U.S. Brig Niagara Wooden Ship Kit Manuals

U.S. Brig Niagara Wooden Ship Kit Manuals

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U.S. Brig Niagara Instruction Manual

U.S. Brig Niagara Instruction Manual (40 pages)

Brand: U.S. Brig | Category: Toy | Size: 3.11 MB

Table of Contents

Brief History
2
- Table of Contents
  3
- Instruction Manual
  4
Introduction and Credits
4
Before You Begin
5
Tools Needed to Start Construction
5
How to Work with Plans and Parts
6
Painting and Staining the Model
8
Stage 1: Framing the Plank-On-Bulkhead Hull

10
Stage 2: Planking the Plank-On-Bulkhead Hull

14
- Getting Started
  14
- Planking Battens and Belts
  14
- Fastening the Planks
  15
- Planking Butts
  15
- Spiling
  15
- Outer Hull Planking
  16
- Ceiling (Inboard) Planking
  18
- Deck Planking
  18
Stage 3: Completing the Basic Hull Stucture

18
- Deck Structures
  19
- Launching Ways
  19
- Locating Deck Fittings and Structures
  19
- Mounting Board with Two Pedestals
  19
Stage 4: Mounting the Hull

19
Stage 5: Adding Hull Details

19
- Bilge Pumps
  20
- Boarding Ladders
  20
- Capstan
  20
- Fife Rails and Riding Bitts
  20
- Galley Stack
  20
- Hatches, and Grating
  20
- Pin Rails
  20
- Scuppers
  20
- Cannons
  21
- Catheads and Anchors
  21
- Eyebolts and Cleats
  21
- Hawse Pipes
  21
- Mooring Cleats
  21
- Boat Davits and Slides
  22
- Rudder and Tiller
  22
- Ship's Boats
  22
- Channels
  23
- Hammock Rails and Stanchions
  23
- Ship's Name
  23
- Sweeps
  23
Stage 6: Mast and Spar Construction

24
Stage 7: General Rigging and Sailmaking

27
- Rigging Options
  28
- Rigging Plans
  28
- Rigging Line and Block Sizes
  28
- Treating the Lines
  28
- Belaying Pins, Cleats and Their Lines
  29
- Rigging Tools
  29
- Blocks, Hearts, Bullseyes, and Deadeyes
  29
- Sailmaking
  30
- Rigging the Model with no Sails or Furled Sails
  31
Stage 8: Installing Standing Rigging

31
- Shrouds
  31
- Backstays
  31
- Fore and Aft Stays
  32
- Bowsprit Rigging
  33
- Footropes, Fixed Lifts, and Cranelines
  34
Stage 9: Installing Sails and Running Rigging

34
- Fore Staysails (Head Sails)
  34
- Main Staysails
  35
- Spanker
  35
- Fore and Main Course Yards
  36
- Fore and Main Topsail Yards
  36
- Fore and Main Topgallant and Royal Yards
  37
- Spritsail Yard
  37
- Miscellaneous Rigging
  37
- Final Touches
  37
- Bibliography
  38
- Scale Conversion Table
  38
- Rigging Line Diameters
  38
- Modeler's Log
  39

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