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solemar

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  1. You don't need to spend lots of money on Bob Hunts practicums. He doesn't tell you anything outstanding, which the wonderful members of the forum are happy to impart for free. Just follow the build logs and post questions when you have a problem or unsure of how to do something or proceed, and you will gets lots of helpful advice and encouragement along the way! Happy building!!!! /Andrew
  2. Hi If you look at the publishers website - they are offering pre-order and a publishing date at the end of the year (31st December 2014) regards Andrew http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Ship-of-the-Line-Hardback/p/7076 "The Ship of the Line" A History in Ship Models By Brian Lavery Pages: 128 ISBN: 9781848322141 Published: 30th December 2014 The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. The Ship of the Line is the second of a new series that takes selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types – in this case, the evolution of the ship of the line, the capital ship of its day, and the epitome of British seapower during its heyday from 1650–1850. This period too coincided with the golden age of ship modelling. Each volume depicts a wide range of models, all shown in full colour, including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features, and the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing a unique form of technical history. The series is of particular interest to ship modellers, but all those with an enthusiasm for the ship design and development in the sailing era will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.
  3. FYI, another great book for the library, to go with the Swan-Class books............ I'll be ordering mine soon http://seawatchbooks.com/114002 The Royal Navy Fireship COMET of 1783 A Monograph on the Building of the Model by David Antscherl 8 ½”x11”, 160 pages, case bound with jacket, color section, 6 sheets of plans. This book describes a late eighteenth century fireship built by a private yard for the Royal Navy. Although built for the express purpose of setting on fire, Comet was lavishly decorated in high Georgian style. She was also in of the first naval ships to be fully armed with carronades. This book describes Comet’s brief history, then details her construction where it varied from standard sixth rate of the period. This work contains a color section showing David’ beautiful model and six sheets of plans. Readers will find this a useful continuation of David’s series on sixth rate sloops.ages, case bound with jacket, color section, 6 sheets of plans.
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