Shop Notes

Hand Tools for the Model Builder

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

Hull Plating Reference

Intro to Solid Edge 2D – Pattern for Truncated Cone

Laying Up and Carving Solid Hulls

Guidelines for bread-and-butter style hull construction

Making Barrels

A method for constructing barrels

Making Sails with Silkspan

Milling Shear and Camber

Painting Human Figures

Tips on the painting of human figures

Photo Editing

Photo Etching