Offered by Over The Blue Horizon is an incredibly difficult-to-obtain pictorial from the well-regarded Japan Model Art publishing house: “AVIATOR UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY”, Model Art #655.

 

This superbly illustrated oversize pictorial is an exceptional reference tool that focuses on Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) WWI aviation personal items such as flying uniforms, parachutes, seat buckles, aircrew bags, navigator instruments, life jackets, map cases, etc. It also covers aircraft equipment such as anything found in a cockpit (speedometer, bank and turn indicator, etc.), gunsights, cameras, radios, in-flight meal cases, weapons, etc. And it’s also got what appears to be a full-size, rescue map.  If it was taken up in an IJN aircraft, this book covers it!  Text is in Japanese, but if you have any basic knowledge of aircrew uniforms and equipment, you should be able to figure most of this stuff out.  This is an exceptionally useful reference for all IJN modelers – absolutely indispensable and in very high-demand, even in Japan.

 

Published on high-quality glossy paper, this 132 page, 8.25 x 11.75 inch softcover was published in 2004.  Condition of this book is GOOD+ bordering on VERY GOOD – tight, bright, and exceptionally clean.  Note that Over the Blue Horizon ships from the USA with FREE United States Postal Service (USPS) shipping to USA buyers! eBay charges sales tax for certain states; Over the Blue Horizon charges Hawaii residents state general excise tax. Your purchase will be carefully wrapped to ensure that it arrives in the same condition as described in the eBay listing.  If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, we will work something out -- your satisfaction is GUARANTEED.  Regardless of where you are in the world, buy with confidence from a well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation and an exceptionally high customer satisfaction rate.