Building Plank-On-Frame Ship Models

by Ron McCarthy

The "plank-on-frame" method is the pre-eminent ship modeling technique, and this practical manual is the foremost guide to its intricacies. Taking as his example the two-masted sloop "Cruiser" of 1752, the author leads the shipwrights through every stage of building a model of the vessel, from preliminary research and taking off lines to the actual construction of the hull, fittings, masting, and rigging. Each step is illustrated with explanatory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557500916
• ISBN13: 9781557500915
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.8"