Griffith David. Ship models from kits: basic and advanced techniques for small scales

Barnsley, Yorkshire: Seaforth publishing, 2009. — 147 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84832-024-6.Being asked to write this book came as a complete, but delightful, surprise to me. I was at Scale Modelworld at Telford in November 2007, and was displaying my collection of models. I had copies of a set of notes on my techniques that I was giving away to anyone who was interested. I was approached by Robert Gardiner of Seaforth Publishing, who asked me if I would consider writing something for him. I had to confess that the idea had never crossed my mind. Of course, I do have the next great Booker Prizewinning novel in my head (everyone does have a novel in their head, and in the vast majority of cases, my own included, that is exactly where it should stay), but I had never done any serious writing. That did not put him off; my notes convinced him that I could string enough words together to make a meaningffil sentence. At first it seemed that I might be invited to contribute to one of a series of books that he was publishing, but the idea broadened and blossomed and this humble volume is the result. I use the word humble advisedly, because I know full well that although I am a good modeller, I am not the best in the world, or even this country I simply happened to be in the right place at the right time. I also have a wife who tells me that it is an honour to be asked, and I have to agree.