Model-Making - Materials and Methods

David Neat Price: $32.95

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This focuses primarily on the wide variety of materials that can be employed to make models - those which have been favoured for a while and those which are relatively new

The book looks at how these materials behave and how to get the best out of them, then illustrates a range of relatively simple methods of building, shaping, modelling, surfacing and painting with them

Useful features of the book include ...

The different uses of models in various disciplines

The sequence of making

planning and construction

creating surfaces

painting and finishing

Methods of casting, modelling and working with metals

Step-by-step accounts of the making of specially selected examples

Simple techniques without the need for expensive tools or workshop facilities

A 'Directory' of a full range of materials, together with an extensive list of suppliers

176 pages - 185 colour photographs
9781847970176