Articles in Ships in Scale magazine as well as the book The Colonial Schooner provide a wealth of building information
finishes to a polished surface
inside and out side of the bulwarks and cap rails
Sanding by hand gently and easily works best
Pau Marfim is equal to Hard Maple except a little more brittle
Rattlesnake Material:Swiss Pear Articles in Ships in ScaleA 20 Gun Privateer the Rattlesnake is 1 4 inch scale. Hull size is 37 x 24 5 8 x 12. Plans include all the frame drawings, construction and rigging. The laser cut parts include the keel, keelson, deadwood, wing transom, stem, rudder, stern frames, stern post, mast partners, deck beams. Laser cut stern windows and carvings. Milled stock included is for framing material, clamps, wales, carlings, waterways, gunport sill ledges, knees, hatch coamings,