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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
To begin making the chainwales, cut the
2 x 15 x 300mm strips from Stage 105
into two 75mm lengths, two 105mm
lengths and two 135mm lengths.
Smooth the surfaces of the strips with
sandpaper.
Your parts
Blocks 4mm
Gun port doors
Knees fret
Belfry arch
Deadeyes 5mm
Tools and equipment
Saw
Sandpaper
Ruler
Pencil
Drill/bits
Glue
Knife
File
Tweezers
Brushes/wood stain
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Stage 106
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Drill a 1mm hole at each of the points
marked in the previous step.
Take one of the 75mm lengths and
mark points at the distances shown in
the photo, 2mm in from the edge.
This photo shows the position of the
mizzen chainwale. Glue it into place
above the three aft gun port frames of
the highest gun deck, and make sure
it’s positioned with the holes outermost.
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Ø 1mm
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Remove eight of the knees from the
fret. Smooth any roughness with a file
or sandpaper.
Make sure that the mizzen chainwale is
perfectly horizontal. You may need to
shape it slightly to fit the curvature of
the hull.
Glue four of the knees to the side of
the hull and the top of the chainwale,
as shown. You may need to adjust their
shape slightly so they don’t extend past
the edges of either.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Repeat Steps C-I for the port
chainwale, as shown.
Paint the chainwale and the knees with
the same stain used with the previously
stained parts.
The photo shows how the assembly
should look at this stage. Keep any left-
over material, as it will be used later.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Test-fit the figurehead in place at the
front of the stem.
It is likely that you will need to adjust
the strips that the figurehead is in
contact with. Cut or sand them until the
fit is correct and then glue into position.
Your parts
Figurehead
Tools and equipment
Glue
Knife
Sandpaper
Tweezers
Cutters
Ruler
A
B
Stage 107
Brushes/wood stain
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Pass the end of the eyebolt into the
hole at the top of the bell. Slide the
bell all the way up the eyebolt, then
apply glue to the inside of the bell to
secure it.
Pick up the belfry (Stage 106), bell
(105) and an eyebolt from any previous
stage. Open the loop at the end of the
eyebolt, and hook it into the loop of the
belfry. Close the loop of the eyebolt,
and then stand the belfry upright and
fix the eyebolt into position with glue.
Cut the end of the eyebolt so that it is
in line with the bottom of the bell.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Cut two 25mm lengths of 1 x 4mm
wooden strip, and glue them to the
tops of the columns and up against
the belfry.
Glue the belfry in the centre of the
main deck, up against the bow end
of the opening. Then glue two small
columns either side of the belfry, as
shown (arrows).
Remove a pair of knees from the fret
from the previous stage. Smooth with
sandpaper and paint the knees and the
strips from the previous step with wood
stain. Glue the two knees up against the
bow side of the belfry, as shown.
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Prepare two more knees by sanding
and staining them, and glue them
up against the aft side mizzen pin
rail uprights.
Retrieve the chimney supplied with
Stage 105 and glue it centred between
the two knees, with the opening at the
top facing towards the bow.
The photo shows how the assembly
should look at this stage. Keep any left-
over material, as it will be used later.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Your parts
Port quarter gallery top
Starboard quarter gallery top
Wooden strips 2 x 4 x 300mm
Wooden strips 2 x 2 x 300mm
Deadeyes 5mm
Tools and equipment
Knife
Glue
Tweezers
Brushes/brown and gold paint
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B
Stage 108
Cut pieces of 2 x 4mm wooden strip
to fit at the front of the quarter gallery,
between the railings and the top and
bottom strips, as shown. Glue them
into place.
Cut a further nine pieces of wooden
strip and glue them over the wider
upright sections of the window frames.
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Cut three lengths of 2 x 2mm strip to fit
between the 2 x 4mm strips placed in
Steps A and B, at the tops of the lowest
window frames.
Cut a length of 2 x 2mm wooden
strip to fit in line with the top of the
1 x 4mm strip at the bottom of the
quarter gallery, and another to fit at the
top (arrows). Bend the strips to shape
and glue them into place, in line with
the tops and bottoms of the grid of
vertical strips.
Prepare and glue lengths of 2 x 2mm
wooden strip to fit at the tops and
bottoms of the middle window frames.
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Paint the wooden frames from Steps A,
B, D, E and F with brown paint.
Cut a further three lengths of wooden
strip and glue them at the bottoms of
the upper window frames, as shown.
Take the two quarter gallery tops and
place them on top of the port and
starboard quarter galleries. Cut away
any wooden strips that prevent the tops
sitting flush. Then glue them into place.
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Paint the strips above the gallery
bottoms with gold paint.
Paint the tops of the quarter galleries
with the same gold paint that was used
for the railings.
The photo shows how the assembly
should look at this stage. Keep any left-
over material, as it will be used later.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Assemble the gun ports from this
stage, along with those from
Stages 105 and 106.
Paint the insides of the gun port doors
with red paint.
Your parts
Dummy cannons
Gun port doors
Gun port frames (hinged)
Tools and equipment
Brushes/red paint and wood stain
Glue
Ruler
Knife
Tweezers
Sandpaper
Varnish
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B
Stage 109
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Collect some previously received
1 x 4mm strips and cut 12 18mm
lengths and seven 8mm lengths.
Glue the frames along the side of the
hull, as shown.
Next, cut some 2 x 2mm strip into 12
14mm lengths and seven 6mm lengths.
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8mm
14mm
6mm
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Glue an 18mm step below the first
and third raised strips, and another
above the second and fourth. Then
glue another step between the top and
bottom. Ensure that the right edges of
the steps are in line with the gun port
frames (red line).
To make the side ladder steps, glue the
6mm lengths under the 8mm lengths,
and the 14mm lengths under the 18mm
lengths, as shown. Smooth the surfaces
of the steps with sandpaper.
Now glue two 18mm steps above the
lower set of three, and glue three below
them, as shown.
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When finished, this is how the side
ladder should appear. Paint the ladder
with the same protective varnish you
used for the rest of the hull.
Glue the remaining 18mm step above
the top set of three. Then glue the
8mm steps at the points shown in
the photo (arrows).
The photo shows how the assembly
should look at this stage. Keep any left-
over material, as it will be used later.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Place one of the two 2 x 15 x 135mm
strips you prepared in Stage 106 against
the side of the hull, in the area shown.
Use a file or sandpaper to adjust the
shape of the strip until it fits flush
against the hull.
Your parts
Deadeyes 4mm
Gun port doors
Thread 0.15mm
Gun port frames (hinged)
Tools and equipment
File
Sandpaper
Ruler
Drill/bits
Glue
Knife
Tweezers
Brushes/wood
stain
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B
Stage 110
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Drill a 1mm hole at each of the points
marked in the previous step.
Mark points along one side of the strip
at the distances shown in the photo,
2mm in from the edge.
Glue the strip in place in line with the
first black raised strips, with the holes
positioned away from the hull.
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8mm
4mm
14mm
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18mm
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7mm
4mm
Ø 1mm
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Glue the five knees to the top of the
chainwale and up against the hull, in
the positions shown.
Remove five knees from the frets and
smooth them with sandpaper.
This is how the chainwale should
now appear.
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SANTISIMA TRINIDAD: Step by Step ™
Stain the two chainwales with the same
wood stain used elsewhere.
Repeat the same process (Steps A-G) to
install the main chainwale on the other
side of the hull.
The photo shows how the assembly
should look at this stage. Keep any left-
over material, as it will be used later.
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