Model-Making: Materials and Methods

Model-Making: Materials and Methods

by David Neat
Model-Making: Materials and Methods

Model-Making: Materials and Methods

by David Neat

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Overview

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 Methods of casting, modelling and working with metals Step-by-step accounts of the making of specially selected examples Simple techniques without the need for expensive tools or workshop facilities A 'Directory' of a full range of materials, together with an extensive list of suppliers

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780719842474
Publisher: Crowood Press, The
Publication date: 04/15/2023
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 8.53(w) x 10.76(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

David Neat has trained both as a theatre designer and a teacher. He is a practising sculptor and model-maker with more than twenty-three years professional experience. He currently tutors at five leading design colleges in and around London, as well as regularly running his own courses in model-making.
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