Basics of Ship Modeling: The Illustrated Guidestar rating 5FrankJanuary 1, 2012excellent coverage of all aspects of plastic ship buildinfg. I WILL BE building the Tamiya Missouri soon, this book will help a lot.
Basics of Ship Modeling: The Illustrated Guidestar rating 3glenn davisMarch 10, 2010pics are great ... but..a little more "how to" verbage would have been nice. I will get some use and it is worth having in my book collection.
Basics of Ship Modeling: The Illustrated Guidestar rating 5MalMarch 2, 2010Only having built aircraft and vehicles, I found this book a great beginners guide to ship building with the use of illustrations and brief desciptions. I appreciated Mike's tips and techniqes in the constuction of the models and it really has helped me get started in ship building.
Basics of Ship Modeling: The Illustrated Guidestar rating 4DaveDecember 5, 2009On receiving this book, I was pleasantly surprised by the overall content. There is a wealth of detail to assist the novice ship builder (like me!). The B&W construction photos were all clear and illustrated their particular subject well. The colour photo gallery displayed an array of superb completed models. The only let down for me, was the almost complete lack of details on rigging a ship. I would have loved a chapter on sailing ships, showing construction, rigging and detailing techniques. That stopped this publication from getting a fifth star. I recommend this book to all wanting to build their first warship kits.