A miniature model designed
Item
-
Title (Dublin Core)
-
A miniature model designed
-
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
-
Title: A miniature model designed
-
extracted text (Extract Text)
-
LARGEST and speediest passenger vessel ever
built in an American shipyard is the new
S. 8. America. She is also one of the most
distinctive and graceful ships.
We are indebted to the owners, the United
States Lines, for her plans. The America is
723’ long, and since our model is constructed
to the 17-100" scale, it is 71” long. The shape
of the various thin layers is shown in the half-
breadth profiles under the plan. If a full hull
model is desired, 4 and B can consist of one
piece of wood.
For the lifeboats, sandpaper the corners of
a 5/16” by 1" stick to shape, mark into 1/16”
spaces, and cut as if slicing bread. Allow
sufficient length of wire for the davits so that
the ends can be inserted into holes drilled in
F after passing through J. Insert the davits
before fastening the window strip. A very fine
(No. 80) drill is indispensable. Glue each boat
(except the forward pair) to two davits.
The window strip, although it may be omitted,
greatly enhances the model. An excellent tool
for cutting it is a single-edge razor blade,
broken so that only about 1/16” cutting sur-
face remains at one end.
The funnels were originally short, but had
to be lengthened 15". In the model, they are
made in three sections. Masts, derricks, and
other details are made from wire and pins. All
should be painted buff before they are attached
to the superstructure. The sides of the hull are
red and black; superstructure and decks, white,
-
Contributor (Dublin Core)
-
Theodore Gommi (article writer)
-
Language (Dublin Core)
-
Eng
-
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
-
1941-02
-
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
-
146-147
-
Rights (Dublin Core)
-
Public domain
-
Archived by (Dublin Core)
-
Sami Akbiyik
Popular Science Monthly, v. 138, n. 2, 1941
