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Naval modeling plans and books

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$5 for 38 books and 186 plans? I'm assuming these are .pdf files, not actual paper books and plans. The description of the item on the website doesn't provide any specifics as to format. But your second image shows .jpg and .pdf files. Have you purchased these personally, and if so, can you elaborate on what you actually get?
 
I went ahead and bought it. Paid the $5 by PayPal. They immediately give you a text file with a link to a Google Drive with a "Books" folder and a "Plans Ships" folder. There are a bunch of plans of various quality.

Plans: Some plans are not really plans, but copies of kit instruction books, like the Mamoli Golden Hind 13 page instructions & diagrams. The Oseberg is a set of Graupner instructions and (I think) 2 sheets of plans, each cut into about 16 pieces that would have to be put together. I haven't found any real "plans" to build a model by, except possibly some that are in multiple pieces. It's a pain to find anything, but if you're looking for a particular ship, it would be easier.

Books: A different story on the books. Most appear to be complete PDFs, possibly copies, most I've checked usable, although some pages a cut off a bit. There is a whole folder of the Anatomy of the Ship series (35 books). I checked McKay's book for the HMS Victory, and it is decent resolution and complete, just with some pages cut off a bit (mostly affects diagrams at the edge). Not sure how legal these are; I've seen some for download, but there's a lot here. They are generally in PDF format, and most can be viewed online and/or downloaded to your computer. There are about 75 books outside of the Anatomy series, many in languages other than English (Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, French). At least one "book" is just a sheet of block information and diagrams. Some look quite interesting, like Ornamental BOrders, Scrolls and Cartouches, which isn't a ship-related book, but has a lot of interesting designs that could be used on them and other projects. Others like Libro de Modelismo Naval Atlas look great but I don't read Spanish. Probably a lot of good diagrams though.

There is certainly more than $5 worth of information here. I'll leave the legal discussion to others. There may be some books not available elsewhere, if you are fluent in the language. Any one of the Anatomy of the Ship series is worth more than $5, and they could at least be used to determine whether an available book is worth buying or not. I like to just look at some of the models and plans for interest, but have no need to purchase them.

One thing about all this information (and there is a lot): since it's located on a Google Drive, you don't really know when and if access might end. So if a document interests you, you're probably best to download it to your PC. You can do that while viewing a document, or (I think) select multiple documents and download at once.
 
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I went ahead and bought it. Paid the $5 by PayPal. They immediately give you a text file with a link to a Google Drive with a "Books" folder and a "Plans Ships" folder. There are a bunch of plans of various quality.

Plans: Some plans are not really plans, but copies of kit instruction books, like the Mamoli Golden Hind 13 page instructions & diagrams. The Oseberg is a set of Graupner instructions and (I think) 2 sheets of plans, each cut into about 16 pieces that would have to be put together. I haven't found any real "plans" to build a model by, except possibly some that are in multiple pieces. It's a pain to find anything, but if you're looking for a particular ship, it would be easier.

Books: A different story on the books. Most appear to be complete PDFs, possibly copies, most I've checked usable, although some pages a cut off a bit. There is a whole folder of the Anatomy of the Ship series (35 books). I checked McKay's book for the HMS Victory, and it is decent resolution and complete, just with some pages cut off a bit (mostly affects diagrams at the edge). Not sure how legal these are; I've seen some for download, but there's a lot here. They are generally in PDF format, and most can be viewed online and/or downloaded to your computer. There are about 75 books outside of the Anatomy series, many in languages other than English (Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, French). At least one "book" is just a sheet of block information and diagrams. Some look quite interesting, like Ornamental BOrders, Scrolls and Cartouches, which isn't a ship-related book, but has a lot of interesting designs that could be used on them and other projects. Others like Libro de Modelismo Naval Atlas look great but I don't read Spanish. Probably a lot of good diagrams though.

There is certainly more than $5 worth of information here. I'll leave the legal discussion to others. There may be some books not available elsewhere, if you are fluent in the language. Any one of the Anatomy of the Ship series is worth more than $5, and they could at least be used to determine whether an available book is worth buying or not. I like to just look at some of the models and plans for interest, but have no need to purchase them.

One thing about all this information (and there is a lot): since it's located on a Google Drive, you don't really know when and if access might end. So if a document interests you, you're probably best to download it to your PC. You can do that while viewing a document, or (I think) select multiple documents and download at once.
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Thank you for the detailed info. Yes, the books sound like a decent value for $5. I have some of the hardcover editions of the Anatomy of the Ship series, and $5 wouldn't cover 10% of the retail cost of one of those books. Based on your info I think I can afford the purchase. It's always good to have resource material available,
 
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