Model-Making: Materials and Methods

By David Neat

Book Overview

Model-making: Materials and Methods focuses primarily on the wide variety of materials that can be employed to make models; those which have been favoured for a while and those which are relatively new. The book looks at how these materials behave and how to get the best out of them, then illustrates a range of relatively simple methods of building, shaping, modelling, surfacing and painting with them. Useful features of the book include: The different uses of models in various disciplines The sequence of making; planning and construction, creating surfaces, painting and finishing Methods of casting, modelling and working with metals Step-by-step accounts of the making of specially selected examples Simple techniques without the need for expensive tools or workshop facilities A 'Directory' of a full range of materials, together with an extensive list of suppliers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719842476
• ISBN13: 9780719842474
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"