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Seaforth: Modelling

"...the lessons that readers learn will stand them in good stead for tackling other kits, and may even give them the courage to try making ship models from scratch." Read the full review [link=https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/book-reviews/reviews-2024/october-2024/top-tips-for-crafty-constructors/]here.[/link]
Nautilus Telegraph - November-December 2024

"This is another terrific, inexpensive and handy book for anybody wishing to build models of these ships, and also for those who just want quick and easy to read reference book."
Nigel Denchfield - IPMS Battleship Group.

"In summary, in this book Brian Lavery has exploited the best of contemporary publishing skill, especially in colour illustration, to provide a synthesis of the insights available in his earlier major works such as The Ship of the Line and The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815. Here his years as senior curator at NMM bear further fruit, and this authoritative account in affordable and handy format cannot be commended too highly." Read the full review [link=https://www.naval-review.com/book-reviews/wooden-warship-construction-a-history-in-ship-models/]here.[/link]
Naval Review

"All in all a fascinating beautifully illustrated three Volume set."
The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Gorgeous color photos of the models abound, showing the exceptional work of master ship modelers who have customized several models to produce lifelike renderings of the ill-fated vessel. Once again, Jang’s descriptions are scrupulously objective, pointing out inaccuracies and other shortcomings.
The National Maritime Historical Society

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Ship Dioramas

This book is about the art of displaying waterline models. By their very nature, ship models that do not show the full hull and are not mounted on an artificial stand cry out for a realistic setting. At its most basic this can be just a representation of the sea itself, but to give the model a context – even to tell some sort of story – is far… Read more...

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This book is the first comprehensive history of how the 1:1200 scale and its 1:1250 continental equivalent became accepted as the modern standard for miniature ship models. The origins can be traced back to the first years of the twentieth century and their use as identification aids by the military during the First World War, but when peace came the… Read more...

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