..... so I chose to build a model of a ship which has no plans.... doh!
I have spent hours looking at old photos and have gleaned tiny detail after tiny detail--and yet... the whole model really is an amalgam of halftruths and guesswork...--but --I will rely on the old maxim of:( lightly abridges
If it looks right ...=> then it (might be!
) is right....
We continue on.
Carnot had a massive blockhouse really quite a long way up the fwd structure; this required additional bracing through the deck levels to support.
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These supporting columns appear from photos to square in section. The positioning of these was tricky--as to obtain alignment the decks needed to be affixed firmly-==> however the mainmast - made of copper tube was already well embedded and installed. To obtain the correct positions was a process of trial and error- which meant the decks took a hammering...-These were made good by filling with white glue--with the second coat it self-levelled .. phew!-
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The drill gouges in the lower bridge structures were made good by wrapping a strip of paper around it.
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The PE strips were cut in situ by holding the strip on an miniature anvil and cutting with a sharp Stanley blade
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