You can create ship models from kits – or you can build them completely yourself according to plans. This is the method described by the author Günter Hensel in this book. From the keel to the top of the mast, everything is built by the author. The work is done with normal workshop equipment without high-tech machines and with conventional materials, so that anyone who is enthusiastic about building model ships can follow the steps. Self-performance and the joy of doing things yourself – that is the focus here.

From the content:

• Selection of the model – models

• Materials for model making

• Tools

• The workshop

• Fuselage construction

• Propulsion

• The electrics

• The power sources

• The engine system and the rudder

• Arrangement and installation of components

• Deck

• Superstructure

• Details

• Painting the model

• Transporting the model

• Cruising

• The next generation of model ship builders

• Limits of self-building

• Outlook