Bob Blarney Posted September 28, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 28, 2014 Hi, In the first decades of the 1900s, the magazine Popular Science featured detailed articles about model shipbuilding by Capt. E. Armitage McCann. These may be of interest to you, and you can search for them via Google Books. Unfortunately, the original plans that could be mailordered are no longer available. But here's an example of what can be found: http://books.google.com/books?id=VCgDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=tool%20box&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q&f=false robin b, hexnut, dafi and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted September 28, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 28, 2014 I also love "mount a fish" page 83 :-) XXXDAn mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted September 28, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 28, 2014 Never mind the advertisement 'Guard the Vital Zone' on page 99! Ah, those far off days of 1932 with all those tobacco ads..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Blarney Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) The article did not mention about how to cook and enjoy the eating of the trophy fish. Obviously, that's arcane knowledge for discussion in another forum. Edited September 28, 2014 by Bob Blarney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexnut Posted September 28, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 28, 2014 Thank you, that was fun! For additional interest, I saw the ad for "A.J. Fisher model ship fittings". They are still around! (looks like they carry some nice items, too.) Should we tell them that their ad from 1932 is still working? dafi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted September 29, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 29, 2014 Ask if they'll honor the prices. Then duck and run. avsjerome2003, uss frolick, bushman32 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman32 Posted September 30, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 30, 2014 They had an ad for Roy Hancock ship models as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted November 9, 2014 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2014 You can still buy his book, "How to make a Clipper Ship Model" from Amazon. It is based on one of the series of articles from the 1920's. I was able to find a copy that still had the plans in the back. The model he describes is Donald McKay's Sovereign of Seas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack12477 Posted November 10, 2014 Share #9 Posted November 10, 2014 I see an ad for the Franklin Institute of Rochester NY - an early predecessor to the present day Rochester Institute of Technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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