Synopses & Reviews
Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship
Sea Witch. Excellent guide for both the novice and the practiced woodworker — from the first steps in selecting proper materials to final task of painting the model. Over 150 photographs.
Synopsis
Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship
Sea Witch. Excellent guide for both the novice and the practiced woodworker from the first steps in selecting proper materials to final task of painting the model. Over 150 photographs.
Table of Contents
PREFACE
"MODEL OF THE CLIPPER SHIP "SEA WITCH" Frontispiece"
INTRODUCTION
MODELS OF VESSELS: SIXTEEN PLATES ILLUSTRATING MODELS OF DIFFERENT PERIODS
I. TYPES OF SHIPS
II. KINDS OF MODELS
III. PREPARING THE BLOCK
IV. THE DECK
V. THE HULL
VI. THE RUDDER AND TRANSOM
VII. THE DECK FURNITURE
VIII. THE ANCHORS
IX. "BITT-HEADS, CHANNELS, DEADEYES, ETC."
X. THE SPARS
XI. TOOLS FOR MODEL MAKING
XII. GLOSSARY
"BELAYING PIN LAYOUT ON THE "SEA WITCH"
"TABLE OF OFFSETS FOR THE "SEA WITCH"
INDEX
"WORKING PLANS FOR A MODEL OF THE CLIPPER SHIP "SEA WITCH," In pocket on the inside of the back cover"