Building techniques for ship models (PoD)

"For the model ship builder, there is nothing that cannot be built - the decisive factors are love and enthusiasm for the chosen model," says the experienced practitioner Günther Slansky and in this book he provides the proof.

Mississippi steamboat around 1880, French bucket dredger from the 1920s and German submarines of the Second World War - the models described here could hardly be more different.

And yet there are common features: construction according to plan with normal tools, the use of wood as the main material, low construction costs, prototypical detail and interesting functions.

Which historical and technical basics have to be researched, how hulls, superstructures and even the smallest details of the ship's equipment are created and how special functions are realized, all this is shown by the author using three extraordinary ship models as examples.

The considerations for the model conception and the planning of the construction process are discussed as well as the actual execution, which is described in detail with a wealth of practical suggestions. In 130 illustrations, the reader can watch the ship models grow and marvel at the results.

The courage to create an unusual ship model is shown here,

how to realize it.