Ships-In-Bottles: A Step-By-Step Guide to a Venerable Nautical

Ships-In-Bottles: A Step-By-Step Guide to a Venerable Nautical Craft

At a time when more & more retirees are searching for a meaningful hobby, this book should be in every bookstore & library. This second edition book (first edition published by McGraw-Hill) has been extensively revised, updated & enlarged. It is a thoroughly modern text on the traditional nautical art of building ships-in-bottles. Comprehensive instructions guide beginning/advanced modelers in the creation of a bottled ship. Over 150 self-explanatory photographic & line illustrations. Discusses tools, bottle selection, modeling the ship, display stands, plan creation. Loaded with helpful hints on alternative techniques, plus photography, selling, packing & shipping. Extensive bibliography. Considered the bible of ship bottling. Author founded & served as first president of the Ships-in-Bottles Association of America
Country USA
Brand Sea Eagle Pubns
Manufacturer Sea Eagle Pubns
Binding Paperback
EANs 9780943665009
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Ships-In-Bottles: A Step-By-Step Guide to a Venerable Nautical Craft