background image

Brief History                                                                  2 

Introduction and Credits

4    

Before You Begin

5

Tools Needed to Start Construction 

5

How to Work With Plans & Parts

6,7

Painting and Staining                

7

Stage 1: Framing the Plank-on-Bulkhead Hull

8

1.

Bending Wood                          

8

2.

Center Keel Assembly

9

3.

Installing the Keel, Stem and Sternpost

9

4.

Cutting the Rabbet                                                

9

5. 

Installing the Bulkheads                                         10

6. 

Installing the Transom Framing                             11

7. 

Installing the Bow and Stern Filler Blocks          

11

8. 

Covering the Mast Slots                                   

11

9. 

Installing the Waterway, Planksheer 

and Bulwark Stanchions                                      

11

10.  Installing the Knightheads 

and Forward Timberheads                               

11

11.  Installing the Main Rail and Lashing Rail      

11

12.  Installing the Topgallent Rail                                  11

Stage 2: Planking the  Hull

12   

1. Getting 

Started

12

2. 

Planking Battens and Belts                

12

3. 

Planking Butts                                  

12

4. 

Spiling                                                                 

13

5. 

Fastening the Planks                                   

13

6. 

Planking the Outer Hull                 

13-15

7.

Planking Inboard (Ceiling Planks) 

16

8. 

Deck Planking                                            

16

Stage 3: Completing the Basic Hull Structure

17

1. 

Correcting and Sanding                         

17

2. 

Coppering the Bottom                                 

17

3. 

Natural Wood, Double Plank Option       

17

Stage 4: Mounting the Hull

18

1. 

Baseboard with 2 Pedestals 

18            

2. 

Launching Ways                                                    18

Stage 5: Adding  Hull Details

18

1. 

Locating Deck Furniture                   

18  

2. 

Deck Structures                                                     18

3. 

Skylight                                        

18

4. 

Hatches and Gratings                                       

20

5. 

Tryworks and Workbench                                 

20

6. 

Grindstone                                                          

20

7. 

Ladders                                                              

20

8. 

Galley Stack                                                    

20

9. 

Main Fife Rail and Bilge Pumps                         

21

10. 

Chain Pipes                                                 

21

11. 

Windlass                                                     

21

12. 

Catheads and Anchors                                          21

13. 

Deck Bitts, Fluke Pipe and Belly Chain Chock

22

14.

Port Rail and Whaleboat Logger heads                22

15. 

Mooring Chocks and Hawse Pipes                       22

16. 

Open Chocks, Starboard Rail Chock,

and Cleats    

22

17. 

Eyebolts                                        

22

18. 

Rudder and Steering Wheel                               

23

19. 

Cutting Stage                                                       

23

20. 

Whaleboat Davits, Bearers 

(Lashing Posts), Cranes and Slides      

23

21. 

Whaleboats                                                       

24

22. 

Ship’s Name                                                     

25

23. 

Miscellaneous Boxes                                      

25

24. 

Stern Eagle, Stars, and Billet head              

25

25. 

Sea Ladder and Portlights                               

25

26. 

Channels                                                     

25

Stage 6: Mast and Spar Construction

26

1. 

Shaping and Tapering Masts and Spars                26

2. 

Building and Installing the Masts                           26

3. 

Building and Installing the Bowsprit

and Jibboom    

27,28

4. 

Building  the Yards                      

28

5. 

Building  the Spanker Gaff and Boom 

28

Stage 7: General Rigging and

Sailmaking Information

29

1. 

Rigging Options                                

30

2. 

Using the Detail and Rigging Plans                  

31

3. 

Rigging Lines and Block Sizes                                31

4. 

Treating the Lines                                              

31

5. 

Belaying Pins and Their Lines                             

31

6. 

Rigging Tools                                                  

31

7. 

Blocks and Deadeyes                                       

31

8. 

Sailmaking                                                       

31

9. 

Rigging the Model Without Sails                            32

Stage 8: Standing Rigging

33

1. 

Shrouds                                                         

33

2. 

Backstays                                                         

34

3. 

Fore and Aft Stays                                  

34

4. 

Bowsprit Rigging                                                

35

5. 

Spanker Gaff and Boom Topping Lifts                   35

6. 

Footropes, Furling Stops, and Fixed Lifts           

35

7. 

Manropes and Bow Netting                                

35

8. 

Running Lights                                                    

35

Stage 9: Running Rigging

35

1. 

Head Sails                                                          

36

2. 

Staysails                                                              

36

3. 

Spanker and Gaff Topsail                    

36

4. 

Fore and Main Yards                                              37 

5. 

Mizzen Crossjack Yard                                    

37

6. 

Fore and Main Upper and Lower Topsail Yards 

37

7. 

Fore and Main Topgallent Yards                             38

8. 

Royal Yards                                            

38

9. 

Braces                                                           

38

10.  Miscellaneous Rigging                                   

38

Final Touches                                                 

39

Bibliography                                                  

39

Scale Conversion Table                                   

39

3

T

T

A

A

BLE OF

BLE OF

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Содержание Charles W.Morgan

Страница 1: ...BARK 1841 Technical Characteristics SCALE 3 16 1 0 1 64 Overall length 30 3 4 781 MM Overall height including baseboard 27 7 8 708 MM Overall width main yard 10 1 8 257 MM INSTRUCTION MANUAL MODEL SH...

Страница 2: ...d more whales than any other whaler in history Her active days ended in 1921 with the decline of whale oil prices From 1925 to 1941 she was on display and struggling to survive at Round Hill Massachus...

Страница 3: ...s Fluke Pipe and Belly Chain Chock 22 14 Port Rail and Whaleboat Logger heads 22 15 Mooring Chocks and Hawse Pipes 22 16 Open Chocks Starboard Rail Chock and Cleats 22 17 Eyebolts 22 18 Rudder and Ste...

Страница 4: ...del Shipways plans and instructions were reviewed by Mystic Seaport for accuracy In 1983 Mystic restored Morgan as a double topsail bark The museum relied on photographs and other documentation to dep...

Страница 5: ...he whale boats E Sharpening Stone Keeps tools razor sharp F Boring Tools 1 Set of 60 to 80 miniature bits 2 1 16 3 32 and 1 8 bits 3 Pin vise G Miscellaneous 1 Tack hammer 2 Tweezers a few 3 Small fin...

Страница 6: ...ood comes in 1 32 3 64 1 16 3 32 1 8 5 32 3 16 1 4 and 1 2 thick sheets and strips Strip widths are in the same increments while sheets may be 1 2 3 or 4 wide Note Model Shipways occasionally sub stit...

Страница 7: ...ufac turer s recommended thinner Floquil makes railroad military and marine col ors and each has its own thinner Note The latest thinners and paints are com patible with plastics Floquil s Dio Sol thi...

Страница 8: ...urns water into steam and dri ves it into the wood The trick is to wait until you feel the wood wanting to yield before starting the bend Begin too soon or apply too much pressure and the strip will b...

Страница 9: ...the keel is in place the rabbet is the glue line between it and the center keel The bearding line is the intersection of the center keel and the inside surface of hull planks Measure its position from...

Страница 10: ...ch side of the hull just below the deck Figure 1 6 This is a crit ical step Measure the spacing between each port and starboard bulkhead and retack the battens until the hull is aligned Although the c...

Страница 11: ...At this point it extends past the bulk heads After the hull planking is installed the planksheer will protrude slightly beyond that as well Next add the bulwark stanchions Get their correct angle fro...

Страница 12: ...d a poor job 2 Planking Battens and Belts Hulls are easier to plank when divided into belts Each is designed to lay the planks against the bulkheads without excessive edge bending They sweep up at the...

Страница 13: ...bulkhead dip the treenail in white or yellow glue and drive in place Another alter native is to whittle flat toothpicks round ones don t work as well to a point Place the entire toothpick in the hole...

Страница 14: ...equire tapering to butt flush against the adjacent plank Properly machined planks have square edges Butting them together on a hull may produce a small gap Most are sealed with glue or wood filler or...

Страница 15: ...t the plank Trace this tapered plank to obtain another for the other side of the hull Repeat for the remaining planks in Belt A Install these planks on the hull Follow the same procedure for the next...

Страница 16: ...ing Or attach the planks with brown woodworker s glue It s dark enough to pass for caulking Thick Pads Laser cut thick pads go under the windlass knees and around the mainmast Fit these before plank i...

Страница 17: ...ting the copper with a sharp point This is easi ly overdone especially when too big a nail is used If it doesn t look scalelike forget it Coloring Copper plates will tarnish naturally or can be chemic...

Страница 18: ...f hatch and companionway coamings were not installed when planking the deck it s time to locate them along with the hurricane house deckhouse veg etable bin skylight amidships shelter boat bearer crew...

Страница 19: ...nstruction C Panel doors B Corners and tops D Companionway Glue together Scribed line Option 1 64 1 32 thick Sliding top Slide Top Cut out if top to be left open 1 16 Sq Plank Fig 5 2 Skylight Constru...

Страница 20: ...ver hides the round stone add a brass wire to represent its crank handle Scratch build the grindstone if the stone is to be visible Because the grindstone is portable position it any where on the deck...

Страница 21: ...cal windlass barrel is based on Mystic s drawings However in 1990 the windlass was modified to reflect Morgan in her 1885 1905 config uration and this is presented as an option In 1886 a ring gear was...

Страница 22: ...at Loggerheads Loggerheads are Britannia Drill and glue them to the port rail and in each whaleboat as shown on the plans 15 Mooring Chocks and Hawse Pipes The forward round mooring chock oblong chock...

Страница 23: ...es on each boat to correspond with its davit set Morgan has a pair of straight davits at the stern Mystic Seaport installed them based on photographic records but has no idea what their function was T...

Страница 24: ...rom wood and brass wire These are fun to make and really add to the look of the model Everything is on the plans Colors Whaleboat colors are based on those at Mystic Seaport 22 Ship s Name The stern a...

Страница 25: ...or provided but require final tapering A dowel because it is round is difficult to taper The best approach is to taper the dowel from its maximum diameter to square at the ends then eight sided Sand t...

Страница 26: ...lans The basic platform for the fore and main tops and the curved supports are laser cut Make the other straight parts from stripwood Figure 6 5 Tops are simple and fun to do Fashion trestletrees cros...

Страница 27: ...wood It has an unusual shape with a flat top Taper the wood then cut the tenon for the cap Figure 6 9 Although the bowsprit cap is laser cut enlarge and angle its holes and taper the top and bottom e...

Страница 28: ...corner the clew upper forward corner the throat and the aft upper corner the peak A triangular sail is similar except the upper corner is called the head It has no throat or peak 2 Standing rigging Fi...

Страница 29: ...back to the hull This strut is the martingale or dolphin striker and Morgan has one Head stays run through the jibboom down to the dol phin striker and back to the bow Martingale stays are separate an...

Страница 30: ...del like that However the mass of sails obscures most spar and deck details Sails look better on a ship at sea Sails furled yards lowered on their lifts Here is a pleasing compromise Reality is mainta...

Страница 31: ...n cotton is acceptable and available from Model Expo Although linen is ideal most is too heavy for 3 16 scale models Wash sailcloth several times to preshrink it When dry iron the cloth but be careful...

Страница 32: ...remove with the sail and which ones are easily left in place after being unhooked or untied from the sail Standing Rigging Before starting sort lines by size coat with beeswax and keep them handy Use...

Страница 33: ...masts have deadeyes and futtock shrouds Figure 8 3 Make the futtock shrouds from brass wire Note Topgallant shrouds have bullseyes but the royal mast has no iron futtock shrouds deadeyes or bullseyes...

Страница 34: ...bly easier prior to completing the forestays 4 Bowsprit Rigging Figure 8 6 shows the standing rigging at the bowsprit When rigging keep the dolphin striker in position Adjust the martingale stays and...

Страница 35: ...lowing discusses both choices and how to rig them Each sail along with its spars is presented separately so one group can be finished before mov ing to the next Although the sequence isn t critical we...

Страница 36: ...with a course in place If no sails are used here are some options Knot leechlines and bunt lines at the thimble fairleads or omit ted With the sheet pull the clew garnet block at the tack up to the bl...

Страница 37: ...a leechline For model without sails tie these at the fairlead thimbles on the yard or omit Hook sheets and clewlines together similar to the lower yards The plans show the position of the yards when l...

Страница 38: ...ness Drill sheave holes in the large laser cut blocks and make brass strops for the lower blocks Large and small blubber hooks are Britannia Shape some large shackles for the chain at the top Figure 9...

Страница 39: ...6 The Story of Yankee Whaling American Heritage 1959 Good account and pictures of the whaling industry Availability unknown 7 Sperm Whaling from New Bedford by Elton W Hall 1982 New Bedford Whaling M...

Страница 40: ...NATURE COAST HOBBY SHOP Authorized dealer for Model Shipways http www naturecoast com hobby Toll Free 1 800 714 9478...

Отзывы: