Deagostini HMS Sovereign of Seas User guide

Build the largest warship of the 17th century

HMS

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Published in the USA by

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Contents

ASSEMBLY GUIDE

493 Stage 113: Strips, cannons, hinges, handrails and assembling

the bowsprit topmast

499 Stage 114: Decorations for the forecastle and left-hand side of the

hull, rings and coamings

507 Stage 115: Decorations for the left-hand side of the hull,

and deadeyes

513 Stage 116: Decorations for the hull, deadeyes, birch strips and

cotton thread

519 Stage 117: Decorations for the hull, deadeyes and cotton thread

525 Stage 118: More decorations for the hull, half-barrels, deadeyes,

and a bamboo rod

531 Stage 119: Threads, half-barrels and deadeyes

535 Stage 120: More decorations for the hull access door and strips

539 Stage 121: More decorations for the hull and right-hand side door

545 Stage 122: Thread, deadeyes and decorations

553 Stage 123: Mainsail, bamboo rod, decorations, crosstrees and caps

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WARNING: Not suitable for children under the age of 14. This product is not a toy

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A 0.5 x 6 x 300mm sapele strip

B 1.5 x 1.5 x 300mm birch strip

C Diagram of the handrails for

the ladder of the quarterdeck

D Hinges

E Two cannon sets

Parts of all stages may vary from those shown.

Stage 113: Strips, cannons, hinges,

handrails and assembling the

bowsprit topmast

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3 Repeat Step 2, rst on the second cannon with two wheels

and then on the other 22 that you have assembled during

previous work sessions.

4 Install 10 cannons on the forecastle of the model, in the

positions shown in the photo.

1 With the pieces received with this stage, assemble two guns on

two wheels. en prepare the tackle of the guns by xing four

eyebolts on four blocks.

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2 With two blocks with eyebolts and 0.15mm diameter thread,

make the side tackles of one of the two cannons (check against

Steps 2 to 9 of Stage 104).

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YOU WILL NEED

O Craft knife

O Metal primer

O Metal glue

O Pliers

O Metal le

O PVA wood glue

O Fine-grained sanding-block

O Hand drill and 0.5mm bit

O Paintbrush or air brush

O Gold, bronze, red and

black modelling paint;

burnishing uid

O Protective varnish

O Sapele-coloured paint

O Toothpicks

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5 Ten more guns should be positioned on the quarterdeck, while

the remaining four should be placed on the upper quarterdeck.

7 Follow Step 6 to install nine more cannons on the forecastle.

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6 Fix the guns of the forecastle in the centre of the gun ports.

en, with a 0.5mm bit, make two holes 5mm to the left and right

of each gun port, and glue the eyebolts on the cannon’s outer block

into these (see Stage 104).

8 Be careful: the central gun carriages facing the bow must be

2mm from the hole of the foremast. eir axes must therefore

be at a slight angle to the axis of the deck.

9 Repeat the

steps that you have

just taken with the

forecastle guns,

positioning the guns

of the quarterdeck and

upper quarterdeck. e

photo shows the two

decks equipped with all

their cannons.

5mm

2mm

5 mm

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14 Place the birch strip on the diagram, then cut the handrail

pieces according to the measurements shown and glue them to one

another with fast-drying glue, using a toothpick to do so. en,

make the second handrail.

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13 Lightly sandpaper the 1.5 x 1.5 x 300mm strip that came with

this stage. Now, give it one coat of sapele-coloured paint and one of

protective varnish. Next, take the diagram of the handrails for the

quarterdeck ladder.

10 Take the 0.5 x 6 x 300mm sapele strip received with this stage

and smooth it with ne sandpaper. en cut three 22mm-long

pieces from the strip.

11 e three pieces of wood form the door in the bulwark of the

aft deck. Glue the three pieces in the middle of the bulwark. Next,

put a coat of protective varnish on the door.

12 Cut four hinges from the die which came with this stage and

x them with metal glue on the door, following the measurements

shown in the photo.

22mm

4mm

15 Fix the two handrails on the sides of the ladders connecting the

quarterdeck and upper quarterdeck.

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20 Wrap 0.15mm thread around six of the 4mm blocks that came

with Stage 90. With a simple knot, x each block to an eyebolt of

the top. Seal the knots with glue and cut the excess thread.

16 e plan that comes with this pack has drawings illustrating

all the pieces of each mast and the position of the blocks for the

rigging. Begin by assembling the bowsprit.

19 Place the top on your work surface and make two holes on the

platform. en glue two eyebolts in them.

21 is is what the six eyebolts of the top C1 look like when

equipped with the blocks. Check against the plans for assembling

the masts.

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17 Take the top C1 of the bowsprit, turn it over and with a

0.5mm bit make four holes in the crosstree. Before proceeding,

note the position of the holes on the plan for assembling the mast.

18 Darken the eyebolts you received with Stage 63 with

burnishing uid. en x four eyebolts into the holes previously

made in the lower part of the top C1.

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22 Take pieces 173 that came with Stage 98 and the pieces CD6

and CD7 that came with Stage 82. Paint the three caps (173 and

CD7) black and paint the bracket CD6 a sapele colour, then add a

coat of protective varnish.

23 Take the bowsprit 1A and glue the bracket CD6 on its

thinner end, taking care to align it with the centre of the rod.

Before beginning, check the plans.

24 Referring to the plan, make the woolding on the bowsprit. To do this, wrap the 0.15mm thread around the shaft 1A and x the

ends with a drop of glue. en x all the eyebolts and blocks on the shaft, carefully following all the measurements and positionings.

25 Glue the crosstree of the top C1 in the notch on the bracket CD6. Be careful: the top must be perfectly centred with respect to the

bowsprit and the bracket supporting it.

1A

173

CD7 CD6 CD6

CD6 1A

1A

CD6

C1

CD6

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CD7

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27 Glue the

assemblage of the two

topmasts within the

central opening of

the top C1, making

the end of the bracket

CD6 enter the cap

CD7. e foot of mast

1B must be ush with

the bars of the

crosstree.

26 Take the two

topmasts of the

bowsprit 1B and 1C,

which you prepared

in Stage 111, and the

three caps CD7 and

173. Assemble and

glue the ve pieces

following the photos

and plans. Make sure

that the topmasts are

aligned to one another.

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28 To complete the

assembly of the

bowsprit, put on the

caps of the spars, the

eyebolts, and blocks, as

shown in the plans.

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1B

1C

173

CD7

21mm

6mm

1A

C1

1B

1C

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A Forecastle

decorations x 8

B Coaming and

centring rings

C Decorations of

the left-hand side

of the hull

Stage 114: Decorations for the

forecastle and left-hand side of

the hull, rings and coamings

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1 After cleaning up the pieces with a le, put metal primer on

decorations PD25, PD26, PD53, PD52 and PD21 that came with

this stage. Paint the pieces gold, then retouch them with white, red

and black (see Stage 112, Steps 4, 6 and 7).

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3 Detach decorations AR1 to AR10 from the metal plate that

you received with this stage. ese pieces are to be xed on the left-

hand side of the hull.

4 To nd the locations for each decoration, look at the photo in

Step 11 of Stage 112. ese new decorations should mirror those

xed on the right-hand side of the hull.

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2 e eight decorations should be xed on the left-hand side of

the hull at the forecastle. Apply a drop of metal glue to the back of

the pieces and x them in the locations shown in the photo.

PD25

PD53 PD52

PD26

PD21

PD25 PD25PD26 PD26

PD53

PD21 PD21

PD52

YOU WILL NEED

O Craft knife

O Metal primer

O Metal glue

O Metal le

O PVA wood glue

O Fine-grained

sanding-block

O Hand drill and

0.5mm bit

O Fine paintbrush

O Burnishing uid

O Protective varnish

O Gold, white, red and

black modelling paint

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6 Take 10 eyebolts and darken them with burnishing uid. With

a 0.5mm bit, make 10 holes in the centre of the strips that surround

the bow platform, following the measurements shown in the photo.

9 is photo shows the gun ports of the stern area with the

remaining hatches mounted.

5 Following the drawing shown in Step 11 of Stage 112, glue the

10 decorative elements in the slots provided at the height of the deck.

Centre each piece in its slot.

10 Now you can move on to the assembly of the foremast. Take

the plan that illustrates all the pieces of the four masts of your model

which came with Stage 113.

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7 Take eight of the sapele-coloured hatches 181a and four black

hatches 181b that you prepared in Stage 108. Repeating Steps 14

to 17 of Stage 112, t each hatch with two hinges and a piece of

0.15mm thread.

8 e photo shows the gun ports of the forward area of the left-

hand side of the hull on which you have to mount ve hatches. e

procedure is the same as that explained in Steps 18 to 23 of Stage

112 for mounting the right-hand side hatches.

181a

181b

181a

181b

7mm

5mm

GUN PORT HATCHES

EYEBOLTS

FOREMAST ASSEMBLY

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14 read the pieces E1 and E2 on the

main section of foremast 2A and glue

them in place, following the measurements

given in the plan of the masts assembly.

en, without using glue, check that

the foremast ts into the corresponding

housing on the decks of the model without

diculty. If necessary, sandpaper the piece

E2 lightly.

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11 Take the die with the coaming E1 and the centring rings E2 of

the foremast that came with this stage. Separate the ve pieces with

a craft knife.

12 Using sandpaper or a small le, round o the top outer edge

of the coaming E1, then paint the piece black and put on a coat of

protective varnish.

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sections 2A, 2B, 2C

and 2D that make

up the foremast.

ese pieces were

cut, tapered and

painted during the

assembly session of

Stage 111.

E1

E2 E2 E2

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2D

diam. 6mm diam. 8mm

diam. 8mm

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18 With a 0.5mm bit, make four holes in the crosstree of the top

C2. Glue four eyebolts tted with blocks in them. Fix all the eyebolts

(with or without blocks) required on the tops and on the sections of

the foremast.

15 Following the plans,

make the gammoning

on the main section of

the foresmast 2A. To do

this, wrap the 0.15mm

thread around the rod

and x the ends with a

drop of glue.

17 Take the eyebolts, the 4mm blocks and the 0.15mm thread

left over from previous work sessions. Following the procedure

described in Step 20 of Stage 113, tie each block to an eyebolt with

the thread.

16 Take the foremast tops C2, C3 and C4, the three caps CM4

CE6, CF7 along with their respective mast cheeks CM9, CE8 and

CF9. Keep to hand the plans of the holes in the tops, and refer

to Stage 112. NOTE: If you did not attach the additional mast-

support shims to the crosstree of top C3 and the mast cap CE6 (see

arrows, above) you must do this now. See Steps 7 and 12 of Stage

103 for instructions on how to do this.

19 Prior to assembling the components of the foremast, keep in

mind, as is clear from the plan, that there must be 36mm between

the cap of the main section and the crosstree of the top C2.

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diam. 0.15mm diam. 0.15mm diam. 0.15mm diam. 0.15mm diam. 0.15mm

diam. 0.15mm

2A

C4C3

C2

CF9

CE8

CF7

CE6

CM4

CM9

diam. 0.15mm

C2

36mm

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C3, its cap and the

cheeks CE8. Fix

them on the second

and third sections

of the foremast 2B

and 2C, as shown

in the photos and

the plans of the

masts assembly.

20 Assemble and

glue together the

main section 2A,

the top C2, the cap,

the second section

2B and the two

cheeks CM9. Make

sure that the two

sections of mast are

perfectly aligned

and that the top is

at a right angle

to them.

2B

2A

CM9

C2

CM9 CM9

C3

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2B

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90°

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22 In a similar

fashion, join the

top C4, its cap

and the cheeks

CF9 to the third

and fourth section

of the foremast

2C and 2D,

completing

the assembly of

the mast.

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25 Round o the outer upper edges of the mainmast 182 and

mizzenmast coaming 184 with sandpaper or a le. Paint the two

pieces black and put on a coat of protective varnish.

23 is is what the foremast of your model looks like at the end

of this work session.

24 Take the die that came with Stage 109 with the coamings 182,

183 and 184. e piece 183 has been replaced by piece E1 that you

have already xed to the foremast. erefore, cut only the pieces 182

and 184 from the die.

C4

2D

2C

CF9

C4

2D

2C

CF9

2B

2A

CM9

C2

C3

CE8

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28 Put a drop of wood glue on the edge of the hole and the points

of contact with the mast. Since wood glue dries slowly, you can, if

necessary, correct the position of the mast.

29 Set the foremast

into place, pushing

it to the bottom,

with the coaming

against the deck.

Make sure that the

mast is perfectly

aligned with the

longitudinal axis

of the hull.

27 Once assembled (the bowsprit was built in Stage 113), the

masts can be installed on the model. e foremast should be

housed in the hole in the forecastle.

26 Following the

procedure described

for the foremast,

join the pieces

making up the

mainmast (to the

left) and the mizzen

(to the right).

Always check

carefully against

the plan during

the work.

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33 Repeating the operations you have just

performed with the foremast and bowsprit,

mount the mainmast and the mizzenmast

on the hull, setting them in their respective

housings. is is what your model looks

like at the end of this long work session.

Put the your model away in a safe place for

the next assembly session.

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30 With the 0.5 x 6 x 300mm strip of sapele left over from the

assembly in Stage 113, cut two pieces 20mm long.

31 Glue the two pieces 10mm from the foot of the bowsprit,

overlapping them as shown in the picture. ese pieces will hold

the mast in an inclined position and at the correct distance from

the bow platform.

32 Without using

glue, make sure

that the bowsprit

ts properly into

place and that it

is 48mm from the

bow platform. Fix

the mast to the hull

with wood glue,

aligning it with the

longitudinal axis of

the model.

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48mm

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A Decorations for the left-

hand side of the hull x 11

B diam. 4mm deadeyes x 30

Stage 115: Decorations for

the left-hand side of the hull,

and deadeyes

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3 Take the three pieces PD26 and paint them gold. Put a

drop of metal glue on their backs and x them into the slots

at the quarterdeck.

4 Paint pieces PD25 and PD63 gold. Once the paint is dry,

retouch them with white and black, as shown in the photo.

1 Go over the surfaces of the decorations PD25, PD26, PD63,

PD21, PD48 and PD49 that came with this stage with a metal le.

Put on a coat of metal primer.

2 e photo shows the points along the left-hand side of the

hull as to where to install the new decorative elements.

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PD25

PD48 PD49

PD26

PD21

PD63

PD26

PD25

PD63

YOU WILL NEED

O Craft knife

O Metal primer

O Metal glue

O Metal le

O PVA wood glue

O Fine-grained

sanding-block

O Hand drill

O 1.8mm and 0.5mm bits

O Fine paintbrush

O Gold, blue, white,

red, yellow and black

modelling paint

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6 Paint components PD21, PD48 and PD49 gold. en, with a

ne paintbrush, nish with white, red and black paint.

9 Paint decorations PD21 and PD28, xed in one of the previous

assembly sessions, with red, yellow, white, blue and black. e two

pieces are set between PD48, PD49 and PD21 that you xed in Step 7.

5 Glue the three decorations PD25 and PD63 in the spaces on

the left-hand side of the hull indicated in the photo.

8 e third piece PD21, the last remaining decoration, should

be xed in the central area on the left-hand side, above piece PD34

that you xed in the assembly session of Stage 102.

7 Glue decorations PD48 and PD49 in their places. en

x the two pieces PD21 in the same location, but above the

rst two elements.

10 Now, paint decoration PD25, installed in a previous session on

the left-hand side of the hull, with white and black paint. e piece

is just above the right-hand end of the mizzen chainwale.

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PD63

PD21

PD49

PD48

PD21

PD49

PD21

PD48 PD21

PD21

PD28

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15 As you did in Steps 12 to 13, make two holes in each of the

railings of the upper quarterdeck, following the measurements

shown in the photo.

11 Take the belay pins that you received with Stage 84. Twenty of

them must be inserted along the handrails of the forecastle in holes

that you are now going to make in the areas indicated by the arrows.

14 Insert the 20 belay pins in the holes made in the previous

two steps. Once you have checked that the pins t into the holes

without diculty, x them with a drop of glue.

13 Using the same bit, make six holes in the front railing of the

forecastle. e position of the holes is shown in the photo.

16 Fix four belay pins in the holes of the upper quarterdeck

railings. e remaining pin can be used to replace any with a

possible manufacturing defect.

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12 With a 1.8mm-diameter bit, make seven holes on each of the

siderails of the forecastle, following the measurements shown in the

photos. First, check the diameter of the belay pins.

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30

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7

mm

8

mm

32

mm

2mm

8

mm

10

mm 8

mm 32

mm

30

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7

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2 mm

20mm

16mm

20mm

16mm

6mm

2mm

30

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30

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BOW

BELAY PINS

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20 is is what one of the shrouds looks like with its deadeye

attached to one of the two ends.

19 Tie a deadeye to the end of a piece of dark brown thread, then bind it for 7mm with the 0.15mm thread. Seal the knots with a drop of

glue. Repeat the operation with the other 19 pieces of thread.

21 Here we are going to show you how to prepare a tool to

assemble all the deadeyes of the shrouds at the same height. From

a 2 x 5 x 300mm strip that came with a previous stage, cut a piece

23mm long.

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17 Now you have to make the shrouds of the foremast of the ship.

To do this, you need the 5mm deadeyes painted in Stage 97, as

well as the dark brown 0.5mm and light brown 0.15mm thread

that came with previous stages.

18 Cut 20 pieces of dark brown 0.5mm thread each 400mm long.

400mm

7

mm

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

diam. 0.15mm

diam. 0.5mm

diam. 0.15

mm

23mm

diam. 0.5mm

diam.

0.5mm

2 x 5 x 300mm

SHROUDS

A SPECIAL TOOL

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