Pack 8 - Stage 42. Bridge details.

[Mark, The Master Modeller]

Stage 42 gives us all the details to fit in the bridge along with the forward bulkhead.

Take the green sticker and apply them to the nav light holder on the starboard (right) side of the forward bulkhead.

Repeat the process with the red stickers on the port (left) nav light holder.

Now we fit the forward bulkhead.  This is a bit of a puzzle, but went fairly easy using the following method.

Clip the nav lights in place, leaving the bottom of the bulkhead below the deck.

Now rotate the forward bulkhead upright to its correct position.  You'll need to spring the pegs into their holes.

It should look like this from the top.

Fix the bulkhead with 2 screws.

Push the red and green navigation lights into position.  Be careful as these will make a lovely snack for the carpet monster!

Here are the two lights with the LEDs lit.

Fit the small piece of self-adhesive deck.  Note that the short legs are different lengths.  

Now we start adding the details to the bridge.

Start with the telegraphs.  These all need gluing, but only apply a tiny amount of glue as you don't want to get glue on the deck.  In fact, all the following details can be glued.

Add the platforms behind where the tiller wheels will go.

Add the compass binnacles.

Add two pillars.  I didn't glue these in case they need adjusting when the deck head (ceiling) is added.

Fit the two pelorus, on port and one starboard.  I've only shown the starboard one.  These are devices that allow the navigator to take compass bearings of other ships or objects.

Finally we assemble and fit the tiller wheels.  The pins are tiny, and very tricky to handle.  However, here's the easy(ish) way.

Place the pin on your cutting mat.

With a pair of tweezers drop the wheel over the pin.

Apply a tiny drop of glue in the hole in the column.  Then push this over the end of the pin.

If all goes to plan, you'll end up with 2 ship's wheels.

Glue these in the bridge.

This completes the stage.