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Title: The Ship Model Builder's Assistant by Charles G. Davis ISBN: 0-486-25584-0 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Introduction to the built-up ship model
Comment: Detailed sequential instruction on constructing the built-up ship model. Accurate lists of the various countries' mast rules, including tops, heads, trestletrees etc, and rope & block dimensions, ensure that your model will look like the real thing and not a misproportioned eyesore.
There are lots of hints and tips to making the rigging and the ground tackle (capstans, bitts, winches, anchors) look real, including correct proportions of gunports.
The book does assume that you have an accurate drawing to work from and with this in mind it is a welcome addition to anyone's library. My only complaints are that there should be more detail on planking, and some of the drawings are a tad small, obscuring the detail.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Reference Work
Comment: After initial chapters on varying types of ship models, including the built-up model and wooden-sail models, the author devotes individual chapters to the masting of ships, mastheads, the standing rigging, the running rigging, foot-ropes, the blocks, steering wheels, the ship's galley, pumps, ship ironwork, copper sheathing, the ground tackle, gun ports, boats and davits. He includes as well invaluable tables and lists of data that offer opportunities to compare vital statistics on rigging, masting and more.
Charles C. Davis was a well-known naval architect, shipbuilder, master seaman, racing yachtsman and nautical chronicler. His lifelong love affair with the great ships of the past resulted in several classic works on ships and ship model building. The present volume is one of the latter, an extremely thorough, practical and readable guide to building ship models in authentic detail and in proper proportion. In all, The Ship Model Builder's Assistant offers a treasury of both descriptive and "how-to" information essential to model builders and highly enlightening for all fascinated by the great sailing ships of America's past.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Second Book Of The Ship Modeling Foundation
Comment: The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is due to the dated writing, which is sometimes distracting. If not for that, it's 5 stars!!
A must for you if you're just beginning, like me. The author explains everything very well. Not only how things work, but why they work. His specifics about construction are excellent, if only for those who are curious about sailing vessels. His charts are wonderful for answering questions about construction and cutting before the cut is made. He really gets down to the nuts and bolts.
I don't agree that this book is not for the beginner. I'm a beginner, and I have learned much from this book, and continue to reinforce that knowledge with the book. If you be a beginning builder, a student of sailing vessels, or just plain curious about the subject, get this book. Remember, it reads a bit differently then more current books, but you'll smile at that fact, and get the benefit of the knowledge imparted within.
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Title: Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern by Milton Roth ISBN: 0830628444 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Art of Rigging by Captain George Biddlecombe ISBN: 0486263436 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model Construction from Kits by Frank Mastini ISBN: 0071558675 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Ship Models : How to Build Them by Charles Davis ISBN: 0486251705 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Planking Techniques for Model Ship Builders by Donald Dressel ISBN: 0830628681 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 March, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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