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30 September 2009 at 10:57 #23333
neil Winfield 1
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Hi readers

can anyone direct me to a book on sratch building from plans. I am new to this hobby and have built my first scratch built boats but ran into many errors as I was not sure what to do but worked my way around things.

I would like to hear from anybody who can help.

Thanks readers

Neil.

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30 September 2009 at 10:57 #6002
neil Winfield 1
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30 September 2009 at 16:30 #23334
Paul T
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Hi Neil

Try any book by Vic Smeed

Paul
30 September 2009 at 20:41 #23339
ashley needham
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Buy a few back copies of “model boats”, with free plans by Glynn Guest, he is the man to cut through the mystique of scratchbuilding for beginners. if you can make a good job of a few of thgose, then you are well on your way.

To be honest, all my boats (ok, they are not all EXACTLY boats) are stand off scale , as this suits the rapid pace of my lifestyle (reaches for paper bag after uttering such rubbish) and I favour a bit of quantity as well as displaying my considerable modelling talent (chortle chortle).

I`m afraid I am like several bods here, once one is finished, i am already looking for the next one.

so easy builds does it for me.

Ashley
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