The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 184832295X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Naval Review . It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the era of sail. An extensively researched book full of insight and a wealth of detail
. His last book was a new and enlarged edition of Warships of the Napoleonic Era. Robert Gardiner is the author of three books on sailing cruisers, including Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars, published in 2000 and re-released in paperback in 2006
As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world. Now available in paperback, this book tells the story of the evolution of the cruising ship under sail. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. It includes a large number of model photos all in full-color as well as close-up and
Beautiful photographs of model ships. Troutman This book is more to my liking. The photos are clear, sharp, and outstanding models that provide a glimpse of what is required of a frigate, particularly in terms of the highly detailed accoutrements on the models illustrated. Many of the photos focus on the hull construction and only a few photos focusing on fully built up ships with masts, rigging, and spars all detailed. Perusing the photos in the boo. Five Stars Superb reading.. A work which teaches much about Sailing Frigates and even more about ship models. A few years ago, with no relevant training or experience whatsoever - except that of paying attention to detail, I built a scale model of the Thermopylae followed by a much larger version of Cook's HMS Endeavour. The results compared favourably to models built by those who style themselves `advanced modellers' and show off their efforts on the internet. As a result of that experience I have reviewed a sm