The Photographic Guide to Model Plane, Train and Boat Making

Book excerpt: This vintage book is a detailed and profusely illustrated guide to constructing model planes, trains, and boats. With useful information on everything from choosing materials to installing electrical systems, this is a volume that will appeal to serious model enthusiasts, and one that would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Indoor Monoplane”, “Shifler-Smith Model”, “Materials for the Model”, “Tudor Morris Model”, “Landing Gear”, “the 'Santa Maria'”, “A Hal Model”, “'Sea Scout' Racing Yacht Model”, “Setting up a Model Railway”, “Operating a Model Railway System”, etc. This volume has been elected for modern publication due to its instructional value, and is being republished now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on making models.