Scale Car Modelling
Published on 1. May 2012
160 pages
978-1-84797-406-8 (ISBN)
Description
Cars have always appealed as model subjects as - unlike aeroplanes or military subjects - the real thing is likely to be sitting outside the modeller's house. From the first car kits produced in the early 1950s, mainly dominated by American machinery, we now have a choice of automotive examples from around the world. The joint scale of 1:24/1:25 dominates car models, and it is these scales that will mostly be found in this book, from stock builds to race cars to wild customs. In addition, although injection styrene is the main material of choice, there are specialist builds using resin, white metal and photo-etched parts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Marlborough
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations; 150 Halftones, color
File size
33,44 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84797-406-8 (9781847974068)
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Mat Irvine has built models for many years, both professionally and as a hobby. Although he is maybe better known for his spacecraft modelling, especially as part of his work as a special effects designer for television, the car modelling side has also played an important part of his interests.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- DEDICATION
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- FOREWORD BY DEAN MILANO
- INTRODUCTION BY MAT IRVINE
- CHAPTER ONE : START YOUR ENGINES - HOW IT ALL BEGAN
- CHAPTER TWO : THE TOOLBOX - THE WORKBENCH AND TOOLS
- CHAPTER THREE : THE ASSEMBLY LINE - BASIC BUILDS FROM THE BOX
- CHAPTER FOUR : STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD - PAINT, DECALS AND FINISHING
- CHAPTER FIVE : GILDING THE LILY - BASIC DETAILING AND ACCESSORIES
- CHAPTER SIX : RESIN RODS - THE SPECIALIST MATERIALS
- CHAPTER SEVEN : CHOP AND CHANGE - CUSTOMIZING AND CONVERSIONS
- CHAPTER EIGHT : THE SALVAGE YARD - RENOVATING AN OLD KIT
- CHAPTER NINE : THE COLLECTIBLE AUTOMOBILE - THE COLLECTING PHENOMENON
- CHAPTER TEN : SHOWTIME
- REFERENCES
- Index
