Essential Skills for Scale Modelers

Author: Aaron Skinner
Publisher: FineScale Modeler Books
ISBN: 9780890247914
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Mastering basic skills is crucial for building realistic scale models. Essential Skills for Scale Modelers, written by FineScale Modeler's Aaron Skinner, lays the foundation needed to build, paint, weather, and display all types of models. Learn how to airbrush, work with resin, handle photoetched metal parts, and many more modeling techniques and you work through a variety of projects building armor, aircraft, cars, ships and more!

The Basics of Scale Modeling

Author:
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780890243923
Category : Models and modelmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ideal for beginning scale modelers, this introductory book answers all the basic modeling questions about tools, kits, glues, decals, paints, and much more. Contains basic but detailed information and high-quality projects. From the pages of FineScale Modeler magazine.

Airbrushing and Finishing Scale Models

Author: Brett Green
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849087253
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 490

Book Description
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Brett Green details the prerequisites of airbrushing, including the different types of spray equipment and air sources available, offering advice on appropriate thinners, paint ratios and air pressures to ensure the most appropriate paint coverage across a range of different airbrushing applications. He then examines various airbrushing techniques across a wide range of models. Ten step-by-step, illustrated studies ranging from weathered military aircraft to pristine, high gloss motor vehicles, science fiction models, fantasy figures, groundwork and buildings will complete this in-depth guide to getting the best results on your models.

Detailing Scale Model Aircraft

Author: Mike Ashey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890242056
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Teaches how to create accurate and realistic scale aircraft from scratchbuilding to painting. Includes simple techniques for adding interior and exterior details, removing seams, applying decals, and weathering. By Mike Ashey. 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 104 pgs.; 249 photos; softcover.

Building and Detailing Model Aircraft

Author: Pat Hawkey
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 0890247234
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Learn how to construct and finish plastic model aircraft by mastering basic and advanced techniques in assembling, aligning, gluing, surface preparation, painting, and decaling.

Modeling Airliners

Author: Aaron Skinner
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780890248447
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 79

Book Description
Written by Aaron Skinner, associate editor of Fine Scale Modeling magazine, this is the definitive guide for commercial aviation enthusiasts. From simple, out-of-the-box construction to conversions, painting, and decaling, each chapter focuses on a specific technique. Modelers will learn about masking, detailing, using aftermarket parts, seamless part construction, and much more.

Scale Aircraft Modelling

Author: Mark Stanton
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861264459
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Starting with the very basics, the author guides you through the essential skills and techniques needed to build a scale model aircraft to be proud of. Concentrating on the construction of plastic kits in the popular scales, Scale Aircraft Modelling also looks at how to improve your model or create a different version by using specially manufactured components in plastic, resin and metal. Topics include: Tools; Construction tips; Painting tips; Biplane rigging; Detailing; Airliner modeling; Weathering; Advanced techniques; Using resin and vac-form parts; and Health and safety.

Adventures in Scale Modeling

Author: Don Godish
Publisher: Hearst Communications
ISBN: 9780688045753
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
The companion to the national public television series based on one of America's favorite hobbies. Projects in this well-illustrated how-to book range from simple to complex. More than 300 detailed step-by-step line drawings help readers accomplish their projects, and an 8-page full-color section showcases some spectacular results.

How to Build Plastic Aircraft Models

Author: Roscoe Creed
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780890240656
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Håndbog og vejledning i bygning af modelfly i plastic

Airbrushing Scale Model Aircraft

Author: Robin Carpenter
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 178500476X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 333

Book Description
Airbrushing Scale Model Aircraft is a practical guide to the application and techniques of painting aircraft in any scale. It provides guidance on buying airbrushing equipment, setting it up and operating it safely, and offers detailed explanations of how airbrushes and compressors work, alongside their various components. The reader is taken through basic exercises to learn how to control airbrushing equipment before moving on to more advanced paint application techniques. This book also includes guides to preparation, information on the use of primers, and a handy troubleshooting guide to help identify and resolve common faults. Richly illustrated and filled with step-by-step guides to paint application for model aircraft, this book is an essential reference and practical guide for anyone looking to airbrush model aircraft in any scale and will be of great interest to plastic modellers, particularly aviation, from beginner to experienced modeller.