What would be nice would be a look at the Docking Plan showing the locations of the intake and discharge openings.
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Yupe. Mirror the MSW and ASW suction and discharges -- one set on each side near the stern.Work continues on Tucson, although slowly as I'm the sole care giver for my wife who had another bad fall but is now doing well with her recovery.
Tucson is beginning to take shape nicely, even though looking a bit rough. And yes, the workbench looks a bit rough too.
Once I clean up the scribing I'll start some of the finer work such as masts, capstan, cleats, strainers, ballast vents, etc.
A question for the audience. My drawing shows only one auxiliary seawater intake and discharge but I suspect there are two each. Can anyone out there confirm which is correct?
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Will Rogers
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Work continues on Tucson, although slowly as I'm the sole care giver for my wife who had another bad fall but is now doing well with her recovery.
Tucson is beginning to take shape nicely, even though looking a bit rough. And yes, the workbench looks a bit rough too.
Once I clean up the scribing I'll start some of the finer work such as masts, capstan, cleats, strainers, ballast vents, etc.
A question for the audience. My drawing shows only one auxiliary seawater intake and discharge but I suspect there are two each. Can anyone out there confirm which is correct?
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Will Rogers
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A quick update on the forward planes progress.
The last photo shows where I used baking soda and crazy glue to fill the void between the plane and the hull. Doesn't look good right now but some sanding will fix that.
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Slick trick with the right-tringle, Will. Very slick! I'll file that away -- much simpler than my deep-sea-nuclear-powered-overkill alignment jig. KISS on display.
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Many thanks David, you gave me an idea. Always appreciate your help. I marked up my right triangle with felt tip marked and used it as my jig. For the starboard side I just reversed the triangle. I'm happy with result. Now, back to work
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Ok, I need some help David or others too. The alignment I did in the post above is not working for me. After two tries I still can't seem to get the 2 countermeasures aligned to my satisfaction. Anyone have any tips or ideas for an alignment jig?
Thanks,
Will Rogers
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Finally was able to do a dry fit of the countermeasures to check alignment before permanently attaching them. Looks like I need to make some adjustments. The fat line and thin line arrays are now permanently attached
Lots more to come.
Will Rogers
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Had some spare time this morning so here are fat line and thin line arrays as I formed the bottoms to conform to the hull. Next I'll permanently attach them with CA.
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Making slow progress. Upper and lower rudders. Next will be stern planes with fat line and thin line towed arrays.
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Started work to rebuild voids in countermeasures. First step was to build dams with blue tape to hold baking soda in place.
Then filled voids with baking soda and hit them with CA glue. In the background is a master for the forward dive plane.
Not much progress on Tucson because my wife is recovering from another fall and my priorities have changed, but I'll get there.
Will Rogers
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