FineScale Modeler Ship Modelers Handbook Справочник моделиста кораблей. Специальный выпуск

Издание на английском языке
The book is a practical guide to ship modeling, containing advice on technique, detailing and creating realistic models.

Content
Editor's page
Working in tight places. When your tool just won’t fit. Steve Wheeler
Save your fingers. Modeling hacks to help hold small or irregular parts. David Antscherl
Undoing glue joins. Fixing construction mistakes Kurt van Dahm
Cleaning sandpaper. Prolong its life with a rubber cleaning stick. Kurt van Dahm
Bending brass pipes and making fittings. It’s not as hard as you might think. Steve Wheeler
Thoughts on bending wood. Straight talk about making curves. Steve Wheeler
Simulate splices. Make the end of your rope easier. Steve Wheeler
Making round eyebolts. A little time will turn out exactly what you need. Steve Wheeler
Embossing dimples. Simulate rivets or nail heads with a modeler’s drill press. Steve Wheeler
How to copper a hull. Materials, tools, and techniques for a realistic appearance. Roger Frye
Painting a waterline. Start with the line and work out. Kurt van Dahm
Hoist your colors. Learn to make beautiful, realistic, scale-model flags. Gus Augustin
Make your ship's grate. Don’t let an ill-made hatch be the downfall of a first-rate model. Toni Levine
Bases and mounting models. Think about displaying the model before you start building. Steve Wheeler
Zen and the art of creating the ocean. Model realistic water for a large-scale ship. Ron Neilson
Swift, a Virginia pilot boat of 1805. Finish a double-planked hull and overcome challenges of an older kit. Gilbert Mcardle
Chart a different course. You can achieve museum-quality results with paper. David Sakrison
Modeling the Imperial Russian Navy monitor Uragan. Research and paper result in a unique replica. Maurice Richard
Strategic detailing for ships. Focus on little things to make your model stand out from the fleet. Chuck Bauer
Make a showpiece of Showboat. Building, modifying, and detailing a 1/350 USS North Carolina. Bob Steinbrunn
Build Huck Finn’s raft. Scratchbuild a Mississippi River plank boat based on Mark Twain’s description
Alan O'neill