Title: The Ship Model Builder's Assistant
Author: Charles G. Davis
Format: Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued, 275 pages
Illustrations: Line drawings by the author
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Publisher: Edward W. Sweetman Company, NY, 1970 (reprint of original 1924 edition)
ISBN: None
Condition: In Very Good used condition, interior pages lightly age-tanned, spine bottom shows slight rubbing.
Guide to model shipbuilding by a naval architect. Contents include:
Types of Ship Models
The Built-Up Model
Wooden Sail Models
The Masting of Ships
Mastheads
The Standing Rigging
The Running Rigging
Foot-ropes
The Blocks
Steering Wheels
The Ship's Galley
Pumps
Ship Ironwork
Copper Sheathing
The Ground Tackle
Gun Ports
Boats
Davits
Appendix - Dimensions of sparring, sails and riggings for ships of various countries and years, rules for masting of Danish and French ships, other information.
