ship planking booklet by Robert Mansir

[popeye the sailor]

I recently was asked about a page I had posted in a member's build log,  concerning planking.   when I first began building wooden ships,  the fellow that got me started gave me a huge stack of 'ships in scale and scale ship modeler magazines dating way back.  included was a few other books and booklets pertaining to ship modeling,  by Richard Mansir.   one in particular seems to stand out....a planking booklet by Richard.   I forget the member,  but he was in a bind with his planking, and I posted the page to help him out.......the booklet was published in 1982.  recently,  I was PM'd by Tom G asking where he could get a copy.  as I told him,  I'm sure that the book is long out of print.......I gave him the address and the ISBN number of the book.   he found a site that it can be down loaded for free:

 

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I found this to be a very useful booklet.  in 16 pages,  it covers simple planking and scale planking,  although I sorta disagree about his scale planking rule.  I think it all depends on how small a scale the modeler wants to build his ship........the old adage:  where there's a will,  there's a way    it also has a small glossary in the back outlining planking and hull terms.   it's a great booklet for the beginner modeler.

Edited May 30, 2019 by kurtvd19
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[pontiachedmark]

Gidday popeye.

Thankyou for the link.

The more information from different sources the better.

Wishing you all the best,

Mark.