Richard Marmo: 9 books

The fourth Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide answers the question asked by a wide range of creative people...from modelbuilders to crafters of all types. Namely, how to make your own decals. Decal paper, in both clear and white, are now available that are designed to work with inkjet printers...and...

An essential guide to understanding scale model math. Learn about ratio and proportion, use simple multiplication factors to upscale and downscale models, find out how Marmo's Three Laws take the mystery out of scale calculations and more.

The Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide #7 contains 49 relatively high resolution historical reference photos of the actual aircraft, almost equally split between operational aircraft and factory assembly line photos. All photos have been enhanced to the extent possible in order to bring out detail that would otherwise be hidden in shadowed areas.

The sixth addition to The Marmo Modelbuilding Guide series focuses on the construction of the Williams Brothers 1/72nd scale kit of the Curtiss C-46 Commando. While not an easy kit to build...and that's putting it mildly...the author utilizes 134 step-by-step photographs and 9,600 words that will enable you to produce a finished model that anyone can be proud of.

The second Marmo Modelbuilding Guide focuses on the construction of a 1/25th scale logging rig. This project combines an AMT kit of the International Harvester TranStar 4300 tractor (truck) with an AMT Peerless Trailer and a scratchbuilt diorama base. Learn how to create a unique logging scene that includes a realistic load of logs from natural sources.

This guide details the construction of the 1/87th scale Polar Lights kit of the famous (or infamous) Bates Mansion featured is the classic movie Psycho. Construction techniques for a scratchbuilt hill to mount it on is included. Learn how to replicate chalky, cracked, weatherbeaten paint. Finally, scenicing/landscaping methods are described that tie everything together.

The Bell AH-1G HueyCobra, universally referred to as the Cobra, was the first modern helicopter designed specifically as a gunship. Revell released a very nice, 1/32nd scale AH-1G in 1967 that was state of the art at that time. Unbelievably, it is still the only kit of the original Cobra configuration...

John Thomas Wacaster lived a fairly normal life for his time...until he married his second wife. From there, life went downhill until he died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Among questions needing answers are: Was the death certificate perjured? Was he shot? Did his wife shoot him? Was...

Observations contains 85 commentaries on a range of topics from religious to humorous. They include It's All Right To Laugh In Church, Do Lawyers Go To Heaven, The Trip, The Call Of The Wild Pecan, We Have Experiences, Telephone Recorders, The Mystery Of Women's Purses, Have You Read Your Water Bill Lately, Let Me Rise Again, Freedom Isn't Free and 75 more.