Boys' Book of Model Boats

Boys' Book of Model Boats

Author: Raymond F. Yates

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-07-20

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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You will enjoy these wonderful and whimsical instructions on the best model boats in the world! Read this manual for more about every model boat you will need! Contents: Why a Boat Floats, The Hull, How to Make Simple Boats, With and Without Power Drive, cont...


Model Boat Building

Model Boat Building

Author: Steve Rogers

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780887406423

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The skipjack is one of the best working boats. Now Steve Rogers offers a guide for building a model skipjack, leading the craftsperson step-by-step through the process. The result is a beautiful boat in full sail. The model is in 1/2" scale, based on a skipjack that is 45 feet on deck with a 15 foot beam. Drawings, patterns, jigs, and accessories are all detailed. Everything is illustrated in clear color photographs.


Fundamentals of Model Boat Building

Fundamentals of Model Boat Building

Author: John Into

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 2011-01-13

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780764331053

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Learn the skills necessary to successfully create an accurate model boat from scratch, including structural elements, paper model renderings, hull features, and mechanical drawings. This book takes the reader through all the steps necessary to create one model boat based on the "Annie Buck," an actual Chesapeake Bay "Deadrise" workboat. Based on all readers learn here, they will be able to apply the design techniques and theories to successfully create models of other boats that appeal to them. In fact, the detailed text also explains how to read marine drawings for reference and describes the tools and techniques needed to successfully execute bulkhead and lift building theory. For inspiration, a gallery of finished models includes Coronados, cruisers, and trawlers. This book will prove its worth to modelers everywhere.


Build Yourself a Model Yacht

Build Yourself a Model Yacht

Author: W. J. Daniels

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1473355893

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This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of model yachts, ships and steamers. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this book is highly recommended for model boat enthusiasts, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “How to Build a Sharpie Hull; Setting up the Moulds and Erecting the Framework”, “Planking up the Sharpie Hull and Finishing it off”, “Marking and Cutting out the Wood for A 36 inch Round-bottomed Hull”, “Gluing up the Hull and Making the Keel”, “Carving and Finishing the Hull”, 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.


Building Small Boats

Building Small Boats

Author: Greg Rössel

Publisher: WoodenBoat Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780937822500

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Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".


Model Boat Building

Model Boat Building

Author: Steve Rogers

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780764310706

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Using the lines of boats built before 1940 by Alvin Beal, Steve takes the modeller step-by-step through the process of building an authentic scale model lobster boat. In over 250 color photographs he begins with the sculpting of the builder's model, upon which are laid the ribs and hull of the boat, and continues through the building of accessories and the painting of the boat.


Historic Ship Models

Historic Ship Models

Author: Wolfram zu Mondfeld

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781402721861

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The United States and Europe. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, and whether you have hours to spend on a project or years, you'll find money- and time-saving ideas on every page. Book jacket.


Boat Modeling the Easy Way

Boat Modeling the Easy Way

Author: Harold H. Payson

Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 9781934982112

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A fitting sequel to his popular Boat Modeling. Build nine models using the lift method: a tugboat, an English cutter, a lobsterboat, sardine carriers, a fishing schooner, a torpedo-stern launch, a Friendship sloop, and a day cruiser. Table of Contents: Building the Basic Half Model: Laura B. Building the Full Model: Laura B. Pauline, "Queen of the Fleet" Mite William Underwood Lisa Foam Alice We're Here Snow Leopard