Vol. 64, No. 2 Summer 2019


170 I started by building the radio room and bridge deck as one assembly upside down off the ship, reinforcing


the deck with I-beams per my Agassiz plans. T e wooden wheelhouse walls were then built and trial fi tted until the assembly was perfect. (Figure 96) T e settee and chart table were built and glued to the wheelhouse walls. Window glazing came from clear plastic deli food containers. T ese panes slip between the inner and outer frames of the wheelhouse, and were set in place aſt er the wood was fi nished.


Now came the radio equipment, consisting of a medium frequency (MF) voice transmitter and receiver, an MF direction fi nding receiver, and a low frequency (LF) Morse code transmitter and receiver. T ey were detailed as closely as possible to match Sackville’s radio equipment with dials and gauges coming from aſt er-market model aircraſt decals. (Figure 97) When all was ready the equipment was turned upside down and glued into the radio room. (Figures 98 and 99) T e structure was trial fi tted to the ship and the bridge planking started using 2-inch by 10-inch scale lumber. (Figure 100)


T e railings were made using Aeronaut 3-ball


stanchions and 0.020-inch brass wire. I drilled holes and set the stanchions fi rst, then threaded the wires between each bend, aligned and glued with cyanoacrylate. I repeated this process until the entire rail was complete. I modifi ed the stanchions where they meet the wheelhouse by fi ling to half thickness and removing the lower stems. T e brass wheel was painted to resemble wood, the telemotor made from scrap brass and copper wire, and the telegraph and steam radiator from styrene. T ese items and the radio operator’s chair were all glued to the deck. (Figure 101) T e railings were removed for painting, then they and the wheelhouse structure were glued to the ship and the bridge planking completed. T e


102. T e wheelhouse and galley roof completed. Life rings and galley roof fi ttings are installed. T e square tubes are trunks for the aerials.


100. T e wheelhouse and bridge deck being trial fi tted. T e planking on the bridge deck starts with the edge planks, receiver, LF receiver. T e speakers are modifi ed antique model car headlights.


101. T e railings on this deck include the galley roof. T e deck fi ttings and radio operator’s chair are installed.


103. T e radar room ready for paint.


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