Fall 2011 News

The Statanjacht UTRECHT 1746 is now ready for shipping. This title takes you through the building of a reconstruction of the Dutch Statenjacht UTRECHT, 1746. The yacht was built in The Netherlands and is presently being sailed. It is a beautiful sight. This book traces the research, building and launching of her. The original Dutch text, edited by Ab Hoving, has been translated into English and is produced in full color. It will be accompanied by 13 sheets of plans by Cor Emke. Please go to the ordering page for more details.

We are pleased to announce the launching of a new series for modelers called FRIGATES of the ROYAL NAVY.

The first subject is HMS EURYALUS (36) 1803. The building of it will be covered in two volumes. Volume I covers construction of the model up to the gun deck. This book features 14 sheets of plans done in four colors, along with text that covers the history of the ship and detailed building steps up to the lower deck. A facsimile of an actual builder’s contract is included.

We hope that you will agree with us that the plans and modeling work here are outstanding. Volume II, which will complete the model, will follow next year.

NEW INFORMATION ON SHIPPING COSTS:
We are now using US Post Office international flat rate boxes for shipment of 3-4 books*. Pay the normal shipping rates at checkout and you will be credited for the shipping cost of the third and fourth books within two business days.
(*Excludes Mary Rose & Weapons of Warre)

The final volume on The Mary Rose, WEAPONS OF Warre, The Armaments of the Mary Rose, published by the Mary Rose Trust, is now available. This is a massive work covering 1006 pages in two slipcassed volumes. Click on the jacket photo to go to description and ordering pages.

For fans of HMS SUSSEX, we have posted an article written by Gib McArdle on building a solid hull of the model. The article is from the winter edition of The Nautical Research Guild, and it offers an alternative method of construction. Just follow Gib’s instructions and use the plans from the book. (Go to the SUSSEX page and feel free to download the article and order the book.)

Reprints of SWAN I, SWAN II, HMS SUSSEX and LEGACY OF A SHIP MODEL have been completed to keep these works in print. This is keeping with our commitment to keep our list of titles in print and available to you.

Swan IV is here! Volume IV of the "Swan Series" is ready to be sent to you.

It is titled The Fully Framed Model, Rigging a Sixth Rate Sloop of War 1767-1780. Please go to The Swan Series page for details and ordering.

We are proud and happy to bring back what has been called an “instant classic”!

17th & 18th Century Ship Models from the Kriegstein Collection by Arnold and Henry Kriegstein. Its text and photos have been revised for accuracy and picture clarity.  It also has 5 new chapters about recent acquisitions to the collection. This book is being re-issued at its original price of $85.  See its title page for more information. 

Rob was commissioned by the U.S. Naval Academy Museum to recondition one of the finest models in the Rogers Collection, LEGACY OF A SHIP MODEL: HMS PRINCESS ROYAL, 1773.  Rob basically took the model apart and put it back together again, while recording his work in meticulous detail in words and film.  The book was previewed at the NRG Conference in Annapolis on August 23-29 with great success.  It is now for sale.

Released in Spring of 2009 is Justin Camarada's WATERLINE DIORAMAS, A Modelers Art Form.

SALE - Reduced from $70 to $55.

This is a work on planning, designing and building model ship dioramas. Justin is a well known author of articles for various ship modeling magazines and journals as well as a gifted craftsman.

This book has received rave reviews from American and British modeling magazines, and if you ever want to learn how to place a model in a sea setting, you will want a copy. It is being called the BEST book on ship dioramas ever published.

We had a lot of fun putting this book together, and we know you are going to learn from Justin's work. There is a special color section showing the dioramas of some of the world's best ship model artists and craftsmen including McNarry, Reed, Hitchcock, McCaffery and others. See the order page for sale pricing and details.

We are glad to announce that Volume I, revised, second edition of THE FULLY FRAMED MODEL, HMN SWAN CLASS SLOOPS  1767-1780 is going into its fourth printing in May.

There is more information in our SWAN section and on the ordering page.

The revised edition of Volume II of The Fully Framed Model, HMN SWAN CLASS SLOOPS 1767-1780 by David Antscherl is also available.. David has upgraded some of his drawings in this edition. The book sells for $70.

We have added a new section to our web site devoted to the "Swan Series."  We have put David's revisions for both Volumes I and II with ways to download revised pages for both books for those of you who have first edition copies. That way your copy will be up to date.

Our first book, published under the SeaWatchBooks banner, is by Rob Napier. The book was released in November 2008. Rob is a professional ship modeler and is in constant demand to maintain and recondition major museum and private ship model collections. He is considered a world expert in his field.

The title of his work is THE RECODITIONING OF A SHIP MODEL, VALKENISSE, 1717. It will take you through his work on a Dutch East Indiaman model built in 1717. The work on this model was commissioned by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

We believe this is the first book dedicated to the analysis, methodology, and actual practice of reconditioning and rebuilding of an existing model. The result is a beautiful and accurate model that can be viewed and studied once again. The book will be printed in full color. We are sure that every modeler will want to know how Rob tackled and completed his task.

Ships in Scale and Model Boats (England) have called Rob's book a "major work" that will still be relevant 100 years from now. VALKENISSE also just received an incredible full page review in the June edition of Wooden Boat by Tom Jackson, the magazine's senior editor. See our titles page.