Waterline Warships : An Illustrated Masterclass

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Phillip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caesar (Destroyer)--Models.

Caesar (Destroyer).

Warships--Models--Great Britain--Pictorial works.

Warships--Models--Great Britain.

Warships.

Local Subjects:

Caesar (Destroyer)--Models.

Warships--Models--Great Britain--Pictorial works.

Warships--Models--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Waterline Warships

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Seaforth Publishing, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Philip Reed, best known for his superb models of ships from the age of sail, here turns his attention to the other highly popular subject for ship modelers - the warships of the Second World War.The book is a step-by-step manual for building a scratch waterline model of the Ca Class destroyer HMS Caesar, the sistership of Cavalier now on display in drydock at Chatham Historical Dockyard. These emergency built ships were launched between 1943 and 1945 and Caesar herself was to see action in 1944 on the Russian convoys and then in defense of the Western Approaches.The model presented in the book

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Ship: HMS Caesar 1944; The Workshop, Tools and Materials; Paints; Building HMS Caesar 1944; Hull and Decks; The Bridge; The Funnel; The Mast; The Armament; The 4.5in Guns; The Hazemayer Bofors; The Oerlikons; The Torpedo Tubes; Boats and Rafts; Depth Charges, Searchlights and Ventilators; The Sea; Final Assembly; Model Gallery; Material and Tools; Sources & Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78346-620-0

1-78383-086-7

OCLC:

881887734