Building Plank-on-Frame Ship Models

McCarthy, Ron

ISBN 10: 1557500916 / ISBN 13: 9781557500915

Published by Naval Institute Press, 1994

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Some creasing and wear on jacket edge. Rubbing on jacket panels. Some highlighting to text. Bumping on top board corners and spine head.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Plank-on-Frame Ship Models
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557500916
• ISBN 13: 9781557500915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Craft

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Synopsis

Building 'plank-on-frame' is the pre-eminent ship modelling technique which nearly all model shipwrights aspire to. This practical manual is intended as the foremost guide to all its intricacies.

Taking as his example the two-masted sloop of 1752, the Cruiser, the author leads the reader though every stage of building a model of the vessel, from preliminary research and taking off lines to the actual construction of the hull and fittings, and its masting and rigging. Each clear, step-by-step stage is described in the text and illustrated with explanatory line drawings and photographs.

Though a single ship is employed as an example, the techniques can equally well be applied to any wooden sailing ship, and for this reason the book is an essential tool for model makers - beginners and the experienced alike.

Ron McCarthy was a professional model maker since he left school at the age of 14. In the Second World War, he built 100ft to the inch Admiralty recognition vessels, and was a member of the team which built Mulberry Harbour.?

About the Author

Ron McCarthy became a professional model maker after he left school at the age of 14. In the Second World War, he built 100-foot-to-the inch Admiralty recognition vessels and was a member of the team that built Mulberry Harbor.