)
Charter President of the Ship Model Club of Chicago
Copyright, 1933, by Popular Mechanics Company
POPULAR MECHANICS PRESS
CHICAGO
Printed in the U.S.A.
WITH just a few common tools, materials that cost little, and average patience, you can construct this accurate reproduction of the famous old "Sovereign of the Seas," the most beautiful warship that the world has ever known.
For the hull you will first need six boards, or lifts, of clear white pine, each 36 by 6 by 3/4 in. in size. Boards that are not exactly 3/4 in. thick are unsuitable. Make sure also, that the boards are thoroughly dry and free from gum and knots, which later might cause warping and splitting. Smooth each of the board sides with No. 00 sandpaper and then bevel off one end of each at a 57 degree angle to the horizontal surface, as in Figs. 1 and 2. The next step is to make patterns for cutting the lifts to shape. Figs. 6 and 7 give the lift lines. In making up the lift plan, rule off the paper in 11/4-in. squares and draw in the lift lines carefully; or, better still, get a set of blueprints that carry the lift lines in full size, enabling you to trace them as in Fig. 1. Cut six strips of tracing paper or tough tissue paper, each 30 in. long and 6 in. wide. Fold the strips down their lengths so that, when thus doubled, each becomes 3 in. wide. One at a time, line up the fold of each sheet with the center line on the plan of lifts, but unfold the paper so that only one-half of it covers the lift lines. Beginning with lift line No. 1, trace each one on the paper, one line to a sheet. This done, fold each paper again as in Fig. 4, and trace a duplicate line on the second half, to get a complete symmetrical pattern. The result provides you with six full-width drawings of the lifts. On the underside of each sheet, cover the lines with soft-crayon shading to enable easy transfer of these lines to the lifts, which method is preferable to the use of carbon paper.
Then, one at a time, line up the aft end of each template squarely with the beveled ends of the respective lifts. The shaded side of the paper should make contact with the longest side of the board's surface, the bevel being on the underside.
Copyright, © 1933, by Popular Mechanics Company
