S.S. Patrick Henry liberty ship model
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S.S. Patrick Henry liberty ship model
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Title: S.S. Patrick Henry, our first liberty ship
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Subtitle: Cargo vessel that led the way in breaking the U-boat blockade offers appealing suject for model builders
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S APPEALING a subject for model
A builders as any is this first of the Lib-
erty ships to defy the U-boat packs of the
North Atlantic. The accompanying draw-
ings follow the basic plans upon which the
10,000-ton Patrick Henry was built. More
recent Liberty ships have been modified, but
the hull lines and the general appearance of
the superstructure are unchanged. And since
ease and speed of construction were essen-
tial for the 441%’ long prototype, details of
the model were conceived in the same vein.
Only v-ood, paper, paint, pins, wire, and
other easily obtained materials are required,
and the usual household tools will suffice.
Start by cutting the materials to the speci-
fied sizes and shape all flat pieces to the
lines in the drawings. Plane and
sandpaper the top of the hull block
A to the proper sheer, and then
shape the ends. The cross-section
drawings and the dotted lines in
the plan will be sufficient guide.
Cut B to the exact shape of the
top surface of 4, and reduce the
width by sandpapering off 1/32”
along each side to allow for the
thickness of the bulwark C. Fasten
B to A so that this margin is even
all around, except at the very stern
where B comes to the edge. Shape
the bulwarks C so that they fit
snugly in the rabbet formed by A
and B, and shape the lower edge to
match the top edge of 4. Then cut
the top edge parallel. The width is
exactly 1/4 for the entire length.
Glue C to 4 and B. If the wood is
too stiff to hold a curve, soak it in
boiling water and then bend it. The
perforations can then be drilled.
Two or three holes are drilled in a
Tow for the slots, and excess Wood
is removed.
For the superstructure, rabbet
the underside of H to hold G. Port-
holes are drilled in D, F, and H.
Thin strips of paper protect the gun
platforms and serve for bridge and
stair rail. Masts are inserted into
the mast houses N, as are the wire booms,
which are then bent to proper angles. Each
unit is glued to the hull after it has been
painted. Ventilators may be made by cut-
ting whole allspice in half, removing the
centers, and mounting the half shells on bits
of tooth picks, or metal ventilators may be
used.
For the bollards, glue small pieces of
black paper to the deck and drive two short
pieces of wire through the paper into the
hull. To make a winch, slip two small eyelets
over wire to form the drum and fasten it to
a square of black paper. Lengths of wire
are inserted through small beads for guns.
The anchor and screw are heavy cardboard.
The main deck of the vessel is painted
a dull red. Dark gray is used on the hull
below the waterline, and a medium gray
above. The superstructure and the
masts are medium gray, and the
bollards, winches, and the inside of
the funnel and the ventilator cowls
are black. Such colors will match
those on the real ships, drab hues
having proved more concealing
than camouflage in the last war.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Theodore Gommi (article writer)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1944-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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156-157
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 2, 1944
