A highly detailed, superbly illustrated manual introducing serious model builders to the hand-crafting of ship models from the bottom up, exactly as real ships were built in shipyards. The model is the 16-gun United States brig Lexington, in active service during the Revolution. Not for beginners. 133 illustrations.
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By Santo Brutto
Format:Paperback
The built ship model is an important book indeed to begin with the style admiralty and to understand the naval architecture.
This hightly detailed, illustrated manual introduces model builders to the hand crafting of ship models from the bottom up.
This is un very fascinating travel were traditionally built in shipyard.
edition economic but very beautiful.
Strongly recommended.Thousand thanks to amazon
This hightly detailed, illustrated manual introduces model builders to the hand crafting of ship models from the bottom up.
This is un very fascinating travel were traditionally built in shipyard.
edition economic but very beautiful.
Strongly recommended.Thousand thanks to amazon
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a wonderful read
13 April 2012
By R. M. Derby
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Format:Paperback
Not a "put tab A into slot B" how to manual, this is the story of building a minature ship over several years by the author and his son. Goops and goos weren't available to shipyards in the eighteenth century and iron was in very limited supply. Treenails and fancy scarfs substittuted and the builders knew the wood's properties and used the grain and expansion properties to build a structure at home on the waves. Each frame is built up of individual futtocks and their varied characteristics between keel and rail are discussed.
The author describes placing finished models out on the roof for many months to acquire realistic weathering and includes a copy of the contract from the Royal Navy to the Colonial shipyard for the ship. (It took me a long time to decode "spirketting sided 4".) The process is the goal, not something that looks sort of nautical and is best viewed from twenty yards away.
A fine escape into the mind of a modest expert that a true model maker might dream of emulating.
The author describes placing finished models out on the roof for many months to acquire realistic weathering and includes a copy of the contract from the Royal Navy to the Colonial shipyard for the ship. (It took me a long time to decode "spirketting sided 4".) The process is the goal, not something that looks sort of nautical and is best viewed from twenty yards away.
A fine escape into the mind of a modest expert that a true model maker might dream of emulating.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Put some effort into the visual...
22 Dec 2012
By J Book
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book has good material. Great stuff for really experienced scratch builders.. ok.. good... but how about those who aren't experienced in all things boat building??? Many more photos that go along with the old style text would be a real service. I've let a friend who is a great ship-scratch-builder look this book over... he agrees fully! So, come on..if you are going to do something like an instructional book... make it so it easily educates. Take this from a retired teacher. It will truly make a difference.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It's okay
19 Dec 2012
By CHRISTOPHER S GOPAULSINGH
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Reasonably good, but the "language" is a bit archaic and the text does not always coincide with the closest diagram.
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