Model-making: Materials and Methods

About this book

Model-making: Materials and Methods focuses primarily on the wide variety of materials that can be employed to make models; those which have been favoured for a while and those which are relatively new. The book looks at how these materials behave and how to get the best out of them then illustrates a range of relatively simple methods of building shaping modelling surfacing and painting with them.Useful features of the book include:The different uses of models in various disciplinesThe sequence of making; planning and construction creating surfaces painting and finishingMethods of casting modelling and working with metalsStep-by-step accounts of the making of specially selected examplesSimple techniques without the need for expensive tools or workshop facilitiesA Directory of a full range of materials together with an extensive list of suppliers