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How to Make Clipper Ship Models - A Practical Manual Dealing with Every Aspect of Clipper Ship Modelling from the Simplest Waterline Types to Fine Scale Models Fit for Exhibition Purposes

How to Make Clipper Ship Models - A Practical Manual Dealing with Every Aspect of Clipper Ship Modelling from the Simplest Waterline Types to Fine Scale Models Fit for Exhibition Purposes

Edward W. Hobbs / Edward WHobbs

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Editorial:
Swedenborg Press
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781447411659
32,46 €
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This vintage book is a comprehensive manual on the building of model clipper ships, with information on constructing everything from the simplest waterline types to fine scale models fit for exhibition. With complete, easy-to-digest instructions and detailed illustrations, this volume is ideal for novice model enthusiast, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: 'Famous Clippers', 'Building Clipper Models', 'Making a Waterline Model', 'Making a Scenic Model', 'Modelling the Hull', 'Plank Built Hulls', 'Modelling the ’Loch Torrens’', 'The Hull Stand', 'Masts and Spars', 'Deck Fittings', 'The Standing Rigging', 'The Sails', 'The Running Rigging', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on model building.

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