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Remove the existing halyard from the flag. Cut a generous
length of the thinner flagline (0.5 mm Ø) 118 and thread it
through the flag 117 using a sewing needle.
Route the flag halyard 117 through the loops in the ring-
screws 107 on the gaff and 116 on the funnel, and tie the
ends of the flag halyard together.
Cut the funnel ladder 119 to length and bend the ends over
as shown. Glue it to the right-hand side of the funnel.
The railings for the radar platform and the monitor platform
can now be made up.
Cut two rails 120 overlength, bend them to the shape
shown in the plan view, and thread three railing stanchions
121 onto each of them. Insert the railing stanchions in the
holes in the radar platform. Mark the position of the 1 mm
Ø holes for the rails in the funnel, and drill the holes.
The railing stanchions and the rails can now be glued
permanently in the holes in the platform, slipping the
projecting ends of the rails into the holes in the funnel at
the same time. Solder the rails to the railing stanchions to
complete the job.
Caution:
work quickly and confidently with the soldering
iron, i.e. hold it firmly against each joint, but only for a
moment, otherwise there is a danger that excess heat will
melt the ABS plastic, or dissolve the adhesive. Make up
the railing for the monitor platform in the same way, using
the two rails 122 and the five railing stanchions 123. Drill a
1 mm Ø hole and glue the aft deck lamp 124 in it.
The completed funnel can now be glued on the bridge
deck, resting against the wheelhouse.
Deck superstructure - final work
Start by cutting the ladder 125 to length and bending the
top end over as shown on the plan; glue it to the bridge
deck and the wheelhouse.
The next stage is to assemble the railing for the navigation
deck. Cut the top rail 127 to approximate length and fit it
through the front centre railing stanchion 126. Glue the
stanchion in the central hole in the front of the navigation
deck. Now fit four more railing stanchions on the left end of
the rail and three more on the right end. Glue them in the
appropriate holes, bending the rail to the shape shown in
the plan view as you do so.
Bend the excess length of rail towards the ladder as shown
on the plan, and glue the end to the wheelhouse.
Cut the short top rail 128 to length, slip two railing stanchi-
ons on it and glue them in the holes in the navigation deck.
Bend the rail as shown on the plan. Thread a bottom rail
129 through the two rear railing stanchions on each side.
With the rails in place, bend the ends as shown. Drill 1
mm Ø holes in both sides of the funnel, insert the rail ends
and glue the joints. Cut out the compass base 130 and the
cover 131 and glue them together. Glue the doubled ship’s
wheel 132 and the handwheel 133 to the compass base.
Drill holes in the compass base for the lever 134 and the
compass 135 and glue them in place.
The completed assembly 130 - 135 can now be fixed to the
navigation deck, and the grating 136 glued on top. Glue
the searchlight 137 to the searchlight base 138, and fix the
assembly 137 / 138 to the navigation deck in the position
shown in the plan view.
Run the signal halyards 139 through the ring-screws on
the signal yard, route them to the rails 127 and 128 and tie
them in place.
Make up the navigation lamps from the port and starboard
brackets 140 and the lamps 141, and glue them to either
side of the wheelhouse as shown on the plan.
Drill 2 mm Ø holes in the front wall of the wheelhouse and
glue the deck lamps 142 in them.
The upper bulwarks 143 can now be trimmed to fit against
the superstructure on both sides. Carefully bevel the butt
joint between the upper bulwark and the wheelhouse to
obtain a neat transition.
Bend the bulwark components to follow the camber of the
bridge deck and glue them in place using cyano. You may
have to sand back the transition areas between the upper
bulwarks and the wheelhouse slightly.
The next step is to trim the two companionways 144 to fit,
and this requires the superstructure to be placed on the
hull. Cut the companionways to length, as shown on the
plan, and bevel the top and bottom ends. Trim the pre-
pared parts to fit accurately, then glue them to the bridge
deck and the side panels - but not to the deck.
Remove the superstructure again when the glue has set
hard. Bend the handrails 145 to the shape shown on the
plan. Cut the handrail stanchions 146 to length and solder
them to the handrails. Glue the completed handrail assem-
bles to the upper bulwark and the companionway on both
sides.
The railing for the bridge deck can now be assembled: cut
two rails 147 to approximate length and fit four stanchions
148 on each. Fit the stanchions in the appropriate holes,
bending the rails to shape as you go. Cut the rails to exact
length and solder them to the railing stanchions.
Make up the left-hand (port) side railing as described abo-
ve, using the rails 149 and the railing stanchions 150. Befo-
re the right-hand (starboard) side railing can be made, the
railing stanchion 151 must be shortened at the top. Cut the
bottom rail 153 to approximate length and fit the shortened
railing stanchion 151 and the two stanchions 152 on it.
Glue the railing stanchions in the holes in the bridge deck.
Cut the top rail 154 to length and fit it through the holes in
the railing stanchions 152. Trim the rail ends if required,
then solder the rails to the stanchions.
Build up the mushroom ventilators 155 from dowel 8x17
mm and laser parts 155a, 155b and for each 2 pcs. 155c.
