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The vast majority of period ship models are built from kits,
usually primarily of wood with some ready-made fittings. Although
these commercial offerings have improved significantly in recent
years, all of them can be enhanced in accuracy or detail by an
experienced modelmaker. This book, by an expert ship modeller,
distils lessons gleaned from a lifetime practising the hobby to the
highest standards, setting out methods of improving basic kits and
gradually developing the skills and confidence to tackle the
construction of a model from scratch. Using a variety of kits as
the starting point, each chapter demonstrates a technique that can
be readily improved or a feature that can be replaced to the
advantage of the finished model. Topics include hull planking,
representing copper sheathing, many aspects of more accurate
masting and rigging, and how to replace kit parts and fittings from
scratch. Ultimately, the impact of a period model depends on its
accuracy, and the book also provides guidance on plans and
references, where to find them and how they are best used. The
plank-on-frame model, sometimes with exposed frames in the Navy
Board style, has always been considered the crowning achievement of
period ship modelling, and this book concludes with coverage of the
very latest kits that put fully framed models within the reach of
ordinary mortals. Offering advice, expertise and inspiration, _Ship
Models from the Age of Sail_ has something for anyone interested in
building a period ship model, whatever their level of skill.
WORLD WAR COMMANDER A turn-based real-time strategy game based on
the WW2 European Theater using scale miniatures on 4" inch square
scale maps. Included is a complete rule set for armies of the
German and American Army's and how to conduct battle engagements.
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Seven cool projects guide you through creating interactive robotic
models with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor kit. The book is
packed with illustrations to help you better visualise each model
and includes a quick reference guide to the programming blocks used
and the complete bill of materials of the kit. As you build these
robots, you'll learn how to use the LEGO MINDSTORMS App (based on
the Scratch 3.0 programming language) and be given the tools
necessary to invent your own LEGO MINDSTORMS robots when you're
ready for more.
The colouring book horror fans have been waiting for! This exciting
new series offers a fun new way to take a walk on the dark side.
Mythogoria: Night Terrors features intricate images of hellish
dreamscapes by one of our best-selling artists.
Play Reality: How Videogames are Changing EVERYTHING, is Jayne
Gackenbach's and Teace Snyder's first book together and, like, the
twentieth or something between the two of them. Jayne Gackenbach is
a well-respected videogame and dream researcher and Teace Snyder is
a 'kind of' well-respected hardcore gamer and lifelong writer.
Jayne works at, and can be contacted through, Grant MacEwan
University, where she has taught and researched for 21 years, and,
Teace, oversees, and can be contacted through his website,
www.teace.ca, which he created and launched in 2007. Oh yeah, and
by the way, they're mother and son too, and, are currently living
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where they regularly express the
endless bounds of their geekiness and hold hipsters in utter
contempt.
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