Ship Models: How to Build Them (Dover Woodworking)

I found the book Ship Models, which included a plan of the Sea Witch, by Charles G Davis, an excellent source of information. I would recommend this publication to anyone considering building ship models, especially the Sea Witch. I am constantly referring to the dimensions and techniques. Very informative book.

Very informative. Highly recommend this product to ship modelers

When it comes to period ships and building models of them you can never have enough reference material and this little book is loaded with it.

Nice copy of the book, original to the 1920's. Good gouge on old time model boat building. The new, Dover copy is also good. I just like the originals when I can get them.

I'm still somewhat of a beginner when it comes to ship-modeling, though I've built 5 ships so far (all in plastic). During the past year or so, I've collected a stack of books on the subject of ship modeling, each ranging between SUPER helpful or NOT so much! This book falls in the category of NOT so much.It has good info, but it is limited to the author's experience building a *from scratch* model of the Sea Witch. Much of the info here is applicable to different ships, but is unquestionably a builder's guide for the Sea Witch. There's even a fold-out plan sheet in the back....however, I feel that the narrative is not complete enough to be considered an instruction guide. It seems like the book is meant to help a beginner understand how ship models are built, but it spares the detailed construction guidelines that a beginner would need, seemingly assuming that anyone reading it would already know certain things.Anyway, it's not a bad book, but calling it "Ship Models: How to build them" is like calling one recipe a cookbook.I can suggest a few other books that I found SUPER helpful in learning about shipmodeling so far, with complete sections, and with subject matter that will apply to many different types of ship model, whether in wood or plastic (rigging, for example)...Ship Modeling Simplified, by Frank Mastini is a GREAT BOOK for beginners...One of my favorites...How to build plastic ship models, by Les Wilkins has some good (though somewhat dated and brief) information...The Neophyte shipmodelers Jackstay By George Campbell is packed with good info despite being a smaller book...Rigging Period Ship Models, by Lennarth Petersson in invaluable for understanding rigging (a must have)Anyway, if you're looking for books on building ship models, always be sure to read as many reviews as you can before buying....for some are valuable and others worthless...depending of course on what you need. Hope this helps!

This book is very old... but so are most of the other books on ship modeling. Still, the material is relevant, and the material in this book is very good.

poorly illustrated and presented

This book is like a textbook (very small textbook) probably written by someone who knows a fair bit but has no ability to teach and explain. The book is a small paperback book with minimal illustrations that tries to cover the complete building of a model boat. If it were a map, it would be one 8.5 x 11 map of the whole United States.

The reason to love Dover Books is well illustrated by this volume first published in 1925 then by Dover in 1986. The detail and first-hand knowledge of the art of building sailing craft models is preserved and transmitted to us. This book and it's companion 'The Art of Rigging' were of great assistance building the first major project of this new interest for me.

Loved it brilliantHope my craft skills do it justice.

Ce livre m'apporte de nombreux renseignements sur les navires anglais.Il me permet d'avoir sur ma liseuse tout une série de livres, dont celui ci qui affine mes connaissance pour la construction de ma maquette.

本書の初版は1925年。巻末にクリッパー"Sea Witch"のB3サイズほどの図面がある。例によってイラストも著者自身による。表紙に"173 illustrations"とあるように少なくはないが、小さいので少なく感じる。　"Sea Witch"を題材に帆船模型の作り方を初心者向けに記述しているが、船体はソリッド・モデルである。図面が付いているので、plank-on-frameやplank-on-bulkheadで作ることは出来るだろう。　キットをいくつか作ったスクラッチ初心者向けと見た方がいいと思う。チャネル、デッドアイあたりで終わっていて、マストやリギングについては諸元を示しているだけ。セール・プランは付いているので本書だけで"Sea Witch"を作れないことはないが、トップの形（セール・プランを見るとトップが船尾に寄っているように見える）やリギングは別の資料で研究する必要がある。　ところで、表紙の模型は"Flying Cloud"である。おおらかなのか、いい加減なのか。

Great source for reality based information on the actual ship construction !