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23.T e fi nished model with railings, masts, and fl ags set in its sea base. In the foreground is a small local fi shing boat long lining.


because I think it highly likely that when fi ring the guns beneath the boats the muzzle blast would at the very least cause signifi cant damage to the boats and more probably destroy them.


I made new davits from square brass rod bent to shape on another jig. I made them a little longer so that I could insert the feet into holes in the deck to make them more stable. T e dummy pivots are tiny triangles of card.


T e tackles that lower the davits outboard I made from fi ne copper wire and punched card discs. T ey were assembled on a jig and are a single piece of wire from end to end. Because the davits were so tall, they were braced from side to side with stays—also copper wire on the model. (Figure 21) T e tackles to lower the boats themselves are also fi ne copper wire and punched card discs assembled on another jig. (Figure 22)


Aſt er setting Uragan in its sea base, I added the fi nal details: mast, jack staff , ensign staff , railings, and fl ags. T e railings were laser-cut paper, the fl ags were made from tissue paper, and the rest from brass rod.


I also scratch built a small local boat to add to the scene. A good friend in Riga sent me information about the local boats. It is sprit rigged and I have depicted it working as a long line fi shing boat. (Figure 23)


Maurice Richard is a retired civil engineer who lives in a small town near Avignon in the South of France. He has been building models of many diff erent types since he was about eight years old—with frequent intermissions for further education, raising a family, and working internationally—in many media: wood, metal, paper, plastic, resin. His main current interest is building models of ships from the second half of the nineteenth century, usually using paper or card.


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