Realistic Construction Models You Can Make: Complete Plans and Assembly Drawings for Eight Models (Fox Chapel Publishing) - Softcover

Luc St Amour

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156523152X ISBN 13: 9781565231528

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Making small-scale wooden models of large earth-moving construction vehicles can be done easily using the patterns and common shop tools described in these pages!

Eight models featuring movable parts are presented and explained: loader, dozer, dozer loader, excavator, grader, skidder, grapple skidder, and backhoe.

Complete assembly drawings for each of the eight toys make these projects simple and fun for adults to create. Drawings show the entire process, from building the wheelbase to adding the buckets.

Full-size cutting templates can be used to make the projects exactly as they are shown or altered to create new vehicles. A parts list makes it easy for the hobbyist to gather all the materials needed for construction and assembly.

About this title

About the Author

Luc St-Amour is the author of Antique Cars & Trucks You Can Make, Making Construction Vehicles for Kids, and Realistic Construction Models You Can Make. He lives in Gatineau, Quebec.

Reviews

Kids (and grownups who are young at heart) can never have enough toys. In these titles, St-Amour shows how to make a slew of realistic model vehicles from wood. Each title offers plans for eight vehicles: a bulldozer, backhoe, pickup truck, airliner, motorcycle, and a train are just some of the offerings. Building toys with small parts requires special care because of the choking hazard to small children. St-Amour solves this problem by offering plans to make similar trucks in two of the books; one offers rugged designs without small parts for kids (Making Construction Vehicles for Kids) and the other offers more elaborate display models (Realistic Construction Models You Can Make). The third title, Amazing Vehicles You Can Make, offers designs for both play and display with guidelines for use. The attractive designs are appealing, offering something for everyone. Most woodworkers will be capable of completing these designs, although some are much more complex than others. All of these titles will be of interest to woodworkers and should be part of libraries' collections. If you can only justify one of these titles, the Amazing Vehicles will serve the widest audience.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156523152X
• ISBN 13: 9781565231528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144