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Fig. 53G is the final arrangement on windjammers and
late clipper ships up to modern times, usually formed by an angle iron
frame with metal plate cheeks underneath.
Form the mast's taper with a small plane adjusted to
a fine cut, then finish and sandpaper. With г knife or chisel form the
flats on which the cheeks lie, and square the masthead above. Note that
on smaller vessels (schooners, sloops and the like) the masthead was
left round with shallow mortising to take the trestletrees. Caps were
generally fitted as in sketch Fig. 53B.
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MADE MASTS were a solution to the shortage of large trees suitable for
lower masts. The four or more pieces were fitted (coaked) and held to
the core (spindle piece) by bolts and hoops of iron, at regular
intervals up the mast. Note, too, that made masts were stronger than
the single piece mast, size for size. Fig. 53C.
On large ships (and on snows) just abaft the mizzen mast
was stepped a
SPENCER MAST which relieved the mizzen mast of the sail hoops and other
gear which the spanker sail entailed. A band or cap just under the
mizzen top held the spencer mast. Fig. 54.
The BOOM and GAFF of the spanker (or driver) sail both had
jaws which
rode on and held these spars to the mast, assisted by a PARRAL of rope
with wooden rollers. A loop of thread will will serve here with a few
beads for realism Fig. 55.
The boom is supported at the mast by a BOOM JAW REST or
SADDLE of
either full circumference, Fig. 55D, while its outer end was carried by
a TOPPING LIFT which was adjustable by tackle. The set of the sail to
the wind was adjusted by means of the MAIN SHEET. The GAFF carried the
head of the sail and was adjusted by means of the peak and throat
halliards (haul yards) Fig. 54.
Making the jaws: From thin wood stock first from A and В
pieces. Fig.
55. Cement these two rough formed jaws in place on the spar. Now finish
(file or knife) the inside of the jaws to fit the mast Fig. 55C, then
the rest of the jaw.
For detail and added strength you may put pins thru,
first drilling
with a No. 75 drill, inserting the pins, then snipping them short.
The YARDS
Yards were tapered toward their ends. The earlier
types in the 17th and
early 18th centuries had a middle portion, eight sided and nearly
parallel, and then almost a straight taper towards the ends. Later the
eight'sided portion was often retained, but the taper extended over the
whole length. Fig. 56A&56 B. |
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Model
scale
Ship lines
The hull, woodworking
Holes in the hull
Gun ports
Decks, laying of
Rails and channels
Wales
Stern and galleries
Head and its rails
Figurehead
Rudder
Steering gear
Deck furniture
Windlass
Capstan
Hatches
Skylights
Hammock nettings
Painting the model, colors
Waterline
Rigging:
 The spars
Tops,
crosstrees, cheeks
Mast,
boom, gaff, yards
Lower
and upper yards,
halliards
The
double topsail
Lifts,
footropes, sheets, braces, clew garnets
Yard
bands
Making the spars
Ironwork
Bowsprit, dolphin striker,
the doublings
Top, construction
Shrouds, deadeyes, lanyards
Books & Tools,
recommendations
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