Building a Working Model Warship: HMS Warrior, 1860 [Hardcover]

William Mowll (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press; First Printing edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557500983
• ISBN-13: 978-1557500984
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,806,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what the title leads you to expect, January 17, 1999

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This review is from: Building a Working Model Warship: HMS Warrior, 1860 (Hardcover)

When this book came out, I bought it right away. I was very disappointed- this book is not what the title lead me to expect. Chapters 1 -11 are about building a very precise scale model of Warrior. Chapter 12 is about ballasting the model, and a short epilogue covers launching and sailing. The author's craftmansship and technique is superb, but if you already have a book or two on shipmodelling skills, you'll probably find this material redundant. There is nothing about using a sail control unit to control the square sails. I know how to build static ship models, I wanted info about building a working model. This book does not deliver on the promise of the title! As a display model building book, I'd give it 5 stars, but as a sailing model book, it gets 1 star-- that averages out to 3!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book about an excellent model, February 24, 1999

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This review is from: Building a Working Model Warship: HMS Warrior, 1860 (Hardcover)

Being involved in a simular project, I looked for, and found much useful information here, There were some things that were less detailed than I would have liked, otherwise, the book will inspire anyone contemplating such a project. The author's craftmanship is fantastic. $10 less and I'd have given it 5 stars.