Ship Models: How to Build Them
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Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship "Sea Witch." Excellent guide for both the novice and the practiced... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0486251705
ISBN13:9780486251707
Release Date:October 1986
Publisher:Dover Publications
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Model ship building
Published by Pendelino , 5 years ago
It's a pretty good book The only thing it's missing is pattern's.
Excellent primer of ship modeling
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Charles Davis is the old grandfather of ship modeling and maritime history. Though much of his work has been since superseded by more recent research, much is still worthwhile today. "Ship Models and How to Build Them" takes the reader step by step through the process of building a classic 1/8"=1' solid hull ship model, with the 1846 clipper ship Sea Witch as the subject. Plans of Sea Witch accompany the book. The techniques may also seem outdated to the modern reader but only the most advanced artisans will not find something of value in Mr. Davis' suggestions and examples. Although the text and illustrations are specific for this clipper ship, the guidance is also intended to be useful for building models of a large variety of vessels. It is an excellent primer for this kind of ship modeling. Modern techniques and research have made the construction of a more sophisticated and historically accurate model of Sea Witch possible but it is hard to imagine anyone seriously undertaking such a project without reading through this classic.
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