Author: John Langford Bowen
Alternate names: John Bowen; John L. Bowen; John Langford Bowen
Born: 1916
Bio: John Langford Bowen, CEng, MRINA, is the author of several acclaimed titles for Conway Maritime Press, including *Miniature Merchant Ships* (1997), *A Ship Modelmaker's Manual* (1982), and *More Miniature Merchant Ships: The New Guide to Waterline Ship Modelling at 1/1200 Scale* (2003). Building waterline models has always been his favorite form of modeling and *More Miniature Merchant Ships* is a culmination of his continuing achievements in this area of ship modeling. John was deputy editor of Conway's quarterly journal *Model Shipwright* when it was launched in 1972 and has been its editor since 1974. He contributes a plan and instructions for a miniature merchant ship to each issue. John is a Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

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