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(More customer reviews)As the author of the HMS Warrior Practicum books, let me say that the publisher is both Pier Books and Dupont Communications. This Practicum is a series of 5 volumes, with the first four being available through Pier Books Inc., Piermont, NY. The final and fifth volume will be available sometime in 2007. The books are published with two types of binding--1) Comb binding, and 2) Leather bound, which is a limited , numbered and signed edition for each of the volumes. Although the subject is the construction of a seventy-four gun ship of the line, the sequence of construction as well as the techniques used in construction reflect the art of the shipwright of the 17th and 18th centuries. Therefore, the builder will find this series of books applicable to all types of wooden ships. Unique to the style of the author, all the instructional text are accompanied by Photo Essays, and all the drafts or patterns drawn to exacting scale. The Practicum covers such topics as the construction of the keel, the stem and stern post. The frames and all the deck timbers as well as the detailing unique for each deck are presented in exhausting detail. Quite notable are the extensive lessons for painting friezes on the ship, together with hundreds of pages and photos detailing each and every step in carving the figurehead and all other figures in the stern and gallery areas. It is the style of the author to take nothing for granted, and therefore, beginners to ship model construction will be pleased to have such detail of instruction and presentation. For those who are advanced builders, there are also challenging aspects of constructing this beautiful English warship.
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