Warships in Miniature: A Guide to Naval Waterline Shipmodeling in 1/1200 Scale [Hardcover]

Michael Ainsworth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2001

A comprehensive introduction and step-by-step guide to the art of ship modeling, this volume contains complete plans for the construction of forty of the most celebrated warships of the twentieth century. The author includes sections on project planning and research, construction techniques, detailed instructions on the building of turrets and pom-poms, the use of various modeling tools, helpful tips on the variety and application of paints, and methods of displaying completed models. The featured plans include the Dreadnought, North Carolina, Yamato, Gneisenau, Enterprise (US), Guiseppe Garibaldi, Emden, Shimakaze, Volta, Vittorio Veneto, Eritrea, Allen M. Sumner, Glorious, Vincennes, Black Prince, Renown (1939), and Hood. The warship plans are a full-size 1/1200 scale with photographs, building specifications, and the history of each vessel.

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About the Author

Michael Ainsworth is an expert model ship builder who has written many magazine articles on ship modeling.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557504377
• ISBN-13: 978-1557504371
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,991,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of money, June 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Warships in Miniature: A Guide to Naval Waterline Shipmodeling in 1/1200 Scale (Hardcover)

thought it would describe techniques, methods, tips on waterline model building. It has a few pages on this, no pages on techniques to model realistic water to similate ships underway. The rest of the book just describes the history of particular warships. I could have bought a book on battleships if I wanted that. ... Save your money on this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to 1/1200 construction in plastic, with interesting histories, July 31, 2007

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axed engineer "former 1200 builder" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warships in Miniature: A Guide to Naval Waterline Shipmodeling in 1/1200 Scale (Hardcover)

This book includes chapters on tools and construction techniques, as well as many useful plans and brief ship histories written in an interesting way. The emphasis is on plastic hull construction, which those currently using wood will find useful. The book assumes some model building experience, and so does not go into great detail on techniques. The several plans are adequate for 1/1200 and perhaps for up to 1/700 when provided or scaled up.
1/1200 ships are in general not placed on bases.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother, December 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Warships in Miniature: A Guide to Naval Waterline Shipmodeling in 1/1200 Scale (Hardcover)

For an introduction to 1/1200 scale modeling do not buy Ainsworth's WARSHIPS IN MINIATURE. His how-to chapter on construction techniques is weak as it is short. Bulk of book is sub-chapters on 40 different warships. Unfortunately for the modeler, plans are crude and most of the text a superficial gloss of ships' design and service histories. Modeling notes for each ship are brief and very few are of real use or interest.