Model-making: materials and methods

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Constructing; Chapter 3 -- Methods of Casting; Chapter 4 -- Working with Metals; Chapter 5 -- Modelling; Chapter 6 -- Creating Surfaces; Chapter 7 -- Painting; Appendices; Directory of Materials; Materials Suppliers; Bibliography; Index.;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 disciplines; the sequence of making; planning and construction, creating surfaces, painting and finishing; meth.