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Keith Julier (author of The New Period Ship Handbook) is one of the most respected static model ship builders in the business.
His handbook is a well-illustrated guide to the construction of static model sailing ships which offer's the beginner all the information needed to get started in this fascinating hobby.
The handbook also introduces the more experienced model-maker to alternative techniques, well tried over many years of model shipbuilding.
Following chapters on kit selection, tools and material, the emphasis of the book moves to the practical application of the model-making procedures involved in producing high quality models.
The models selected to demonstrate these techniques range form the relatively simple to the very complex but all are constructed from kits currently available, without the facility of a sophisticated workshop.
Whether you are a beginner or an old hand, whether you fancy the graceful lines of a "J" Class yacht or the intricate detail and historical accuracy of HMS Victory, there is something in the handbook for you, and features nine kit projects: - HMS Victory - Victory's Launch - The Lady Nelson - HMS Mars - Yacht Endeavour - HMS Agamemnon - HMS Cruiser - Barque Endeavour - Clara May.
The New Period Ship Handbook
ISBN: 1-85486-233-2
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I've found this book invaluable in my HM Bark Endeavour construction, he takes you step by step through the kit construction and offers some very good tips/help, which are either not in the kit instructions or are a more practical way of doing things. For example the kit says to assemble the Yards and Masts before fitting to the Hull  , he provides the much more practical solution of drilling and pinning the yards in situ. There are a few errors in the book, for example the colour picture of the Endeavour is actually the Bounty. But it's a great way to build a kit as the instructions provided with these kits are quite often sparse to say the least.
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