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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.
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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.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a comprehensive primer that gives a good idea about all aspects of choosing a model, its scale, construction techniques, method of display (including ship-in-bottle) etc. The author assumes the reader will have a small amount of previous kit-building experience, but there is enough detail for anyone who has a small amount of experience modelling in any field. There is even an introduction to photogrammetry (how to derive dimensions from a photograph). The more advanced will probably want to get details from other sources, but there is a lot contained in 184 pages (including details on on hull planking and plating, rigging, sails).
The author is American and references to ships, books and sources for plans, tools and materials are US-centric (and I suspect that some may now be outdated), but this is a minor shortcoming when such information can often be sourced from the Web. This book does not prescribe a single approach or method and should be relevant for the modeller of any era, from prehistory to a 21st century merchantman. The assumption is that the model will be displayed on a stand or in a case, so powered models and radio (or other) control is not covered. Nevertheless, many of the construction techniques described echo the ways real ships are built and could be applied to make a model that is intended to be used.
Overall, this is a first-rate book on scratch-building model ships and a very good place to start.
The author is American and references to ships, books and sources for plans, tools and materials are US-centric (and I suspect that some may now be outdated), but this is a minor shortcoming when such information can often be sourced from the Web. This book does not prescribe a single approach or method and should be relevant for the modeller of any era, from prehistory to a 21st century merchantman. The assumption is that the model will be displayed on a stand or in a case, so powered models and radio (or other) control is not covered. Nevertheless, many of the construction techniques described echo the ways real ships are built and could be applied to make a model that is intended to be used.
Overall, this is a first-rate book on scratch-building model ships and a very good place to start.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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My plan is to make model ships, when I retire, in eighteen months time. I have quite few books on how to make model ships. I also have one kit that was started and abandoned and another yet to come out of the box. I also have several sets of plans. Guess I should make a start! This book is full of handy hints and is written in a straight forward manner. I hope to put the advice into pratice soon.
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I think that this is a great book. Even though I have been making models for over 50 years, I found it to be full of useful tips. I particularly like the two scratchbuilding projects described in the book. As soon as I find time I am off to my workshop with this book.
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A nice little booklet
It contains quite a lot of useful information for model builders who want to go further than building from kits. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lou van Wijhe
boats from scratch
Excellent book, practical and very user friendly. Readable and obviously by an author who is experienced in his craft. Heartily recommended. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by W. H. Ashton
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