.

Jon Sandison

I haven’t yet read a Shipcraft book that I did not like, and Brown’s addition to the series is no exception to that trend. Brown clearly knows his stuff and how to write it down even for the less technically knowledgeable reader.

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Beating Tsundoku

If you are a British naval modeler you will find this book of interest and it is perhaps a good place to start researching your next model.

Nautical Research Journal 67:4 (Winter 2022)

This is another one of these great little paperbacks aimed at the modeller and very nicely done. It is compact, covering Design and Construction, Model products, Modelmakers’ showcase, Colour Schemes, Camouflage, Modifications, Plans & selected References. Containing photographs of both the full-size vessels and the modelling products available this is particularly useful reference material.

IPMS Keighley

This offering from Seaforth Publishing and authored by Les Brown is presented in a style that I appreciate as a modeller. While ships are not something that I build, I could see a book such as this being particularly beneficial.

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Model Shipwrights

"Highly Recommended."

AMPS Indianapolis

The final section of the book is made up of details of known modifications carried out to the ships throughout their lives and a few pages of basic, but helpful, plans of the ships. I think 4.5 anchors are in order for this book. To be fair, it might interest a few who aren’t modellers.

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Arrse

"I thoroughly recommend it to a wide range of readers."


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Australian Naval Institute

Overall this is another excellent addition to the ShipCraft series. I enjoy building the occasional model warship and have a few destroyers. Not only did I find plenty of inspiration in here but a number of model producers that I wasn't aware of before. There is also a bibliography at the back, which provides plenty of good reference books, along with a list of useful website. Another very nice addition to the series.

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Scale Modelling Now

This is the first book in the ShipCraft series from Seaforth Publishing that I have read. Wow, I have really enjoyed reading and reviewing this book looking at British Escort Destroyers in the Second World War.

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The History Fella

Following on from his Shipcraft 27, Sloops and Frigates, Les Brown has taken on another wide ranging set of ships, the Hunts, Towns, V&Ws and a number of the smaller group of old destroyers that were adapted for escort work.

In just 18 pages he has managed to give a good overview of the design and construction of the ships. Later in the book he covers the subsequent modifications. The text is backed up by excellent and carefully selected photographs.

The range of models and accessories available covers the old out of product ion versions, along with modern 21st century models kits, including 3D printed and card formats.

As usual the real inspiration lies in the wonderful gallery of built models in various scales, the detailed line drawings, colour schemes and superb photographs. Many of the photographs have not been published before and they have been carefully chosen to illustrate the text.

This is another terrific, inexpensive and handy book for anybody wishing to build models of these ships, and also for those who just want quick and easy to read reference book.

Nigel Denchfield, IPMS Battleship Group