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    Rigging: Period Ships Models
    Rigging: Period Ships Models
    Rigging: Period Ships Models
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    Rigging: Period Ships Models

    By Lennarth Petersson

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    A fully illustrated guide to rigging models of historic ships with confidence and accuracy, using a model of the eighteenth-century HMS Melampus.
     
    The rigging of period ship models is the ultimate challenge for any modeler. An eighteenth-century man-of-war boasted mile on mile of rigging, more than one thousand blocks, and acres of canvas. To reduce this in scale, and yet retain an accurate representation, is an awesome undertaking.
     
    In this classic work, Lennarth Peterson untangles the complexities of model rigging. Using some four hundred drawings, he shows how each separate item of rigging is fitted to the masts, yards, and sails. Each drawing deals with only one particular item so that it can be seen clearly in isolation. The lead of a particular halyard, the arrangement of a bracing line—these and every other detail are depicted with startling clarity. Based on the author’s research of numerous eighteenth-century models, each one with its contemporary rigging still extant, the information is both meticulous and accurate.
     
    The remarkable visual immediacy and clarity of this work makes it truly unique and essential for any period ship modeler. In addition, the book is a “must-have” reference work for all those involved in the rigging and repair of historic ships.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 30, 2011
    ISBN9781473817654
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      Rigging - Lennarth Petersson

      Rigging

      Period Ship Models

      RIGGING

      PERIOD SHIP MODELS

      LENNARTH PETERSSON

      Acknowledgements

      It is my intention to limit this book to the classification of the rigging of Melampus and no mention is made of the numerous alternative aspects of square rig to be found during the eighteenth century; this work describes the rigging of a specific period and one specific model. I hope the perspective drawings will help towards an understanding of the use of standing and running rigging for modellers and for all with an interest in square rig.

      I would like to thank Captain Olof Pipping; my good friend Vernon Gidman; Mr Alan King, curator of the Bristol Industrial Museum; my family and parents for patience and support; and Julian Mannering, editor of Chatham Publishing, for help and advice. Beyond that, I take all the blame.

      Copyright © Lennarth Petersson 2000

      This edition published in Great Britain in 2011 by

      Seaforth Publishing,

      Pen & Sword Books Ltd,

      47 Church Street,

      Barnsley S70 2AS

      First published in 2000, reprinted 2001 and 2004

      www.seaforthpublishing.com

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      ISBN 978 1 84832 102 1

      Ali rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording,

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