{"product_id":"ship-modeling-simplified-tips-and-techniques-for-model-construction-from-kits-9780071558679","title":"Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model Construction from Kits","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShip Modeling Simplified\u003c\/i\u003e, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench to help novices take their first steps in an exciting pastime. You don't need the deftness of a surgeon or the vocabulary of an old salt to build a model. What you need is an understanding coach. Mastini leads readers from the mysteries of choosing a kit and setting up a workshop through deciphering complicated instructions and on to painting, decorating, and displaying finished models--with patience and clarity, not condescension. He reveals dozens of shortcuts: How to plank a hull \"egg-shell tight\"; how to build and rig complicated mast assmeblies without profanity; how to create sails that look like sails. . . . And along the way he points out things that beginners usually do wrong--beforehand, not after they've taken hammers to their projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShip Modeling Simplified\u003c\/i\u003e even includes an Italian-English dictionary of nautical terms, the key to assembling the many high-quality Italian kits on the American market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModel building is fun, and not nearly as difficult as some experts would have you believe. Here is everything you'll ever need to get started in a hobby that will last a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Mastini\u003c\/b\u003e acquired a lifelong curiosity about the sea and its historic sailing vessels as a younster in Italy. A graduate of the Italian Naval Academy, Mastini honed his seamanship skills aboard the 270-foot, square-rigged training vessel, \u003ci\u003eAmerigo Vespucci\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe began his professional model building career in 1961, developing a clientele of collectors for whom he still builds on commission. Mastini recently finished a scratch-built model of the \u003ci\u003eMary and John\u003c\/i\u003e, a ship that carried a group of Pilgrims from England to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630. He is the author of a series of articles for \u003ci\u003eShips in Scale\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and is in frequent demand as a coach for beginning modelers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not on the telephone discussing modeling problems, Mastini can be found at his Hartsdale, New York, workbench, enjoying retirement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Marine Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459924922642,"sku":"9780071558679","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03ba818c-2d2f-4a14-ae7c-adbda72a15e6.jpg?v=1730015716","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ship-modeling-simplified-tips-and-techniques-for-model-construction-from-kits-9780071558679","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}