Rigging period ship models
type: CreativeWork
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  alternate name: Masts and rigging--Models
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  alternate name: Sailing ships--Models
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  alternate name: Ship models--Design and construction
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126570
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131807
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131809
abstract: Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-By-Step Guide To The Intricacies Of Square-Rig. The rigging of period ship models is the most complex task which any modeller has to take on, for an eighteenth-century man-of-war boasted mile on mile of rigging, more than 1,000 blocks, and acres of canvas. To reduce this in scale, and yet retain an accurate representation, is an awesome undertaking. This now classic work untangles the complex web, and, using some 400 drawings, the author shows clearly 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 halliard, the arrangement of a bracing line, these and every other detail is 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.
author: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310177015
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310177015
language: eng
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301253092

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 253092