Nautical Research Journal 333


11. T e deck fi tted with turret installed.


12. Hull sides colored and added.


gunports of a 1:250-scale model, so I used the gun carriages and barrels provided to represent the 9-inch smoothbore guns mounted initially.


I used a suitable drill shank as a mandrel and rolled the paper shape provided around it


to make the


barrels—each is a single piece. My technique for rolling such pieces is to start with a drill shank rather smaller than the fi nal diameter and roll it across the paper while pressing down on a somewhat yielding surface—I usually use a fi nger tip! Aſt er quite a few successive passes the paper roll is close to the correct diameter. I transfer it to drill shank of the right size and start gluing. (Figure 8)


Aſt er I completed the guns, I painted over the visible


white edges. I think it is important to fi nish the cut edges of the card parts to eliminate the white lines that otherwise would attract too much attention. I use watercolor brush tip pens or watercolor pencils that match the color of the part. Some people become obsessed with trying to get an exact match but I fi nd that just covering the white edges with a color that is a close enough match satisfi es me. (Figure 9)


Mörck’s kit provides an optional white conning tower, so I used that. To achieve the domed shape of the conning tower roof I cut tiny wedges out of the rim and pressed it into the palm of my hand using the end of an ink pen. I fi xed it solidly by gluing a small piece of tissue paper inside the roof, using the pen top again to maintain the shape. T e strange ‘antenna’ projecting from the conning tower’s roof is a periscope that several US Navy monitors used


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