Model-Making: Materials and Methods

David Neat

ISBN 10: 1847970176 / ISBN 13: 9781847970176

Published by Crowood Press, 2008

About this Item

A brand new pristine copy. The top edge of the dust jacket shows minor shelf wear but otherwise in mint condition. Models can be used in a wide variety of situations, including theater production, architecture design, animation, and set design. For each different situation a specific material is often preferable, and this handy guide addresses the best model-making materials, from the standard and traditional to the new and innovative. Tips are provided on how each of the materials behaves and how best to use them, and illustrated instructions demonstrate methods of building, shaping, surfacing, and painting each material. A number of examples are also included along with step-by-step accounts of what materials were used and how they were manipulated without the need for expensive tools or workshop facilities. A directory covering the full range of materials involved in model-making together with an extensive list of suppliers completes this essential resource.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Model-Making: Materials and Methods
• Publisher: Crowood Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847970176
• ISBN 13: 9781847970176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • How To & Hobbies
  • Art & Photography

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Synopsis

Models can be used in a wide variety of situations, including theater production, architecture design, animation, and set design. For each different situation a specific material is often preferable, and this handy guide addresses the best model-making materials, from the standard and traditional to the new and innovative. Tips are provided on how each of the materials behaves and how best to use them, and illustrated instructions demonstrate methods of building, shaping, surfacing, and painting each material. A number of examples are also included along with step-by-step accounts of what materials were used and how they were manipulated without the need for expensive tools or workshop facilities. A directory covering the full range of materials involved in model-making together with an extensive list of suppliers complete this essential resource.

About the Author

David Neat teaches regular courses on design and is a practicing model-maker with more than 20 years professional experience.