Ship Modeling Simplified Tips And Techniques For Model Construction From Kits

Author : Frank Mastini
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990-03-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0071558675

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Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model Construction from Kits by Frank Mastini Pdf

In Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench to help novices take their first steps in an exciting pastime. You don't need the deftness of a surgeon or the vocabulary of an old salt to build a model. What you need is an understanding coach. Mastini leads readers from the mysteries of choosing a kit and setting up a workshop through deciphering complicated instructions and on to painting, decorating, and displaying finished models--with patience and clarity, not condescension. He reveals dozens of shortcuts: How to plank a hull "egg-shell tight"; how to build and rig complicated mast assmeblies without profanity; how to create sails that look like sails. . . . And along the way he points out things that beginners usually do wrong--beforehand, not after they've taken hammers to their projects. Ship Modeling Simplified even includes an Italian-English dictionary of nautical terms, the key to assembling the many high-quality Italian kits on the American market. Model building is fun, and not nearly as difficult as some experts would have you believe. Here is everything you'll ever need to get started in a hobby that will last a lifetime.

Author : Frank Mastini
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990-03-22
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780071818582

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Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model Construction from Kits by Frank Mastini Pdf

In Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench to help novices take their first steps in an exciting pastime. You don't need the deftness of a surgeon or the vocabulary of an old salt to build a model. What you need is an understanding coach. Mastini leads readers from the mysteries of choosing a kit and setting up a workshop through deciphering complicated instructions and on to painting, decorating, and displaying finished models--with patience and clarity, not condescension. He reveals dozens of shortcuts: How to plank a hull "egg-shell tight"; how to build and rig complicated mast assmeblies without profanity; how to create sails that look like sails. . . . And along the way he points out things that beginners usually do wrong--beforehand, not after they've taken hammers to their projects. Ship Modeling Simplified even includes an Italian-English dictionary of nautical terms, the key to assembling the many high-quality Italian kits on the American market. Model building is fun, and not nearly as difficult as some experts would have you believe. Here is everything you'll ever need to get started in a hobby that will last a lifetime.

Author : Edwin B. Leaf
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993-10-22
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0070368171

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Ship Modeling from Scratch: Tips and Techniques for Building Without Kits by Edwin B. Leaf Pdf

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

Author : Milton Roth
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1988-02-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780071777254

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Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern by Milton Roth Pdf

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.

Author : Charles G. Davis
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780486156217

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The Built-Up Ship Model by Charles G. Davis Pdf

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

Author : Wolfram zu Mondfeld
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1402721862

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Historic Ship Models by Wolfram zu Mondfeld Pdf

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.

Author : Donald Dressel
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0830628681

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Planking Techniques for Model Ship Builders by Donald Dressel Pdf

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A Modeler's reference for planking wooden ships, both kit and scratch models.

Author : Ron McCarthy
Publisher : Anova Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0851779913

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Building Plank-on-Frame Ship Models by Ron McCarthy Pdf

The 'plank-on-frame' method is the pre-eminent ship modelling technique, which nearly all model shipwrights aspire to: this practical manual is the foremost guide to its intricacies. Taking as his example the two-masted sloop Cruiser of 1752, the author leads the reader through every stage of building a model of the vessel, from preliminary research and taking off lines to the actual construction of the hull and fittings, and its masting and rigging. Each clear, step-by-step stage is described in the text and illustrated with explanatory line drawings and photographs. Though a single ship is employed as an example, the techniques can equally well be applied to any wooden sailing ship. Since original publication in 1994 this volume has established itself as the standard work of reference for model hull construction and is indispensable for modelmakers who pride themselves on an accurate, elegant scratch-built technique.

Author : David Griffith
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783830435

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Ship Models from Kits by David Griffith Pdf

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.

Author : Kerry Jang
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781526730978

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Large Scale Warship Models by Kerry Jang Pdf

This illustrated guide presents step-by-step instructions and techniques for warship modelers ready for the challenge of building at larger scales. Many warship modelers who work in smaller scales are daunted by the challenge of tackling something larger. But in Large Scale Warship Models, expert modeler Kerry Jang demonstrates that it’s not as difficult as it may seem. In fact, any experienced modeler will already possess the basic skills required. This volume covers the essential new techniques for working in scales that capture the grandeur of actual ships. In the first part of the book, Jang discusses how to choose between a kit, a semi-kit or building from scratch. He also covers what conventional kit building skills are transferable to work on large-scale projects. Novel requirements like research, obtaining plans and sourcing material or fittings are also covered. The second part describes building methods, including the latest techniques like casting fittings in resin. These methods apply to both static and radio-controlled models. Original color photos illustrate each chapter, and the book concludes with a gallery of superb models intended to inspire the would-be large-scale warship modeler to take the plunge.

Author : Robert Gardiner
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781612519470

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The Sailing Frigate by Robert Gardiner Pdf

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types – in this case, the evolution of the cruising ship under sail. Each volume reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full colour, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history. While the series will be of particular interest to ship modellers, all those with an interest in ship design and development will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.

Author : Gene Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Ship models
ISBN : UOM:39015002065228

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Ship Model Building by Gene Johnson Pdf

Håndbog i bygning af modelskibe, med fyldig vejledning.

Author : Les Wilkins
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0890245525

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How to Build Plastic Ship Models by Les Wilkins Pdf

Author : Lennarth Petersson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781473817654

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Rigging: Period Ships Models by Lennarth Petersson Pdf

A fully illustrated guide to rigging models of historic ships with confidence and accuracy, using a model of the eighteenth-century HMS Melampus. The rigging of period ship models is the ultimate challenge for any modeler. An eighteenth-century man-of-war boasted mile on mile of rigging, more than one thousand blocks, and acres of canvas. To reduce this in scale, and yet retain an accurate representation, is an awesome undertaking. In this classic work, Lennarth Peterson untangles the complexities of model rigging. Using some four hundred drawings, he shows how each separate item of rigging is fitted to the masts, yards, and sails. Each drawing deals with only one particular item so that it can be seen clearly in isolation. The lead of a particular halyard, the arrangement of a bracing line—these and every other detail are depicted with startling clarity. Based on the author’s research of numerous eighteenth-century models, each one with its contemporary rigging still extant, the information is both meticulous and accurate. The remarkable visual immediacy and clarity of this work makes it truly unique and essential for any period ship modeler. In addition, the book is a “must-have” reference work for all those involved in the rigging and repair of historic ships.

Author : Art,Sir George Biddlecombe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Masts and rigging
ISBN : OXFORD:590034499

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The Art of Rigging ... by Art,Sir George Biddlecombe Pdf