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162. T e starboard boat from overhead, snubbed to the griping spar with masking tape ‘canvas’ straps.
order, except the chocks were folded down and the davits and griping spar were swung outboard. T e dinghy was hung from Caldercraſt etched brass hooks and snubbed to the spar with canvas straps simulated with masking tape, in the same manner as the life raſt straps. (Figures 161 and 162)
In the next and fi nal part of the build we will make and install the mast and rigging, and I will discuss building a table on which to display the model.
Bibliography McKay, John and John Harland, T e Flower Class Corvette Agassiz. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 1993.
Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner, Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy 1939-1945. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 1993.
Credits All photographs are by the author. T e author acknowledges the valuable assistance of the archival staff of the Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario, as well as the staff of the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust (HMCS Sackville), Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Bruce LeCren retired in 2006 aſt er 33 years with Canada’s Air Traffi c Services system. His professional qualifi cations include Electronic Technologist and Adult Educator. Bruce has had a lifetime interest in nautical history. He has contributed articles to magazines and professional journals, including “St. Roch: Master of the North” for Ships in Scale. He is currently discussing donating HMCS Chicoutimi to a naval museum; his next project will be a model of R.C.M.P. St. Roch. Bruce resides in Beaumont, Alberta with his wife Dale and their two dogs.
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