Nautical Research Journal Building Queen Anne’s Revenge: A


museum display model. Part 4 By Dan Pariser


In this fi nal installment of this series I will be mounting the spars and sails of the Queen Anne’s Revenge and stringing the running rigging that controls them. Since there is huge variation in how any particular ship was rigged, I will start with some rigging techniques that I have developed that can be applied to any model, and then show how they were used on Queen Anne’s Revenge. To fi nish I will mount the ship’s boat and the swivel guns, hang the anchors and the stern lantern, and hoist the fl ag. T is is a lot to cover, and some details had to be skimped. If you want to see the full story, go to the NRG’s ModelShipWorld site and look up the Queen Anne’s


Revenge build log in the Scratch Built forum. https:// modelshipworld.com/topic/3741-queen-annes- revenge-1710-by-shipmodel-fi nished-136-scale/?tab =comments#comment-105647


Here is the rigging and sail plan, drawn by Jean Boudriot, used for the model. (Figure 1) Running rigging is diff erent from the standing rigging previously set up on the model. First, since it has to move through blocks and other devices, it was not tarred and took on various shades of tan and grey over time. Second, since the lines mostly had to be hauled by hand, they generally were smaller, with fewer diff erent diameters. For this model I was asked to use linen line wherever possible for its durability. Fortunately I was able to source spools of old linen fi shing lines that are laid up like miniature rope. (Figure 2, upper leſt ) T at took care of most of the


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Figure 1. Adapted from Jean Boudriot, Le Mercure.


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