Издание на английском языке
This book is a guide to wooden ship modelling, covering hull preparation, detailing, painting and rigging. It explains scales, types of drawings and features of ship lines. Suitable for modellers interested in historical ships and accurate reproduction.
Content
Model scale
Ship lines
The hull, woodworking
Holes in the hull
Gun ports
Decks, laying of
Rails and channels
Wales
Stem and galleries
Head and its rails
Figurehead
Rudder
Steering gear
Deck furniture
Windlass
Capstan
Hatches
Skylights
Hammock nettings
Painting the model, colors
The Waterline
Rigging: The spars
Tops, crosstrees, cheeks
Mast, boom, gaff, yards
Lower and upper yards, halliards
The double topsail
Lifts, footropes, sheets, braces, clew garnets
Yard bands
Making the spars
Ironwork
Bowsprit, dolphin striker, the doublings
Top, construction
Shrouds, deadeyes, lanyards
Books &? Tools, recommendations