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TO provide panels for the carvings on the beakhead, six maple uprights, 1/8 in. wide and 3/16 in. thick, are half-lapped into the beakhead wales and are attached with toothpick dowels and glue as shown in Fig. 58. Wale No. 3 is extended forward to meet the upward curve of wale No. 4. When these units are dry and sanded flush with the wales, carvings A are fitted into the panels, as was done on the hull. It is necessary to trim very closely to the carving designs to do this; in some cases, parts of the design itself must be cut away. In the smallest panels and on the vertical strips, carvings B may be used. Two gunport wreaths, with ribbands cut off, should be glued into place centrally between wales Nos. 5 and 6 and on the center lines of the after, short uprights. When dry, 3/16-in. holes are drilled upward and backward into the hull through the wreath centers, into which anchor hawsers will be run later. See Fig. 58. Three bulkheads are required for the after ends of the spar, half and quarter decks as in Fig. 52. These are detailed respectively in Figs. 49, 54 and 57. Except for length, the moldings and columns can be turned from toothpicks and their contours formed with a small round file. When shaped, the columns are split in halves with a razor blade and glued to the bulkheads. The bulkheads proper can be made from thin wooden trays such as are used as lard containers.
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