This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building, rigging,
and sailing model boats. Written in clear, simple language and full of
helpful illustrations and detailed diagrams, this book is ideal for the
novice model builder, and will be of considerable utility to those with
a practical interest in building model boats. The chapters of this book
include: "Methods of Construction", "Methods Applicable to Any Model",
"Modelling the Ark Royal", "Materials Required", "Making the Hull on the
Laminated System", "Shaping the Hull", "The Bulwarks", "Masts and
Rigging", etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly
hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are
republishing this book now in an affordable, high quality edition. It
comes complete with a specially commissioned introduction on model
building.