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[Herman]

Hello @Allegheny ,

I did not purchase the book from the publisher. I ordered it from Boekhandel ABC in Deventer (Netherlands) through the Dutch antiquarian books website boekwinkeltjes.nl. I just saw to my surprise they have still more copies available for the same ridiculous price. Below is the link.

Boekwinkeltjes

Op boekwinkeltjes.nl koopt en verkoopt u uw tweedehands boeken. Zo'n 10.000 antiquaren, boekhandelaren en particulieren zijn u al voorgegaan. Samen zijn ze goed voor een aanbod van 7 miljoen titels.

www.boekwinkeltjes.nl

Thank you for the link.
According to the site that shop still had 12 copies. I have just sent them a request to contact me.

 

[CarlosEcheverria]

I got three books for Father’s Day. Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini has been a great read so far, and I’m sure I’ll return to it as I progress in the hobby. Rigging Period Ship Models and Period Fore-and-Aft Craft by Lennarth Petersson will definitely be more useful once I move on to more complex models.

 

[Corsair]

I got three books for Father’s Day. Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini has been a great read so far, and I’m sure I’ll return to it as I progress in the hobby. Rigging Period Ship Models and Period Fore-and-Aft Craft by Lennarth Petersson will definitely be more useful once I move on to more complex models.

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All 3 are great books !

 

[MarineGen3]

I got three books for Father’s Day. Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini has been a great read so far, and I’m sure I’ll return to it as I progress in the hobby. Rigging Period Ship Models and Period Fore-and-Aft Craft by Lennarth Petersson will definitely be more useful once I move on to more complex models.

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I picked up two of the three above, Ship Modeling Simplified and Rigging Period Ship Models with the goal of transitioning from plastic to wood kits. Have a couple other guide books as well to help with building period ship models. Lots to read before winter gets here, lol.

 

[CarlosEcheverria]

Good to know my daughters chose the right books !! I will give a look to Ron McCarthy book. Thanks for sharing.

 

[CarlosEcheverria]

I picked up two of the three above, Ship Modeling Simplified and Rigging Period Ship Models with the goal of transitioning from plastic to wood kits. Have a couple other guide books as well to help with building period ship models. Lots to read before winter gets here, lol.

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Good to know my daughters chose the right books !! I will give a look to Ron McCarthy book. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MarineGen3]

I have also picked up a few books in the Anatomy of the Ship series that cover kits I have on hand or want to build: HMAV Bounty, Cutter Alert (to help with my Lady Nelson kit), and USS Constitution, plus a couple on British Frigates to help with the La Flore kit I have (packaged by Revell as the Flying Dutchman). Not only are these all informative reads, they offer some pretty good details to help the modeler.

I'm going to have to be careful reading this forum thread, lots of good books out there but my library is almost at max capacity!

 

[Bill-R]

Hi Jeff,
I have the book also. It is a great resource.

Bill

 

[AllanKP69]

Have a couple other guide books as well to help with building period ship models. Lots to read before winter gets here, lol.

Starting a library is fantastic. No single book has all the answers but each usually has a lot to offer in its own right.
Allan

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I got three books for Father’s Day. Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini has been a great read so far, and I’m sure I’ll return to it as I progress in the hobby. Rigging Period Ship Models and Period Fore-and-Aft Craft by Lennarth Petersson will definitely be more useful once I move on to more complex models.

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All good books, now to find the time to read and study the diagrams.

 

[Hatteras]

Thank you for the link.
According to the site that shop still had 12 copies. I have just sent them a request to contact me.

Only six left now! I wonder how many are bought by SOS members.

 

[Herman]

Only six left now! I wonder how many are bought by SOS members.

Probably all of them. You should receive a commission for advertising.

 

[MarineGen3]

Much to my wife's great frustration (she has the forebearance of a saint!), I have discovered eBay! And the bank balance has taken a hit. I have now been placed on internet shopping restriction, LOL. But I did manage to sneak in the purchase of James Lee's The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860. What a find through eBay, delivered from all the way out in Wichita, KS. And the book was like new. It completes the set I had inherited from my uncle: Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815 by Brian Lavery; The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, 1650-1850 by Peter Goodwin; and The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815 also by Brian Lavery. In the US, all were published by the Naval Institute Press. I'm not sure I'll ever read them all through cover to cover, but they are well organized, contain a wealth of information both in text and drawings, and serve as great interest resources.

Like so many who grew up reading C.S. Forester, Alexander Kent, and Patrick O'Brian, I have long had an interest in the history of Great Britian's Royal Navy during the period 1775-1815, and have always wanted to build a couple of ships from this period. Perhaps now in retirement I can give it a go.

Cheers,

Eddie

 

[Corsair]

Much to my wife's great frustration (she has the forebearance of a saint!), I have discovered eBay! And the bank balance has taken a hit. I have now been placed on internet shopping restriction, LOL. But I did manage to sneak in the purchase of James Lee's The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860. What a find through eBay, delivered from all the way out in Wichita, KS. And the book was like new. It completes the set I had inherited from my uncle: Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815 by Brian Lavery; The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, 1650-1850 by Peter Goodwin; and The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815 also by Brian Lavery. In the US, all were published by the Naval Institute Press. I'm not sure I'll ever read them all through cover to cover, but they are well organized, contain a wealth of information both in text and drawings, and serve as great interest resources.

Like so many who grew up reading C.S. Forester, Alexander Kent, and Patrick O'Brian, I have long had an interest in the history of Great Britian's Royal Navy during the period 1775-1815, and have always wanted to build a couple of ships from this period. Perhaps now in retirement I can give it a go.

Cheers,

Eddie

Nice find of a wonderful book !

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Hello @Allegheny ,

I did not purchase the book from the publisher. I ordered it from Boekhandel ABC in Deventer (Netherlands) through the Dutch antiquarian books website boekwinkeltjes.nl. I just saw to my surprise they have still more copies available for the same ridiculous price. Below is the link.

Boekwinkeltjes

Op boekwinkeltjes.nl koopt en verkoopt u uw tweedehands boeken. Zo'n 10.000 antiquaren, boekhandelaren en particulieren zijn u al voorgegaan. Samen zijn ze goed voor een aanbod van 7 miljoen titels.

www.boekwinkeltjes.nl

Thanks for the link. I orderd the book yesterday evening.