Shop Notes

27 shop notes found

Hand Tools for the Model Builder

Submitted by Bob Comet

A listing of essential and nice-to-have tools for building ship models from kits or from scratch

Hull Plating Reference

Submitted by Alan Frazer

Laying Up and Carving Solid Hulls

Submitted by John Cheevers

Guidelines for bread-and-butter style hull construction

Making Barrels

A method for constructing barrels

Milling Shear and Camber

Submitted by John Cheevers

Painting Human Figures

Submitted by Marty Gromovsky

Tips on the painting of human figures

Photo Etching

Submitted by Gene Berger

Scraper for Head Rails and Moldings

A handmade tool that can be used to create moldings and to apply edge grooves to objects such as head rails.