Basics of Ship Modeling: The Illustrated Guide

by Mike Ashey

"Basics of Ship The Illustrated Guide", by Mike Ashey,
from the Publishers of FineScale Modeler Magazine.

110 page paperback book.
Black and white photos; color profiles.
Launch better ship models than ever before!
This book will show you how
-Remove seams
-Fix fit problems
-Improve hull and deck assemblies
-Fix two-piece resin hulls
-Add superstructure detail
-Measure, bend, and install photoetched railings and ladders
-Build photoetched cranes, catapults, and radars
-Add real chains
-Drill out gun barrels
-Detail guns, torpedo tubes, and depth charges
-Detail ship fittings
-Scratch-build and detail superstructure parts
-Improve masts
-Add rigging and flags
-Mask, paint, apply decals, and add weathering
Step-by-step pictures of how to create detailed, realistic-appearing
scale ship models.
Each chapter is designed to provide as much information as possible.
This book shows you how to build flawless plastic and resin ship
models from start to finish.

The "Basics of Ship Modeling" Book

8-1/4" x 10-3/4"

Kalmbach

Part KAL12220

112 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is feloniously mis-titled. There is very little "basic" information to be found here. Many of the techniques and procedures described seem quite advanced--at least to this neophyte scale modeler. Perhaps true ship modelers are born superior and possess these skills innately, but I certainly wasn't and don't. The book contains no such discussions of basic tools, materials, and skills as I've become accustomed to seeing in other introductory scale modeling materials. There are none of the start-to-finish, step-by-step build descriptions such as you'd expect to find in a "basic" modeling publication. Also, the many illustrations, while welcome, are often ambiguous and confusing, failing to clearly indicate within their busy frames just exactly where the reader is supposed to direct his or her attention. The fact that they're almost exclusively black-and-white doesn't help. To reiterate: This book seems way too advanced for beginning ship modelers. Experienced modelers will likely enjoy it, but I found it hard to follow and difficult to understand. Kalmbach, please, re-title this one!