Gwyl Blaser Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 I currently own one of McCaffery's books. It is "Ships In Miniature - A New Manual For Modelmakers" Published in 1988 Another version was published in 2003 with the slightly different name. "Ships In Miniature - The Classic Manual For Modelmakers" Does any know what the differences are between editions if any? Thanks Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fellingham Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) After looking at both books on Amazon I get the impression the second is a reprint of the first but in a slightly larger format. Same number of pages and almost identical descriptions. The only way to know for certain though is to buy both. After some more searching I found that "Classic Manual . . ." is listed as a reprint of the first "A New Manual . . ." so I think it's safe to say they are the same except for the second is a slightly larger format. Edited May 10, 2016 by Dave Fellingham Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 While talking about these books by Lloyd McCaffery, I saw an ebay listing for the 2003 edition so I bid and won on it. When it came, it was the same 1988 edition I already had instead of the 2003 edition. I contacted the seller and we worked out a deal so I kept it. Interesting thing about the two books are, the one I already had was published in Great Britain for distribution only in the US, territories, and Canada, while the one I won on ebay was also published in Great Britain but only for sale there. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Just ordered the 1988 version from Amazon at the very nice price of £0.01. Sapper Edited May 22, 2016 by Sapper Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 I have the 1988 version as well. Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 It is nice to hear that a few members have this book. It is choke full of great modeling tips, information, methods and moe. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I thought I was ordering the second version (2003), at least that is what the used book description showed for the cover, but I got the first version. Either way, I'm reading the book now and it's a really great book with lots of excellent tips on building things at such small scales that can certainly translate to SIB modeling. I also picked up a couple of the Phillip Reed books (Modeling Sailing Men of War and Building a Miniature Navy Board Model). These books are chock-full of helpful pictures, with the latter all in high-res color. I haven't had a chance to read them yet, but flipping through them, they look like very worthy additions to one's library. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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