Perfecting historical ship models from kits

Download or read book Perfecting historical ship models from kits written by Martin Haberland and published by Verlag für Technik und Handwerk. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To build a historical model ship, many modellers use one of the numerous commercially available kits of various ship types. But almost every kit contains simplifications, technical inaccuracies, or even historical errors. In this book, Martin Haberland describes how the rigging, rigging and sails of a historical ship model can be refined from the kit. With partly simple measures and simple additions, shipbuilding historical subtleties can be added, and mistakes corrected. This is how a kit model becomes a museum piece! A comprehensive list of shipbuilding terminology also offers help to every model builder. From the content: • Additions to bowsprit and jib boom • Standing rigging • Improvements to the yards • Sails – from accessories or self-made? • Anchor • Stern lanterns • Flags • Technical terms from historical shipbuilding and everyday seafaring life