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the vertical strip of styrofoam, random strips of extra foam were glued to shape later with a hot soldering iron.


125. To do so I made the equipment they would need to mount the torpedo to visually help balance the presentation. T ese included mounting tools, tool boxes, torpedo shipping crate, two stands for the torpedo and spar assembly, detonator packing boxes, a food hamper and a cider jug. Each was a scratch- built model.


128. T e fi rst step aſt er gluing the styrofoam around the wood-sub structure was to mark out the stone blocks (bottom). Using a hot pencil soldering iron I quickly scribed the stones about 1/4-inch deep (center). T e top shows scrap pieces randomly glued on the stones’ surfaces.


126. T is fl oating steam derrick was shown on the Hunley restoration website as the way the submarine was moved off and on the quay.


129. T e sharp edges disappear instantly when the hot iron gets near. T ere no right or wrong way to do this, just making random, textured blocks that will be covered with drywall joint cement from a 1-inch brush.


127. Construction of the stone breakwater on which the quay was built started with a 32-inch by 6-inch strip of 1/4-inch plywood to which three scrap blocks of 2 x 4 were glued, one at each end and a longer one where the Hunley model’s indexing pins would enter. T e front was faced with a strip of styrofoam for the stone. On top of this two longitudinal timbers were pegged to support the deck timbers. On the face of


130. Playing cards were used as spacers as I glued in the timbers. Two awl marks on each end of each timber would appear to be spike heads when stain was applied.


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