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UNLIKE the more simplified forms of ship-model masts, the masts of the "Sovereign" are carried out in considerable detail to simulate closely the outstanding characteristics of the original.
The same general construction applies to both main and foremasts. See Fig. 73. The table headed "Lower Masts" specifies the lengths and diameters of the two forward masts, as well as the mizzen, which will be treated separately. Dowel rod is used to make the masts. They may be chucked in a drillpress and tapered first with coarse and then fine sandpaper, as in Fig. 75, or a block-plane can be used to shave the masts to an octagonal tapered section, after which they can be rounded by hand-sandpapering. This done, the mastheads must be squared off at the upper, smaller ends, to receive the trestletrees, crosstrees and cheeks.
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