Model Ship Building – Complete Beginners Guide – Book Version

Model Ship Building – Complete Beginners Guide – Book Version

$55.21

This 104 page full colour book is the ideal introduction to model ship building & model boat building. Essential modeling information is presented on workshop set-up and safety, essential modeling tools, understanding model ship plans and scale, hull planking for a sharp and bluff bow hull model ship, deck planking, masting & rigging.

The Complete Beginners Guide to Model Ship Building by Gary Renshaw

Gary Renshaw started modeling he was looking for a book that would help him develop the skills and knowledge to use in his model ship building. He had purchased a few model ship building reference books but they were mostly written before the internet era and were very technical, with complicated black and white diagrams and complex instructions. Gary has written this book which contains over 100 pages of easy-to-follow instructions for people who are new to modeling. It fills a big gap in the model ship building market for accessible, user friendly and comprehensive guide to model ship building.

Overview

This book aims to make the building of a model ship easy and straight forward. It is a step-by-step guide to everything you will need to know. Some people have experience building plastic kits in childhood, others may have enjoyed a hobby with trains and still others might have worked with wood in the past. Now you are ready to build a period model wooden ship. Model ship building requires the builder to be able to read instructions, solve problems and carefully plan their steps. It is not like putting a plastic kit together.

What’s In the Book?

This book contents over 100 pages of step-by-step instruction for skills development. It has coloured photographs, illustrations, line drawings on most pages. All are very clearly labelled and close to the text they illustrate. Photograph 3 from the section on bulkheads shows keel and bulkheads being put in place.

The book contains 12 chapters covering essential ship model skills and knowledge.

1.Choosing a kit 7. Hull planking -sharp bow
2. Kit contents 8. Hull planking – buff bow
3. Workshop set up and safety 9. Deck planking
4. Essential tools 10. Deck furniture & fittings
5. Glues, paints and finishes 11. Masting
6. Plans, drawings and scale. 12. Rigging

 

Each chapter has a number of subheadings for example Chapter 4 on Essential tools the first section on Cutting tools shows the level of detail in this book.

Gary has an extensive teaching background and is knows how to design a resource that clearly explains different aspects of modeling. For example, understanding and interpreting plans and drawings is a very important aspect of model ship building. Modelers need to be able to conceptualize and interpret the drawings.  Chapter 6 on this topic, breaks down the components into plan view, elevation view, section view, perspective view, exploded view, and then moves onto scale. Each aspect provides a definition, explanation, worked examples and many photographs. Beginner modelers have commented the explanation of perspective and scale have been very helpful and clear

Review of Book

People using this book have commented

‘An incredibly useful and user-friendly resource for new modelers. Cuts through and provides the essential ‘how to ‘information for beginners.’

‘Good to get a book written by an experienced modeler that’s layout is easy to follow, print size is easily readable, and has color photographs clearly demonstrating the skills’

About the Author

Gary Renshaw has been modeling for over 30 years and is the owner of Modelers Central. He brings together an extensive knowledge as educational designer of learning materials, with many years of model ship building to produce this excellent book. It is focused on the ‘how to’ do ship modeling. It’s a great investment and covers all the skills and techniques needed for your hobby.

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