Third ship of Columbu's expedition, Pinta was a square sails caravel. The sails consisted of a square foresail and a great mainsail, while the mizzenmast, supported a long yard for lateen triangular sail. It had a poop quarterdeck and, unlike the sistership Nina, also forecastle. The Pinta was the fastest of the three ships, conferming the logbooks, which indicated that this caravel was during the voyage often ahead of the two other ships.
FIG. 1
Cover all the deck using tanganyka strips 0,5x3mm (#2), making sure not to cover holes of the masts on the hull. In order to create the most realistic hull we recommend cutting tanganyka strips in pieces of 15mm gluing them to the hull with white glue.
FIG. 2
Make the keel for the prow out of strip 1,5x10 mm (#3), cut in three parts as shown in the drawing. Insert in hollow of the hull the three strips gluing them in place. Then trimm excess with fine-grained sandpaper following the line of prow and reducing the extension to only 3mm (see fig. 2). Make he center keel out of strip 1,5x4mm. Fit and glue as shown in the drawing. Put off construction of the poop keel and rudder (#5 and #6) until later because we haven't a rest yet. We recommend laying the model on a place of foam rubber. Continue to complete works shown on fig. 2, as follows: fill up the empty space which is created between the keel #4 and the rudder #6 with a strip 1,5x10mm (#5) which will look ike a little triangle. Make the poop keel and the rudder out of two pieces of strips 1,5x10 mm. Mount them at a distance of 1 mm and attach them with 2 temporary 1x2mm strips (#7). Glue shamhings made from sail rope from both sides as drawing. Cut out the rudder and the keel following the dotted line and glue them in the correct location of the poop.
FIG. 3 AND 4
Sand the hull #1 using fine-grained sandpaper. Make bulwarks #9 and #10 out of strip 1x10 mm (both sides) following measurements taken from the hull laying the lower part of strip on existent step on the hull. Use instant glue. Make holes for cannons and for a rope anchor, shown on points #11. Glue to edges of bulwarks #9 on outer side two strips 1x1 mm (#12), see also detail #13. Glue both sides on ships's side #10 a strip 1x5mm (#14). Glue to edges of bulwarks #10 on outer side two strips 1x1 mm (#12). See detail #15. Glue five strips 0,5x3mm (#16) on transom of hull. Make upright fenders #17 out of strip 1x2mm, and glue them in positions as shown in drawing. Glue two strips 1x2mm (#19) to sides of little ladder #18. Lean and glue the ladder in the right position as shown in fig. 4. Make the door #20 out of strip 1x10x8mm and glue it in right position as shown in fig. 4. Poop railings: make six little pillars #21, fig. 3 out of strip 1,5x1, 5x9mm and glue them in position on quarterdeck as shown. Glue on outer side of little pillars horizontal breast band #22 made out of strip 1x1 mm. Now glue 12 little upright pillars equidistant from them (#23) to the inside of breast bands. See fig. 4 At the end glue handrail (#24) made out of strip 1x1 mm as shown in fig. 25.
Forecastle: glue piece #26 (made out of strip 1x5mm) on handrail to prow and against the protrusion of keel. Make handrail supports of forecastle (#27) out of two strips 1x1 mm, glue them together as per fig. 3 (one long, leaned against deck, one short leaned against strip #26), glue onto handrail supports (one for each side) #28, made out of strip 1x2mm. Make three little upright pillars (for each side) #23 and glue them between #26 and #28. Make a hole of 2 mm diameter (#30) in the middle of the 3rd strip of the transom through which the 2mm boom #54 slides. Make the triangular console #29 by using the 1x10 mm strip. Place and glue it below the hole of the prow #30. Make chainwales #31 by using 1x4mm strip as shown on drawing and glue them between the two last prow fenders on both sides. Establish the correct position of the water line from the drawing. Mark the correct location on the hull with a pencil on both sides. To obtain the perfect waterline around the hull, hold the pencil in place and move the hull horizontally across the pencil point.
FIG. 5
Glue a strip of 1x1 mm on the deck around and against bulwarks (see fig. Z). The stand for life-boat: glue, following the drawing, 4 strips (#32) of the length described on the deck. Then glue strips 0,5x3mm (#33). At the end glue outline #34 made out of strip 1x1 mm. Before glue deck's superstructures, paint according to colour list n. 66 fig. 8. Glue into positions the capstan #40, cannons #35, gratings #36 and the anchor #37 and anchor's rope must pass through the opening 11 on ship's right side, then through the little ring #38 at the end fix it to the capstan #40. Make some holes 0,7mm deep about 4mm in right positions marked with (0). Insert in holes little brass rings with stem #38, cut stems of rings in order to jut out only button-hole. Glue the life-boat #39 on its stand bending it to 4 little short rings #38 already fixed. Belaying pins: insert in 4 holes of three balaying pins XWK accordingly. Attach with instant glue the plaques #41 to 3/4 length of pin as per drawing. Fix them to the deck at points shown. Make under chain-wales #31 4 deep holes 4mm and put the little ring with stem attaching them yet against chain-wales (see fig. 8).
FIG. 6
Take measures of masts and yards (fig. 6). Taper masts #42/43 and 44 following the indication of outlining. Make some holes diam. 0,7mm in right points #45 in masts 42/43/44. Bend with twisted little rope as detail #46 fig. 8 the bottom of three masts fig. 6. Bend and glue yards #47 and #48 with each other as per plan fig. 6. To the yard #48 we must bend some brass little rings #49 and 50 as plan fig. 6. Make out of rod diam. 2 yards #51/52/53 and boom #54. Make out of rod diam. 3 mm the bowsprit #55. Paint masts and yards with walnut colour.
FIG. 7
Sails: wet cloth, then dry and iron it. Fix to window the drawing of sails #56/57/58/59/60, then attach cloth. First draw sails by tracing their shapes. Then, with a pencil, trace lines as per drawing. Cover a piece of wood with plastic material. Fix the sails with pins to this piece. Connect the pins with a fine string. Glue the strings with a fine brush and watered-down cement onto the sails (fig. K). Let it dry, then cut out complete sails and attach them. Paint sails's center cross with flat red colour (#56/60).
FIG. 8
Fix masts #42/43/44 in holes on the deck of hull following the angles shown on drawing. Make shrouds twisting two yarns of little rope with watered down white glue to make a plait. (see detail 46). Strain the manoeuvre from the bottom of mast (#44 to point U). Strain on the mainmast shrouds coming from little holes put under chain-wales #31 and fix them in the right point on fig. 8. For other two masts strain shrouds from rings on the deck and fix them in the right points in fig. 8. Now glue some little pieces of ropes #65 horizontally on shrouds of the mainmast and foremast, around 4mm each from another to sham steps #56 to climb up the top of the mast. At the bottom of steps glue 1 strip 1x1 mm (both sides) #57. Attach sails to yards according to plan #58. Sail #59 to yard #51 Sail #60 to yard #52 Sail #56 to yard #47 Sail #57 to yard #53 Sail #58 to yard #48 Now fix sails and yards to masts. Fix in the middle point the yard #51 to the bowsprit #55, the yard #48 to the mast #44, the yard 47 to the mast #42, the yard #53 to the mast #42, the yard #48 to the mast #43 following the procedure of binding as the detail #61. Manoeuvres: follow the course with right letters in fig. 8 and 9. Put three flags #62/63 and 64 on the top of masts.
FIG. Z
Make the stand for the boat from strip 10x2 forming 4 trapeziums that shall be placed one upon the other and glued to each other two by two following the hatched line (see fig. Z). The figure is in actual size, therefore the realization is easy. Glue and fasten with a small nail the rod No. 3 (8 mm. diameter) to the base of the supports, in the point indicated by the circle.
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