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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
SSBN659
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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
SSBN659
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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
SSSBN659
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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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Without a look at a Docking Plan I made a guess based on cooler seawater intakes being forward of and higher than the warmer seawater discharges. Work on the underside (in red primer) is almost complete except for a few spots needing touchup. Then I will install grates on the intakes and discharges and do a final coat of red on the underside.
Will Rogers
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Wayyyy tooo far aft! There are some very good illustrations floating about in the ether that show the placement of the sea chests. The Greg Sharp drawings come to mind, locatable in long past issues of the SCR. There are also several renditions in different scales of the 688 hulls that have the locations marked. Years ago, I had a Thor 1/96 I started as Tuscon and sold it to a USMC Sergeant who worked at Fleet Headquarters in Pearl Harbor. What are those monstrous holes on the keel for? Faster flood/drain of the hull? Not really necessary! All of the teardrop hulls produced in 1/96 and larger have no problem filling/draining via the free flood ports! Perhaps you are gonna surprise us with a neat feature, or two? Like maybe dropping M-80s on unsuspecting opponents? I always wondered why we hadn't thought up some nasty thing to drop on Ivan that could be deployed via the TDU. THAT woulda been fun!!!!Comment
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