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a lifetime s modelling experience, and is indispensable reading for all ship
modellers of whatever level of skill.
K0017 Flower Class Corvettes £25.00
K0055 Bismarck & Tirpitz £14.99
K402 Finishing Scale Ship Models: Detailing and
K6986 British Battlecruisers of the Second World War £14.99
Painting Techniques by Tom Gorman £17.99
It is the painting and the fine detailing on a scale model that can separate the
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good from the also ran ; and it is probably the most difficult aspect of ship modelling
to excel at. This new manual will, therefore, come as a godsend for all those
K700 Plastics for Modellers 7.95
struggling with some final, intricate component on their model ship.
Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive guide to the use of plastics in the
The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with the painting of models and many and varied fields of modelling. Plastics for Modellers describes the various
outlines techniques for both wood and plastic, where the author starts by describing types and forms of plastics and details their useful characteristics, strengths and
all the equipment needed and then looks at the different approaches needed for weaknesses. The book explains how to obtain them, how to work with them when
hulls and superstructures, decks and fittings. The preparation of surfaces and making models and also examines their applications in each of the many and
the application of sealing and priming coats are dealt with; brushwork, spraying varied branches of modelling. Well illustrated with informative line drawings,
and air-brushing are explained and the place for varnishes discussed. instructive photographs and amusing cartoons, the book explains why you might
choose, or prefer to substitute, plastics for the more commonly used materials
The second part of the book reveals how to make all the fittings for models, such as wood and metal.
ranging from safety equipment such as lifeboats, life rafts and carley floats, to
deck machinery like winches and windlasses, ventilators and tank vents. Whether Alex Weiss has first-hand experience both of working in many different areas of
you are aspiring to competition status or at the early stage of your modelling modelling and of using the majority of the materials described. He has packed a
career, this new manual has a wealth of practical information which will help lifetime of working with plastics into this concise and practical book.
transform your model; it should find a place on every modeller s workbench.
8766 Radio Control In Model Boats 8.95
K291 RMS Titanic. A Model Makers Manual
by Peter Davies-Garner £20.00
Radio controlled model boating began to establish itself as a popular hobby in
RMS Titanic has had more written about her than any other ship but, surprisingly,
the 1950's and there was great excitement, even incredulity, among onlookers
there is a little information directed at the modelmaker. This new book contains
when they realised that a model was responding to commands sent from a radio
all the information needed to build a highly accurate model down to the tiniest
transmitter. Nowadays a bystander is more surprised if a model does not have a
details of the hull s rivets. The book is based on the author s own remarkable 20ft
radio! In the interim, the equipment used has made great strides, to the point
model, specially commissioned for a travelling exhibition throughout North
where the customer simply has to plug in the batteries, switch on and it all works:
America. It contains a mass of practical information on how to construct every
no technical knowledge whatsoever is needed. However, guidance is needed to
part of the great liner and is equally applicable to a small static bread-and-butter
install the radio in the model and learn how to use it to its best advantage.
display model as to a large working version.
John Cundell is an author of many years experience at club, national and
It is highly illustrated with superb close-up photographs of the model, detailed
international level. In his capacity as editor of Model Boats magazine he is very
drawings by the author and a large collection of photographs of the prototype
aware of the sort of questions likely to be asked by the less experienced and,
herself, some of which have never been published before. In addition, the book
perhaps more importantly, knows the problem areas likely to be encountered by
contains a complete set of plans of the Titanic which are considered to be the
the unsuspecting newcomer.
most accurate yet drawn.
Radio Control in Model Boats, first published in 1986, is a totally practical book
With its mix of practical information, rare photographs and highly-detailed drawings
and this revised edition brings you right up-to-date. If you follow carefully the
this book will appeal to all Titanic enthusiasts as well as to ship modellers of
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