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One-of-a-Kind
"How To" Guide for Modelers!
- Do
you know how to create your own plan view drawings
or blueprints?
- Do
you want to make your own blueprints so you don’t
have to rely solely on ready-made plans?
- Would
you like to know how to turn your reference material
into accurate patterns for your next project?
Plan
view drawings or blueprints are the starting point for
just about all modeling projects. Whether you want to
build a plane, tank, car, building, rocket, starship
-- or just about anything else – you’ll need
accurate plans in order to get started.
Until
now, the concepts and techniques behind making your
own blueprints have been explained only in highly technical
textbooks and in coursework on engineering graphics
and drafting. Now, a new book is available that explains
many of these concepts in a format that is very easy
to understand and apply.
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Written
by a modeler specifically for other modelers, the MODEL
DESIGN & BLUEPRINTING HANDBOOK, Volume
1, takes you through the entire design and blueprinting
process step-by-step. With an easy-to-follow format
and numerous, detailed illustrations to help all along
the way, you’ll quickly learn the basics of how
to make multi-view drawings. Then, you’ll be taken
step-by-step through the process of creating accurate
construction patterns and templates from your 2D plans.
With
the techniques presented here, you can make the patterns
and templates you need to build your own projects completely
from scratch. For example, you may find the discussion
about "unfolding" objects to create flat patterns
called developments particularly interesting.
Not only can this be used to make construction patterns
for many different objects out of sheet stock, it is
also the basis and foundation of paper modeling.
In
addition, this book provides an important foundation
for those who want to draft patterns for making their
own CNC-cut or laser-cut parts, artwork for custom photo-etching,
or patterns for custom decals and other markings.
By
the time you've read through this book, you will know
exactly how to turn your reference material into workable
plans that you can use to build your next project!
| Author
Charles Adams, webmaster of StarshipBuilder.com
and AirshipModeler.com,
has over 20 years of design and drafting experience.
He has created accurate patterns and blueprints
for some very challenging subjects. Some of these
plans have been turned into professional quality
models that have been exhibited online. |
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