Ship Modeling

This truly excellent tutorial prepared by Brian King contains all necessary information for the beginners on how they can start making nice ship models. You will find so many useful tips there that will help you a lot. The book is illustrated with sketches and photos. It is devoted to not only trying to put down the author's knowledge but also to his philosophy on ship model making.

In his publication the author has tried to combine theory and practice for the modellers; the content of the volume is actually reflecting his own philosophy on model building. The text and instructions provided in the book are largely based on the numerous quite complicated modelling projects. The book is really showing the readers so many practical tips and model making methods, that is why is gained so huge popularity among modellers all around the world.

The content is perfectly arranged in popular sections with advices, supplemented with plenty of worked examples and images for better understanding even by the newcomers to the interesting world of ship modelling. One of the most popular and recommended publications for any ship model maker noting the amount and quality of the information presented.

The present book is a very famous classical publication (first released in 1883), dedicated to the construction, handling and rigging of various model yachts, steamers and ships with some remarks on racing and cruising yachts as well as the management of open boats, together with the lines for different models and a cutter yacht.

It is definitely a sort of must-have book for everyone interesting with the fleet history. Official publication. Digitized by Google. Believe that the title of the publication is pretty self-explanatory. Even though the book is fairly aged, its content is still expected to be of great interest for a real lovers of the sea-going ships and boats.

The author of the book covers such the important aspects as the design including both theory and practice, drawing the ships lines, construction and finishing, rigging a model cutter, rigging and masting in general, sailing, different types of models, practical hints on designing, racing yachts and their design, open boats, sailing rules and so many other valuable information you will find in the pages of this truly classic publication which has not lost its practicality since the time of its initial release.

The rigging of the vessel models is considered one of the most complicated tasks taken by every model maker. The vessels of the eighteenth century could boast miles of rigging, more than thousand blocks and literally acres of canvas the sails were made of. It is very difficult to retain the accurate representation when trying to reduce these all in scale.

The present classic work by Lennarth Petersson is intended to untangle this complex web using more than four hundred ship drawings; the author of the volume has clearly demonstrated how each of the rigging items was fitted to the ship's masts, sails and yards. Each drawing addresses a single particular rigging item to let the readers see it isolated. The visual immediacy together with the remarkable clarity of this publication has made it very popular among the ship modelers and naval history enthusiasts, resulting in a truly unique volume.

The ship modelers from all parts of the world have already found the book very practically useful and interesting, treating it as a real must-have reference source to be used by all people engaged in the rigging/repair of historic vessels. The book is very handy and helpful since the content is full of informative images guiding the reader. t will ask all your questions and solve all problems you may face...