Apparently nobody bought it at auction. It's now up for sale in the
auctioneer's "store." Of course, he's now selling it at a higher
price. At least, he did now post photos of some of the drawings--
the reason why this book is an absolute must-have (for those who can
afford it). Check it out by going to eBay and searching for "Izumi"
and "Warships". It really is a beauty.

Bruce



--- In Modelships@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce" <brucek10032@y...> wrote:
> I noticed that Kozo Izumi's book "Scale Model Warships" is up for
> auction on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> ViewItem&item=5987650353&category=2590&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1).
I've
> got the book myself, so I'm pretty familiar with it. Anyone who
> hasn't seen it can get an idea if you have seen P.C. Coker's
> book "Building Warship Models." He has a lot of excerpted drawings
> from the Izumi book.
>
> It mostly covers, in unbelievable, exquisite detail, a step-by-
step,
> fully illustrated, account of the modeling of the antiaircraft
> destroyer Akizuki, from the keel to the rigging and flags. Every
> single ladder, hatch, davit, and piece of bridge furniture is
> covered by clear how-to-do-it drawings. Even the dust jacket is a
> valuable source of rare info, as it gives the various shades of
gray
> used by various Japanese shipyards.
>
> It's about scratchbuilding, but it would be really useful for
> ultradetailing Nichimo's 1/200 scale Akizuki
>
> The auctioneer is clearly not a ship modeler himself, as he misses
> these key points in the ad. He's also asking a lot of money for
it,
> but I searched the Internet and the only other copy I saw
reference
> to was sold in 2002 for $200. I would say that if you can afford
> it, and if you're interested in modeling Japanese navy ships of
> World War Two, or if you just want to learn these marvelous
> techniques Izumi used, which can be applied to modeling anything,
it
> might be worth getting even at that price, if you can afford it.
I
> got my copy in 1973 for $25 bucks, but try to find it today
anywhere
> at any price!
>
> Bruce