A comprehensive introduction and step-by-step guide to the art of ship modeling, this volume contains complete plans for the construction of forty of the most c

This book is the first comprehensive history of how the 1:1200 scale and its 1:1250 continental equivalent became accepted as the modern standard for miniature

From nineteenth-century ironclads to the largest American carrier, this heavily-illustrated volume is a treasuretrove of information on modeling warships. Each