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ABOVE: Stern deck of model completed ABOVE: Stern of model illustrating wheelhouse and detail ABOVE: Detail photo to show hatch with tarpaulin and straps etc. derrick, made from styrene tube is mounted on the funnel casing and connected to the lifeboat. The lifeboat. from the Quaycraft range is covered with a green tarpaulin made in the same way as the tarpaulin of the main hatch. The after deck carries two small cowl vents, mushroom vents, bollards and rope guides, two large cowl vents sit each side of the funnel and the stern deck is surrounded by two row rails carried in flat bar stanchions. These stanchions were made from 3.0 ;'m wide plated brass 0.5 mm thick, drilled in a small jig and each stanchion was soldered, end on, into the slot of a 10 BA bolt. Holes, to accept these bolts, were drilled into the perimeter of the stern deck and the bolts glued in place with a dab of superglue. Finally the stern lamp and pedestal were fitted over a suitably drilled hole aft of the access opening and a jackstaff fashioned from brass rod was ABOVE: Further detail of main deck showing hatch and main mast with derrick mounted fitted to the starboard side of the access opening and finished with a red ensign from the 'Little Flags' range. The main mast was made from 12 mm diameter dowel. turned to suit in the lathe, it was outfitted with ladders. brackets. navigation lamps etc .. after it was primed and painted. The cables from the operating lamp were glued to the mast with superglue and painted to match. The pivot system for the derrick was turned and milled to suit and attached to the mast with concealed pins and superglue. On the forward face of the mast t<strong>here</strong> is a small winch. on the full size vessel used to slew the derrick, this was made to scale from a small block of jelutong. painted and glued in place on completion. The derrick was fashioned from three sizes of brass tube. the centre section being the largest diameter. the bands and rings for ABOVE: Detail of forward deck and illustrating combined winch/windlass, brass barred anchor cable yet to be painted ABOVE: Stern bulkhead showing port lights, vent piping and access ladders ABOVE: Photo of bow to show anchor, Panama ports and name 58 FEBRUARY 2010 www.marinemodelmagazine.com
attaching the blocks were made from strip brass soldered in place and the pivot end was filed up from a small piece of brass rod, the whole derrick was painted buff on completion. On the forward deck was located a small access hatch made from a block of scrap timber and styrene sheet. Four bollards were located round the deck as were two mushroom vents. The spare anchor is fastened down close to the bow and the anchor cable cover and tube is located on the starboard side. Aft of the main mast on a platform to bring it level to the forward deck is located the combined winch and windlass. This unit was turned from jelutong and finished with parts made from styrene, the anchor cable; of barred chain; nunsfrom this windlass section to the anchor hawse pipe top, in this case the anchor cable has been left unpainted to show it off clearly. Finally the derrick and mast were rigged with black cord using suitable pulley blocks from the Squires and the Mobile Marine Models ranges. The model was examined carefully, access ladders were fitted, and parts were touched up with paint w<strong>here</strong> necessary. Name and Port of Registry were applied from letters from the B.E.C.C. range and Plimsoliline and depth markings were added from the same range. The hull then had two coats of satin varnish applied by spray. Ballast in the form of small flat sheets of lead flashing were secured inside the hull using cellulose putty and superglue and the model floated again for test. Dawnlight was sailed and water tested on three occasions, once at Sheffield, Millhouses' Park; once at Goole in the company of the young lady representing Macmillan Nurses Support and a second time at Goole to allow photographs to be taken. The model, complete in a purpose made carry case, was then handed to Macmillan Nurses Support to be auctioned and to raise funds for the charity that had been so helpful to the author during a series of operations to remove cancerous tumours, thankfully successful. MM. SEA TRIALS The model was floated in the test tank (domestic bath) and temporary weights were applied to bring it down to the waterline. ABOVE: The finished model on display ABOVE: It is very difficult size vessel or the model? to determine if this is a picture of a full www.marinemodelmagazine.com FEBRUARY 201059
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