Ship Modeling From Scratch
Language: English
Published by International Marine., 1993
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used

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International Marine., 1993-10-01. 1st. Edn, 7th. Imp. F/F/ND. Box 28 SOFTBACK "US EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 7th. With NL.* Date of Publication: 1994.* Publisher: International Marine for McGraw Hill.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers showing two model boats and a keel on the shelf behind. Red & green titles to front and black titles to spine. No shelf wear to edges, corners or to head or tail of spine. No visible marks. FINE.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE.* Illustrations: B/w photos, l/dwgs plans etc.* Pages: 160 pp. text. xxiii pp. appendices & index at rear.* Description:- Tips and techniques for building without kits. The book expands the horizon of any kit builder looking for a challenge, including, choosing the right subject, finding and interpreting historical material, building from plans, drawing scaled plans from photographs, buying tools and materials, building everything from half madels to plank-on-frame or plank-on-bulkhead versions of traditional sailing craft to modern steel cargo ships, painting and displaying your model.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st thus. 7th. imp. with number line, no visible faults.* 0 183 pp. 1993-10-01.…
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- Title
- Ship Modeling From Scratch
- Author
- Leaf., Edwin B
- Publisher
- International Marine.
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- F/ F/ND
- Binding
- Paperback.
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0070368171
- ISBN 13
- 9780070368170
- Edition
- y 1st. Edn, 7th. Imp.
- Seller catalogs
- Modeling, Ships
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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About the Author
Edwin B. Leaf began building models at the age of six, and by fifteen he had successfully scratchbuilt his first ship, a Baltimore clipper. He continued his modeling while traveling the world as a U.S. Army officer. Now retired from army service, Leaf pursues his craft as a member of the Philadelphia Ship Model Society, where he served as president. Often approached for advice on modeling problems, he began compiling tips, techniques, and drawings to help novice scratchbuilders, a move that led to frequent lectures before modeling groups--and to this book.
A resident of southern New Jersey, Mr. Leaf serves as commodore of the Red Dragon Canoe Club when he's not at his workbench.
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Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…
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