New Miniature Ship Model Book Miniature Shipbuilder 2015 Merchant Ships Scratch

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NOTE: This is the last one - More ordered, so will be able to list again at the end of the month! Miniature Shipbuilder 2015 By Robert A. Wilson FRSA11.7 inches by 8.2 inches. 158 pages including indexAbout 285 illustrations, mainly colour photographs. Card back, 300gsm glossy. Inside pages silk, 115gsm.See high resolution images for content, Introduction, index,and sample pages.This book was privately published by myself two days ago, on the 7 th May, 2015. This first edition was limited to 36 copies. After only two days, there are less than ten left!This book is for ship modellers who wish for a change from kit assembly. The models are all miniatures, seldom more than about 18 inches in length. Plans are supplied in the book for the motorship Tuscan Star (Front cover), Pass of Brander , four-masted barque; Arran Mail , Scottish coaster; Mary Isabel, steel barquentine, Frederick T. Everard , coastal vessel; Fred Everard , coastal vessel; Corbeach , collier; Sheaf Holme , tramp steamer; Welsh brig Evelyn , as well as a number of sail plans of various square riggers.The construction of miniatures is not as difficult as you would imagine. The rigging is all fine copper wire, and there are no knots anywhere. The wire is straightened using a simple technique described in the book, cut off to the required length, picked up with tweezers, read more

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