Nautical Research Journal 7


Figure 15. Rigging in process.


Because most of my models go into bottles, my experience with ship model cases is limited. T e case is of poplar because that wood seemed to make the best contrast with the old pearwood. Perhaps it was just the piece I bought for it, but it did not take stain well so was leſt natural. (Figure 16)


Progress was slower than hoped, but reassuring. However limited this reconstruction may be historically, it does produce an attractive schooner. (Figure 17) T e experience was a good one, though friends and relatives unfamiliar with Admiralty-style ship model framing do ask how the crew was supposed to keep the water out. “Much bailing” always seems to be the best answer.


Figure 16. Model done, in case.


Sadly, things we daily appreciate can pass on with little record. When assembling this article, I was dismayed to note there were no good photographs of the old pear tree. Fortunately, a visiting cousin saw a quality we took for granted and she had spent an aſt ernoon sketching it.


(Figure 18) Now the framed sketch and the product of the old tree’s timber share a corner of the living room in the morning sun.


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