Build the largest warship of the 17th century
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Published in the USA by
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Contents
ASSEMBLY GUIDE
391 Stage 91: Decorations for the transom and right quarter gallery
395 Stage 92: Left-hand side decorations for the hull
399 Stage 93: Decorations for the quarter galleries and a cannon
403 Stage 94: Left-hand side chainwales, and equipment for
the rigging and blocks
407 Stage 95: Right-hand side decorations, chainwales and
two birch strips
411 Stage 96: Deadeyes, brass wire, brass chain and pins
415 Stage 97: The foremast lower top, deadeyes and buckets
419 Stage 98: Half-cannons, bamboo rods, pinrail and belay pins
423 Stage 99: Half-cannons, basswood strips and trucks
429 Stage 100: Decorations for the left-hand side of the hull
435 Stage 101: Stern decorations and a cannon
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A Decorations for the transom x 5
B Decorations for the right quarter
gallery x 5
In all stages, parts may vary
from those shown.
Stage 91: Decorations for
the transom and right
quarter gallery
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2 Go over the surfaces of all the decorations for the transom with
a small le to eliminate any irregularities.
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1 In the photo are the identication codes of the ve transom
decorations that came with this stage.
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3 Put a coat of metal primer on the decorations. 4 With a at paintbrush or air brush, paint the decorations with
gold modelling paint.
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PA64 PA65
PA66 PA67
PA68
PA64 PA65
PA66 PA67
PA68
PA64 PA65
PA66 PA67
PA68
YOU WILL NEED
O Metal primer
O Metal glue
O Metal le
O Flat paintbrush
or airbrush
O Gold modelling paint
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8 e photo shows the decorations PA64 and PA65 correctly
mounted on the transom.
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5 Take the hull as you left it at the end of your last work session.
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6 e photo shows the arrangement of the decorations PA64,
PA65, PA66, PA67 and PA68 on the transom of the model.
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10 is is what pieces PA66 and PA67 should look like when
xed on the transom.
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7 Apply a drop of metal glue on the back of the decorations
PA64 and PA65. Fix them on the transom in the two housings
shown in the photo.
9 Take decorations PA66 and PA67 and glue them into the two
housings on the right-hand side of the transom.
PA64 PA65 PA66 PA67
PA68
PA64 PA65
PA66 PA67
PA64 PA65 PA64 PA65
PA66 PA67
PA66 PA67
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12 Here is decoration PA68 correctly housed on the transom.
15 File the surfaces of the decorations to eliminate any irregularities.
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of the lower right-hand side quarter gallery that you received with
this stage.
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13 Here is an overall view of the transom after xing the
decorations you received in this stage.
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16 Put a coat of metal primer on the ve decorations.
11 Take the decoration PA68. Put metal glue on the back of the
piece and x it in the housing located in the upper right-hand
corner of the transom.
PA68
PD10 PD12
PD14 PD13
PD11
PD10 PD12
PD14 PD13
PD11
PA68
QUARTER GALLERY DECORATIONS
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20 Take decorations PD13 and PD14 and, as in the previous step,
x them into their housing on the lower right quarter gallery.
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17 With a paintbrush or air brush, paint the decorations gold. 18 e photo shows the exact layout of the decorations PD10,
PD11, PD12, PD13 and PD14 on the lower right-hand quarter
gallery of your model.
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22 is assembly session is nished. Put the hull away in a safe
place for your next work session.
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19 Put metal glue on the back of the pieces and x decorations
PD10, PD11 and PD12 on the hull, following the arrangement
shown in the photo.
21 is is what the the hull looks like when the ve decorations
have been xed on the lower quarter gallery.
PD10 PD12
PD14 PD13
PD11
PD10 PD11 PD12 PD14 PD13
PD10 PD12
PD11 PD13
PD14
PD10 PD11 PD12 PD13 PD14
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A Decorations in the shape of
a seahorse x 20
B Decorations in the shape of
a dolphin x 12
Stage 92: Left-hand side
decorations for the hull
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eliminate any irregularities.
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decorations that you received with this stage.
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3 Put a coat of metal primer on decorations PD29, PD30, PD31
and PD32. With a at paintbrush or airbrush, paint them gold.
4 Take one of the 1.5 x 1.5 x 300mm birch strips that you
received with Stage 67 and smooth it with a ne-grained sanding-
block on all four sides.
B
PD29 PD31
PD30 PD32
PD29 PD31
PD30 PD32
1.5 x 1.5 x 300mm
YOU WILL NEED
O Craft knife
O Metal primer
O Metal glue
O Metal le
O PVA wood glue
O Fine-grained sanding-
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O Flat paintbrush or air
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O Gold modelling paint
FRAMES FOR THE HULL
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8 Fix six more vertical frames on the right-hand side of the hull,
in the same position to those in the previous step.
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6 Take the hull of the model as you left it at the end of the last
assembly session.
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7 Cut to size six pieces of the gold strip, put glue on the side free
of paint and x them on the front of the left-hand side of the hull,
in the positions indicated by the arrows.
9 In the next steps of this assembly session, you will begin to x on the decorations PD29, PD30, PD31 and PD32 that came with this
stage. ey are, however, only a part of the ornamentation of the ship. e photo shows the left-hand side of the hull complete with all
the decorations, including those that will be supplied and assembled in later stages.
5 With a at paintbrush or air brush, paint three of the four
sides of the strip gold. You must make vertical frames for the
hull out of this strip.
1.5 x 1.5 x 300mm
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14 Finally, x two pairs of decorations PD29 and PD30 on the
aft section of the left-hand side of the hull, between the eighth and
tenth gun ports of the deck.
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13 Continue assembling the decorations, xing three pairs of
PD29 and PD30 pieces between the fth and eighth gun ports of
the deck.
12 Fix three more pairs of decorations PD29 and PD30 in the
three left-hand side sections of the hull, between the second and
the fth gun ports of the deck.
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15 Here is what the left-hand side of the hull looks like after
you have xed a total of 10 PD30 decorations and nine PD29
decorations.
10 Put metal glue on the back of a seahorse PD30. Fix it on the
left-hand side of the hull, 2mm from the left of the rst vertical
frame of the rst gun port of the deck.
11 In the same way, x a decoration PD29 and a decoration
PD30 in the space between the rst and the second gun ports of
the deck, 1mm from the vertical frames.
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PD30 PD29 PD30
PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30
PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30
2mm 1mm 1mm
PD29 PD30
FIXING THE DECORATIONS
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19 Fix another two decorations PD31 and PD32 on the left-hand
side of the hull, following the previous step.
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16 Keep the spare decoration PD29 for use in a future
work session.
17 Now you can deal with the dolphin-shaped decorations PD31
and PD32.
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21 You have now nished this assembly session, so put your
model away safely for your next session.
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18 Fix a piece PD31 and a piece PD32 on the forward section of
the left-hand side of the hull, in the positions shown in the photo.
e decorations must be set 1mm from the frames.
20 Moving on to the stern section of the hull, x four pairs of
decorations PD31 and PD32 in the positions shown in the photo.
PD29
PD32 PD31
PD31 PD32
PD31 PD32
PD31 PD32
PD31 PD32 PD31 PD32 PD31 PD32 PD31 PD32
1mm
1mm
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A Decorations for
the lower right-
hand quarter
gallery x 5
B Decorations
for the lower
left-hand quarter
gallery x 5
C Gun carriage
D Axle
E Trunnion cap
squares x 2
F Connecting
strip
G Barrel
H Wheels x 2
I Blocks x 4
J Eyebolts x 4
Stage 93: Decorations
for the quarter galleries
and a cannon
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remaining irregularities.
1 e photo shows the identity codes of the 10 decorations for
the quarter galleries that came with this stage.
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3 Put a coat of metal primer on all the decorations. With a at
paintbrush or air brush, paint them gold.
4 Take decoration PD17 and, with a ne paintbrush, paint the
parts in bas-relief black, as shown in the photo on the right.
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PD16 PD17 PD19
PD18 PD14 PD13
PD15 PD10 PD11 PD12
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YOU WILL NEED
O Craft knife
O Metal primer
O Metal glue
O Tweezers
O Metal le
O PVA wood glue
O Fine-grained
sanding-block
O Side cutters
O Paintbrush or air
brush
O Gold, bronze, red
and black modelling
paint
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6 Take the ve decorations for the right-hand side quarter gallery
PD15, PD16, PD17, PD18 and PD19.
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10 With metal glue, x the decorations into their positions on the
lower left-hand side.
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7 Apply a drop of metal glue on the back of the decorations
and x them on the lower right-hand quarter gallery of the hull,
following the arrangement shown in the photo.
9 Take the decorations for the left-hand quarter gallery, PD10,
PD11, PD12, PD13 and PD14, that came with this stage.
5 Take the hull as you left it at the end of your last assembly
session. Fix on the decorations that you received with this stage,
starting from the right-hand side of the quarter gallery.
8 Position the model so that you can work on the stern area of
the left-hand side. e arrow indicates the part of the lower quarter
gallery on which to x the remaining decorations.
PD16 PD17 PD19
PD15 PD18
PD16 PD17 PD19
PD15
PD18
PD14 PD13
PD10 PD11 PD12
PD13 PD11
PD14 PD10 PD12
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12 Cut out the pieces that form the gun carriage from the die.
15 Turn the gun carriage over, put a drop of glue into the slots on
the bottom edge of the two sides and x the connecting strip. Cut
o the excess.
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11 Store your model in a safe place for your next assembly session.
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16 If you have chosen a decorative nish for your model, paint the
entire gun carriage red with a paintbrush or air brush.
13 Apply a thin layer of glue on one edge of the platform, then x
it on the left-hand side. Remember, the wider end of the platform
is towards the back of the gun carriage.
14 Fix the right-hand side on the opposite edge of the platform,
ensuring that it is symmetrical to the one already xed.
MAKING THE CANNON
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20 When the paint is dry, set the barrel into the slots on the gun
carriage and glue it in place.
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17 Insert the axle into the corresponding holes on both sides
of the gun carriage.
18 Paint the two wheels black, put them on the axle and x them
with a drop of glue. en, cut o the excess axle.
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22 Your assembly session is nished. Put away the cannon and the
eyebolts and blocks that you have not yet used.
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19 With a paintbrush or air brush, paint the cannon barrel bronze.
21 Apply a small amount of metal glue on the two trunnion cap
squares and x them on the sides.
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A Left-hand side chainwales
B Equipment for the rigging
C Blocks x 4
Stage 94: Left-hand side
chainwales, and equipment
for the rigging and blocks
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chainwales of your model. e arrow on the die indicates how the
pieces should be oriented on the hull, with reference to the bow.
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3 Using a at paintbrush, paint the foremast chainwale with
a sapele-coloured paint. When dry, put on a coat of clear matt
protctive varnish.
4 Take the hull of the model as you left it at the end of your last
assembly session.
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2 Cut the foremast chainwale 156 from the die. With a ne-
grained sanding-block, smooth the edges, eliminating the black
laser cut marks.
156 156
156
YOU WILL NEED
O Craft knife
O Pliers
O Fine-grained sanding-
block
O Flat paintbrush
O Sapele-coloured
modelling paint
O Clear matt varnish
O PVA wood glue
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8 Fix the foremast chainwale in the same position in which
you tried it in Step 5. Take care to orient the piece correctly, as
indicated by the arrow on the die (see Step 1).
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6 If necessary, smooth the inner edge of the chainwale with a
ne-grained sanding-block so that it ts the curvature of the hull.
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10 Paint the mainmast chainwale the same sapele-coloured
paint as the foremast chainwale. Put on a coat of clear matt
protective varnish.
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7 Put on a thin layer of glue on the inside edge of the foremast
chainwale, as shown in the photo.
9 Detach the mainmast chainwale 157 from the die. Smooth the
edges of the piece with a ne-grained sanding-block to eliminate
the black laser cut marks.
5 Without using glue, place the foremast chainwale between
the two frames indicated in the photo, placing it 16mm from the
spur and checking that its curved edge ts tightly to the hull.
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12 If necessary, smooth the inside edge of the chainwale with a
ne-grained sanding-block, then put on a thin layer of wood glue.
15 As you did with the foremast and mainmast chainwale, paint
the mizzenmast chainwale with a sapele-coloured paint. Put on a
coat of clear matt protective varnish.
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14 Cut the mizzenmast chainwale 158 from the die and sand the
edges of the piece to remove the black laser cut marks.
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13 Fix the mainmast chainwale in the same position that you tried
in Step 11. Orient the piece correctly, as indicated by the arrow on
the die (see Step 1).
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16 To x the chainwale in place, you must cut the top of the two
vertical frames indicated in the photo, removing a 2mm-long piece
from each of them.
11 Without using glue, t the chainwale under the rst gold
frame, placing it 8mm from the entry hatch of the ship. Make sure
that the edge ts the hull tightly.
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X FOTOLITO: virare il fondo
cyan delle immagini della
sezione montaggio come
fatto per i precedenti
fascicoli
A CANNON AND
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20 is is how the mizzenmast chainwale looks when correctly
mounted on the aft section of the left-hand side of the hull.
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18 Put a small amount of glue on the inside edge of the chainwale.
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22 Following the instructions in Stage 61, complete the cannon
with two eyebolts and blocks. Finally, prepare a pair of blocks with
double loops. Put the cannon and blocks away in a safe place.
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21 Now, take the cannon you assembled in Stage 93. en, take
a piece of metal wire, four blocks and four eyebolts left over from
recent stages.
17 is is what the two vertical frames look like after being
shortened by 2mm. Fix the mizzenmast chainwale in the space
created between them and the horizontal frame above.
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7
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19 Fix the mizzenmast chainwale in the space that you made in
Step 16, placing it 7mm from the second quarter gallery of the left-
hand side of the model, as shown in the photo.
A CANNON AND BLOCKS
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A Decorations in the
shape of a seahorse
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B 2 x 2 x 300mm
strips of birch x 2
C Right-hand side
chainwales
Stage 95: Right-hand side
decorations, chainwales and
two birch strips
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eliminate any irregularities.
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of decorations that you received with this stage.
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3 Put a coat of metal primer on the decorations. en paint
them gold.
4 Take the hull as you left it at the end of your last assembly session.
B
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PD29
PD30
PD29
PD30
YOU WILL NEED
O Craft knife
O Metal primer
O Metal glue
O Metal le
O PVA wood glue
O Fine-grained sanding-
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O Paintbrush or air brush
O Clear matt varnish
O Gold and sapele-
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8 Continue assembling the decorations, xing three pairs of PD29
and PD30 between the fth and eighth gun ports.
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like after you have xed a total of 10 PD29 decorations and nine
PD30 decorations.
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7 Fix three more pairs of decorations PD29 and PD30 into
the three sections of the right-hand side of the hull, between the
second and the fth gun ports.
9 Fix two pairs of decorations PD29 and PD30 on the right-
hand side of the aft section of the hull, between the eighth and
tenth gun ports.
5 Put metal glue on the back of a seahorse PD29. Fix it on the
right-hand side of the hull, 2mm from the right-hand vertical
frame of the rst gun port.
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PD30 in the space between the rst and the second gun ports,
1mm from the vertical frames.
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PD29 PD30
PD29
PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30
PD29 PD30 PD29 PD30
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