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turnings into which I cut openings for the lenses. (Figure 117) T e lenses and coloured lamps were made from clear tubing. I mounted each light in a styrene refl ector. (Figure 118)


T ere are eight storage lockers on the bridge for 20-millimeter ammunition


and signalling


equipment, made from styrene sheet cut to size on my ‘Chopper’ tool aſt er scaling to 1:48 from my Agassiz plans. T e hinges and dogs are bits of strip, rod, and wire. T ey are fastened to the wooden deck with 0.060inch angle and scale bolts.


126. T e completed bridge showing the fi nished fl ag lockers and assembled signal lamps.


Two wooden fl ag lockers, each having forty-eight compartments, were made the same as the other wooden items already described. T e jig in Figure 119 set the seven dividers for gluing to each shelf. T e fl ags were folded bits of tissues glued with cyanoacrylate and painted white, with colours added to make them look like signal fl ags.


Corvettes mounted a 10-inch signalling lamp on each bridge wing. I fabricated mine based on the Agassiz plans, using brass tube and bits of plastic and wire. T e mountings were made from brass strips, plastic rod, and scale hardware. (Figure 120)


127. T e completed bridge showing the fi nished fl ag lockers and assembled signal lamps.


128. An aſt view of the completed bridge.


forward corners of the bridge deck, but photographs show them moved to the upper railings when the bridge was expanded. My lights were hollowed brass


Chicoutimi carried a single 20-millimeter Oerlikon cannon in each gun tub. I used the John R. Haynes 1:48 scale kits complete with the correct mounts. Some minor clean up and straightening of the metal parts was required; otherwise they were ready for paint and assembly out of the bag. (Figure 121) I embossed the rivet pattern onto the shields with my ‘Riveter’ tool, then folded the shield mounts using my Ausfwerks miniature brake. T e cannons were painted fl at white overall with the working parts detailed with gunmetal and fl at black paints. I added extra detail to the ammunition cans, and the belt that strapped the operator to the weapon came from an Eduard World War II vehicle detail set. Figure 122 shows the completed cannons, and Figure 123 shows an original Oerlikon mount at the Naval Museum of Alberta in Calgary.


T e last component to be fabricated was the steel dodger installed across the extended bridge front in


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