Articles in Ships in Scale magazine as well as the book The Colonial Schooner provide a wealth of building information
Pau Marfim is equal to Hard Maple except a little more brittle
canon and carronades
The model is 1/4 = 1 foot scale and is 15 1/2 long x 4 1/2 wide x 3 inches
Sanding by hand gently and easily works best
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,