Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing: How to Build, Rig, and Sail a Self-acting Model YachtThis illustrated guidebook shows in superb detail how to construct a model toy yacht, and successfully sail it in shallow waters. With ample detail inclusive of materials guidance, measurements, and planning from conception to sailing, this guide excels as an introduction to building model boats. The yacht depicted is a small sailboat, with a classic elegance and simplicity that demonstrates the principal elements of nautical seaworthiness - a well-constructed and sealed hull, sails capable of carrying wind to propel the craft, and a precisely shaped and measured deck, beam and keel. At the beginning of this primer, the author explains that the finished craft described is the product of repeated experiments and refining of the yacht design and construction process. He only submitted this guide for publication once the finished yacht was deemed both sound and accessible to aspiring model makers. The step-by-step instructions are accompanied by over fifty sketches, many labeled with precise dimensions, to assist the reader in successfully building the yacht. |
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... screw - driver , a gimlet , a hammer , a pair of small round - nosed pliers , a rat - tail file , a half - round file , a small mallet , and last , though not least , a good pocket- knife . It is best and easiest , at any rate for ...
... Screw the sides of the ship to the ends of the beam ; then put on the deck , and screw it to the gunwale all round with -in . brass ( everything must be brass except the lead keel ) screws at about equal distances of How to Make the Hull .
... screws at about equal distances of 3 in . , and two or three screws through the deck into the beam ; if this is done in a workmanlike way , and the edge of the deck planed off and smoothed level with the side of the ship , the hull ...
... screws intended to screw the leaden to the false keel , and will , as no doubt the intelligent reader already perceives , leave holes in the cast leaden keel for the screws to go through , these screws may be long enough to go through ...
... screws without danger of splitting it , bore them in their proper places with the bradawl , and then burn them out ... screws may be quite level with the lead ( this operation is called countersinking the screws ) ; the heaviest end of ...
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Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing: How to Build, Rig, and Sail a Self ... James E Walton No preview available - 2018 |
Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing - How to Build, Rig. and Sail a Self ... James E. Walton No preview available - 2010 |