the bulkheads to the reverse side and drew them in. Aſt er that I could cut out the spine elements and use them upside down knowing that I would be able to fi t the bulkheads in position with accuracy.
Mörck’s frame structure is quite interesting and unusual. He has the builder place on top of the base plate what is essentially a structure of two L-girders with the vertical webs joined back to back, thus creating a spine that is guaranteed to be upright and centered accurately. (Figure 5) T en one adds the transverse bulkheads from double thickness card. Most card ship models interlock the bulkheads and spine in the manner of an egg crate but this is not practical for this model because the hull is too shallow. (Figure 6) T e disc amidships is the support for the turret.
8. Rolling a gun barrel.
Mörck’s design fi ts the turret through the deck from below, so building this came next. T e upper segment of his Catskill turret was black, so I cut it away and replaced it with a suitable strip of white card. I glued a
