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Model Shipways ARMED VIRGINIA SLOOP 1768 2160 Instruction Manual

Model Shipways ARMED VIRGINIA SLOOP 1768 2160 Instruction Manual (39 pages)

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Table of Contents

History

2
- Table of Contents
  3
Introduction and Credits

4
- Instruction Manual
  4
- Before You Begin
  5
- Working with the Plans & Parts
  5
- The Plans
  5
- Making Allowances Along the Way
  5
- Understanding Hull Lines
  5
- Kit Lumber
  5
- Britannia Metal Fittings
  5
- Soldering & Working with Brass
  5
- What You'll Need to Start Construction
  6
- Painting & Staining the Model
  6
- Preliminaries
  6
- Virginia Sloop's Color Scheme
  7
- Stage 1: Framing the Plank-On-Bulkhead Hull
  8
- Bending Wood
  8
- Preparing the Center Keel
  8
- Installing the Stem, Keel, & Sternpost
  8
- Cutting the Rabbet
  8
- Installing the Bulkheads
  9
- Installing the Wing Transom, Filler Blocks, and Transom Frames
  10
- Installing the Bow Filler Blocks, Knightheads, and Timberheads
  11
- Installing the Mast Mortise
  11
- Gunport and Sweep Port Framing
  11
- Installing Deck Beams, Sub-Decks, and Waterway
  11
- Main and after Rails
  12
- Before Moving on
  12
- Stage 2: Planking the Hull and Installing the Rails
  13
- Common Shipbuilding Terms Used in the Planking Process
  13
- Getting Started
  13
- Planking Battens & Belts
  13
- Planking Butts
  13
- Spiling
  14
- Fastening the Planks
  14
- Hull Planking Scheme and Procedure
  14
- Planking the Hull
  14
- Completing the Double Planked Hull
  17
- Installing Bulwark Ceiling Planks
  17
- Installing Coamings, Deck and Cabin Planking
  18
- Installing the Main and Quarter Deck, and Cabin Rails
  18
- Stage 3: Completing the Basic Hull Structure
  19
- Stage 4: Mounting the Hull
  19
- Launching Ways
  19
- Option - Mounting on Pedestals
  19
- Option - Dr. Feldman's Stand
  19
- Stage 5: Adding the Hull Details
  20
- Anchors, Catheads, and Anchor Stowage
  20
- Binnacle
  21
- Boom Crutches
  21
- Cabin Doors
  21
- Cannon
  21
- Channels
  22
- Companionway
  22
- Eyebolts, Ringbolts, and Cleats
  22
- Galley Stack
  22
- Hatches, Scuttle, and Gratings
  23
- Ladders
  23
- Pumps
  23
- Riding Bitts
  23
- Rudder
  24
- Steering Wheel
  24
- Stern Windows
  24
- Swivel Guns and Support Posts
  24
- Timberheads
  24
- Stage 6: Mast and Spar Construction
  25
- Shaping & Tapering Masts & Spars
  25
- Building & Installing the Masts
  25
- Building & Installing the Bowsprit and Jibboom
  26
- Building the Spreader Yard and Topsail Yard
  27
- Building the Boom and Gaff
  27
- Building the Flag Staff
  27
- Mast and Spar Bands, and Cleats
  27
- Stage 7: General Rigging Information
  27
- Rigging Scheme
  28
- Rigging Plans
  28
- Rigging Line, Blocks, Bullseyes, Hearts, & Deadeye Sizes
  29
- Block Details
  29
- Treating the Lines
  29
- Belaying Lines
  29
- Rigging Tools
  29
- Stage 8: Installing Standing Rigging
  29
- Shrouds
  29
- Spreader Yard Horse
  30
- Backstays
  30
- Fore & Aft Stays
  31
- Bowsprit Rigging
  32
- Footropes and Parrels
  32
- Stage 9: Installing Running Rigging
  33
- Fore Staysail, Jib, and Flying Jib
  33
- Mainsail
  34
- Topsail
  35
- Course
  38
- Stern Flag Staff
  38
- Final Touches
  38
- Congratulations
  38
- Bibliography
  39

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