Historic Model Ships from Scratch

book summary

Ships in bottles. A Trafalgar ship - its construction and other capital ships. Another look at barges. Gloucester schooners and other American craft. Alabam III - a complete picture story of the model construction. Ships' boats and nautical dioramas. Steamers and paddle steamers. 'C' class destroyer and modern ships reflecting the past. Ships' deck detailing. Systems of hull building - half-block models and the mounting of models. Rigging your models and sail making. Christopher Columbus nd Sir Francis Drake - the ships they sailed in. Old ships make interesting models. Sailing trawlers old new