Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 100 ~ Ki-44 'Tojo' Aces of World War 2

Friday, 19 August 2011

Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 100 ~ Ki-44 'Tojo' Aces of World War 2

An advance copy of this Osprey title has just arrived with publication due in October. The cover art, 32 profile illustrations, two colour plan views and monochrome plans have all been created by the talented and accomplished 3D digital artist Ronnie Olsthoorn.

Currently in preparation is 'Ki-27 Aces' for which Ronnie is also creating all the artwork.

Image credit: © 2011 Osprey & Ronnie Olsthoorn

9 comments:

Anonymous said...: Congratulations on the publication of your book, Nick! It is eagerly awaited here in the US, and I hope this is just the first of a long series of Osprey titles for you.

Jeff; 19 August 2011 at 22:52
Mark Smith said...: *Great* looking cover - is the setting Sumatra? I love Iain Wylie's work, but Ronnie is a terrific artist and it's nice to see your work paired together. I can't wait to read the book. Congratulations, Nick!

Mark Smith; 20 August 2011 at 02:05
Bob Alford said...: Show off!

But, congratulations - I trust it goes well.

Cheers,

Bob Alford; 20 August 2011 at 09:46
Anonymous said...: Hello Nick,

Thanks for the update. Please let us know when the new titles are available.

Regards,
Ken Glass; 20 August 2011 at 10:03
Anonymous said...: Congratulations!

Vedran; 20 August 2011 at 20:34
Dan Salamone said...: Hi Nick,
I cannot wait to own a copy of this book- congrats on all your hard work coming together with this publication.
Dan; 22 August 2011 at 14:51
Straggler 脱走兵 said...: Thanks very much to all for the kind comments here and elsewhere. Contributions and assistance with the text and photographs came from a broad community of generous experts and enthusiasts but IMHO the outstanding feature of the book is Ronnie's artwork. I wish the book could have reproduced it to full size.

Ronnie's cover art depicts the 87th Sentai in action over Palembang, Sumatra on 24th January 1945 against the British Pacific Fleet strikes.

Also, I wish to apologise in advance for the fact that the plan drawings in the book have not been reproduced to 1/72nd scale as they should have been and as the caption states!; 27 August 2011 at 14:37
Anonymous said...: Looks like another great publication and loving the cover artwork!; 31 August 2011 at 12:03
Ken Glass said...: Hello Nick,

I got my copy yesterday and finished reading it at 3 AM this morning! Good job to you and all the others who did the heavy lifting to make it happen. Ronnie's art work is very good. I would suppose he will be doing the same for your next Osprey series title on Ki.27 aces.

Regards,
Ken Glass; 6 December 2011 at 19:07

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