Ship Modeler's Handbook

The NRG is proud to announce the publication of the Ship Modeler’s Handbook.  This limited-edition special issue, published by FineScale Modeler, is a collection of articles taken from our own Nautical Research Journal and Ships in Scale Magazine, as well as two original articles found exclusively in this Handbook.  The Handbook was designed to appeal to both new modelers and old hands.  You will recognize most of the authors’ names, some of whom, sadly, are no longer with us.  Editor's page Working in tight places Save your fingers Undoing glue joints Cleaning sandpaper Bending brass pipes and making fittings Thoughts on bending wood Simulate splices Making round eyebolts Embossing dimples How to copper a hull Painting a waterline Hoist your colours Make your ship's grate Bases and mounting models Zen and the art of creating the ocean Swift: a Virginia pilot boat of 1805 Chart a different course Modeling the Imperial Russian Navy monitor, Uragan Strategic detailing for ships Make a showpiece of Showboat Build Huck Finn's raft