Ship Models from Kits

Author: David Griffith
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1783830433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
In the past thirty years the world of model kits has undergone a veritable revolution. New techniques in injection moulding have improved the scale accuracy and surface detail of the humble plastic kit, while many specialist companies now produce top-quality resin models, vastly broadening the range of subjects on the market. However, the really radical change has been the advent of photo-etched brass fret, which allows the finest detail to be reproduced to scale. In ship modelling, this has resulted in a new form of the hobby, mid-way between traditional build-from-the-box simplicity and the time-consuming demands of fabricating everything from scratch. These new materials have prompted innovative techniques, which are comprehensively demonstrated in this new manual. Designed for those wishing to achieve the best results from their ship kits in the 1:700 to 1:350 range of scales, it uses step by step photographs to take the reader through the building of two models, one in plastic and one in resin, from basic construction, fittings and detailing, to painting, finishing and display. Written by a highly experienced, award-winning ship modeller, the book is a showcase for the contemporary approach to the hobby.

Ship Modeling Simplified

Author: Frank Mastini
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
ISBN: 9780877422723
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Tells how to select a kit and set up a model making workplace, demonstrates the techniques for building the hull, masts, and rigging, and shows how to add the finishing touches.

Ship Modeling from Scratch: Tips and Techniques for Building Without Kits

Author: Edwin B. Leaf
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780070368170
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Building a model from a kit is an excellent way to develop your modeling skills. But once you've mastered the basics, where do you go? If you're looking for a challenge, you move on to scratchbuilding. And that can be imposing: With a kit, you worked with someone else's plans, materials, and building instructions. Scratchbuilding makes you master of your own fate. You do the research, choose the subject, the scale, the material. The choices are limited only by your enthusiasm. Edwin B. Leaf scratchbuilt his first model--a Baltimore clipper--nearly fifty years ago, and he's been refining and building on his skills ever since. In Ship Modeling from Scratch he lays out the principles--from concept to construction to display--on which scratchbuilding is based. In clear, concise language complemented by detailed illustrations he tells how to interpret existing drawings or create your own, what materials to choose, what tools to buy, and what techniques to use to build everything from plank-on-frame, plank-on-bulkhead, or modern steel hulls to creating sharp and properly scaled details--paint to portholes. Building a model from scratch is a singular pursuit that requires patience, confidence, and ingenuity. With Ship Modeling from Scratch open on your workbench, you have your own private tutor guiding you through the troublespots. Ship Modeling from Scratch expands the horizon of any kit builder looking for a challenge, including choosing the right subject finding and interpreting historical material building from plans drawing scaled plans from photographs buying tools and materials building everything from half models to plank-on-frame or plank-on-bulkhead versions of traditional sailing craft to modern steel cargo ships painting and displaying your model

Historic Ship Models

Author: Wolfram zu Mondfeld
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402721861
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
The United States and Europe. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, and whether you have hours to spend on a project or years, you'll find money- and time-saving ideas on every page. Book jacket.

The Built-Up Ship Model

Author: Charles G. Davis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156214
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
A highly detailed, superbly illustrated manual introducing serious model builders to hand-crafting ship models from the bottom up. Not for beginners. 133 illustrations.

Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern

Author: Milton Roth
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071777253
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
From a well-known model builder, here are hints, tips, and techniques gallre. Roth covers the history of ships and model-ship building; discusses plans, sizes, conversions, and methods of construction. For ship modelers who want to improve the details and appearance of their models.

Building Plank-on-frame Ship Models

Author: Ron McCarthy
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN: 9780851776293
Category : Sailing ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Intended as a basic, practical manual for building all plank-on-frame models, this book takes as its example the Royal Navy's two-masted sloop, Cruiser of 1752. It leads the reader through every stage of building a model from preliminary research, through taking off lines, to the construction of the model and eventual display.

Basics of Ship Modeling

Author: Mike Ashey
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 9780890243725
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Covers the basics of building ships from kits. This skill-building how-to book offers you step-by-step photo instructions covering basic assembly of hulls, superstructures, guns, railings, anchors, and more. Also includes information on detailing and painting.

Period Ship Kit Builder's Manual

Author: Keith Julier
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781591146629
Category : Sailing ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Generously illustrated and fully detailed, this new manual from expert modeler Keith Julier provides a practical guide for craftsmen who want to build their historic models from a kit. From the initial planning and kit selection through the various stages of construction, Julier takes the myth and mystery out of what many consider to be a complex subject, using easy-to-follow explanations, simple terminology, and more than one-hundred photographs to help modelers complete their projects. Some of the many topics covered include: adhesives, finishes, and fixings; tools, maintenance and safety; history and accuracy; hull planking; wales and rails; stern and quarter galleries; sails; yards and spars; standard running and rigging; kit manufacturers and available products; and much more. Pointing out the pitfalls of modeling and how to avoid them, Julier's latest guide will be of particular interest to beginning and intermediate modelers, but more experienced hands will also find much of value.

American Ship Models and How to Build Them

Author: V. R. Grimwood
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486426122
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Easy-to-learn techniques, arranged in order of difficulty, range from relatively simple models to complicated square-riggers. Starting with the construction of a half-hull ship model, the book advances to a whole-hull model and replicas of twelve vessels, with separate chapters on rigging, gear and furniture, and tools and materials.