Building Plank-on-Frame Ship Models

The "plank-on-frame" method is the pre-eminent ship modeling technique, and this practical manual is the foremost guide to its intricacies. Taking as his example the two-masted sloop "Cruiser" of 1752, the author leads the shipwrights through every stage of building a model of the vessel, from preliminary research and taking off lines to the actual construction of the hull, fittings, masting, and rigging. Each step is illustrated with explanatory line drawings and photographs.McCarthy, Ron is the author of 'Building Plank-on-Frame Ship Models', published 1994 under ISBN 9781557500915 and ISBN 1557500916.