Nautical Research Journal 73


91. Aſt er painting and with the whistle and siren installed. T e steam lines are insulated below the valves for safety.


Parallel lines were drawn for the inner and outer edges of the cap, forming a ring. T e ring was cut out, fi tted to the funnel, and glued. T e center of the


92. T e aſt side aſt er painting and with the gaff installed. T e trim ring at deck level is being trial fi tted.


cap is a styrene disk with the eight legs cut from strip and glued to it. T e legs were made slightly longer than the funnel diameter so that once installed they would make the dome shape.


At this point the access ladder and steam lines for the whistle and siren were made and fi tted to the forward side, including Plastruct valves and fl anges at the deck level. On the aſt side a brass tube was bent and fl ared to represent the steam line from the boiler safety valves. A band with rings for the guy wires was also added. (Figure 90) My Chicoutimi photographs show the funnel was white with Western Approaches Blue above the band. T e whistle and siren, brass turnings from my lathe, were added aſt er painting. (Figure 91)


93. T e funnel installed on the ship and guyed. T e galley stack originally went straight up behind the bridge.


T e fi rst corvettes carried a main mast with a gaff . When the mast was removed the gaff was relocated to the funnel, and spars were added to the funnel for


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