Author :
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Models and modelmaking
ISBN : 9780890243923
Ideal for beginning scale modelers, this introductory book answers all the basic modeling questions about tools, kits, glues, decals, paints, and much more. Contains basic but detailed information and high-quality projects. From the pages of FineScale Modeler magazine.
Author : FineScale Modeler
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780890241387
Author : Aaron Skinner
Publisher : FineScale Modeler Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780890247914
Mastering basic skills is crucial for building realistic scale models. Essential Skills for Scale Modelers, written by FineScale Modeler's Aaron Skinner, lays the foundation needed to build, paint, weather, and display all types of models. Learn how to airbrush, work with resin, handle photoetched metal parts, and many more modeling techniques and you work through a variety of projects building armor, aircraft, cars, ships and more!
Author : Jonathan Mock
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1143 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1844862461
The Airfix Book of Scale Modelling is the essential guide to getting the most out of this fascinating and rewarding hobby, explaining how to build scale models to suit all levels of modelling skill. With full colour photography throughout, the book covers the history of modelling and of the Airfix company, and shows how injection moulded kits are made. It then describes and reviews the major modelling scales, as well as outlining the range of paints, tools and accessories that are available. Chapters include guides to choosing a kit, tools for the job, painting, decals, conversions, figure-painting, dioramas and more. Common problems and how to solve them are addressed, and there is also a series of step-by-step construction projects, including expert builds of the F86 Sabre jet, the Aston Martin DBR9, a Panzer IV tank, the Airfix yeoman figure (reissued for the London 2012 Olympics), a Trafalgar class submarine and a scenic diorama.
Author : Dennis Glaasker
Publisher : No Starch Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 159327615X
The Art of LEGO Scale Modeling displays amazing, fan-built LEGO recreations of real-life vehicles, showing off every amazing detail with high-quality photographs. You'll love poring over dozens of models, including Formula 1 racers, construction vehicles, ships, trains, airplanes, and all kinds of trucks. Authors Dennis Glaasker and Dennis Bosman share their own impressive LEGO models as well as highlight models from builders around the world. The Art of LEGO Scale Modeling also includes tips and tricks that describe the design and building process.
Author : Pat Covert
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780890243206
Lively and informal writing introduces young or beginning modelers to the fundamentals of modeling scale cars. Covers the basics of assembly, gluing, decaling, and painting, including brush, spray can, and airbrush techniques. Includes a color gallery of finished models for inspiration.
Author : Brett Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1849087253
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Brett Green details the prerequisites of airbrushing, including the different types of spray equipment and air sources available, offering advice on appropriate thinners, paint ratios and air pressures to ensure the most appropriate paint coverage across a range of different airbrushing applications. He then examines various airbrushing techniques across a wide range of models. Ten step-by-step, illustrated studies ranging from weathered military aircraft to pristine, high gloss motor vehicles, science fiction models, fantasy figures, groundwork and buildings will complete this in-depth guide to getting the best results on your models.
Author : Don Godish
Publisher : Hearst Communications
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780688045753
The companion to the national public television series based on one of America's favorite hobbies. Projects in this well-illustrated how-to book range from simple to complex. More than 300 detailed step-by-step line drawings help readers accomplish their projects, and an 8-page full-color section showcases some spectacular results.
Author : Aaron Skinner
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780890249574
In this book, popular author Aaron Skinner provides a comprehensive guide to airbrushing.
Author : Mark Bannerman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1846037565
This book equips the beginner and intermediate modellers with the techniques required to successfully complete a figure from start to finish, and provides clear and easy-to-follow instructions on how to select, prepare, assemble, modify and paint realistic figures. It also offers a round-up of the range of figures available, a discussion of scale and how to work in differing scales as well as detailing the tools and materials you will need to get going. Modelling expert Mark Bannerman then provides an insight into construction and painting techniques, in clear, step-by-step tutorials that will increase confidence and develop better technique. Covering the four most-modelled historical periods (Medieval, Napoleonic, the American Civil War and the World Wars), this book is the comprehensive guide to figure modelling.
