| Beam Jigs Each beam was glued in a jig to ensure they would all be identical and to hold the parts tight while the plastic glue set. |
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| Mast Spars They were tricky to make, but I was happy with the results. Each beam was straight on the top, tapered at both ends on the bottom, with four perfectly square holes on the front and three square holes on the back. |
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| Searchlight Platform Beams Careful study of period photos showed a rather complicated series of spars and beams that were supporting the mast searchlight platforms. The ][ (I-Beam) spars that support the bottom of the searchlight platforms on the masts, were made the same way as the top mast beams, but these were much shorter and quite a bit wider. The steps of each construction are numberd 1 to 6. |
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