| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Kalmbach Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Aaron Skinner |
| Publisher | : Kalmbach Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780890249574 |
In this book, popular author Aaron Skinner provides a comprehensive guide to airbrushing.
| Author | : Aaron Skinner |
| Publisher | : FineScale Modeler Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-10 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Dennis Glaasker |
| Publisher | : No Starch Press |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2015-09-01 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Jonathan Mock |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 1143 |
| Release | : 2014-02-06 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Sheperd Paine |
| Publisher | : Kalmbach Publishing, Co. |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780890241950 |
Learn everything you need to know about making your dioramas look real! This fantastic revised edition will show you how with new projects, new photos, and expert tips. Includes painting, weathering, and detailing tips for figures, aircraft, vehicles, and more! By Sheperd Paine.
| Author | : Brett Green |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 490 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Pat Covert |
| Publisher | : Kalmbach Publishing, Co. |
| Total Pages | : 94 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Mark Bannerman |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 82 |
| Release | : 2011-03-15 |
| Genre | : 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.
