The Ship Model Builder's Assistant
by Davis, Charles G
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0486255840
- ISBN 13
- 9780486255842
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications, 1988. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear;" Indispensable for the serious model builder, this book offers hobbyists a true understanding of the masting, rigging, and most important fittings of American clipper ships and packet ships of the Great Age of Sail. It also represents a treasury of important information for naval and social historians, sailing enthusiasts and students of Americana. Enhanced with over 270 clear, detailed drawings of ships' components, this volume gives the model builder a deep understanding of the workings of a fully rigged an appointed sailing ship. The author devotes individual chapters to the masting of ships, mastheads, the standing rigging, the running rigging, foot-ropes, the blocks, steering wheels, the ship's gallery, pumps, ship ironwork, copper sheathing, the ground tackle, gun ports, boats and davits. He includes as well invaluable tables and lists of data that offer opportunities to compare vital statistics on rigging, masting and more.
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- Bookseller
- Werdz Quality Used Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007782
- Title
- The Ship Model Builder's Assistant
- Author
- Davis, Charles G
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486255840
- ISBN 13
- 9780486255842
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 275
- Keywords
- SHIPS BOATS AMERICAN BUILDING UNITED STATES HISTORY CRAFTS HOBBIES WOODWORK SAILING SHIP MODEL BUILDING
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