How to Build Plastic Ship Models [Paperback]

Lester Wilkins (Author), Burr Angle (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Pub Co (June 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890245525
• ISBN-13: 978-0890245521
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,364,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent basic book on building plastic sailing ships, March 24, 1997

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This review is from: How to Build Plastic Ship Models (Paperback)

I've used this book as a basic guide to building and enhancing several fully-rigged plastic model ships, and it is excellent. Besides having outstanding closeup photographs of built-up ships, basic modeling techniques are illustrated in step-by-step fashion, culminating in a complete chapter covering the construction of a 1/96 scale model of the USS President (modified from the USS Constitution). I especially found useful the special tips on hull strengthening and rigging, which are quite different with plastic models

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind guide to building plastic model ships, August 7, 2007

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Charles A. Race "Model Ship Enthusiast" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This is a valuable and frequently used guide on my model ship workbench. Written with the novice plastic model shipbuilder in mind, Wilkins de-mystifies the process of building a kit containing hundreds of parts, with complex instructions for sails and rigging. The pictures clearly show that with patience and the tips contained in this book, one can build a museum-quality sailing ship model comparable with scratch-built wooden ones. His technique for weathering a ship's copper bottom is excellent; I used it to realistically weather Revell's 1/96 "USS United States". The section on building the "USS President" (sister ship to the "USS Constitution" is a good systematic approach to modifiying and completing a complex model kit. The illustrations are excellent. I hope to make it up to the museum in Wisconsin to see Wilkins' collection of model ships.

5.0 out of 5 stars great Book, September 28, 2011

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Ronald Labiche - See all my reviews

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This review is from: How to Build Plastic Ship Models (Paperback)

this is a really good book very helpfull Im unable to put it down
wish I had brought it sooner what can I say