Vol. 64, No. 1 Spring 2019


72 painting off the ship, then fi nally installed. Where there are gaps in the railings at ladder locations I


made safety chains from costume jewellery chain and brass rings.


I made splinter shields and the raſt and lifeboat platform frames from styrene, gluing them to the rail and casing. T e platforms themselves are 2-inch by 10-inch scale lumber, glued with epoxy then brush painted. T ere are brass tubes installed through the lifeboat platforms to the main deck; these will receive the davits in due course.


T e funnel Corvette funnels were raked on the fi rst Canadian order of fi ſt y-four ships; later vessels had vertical funnels to make it harder for an enemy to determine the ship’s course at a quick glance. While planning the build I discovered that 2-inch central vacuum system pipe is a near exact match to the funnel’s interior diameter, and I just happened to have some off cuts lying around the workshop.


Aſt er squaring up the tube I cut it to length per my Agassiz plans, using my miter box to make a 3-degree rake at what would be the lower end, and carefully marking the tube’s fore and aſt points. I used ⅛-inch by ¼-inch strips to build out my funnel to the correct exterior diameter, and plastic sheet to divide the funnel into the two uptakes, one from each boiler. T ese parts all had to be glued with cyanoacrylate. I then wrapped the funnel with 0.020-inch styrene held in place with rubber bands. T e top and bottom edges were carefully pencilled onto this wrapper, as was the circumference taking into account a ⅛-inch overlap.


I removed the wrapper and carefully cut it out using scissors. T e rivet lines were carefully marked for embossing using my ‘Riveter’ tool, aſt er which it was re-wrapped onto the funnel, carefully aligned, and glued with styrene cement. (Figure 89) T e funnel cap was made from a styrene disk slit to the center to allow it to form a cone. T is was put on the funnel, aligned, then marked around the top edge. Aſt er removing the disk and laying it out fl at I had a circular line representing the outer funnel diameter.


89. T e funnel about to be wrapped. T e spacers are glued to the central vacuum pipe. T e uptake divider and embossed rivet lines are


visible.


90. T e funnel capped and ready for paint. T e steam lines are for the whistle and siren, the boiler blow off pipe is just visible on the aſt side.


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