Modelling Tips

How to build an eighteen foot ships boat (cutter), by David Antscherl.

A Primer on Planking by David Antscherl - A short course on the principles of planking a hull including the development of plank shapes by spiling and laying out the hull.

Planking in progress of Comet, 1783, by David Antscherl at 1:48 scale.

Making a ship's lantern by David Antscherl. How to fabricate a beautiful ship's lantern incorporating the photo-etched body available from Admiralty Models.

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