This vintage book contains an detailed, step-by-step guide to
constructing model ships in bottles. Complete with simple, clear
instructions and handy, detailed illustrations, this book is ideal for
those with an interest in making bottle ships, and it would make for a
wonderful addition to collections of model-making literature. The
chapters of this book include: "Model Building", "The Tools", "The
Bottle", "The Hull", "The Rigging", "Deck Erections and Painting", "The
Sea", "Folding, Inserting and Erecting", "The Finishing Touches",
"Dimple Bottle Model", and "Four Mast Barque". Although old, the
information contained within these pages is timeless, and will be of
considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in model ship
building. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern
edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on model
building.