The construction of models with scale framing and planking has long been regarded as something which only the super craftsman should undertake, but in the opinion of the Author this is utter fallacy, there being nothing in this class of model which is beyond the ability of the most ordinary model maker, provided his main interest is in the actual work construction and not merely in seeing the finished product. Another fallacy which this book will dispel, is that an elaborate workshop and tool kit is necessary, since it is largely based on the building of one of the Author's own models at a time when, immediately after World War II, neither of these were available to him. Although the primary model described in Vol. I is to scale in all its internal constructional details, alternative simplified methods are also included, as are the hulls of sailing models, power craft and clinker-built boats, while in Vol. II scale masts and spar making and complete rigging, is covered in great detail.