Dusek Pinta 1492 1:72 kit User guide

PINTA, 1492
SCALE: 1/72

Length: 385mm

Width: 180mm

Height: 320mm

HISTORY:

The Pinta was a ship in a fleet of Christopher Columbus on his voyage to America. Other ships
were flagship Santa Maria and Nina. The voyage of the Christopher Columbus starts in August
1492 in port Palos de la Frontera. After two months at 12 October sailors saw a land. There are no
exact drawings of the Nina but it is supposed that a length of hull of the ship was about 20 meters
and displacement about 100tons.

Recommended tool list:

1) Modeler’s knife or scalpel

2) Mini drilling machine

3) Drill bits

4) Selection of abrasive paper

5) Scissors

6) Pliers

7) Clothes pegs or crocodile clips

8) Pencil

9) Rule

10) Set of needle files

12) Sewing machine

13) Electric plank bender

Before you begin:

Before you begin to build the model it is necessary with a vengeance read building instructions and
plans. Also chronology of assembly steps is necessary to keep. You check if the parts go together
before you glue it respectively you make any corrections with sandpaper. During the gluing,
painting, lacquering and at work with another chemical materials is necessary well ventilated in
your working room. You cut the parts from sheet until actually required for fitting. You cut by knife
only in direction off ward your body so that you head to injury risk.

Coloring:

Medieval ships were protected against influence of salt water and woodworms by a mixture of tar
and thanks to it the hull of ships was a reddish-brown or brownish-black color. This effect it is
possible to get by staining of the wood by dark wood stain. It is recommended to use the wood stain
before gluing of the parts. Decks of the ships were probably in naturally color of wood. Anchors
and other metal parts were a black color.

Bending of wooden strips:

The Wooden strips will be more flexible if you will boil it in hot water about 10-15 minutes. You
can bend the strips along any cylindrical area but ideal is using of special plank bender (it would be
best to use electric plank bender). If you need to do very small radius so you must bend it in more
steps.

Work with photo etched parts:

Very carefully cut out parts by a pliers or scissors from a sheet. The photo etched parts glue by fast­drying adhesive.

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Model building process:
I) Keel:

a) First glue a keel which is compound from parts 0-5.

II) Framing of a hull:

a) First glue reinforcements 13 and 14 to the keel 0. Then glue frames 6-12 to the keel 0. Finally
glue to the frames also reinforcements 15 and 16.

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b) First glue decks 17 and 18 to the frames. Then sharpen the frames and reinforcements as it is
shown below.

III) Hull planking:
a) First plank a stern of the ship by strips 19a.

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b) Plank a hull of the ship by strips 19b. Before planking bend the strips into required shape (A
procedure of the strip bending is described in a start of this document). Start the planking from stem
with strips on upper edge of the hull. Then continue with planking to the stern.

IV) Deck:
a) First cut out parts of the frames which stick out from the deck and then sand remains of them by
a sand paper.

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b) Plank the deck by parts 20.

c) Make hatches on the deck. First glue frames of the hatches from parts 21 and 128 and 129. Then
glue this frames to the deck. Then plank the hatches by strips 22. Finally glue parts 23-25 to the
hatches.

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d) Edge the deck by waterways 25. Then glue to the inner sides of the hull frames 28 and glue
planks 26. Finally glue edging 29a-e to the hull. Finally glue railing 31 to the poop deck and make
holes for guns into the hull.

V) Details:
a) First Make ladder 49 and then glue it together with door on their places.

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b) Make anchors. Glue together parts 45 and 46. Then run a ring 47 through the hole in the anchor.
Finally tie a rope 50 to the ring 47.

c) Make a rudder. First glue together parts 54 and 55. Then glue hinges of the rudder 57, 59, 61, 63
to the stern and hinges 56, 58, 60 and 62 to the rudder. Then glue pins 64 to the hinges 56, 58, 60
and 62 and then whole rudder install to the stern.

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d) First drill to the fames 15 hoes for the gun barrels. Then glue the gun barrels 35 into the holes.

e) First glue channels 37with reinforcements 36 to the hull. Then make dead eyes felloes 38 and
install them together with dead eyes blocks to the hull and channels. Then make edging of the
channels by strips 41. Finally make hawse holes on the prow. Make stand from parts 42-44.

f) Glue parts 127 and mast foots 32-34 to the decks. Exact position of the parts is shown in the plan.

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VI) Anchors and cleats:

a) First glue cleats and eyebolts to the deck and hull. An exact position of the cleats and eyebolts is
in 1:1 scale shown in the plan.
b) Install anchors to the hull. First run a hawse rope through hawse holes in the bow and in the parts

127. Then tie the anchor to the cleats and eyebolts by a rope 52.

VII) Masts and yards:
a) Make masts 65-67, bowsprit 68 and outrigger 126. First sharpen the mast by a sand paper into a
conical shape. Then drill on a top of the masts a 1mm holes. Then glue trees 77 to the masts. Finally
make flag masts 69-71 and tie them to the top of the masts. The masts are in 1:1 scale shown in the
plan.
b) Make yards 73-75. First sharpen the yards by a sand paper into needed shape. Finally tie blocks
79 and rollers 78 to the yards. The yards are in 1:1 scale shown in the plan.

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VIII) Standing rigging:

a) First glue masts to the hull and then tie also shrouds to the masts.

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IX) Running rigging:

a) First tie yards to the masts. Then run the ropes for raising and lowering of the yards through
holes in the masts and then tie them to the blocks 117 and 79. Finally tie also the rest of ropes to the
yards.

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X) Flags and sails:

a) Make a sail 118-120. First draw by pencil contours of the sail on the. To the border of the sails
add about 10mm for fell. By the pencil draw on the cloth also seams which divided the sail into
simple segments. Then scissor the sail with fells and sewn it like it is shown below.

b) To the circumference of the sails sew on ropes 53 so that in the corner of the sail will eyes with
diameters about 3mm.

c) Tie the sails to the yards.
d) Tie fags to the flag masts.

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Part list:

0 Keel plywood 4mm 1pc.
1-5 Keel wood 4mm 1pc.
6-12 Frames plywood 4mm 1pc.
13-16 Reinforcements plywood 4mm 2pcs.
17,18 Deck plywood 1mm 1pc.
19a,b Planking strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
20 Deck veneer 0,5 1pc.
21 Hatches strip 2x2mm 2pcs.
22 Hatches veneer 0,5mm 1pc.
23 Eyebolts eyebolt 50pcs.
24 Hatches photo etched part 6pcs.
25 Rings ring4mm 6pcs.
26 Planking strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
27 Planking strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
28 Planking strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
29a-d Edging wood 2mm 2pcs.
29e Edging wood 2mm 2pcs.
30 Planking strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
31 Railing strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
32-34 Mast foot wood 2mm 1pc.
35 Gun barrels cast 2pcs.
36 Channels wood 2mm 4pcs.
37 Channels wood 2mm 2pcs.
38 Dead eyes felloes wire 0,5mm 0,5m
39 ------------------------------------------------------------­40 Deadeye blocks deadeye 5mm 16pcs.
41 Channels strip 2x2mm 1pc.
42-44 Stand plywood 4mm 1pc.
45 Anchors cast 2pcs.
46 Anchors wood 2mm 4pcs.
47 Rings ring 6mm 2pcs.
48 Door wood 2mm 1pc.
49 Ladder strip 1x1mm 4pcs.
50 Rigging rigging 1,75mm 0,5m
51 Rigging rigging 0,25mm 20m
52 Rigging rigging 0,5mm 20m
53 Rigging rigging 0,75mm 5m
54 Rudder wood 4mm 1pc.
55 Rudder strip 2x3mm 65pcs.
57-63 Rudder hinges photo etched part 1pc.
64 Rudder hinges wire 1mm 0,1m
65 Mast dowel pr.8mm 1pc.
66 Mast dowel pr.5mm 1pc.
67 Mast dowel pr.4mm 1pc.
68 Bowsprit dowel pr.6mm 1pc.
69-71 Flag masts dowel pr.2mm 1pc.
72 Cap dowel pr.3mm 1pc.
73 Yard dowel pr.4mm 1pc.
74 Yard dowel pr.3mm 1pc.
75 Yard dowel pr.3mm 1pc.
76 -----------------------------------------------------------­77 Trees strip 1 x1mm 1pc.

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78 Rollers roller 2mm cca 100pcs.
79 Blocks block 5mm, 1hole 55pcs.
80 Blocks block 5mm, 3 holes 4pcs.
81 Blocks block 5mm, 3holes 2pcs.
82-96 Eyebolts eyebolt 50pcs.
97-116 Cleats wood 2mm 25pcs.
117 Blocks block 5mm, 2holes 2pcs.
118-120 Sails cloth 1pc.
121-124 Flags flag 1pc.
125 Flag pole dowel pr.2mm 1pc.
126 Outrigger dowel pr.2mm 1pc.
127 Hawse holes wood 2mm 2pcs.
128 Hatches plywood 1mm 2pcs.
129 Hatches plywood 1mm 1pc.

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