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Drill holes at the marked points in the laser cut bridge deck
84, and glue it to the engine room with the edges flush,
as shown on the plan. Using a modelling knife, cut out
the shape of the internal opening in the roof of the engine
room, working along the outline of the bridge deck. The
holes in the bridge deck for the railing stanchions can now
be continued into the engine room. Trim the navigation
deck 85 to fit inside the wheelhouse 86.
Measure the distance from the side, front and rear edges
of the wheelhouse to the outside of the navigation deck,
and compare these values with the side elevation on the
plan. Position the wheelhouse accurately, then carefully
invert the wheelhouse and navigation deck and mark the
position of the navigation deck on the inside using a felt-tip
pen.
Now hold the navigation deck and the wheelhouse to-
gether, and mark the position of the holes for the railing
stanchions using a thin pin or a piece of steel wire with a
pointed tip.
Remove the navigation deck and drill holes at the marked
points. The navigation deck can now be glued in the wheel-
house after lining it up with the felt-tip marks. You may find
it necessary to adjust the openings in the bulwark slightly.
Cut out the five glazing panels 87 to form the wheelhouse
windows and glue them to the inside of the wheelhouse
behind the window openings using a little contact cement.
Ensure that no glue is squeezed out onto the clear panels,
as this will leave unsightly marks.
Glue the wheelhouse in place as shown on the plan, with
its forward edge flush with the front edge of the bridge deck
(see plan view).
Cut out the two funnel half-shells 88 and sand the joint
faces flat. Place them together with the edges flush, and
apply three or four drops of cyano along the joint. Let the
glue set hard, then run more cyano round the seam to
complete the joint.
Trim the funnel to fit against the bridge deck and the
wheelhouse, but do not glue it at this stage. It should only
be installed permanently when the mast has been comple-
ted and glued in place.
Monitor platform, radar platform, radar antenna
Prepare the monitor platform 89, the radar platform 91 and
the radar mount 93 and trim them to fit snugly against the
funnel. This is done by measuring the distance between
the platforms and the navigation deck from the plan; place
the funnel on the deck superstructure and mark the posi-
tions on it.
Glue the monitor platform 89 and the monitor strut 90 to
the funnel. Drill a 6 mm Ø hole below the monitor strut for
the monitor hose. Glue the radar platform 91 to the strut
92, and the radar mount 93 to the strut 94, aligning them
with the marked points. Glue the radar plinth 95 to the
radar mount, and the radar antenna 96 to the radar plinth.
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Build monitor column with tube 98 and laser parts 98a to
98i. First glue the tube 98 into the base 98a. Then mount
the sides 98b and place upper part 98c on top and fix with
some drops of cyano. Then place the rings 98d to 98i in
exactly this follow and glue. Sand and paint the column.
Apply glue to the monitor tube 97 and push it into the moni-
tor column 98; it should project on the underside by about
5 mm. Glue the monitor nozzle 99 in the monitor tube as
shown on the plan.
Temporarily place the completed monitor on the monitor
platform and push the hose 100 onto the projecting end
of the tube 97. Note that it must be possible to deploy the
hose neatly along the strut 90. If this is not the case, file
out the hole in the platform slightly. Glue the monitor to the
platform, push the hose onto the tube end and run it down
through the hole in the funnel. Glue the hose to the strut
90. Attach the handwheels 101 as shown on the plan.
The mast
Drill 2 mm Ø holes in the mast column 102 for the signal
yard 103, the lighting yard 104, the aerial yard 105, the
gaff 106 and the foghorn 113. Ensure that the holes for the
yards are parallel to each other, otherwise they will not line
up correctly when installed.
Fit parts 103 to 105 in the appropriate holes, and set them
central by measuring on both sides with a steel ruler. Sol-
der the parts together, and solder the gaff 106 to the mast.
Glue the ring-screws 107 in the signal yard and the gaff.
Bend the aerial supports 108 and the aerial struts 109 to
the shape shown on the plan. You will need to make a jig
from a piece of scrap balsa sheet for assembling the aeri-
als, as shown in photo 41.
Cover the jig with plastic film, lay the aerial support on it
and glue one aerial strut to the support. Divide the marked
40 mm Ø circle into three, and press the strut glued to the
support into one marked point. Press the two remaining
struts into the remaining marked points and glue them to
the support.
The second aerial is assembled in the same way. Insert the
angled ends of the aerial supports in the aerial yard and
solder the parts together. Check that the aerials are parallel
when viewed from the side.
Glue the masthead light 110 and the two signal lamps 111
to the mast, and the two side lights 112 to the lighting yard,
as shown on the plan. Glue the foghorn 113 between the
signal lamps 111.
Drill a 5 mm Ø hole in the funnel to accept the completed
mast, and a 4 mm Ø hole for the exhaust pipe 114. Glue
the exhaust pipe and the mast to the funnel using UHU
plus acrylit or DELUXE Fusion Acrylit.
Apply a generous fillet of glue round the mast on the inside
of the funnel, then glue the air vent flap 115 to the funnel.
Drill a 1 mm Ø hole on the left-hand side of the funnel as
shown on the plan, and glue the ring-screw 116 in it.
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