Vol. 64, No. 2 Summer 2019


104 Dockyard models requires its fi rst concession by substituting fi ne-grain hard woods, such as box and


pear wood, for elm, oak and fi r of the original craſt . T e fi ner-grained woods allowed for sharper edges and more detail. Some details, such as built-up masts, coaks, bolts, scarfs or the sheaves and pins of blocks, are not shown because they are hidden or beyond the skill of the modeler. T e casual observer simply assumes they are there. T ere is good evidence that some of these models diff ered from the actual construction simply as a matter of style or because it was just easier to build the model in that manner. (Franklin 1989, 8-19)


T e largest of the wooden ships were built of thousands of parts held together by lashings and wood or metal fastening. HMS Victory, “among the last wooden capital ships to be built by entirely traditional methods,” measures 186 feet on the gun deck, near the overall length of the hull. (McKay 2000, 6-10) 1:48-scale drawings of the hull will fi t comfortably on a standard fi ve-foot wide draſt ing table. Holding a T-square with the leſt hand and an old fashioned drawing pen in the right, one begins to think that the popularity of this scale had as much to do with the arm span of the draſt sman as anything else.


5. Maine river-driving bateau. Adapted from Gardner, T e Dory Book.


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