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The Swan series has been collaboration between David Antscherl, who wrote volumes I and II, and Greg Herbert, who was David's student builder of HMS Pegasus. Together they put together a practicum that became the basis for this series of books.

In this book, Greg photographed his step by step progress in building his model following David's instructions. He has presented the best of his photos, along with his written comments on each one and has arranged them to match the chapters in the first two books.

Since the physical book is currently not in stock (planning to reprint early 2025), buyers of this e-book will automatically receive a copy of the physical book when reprinted (S&H additional at the time of shipping).

$70

The Swan series has been collaboration between David Antscherl, who wrote volumes I and II, and Greg Herbert, who was David's student builder of HMS Pegasus. Together they put together a practicum that became the basis for this series of books.

In this book, Greg photographed his step by step progress in building his model following David's instructions. He has presented the best of his photos, along with his written comments on each one and has arranged them to match the chapters in the first two books.

The finished model is shown in full color along with pictures of other SWAN class models in an appendix section. David has also added instruction pages on building a binnacle for the model and a hull planking diagram. The rest of the appendices feature copies of historical documents concerning other SWAN class ships.

Since the physical book is currently not in stock (planning to reprint early 2025), buyers of this e-book will automatically receive a copy of the physical book when reprinted (S&H additional at the time of shipping).

$70

Rob Napier is back with an excellent book on his life's work that is both a revealing look into his professional career and also a treatise on how to care for your models to last for generations. Caring for Ship Models is delivered in four parts: Part One, a prologue, introduces Rob and his involvement with ship modeling. Part Two offers perspectives on various aspects and philosophies of the ship modeling experience. Part Three focuses on physical processes Rob has used during his career. Part Four reviews what might be called case studies that examine influential and interesting projects.

This book is one you will absolutely want in your collection and will be a valuable reference for years to come.

$75

Whether a damaged model is one year old or 300, putting it back together can be a daunting task. Learn how one of the best in the world at reconditioning, Rob Napier, goes about working on the hull and re-rigging a 300 year old model of a Dutch East Indiaman. From research to fitting the last piece of rigging, Rob’s book covers it all. Four removable sheets of plans are pocketed in the back.

$68