An update on the disposition of John's plans.
A quote from Seaforth Publishers website "John Lambert was a renowned naval draughtsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been published. These have now been acquired by Seaforth and this is the first of a planned series of albums on selected themes, reproducing complete sheets at a large page size, with an expert commentary and captioning."
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[/size]A selection of the drawings are superbly reproduced in the recent book: [/color][/size]British Naval Weapons of World War Two, Vol 1: The John Lambert Collection.[/color][/color]This book has the 4.7-inch twin guns set of drawings but not the 4-inch HA/LA twin guns used on many destroyers etc. I would love to get a good copy of L/0/49 ([size=78%]THE TWIN 4-in. MARK XVI GUN on MARK XIX and RP 51 MOUNTINGS) [/size][/font][/color][/size], I could trade for a copy of Oerlikon L/0/82 that I bought from John.[/color]
[/size][/size][/color]I have asked Pen & Sword/Seaforth what their plans are for the rest of the drawings, I suggested that they look at selling the plans as pdf scans. I know there is a Vol 2 due out in August 2019 but there are too many to publish in books. Perhaps if others also suggest that they sell scans there might be some action on their part?[/color][/color]Gerrit