Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133723 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Synopsis
This new shipmodeller's manual explains in graphic manner how to build a small 1/16th scale model of the American privateer schooner Prince de Neufchatel. She was one of a new class of large, fast and seaworthy schooners that first made their appearance during the war of 1812. She had a short but notoriously successful career that earned her a permanent place in her nation's history.World-renowned ship modeller Phil Reed describes in this new book how to build two versions of this ship: a waterline model and a full-hull display model. Building on the success of his first book, "Modelling Sailing Men-of-War", which described the complex building process of the 74-gun ship, he has here taken a simpler vessel, to encourage the less experienced shipwright to embark upon a scratch-built hull. Taking this schooner as a prototype, the author passes on a wealth of experience which will enable modellers of all skill levels to confidently tackle every aspect of building any small fore-and-aft rigged vessel.

Beautifully illustrated throughout with pin-sharp colour photographs, this new manual is destined to become, like the author's first book, a classic work for ship modellers everywhere, and whether intending to build a detailed display model or a more impressionistic scenic version he will find all he needs between the pages of this new volume.