Albacore continued

[greenman407]

Scott T, Thanks for the suggestions as they sound like they would work well. However, this periscope is so small I have to wear magnifiers to work on it(our secret). If I have trouble with machining its face, Ill try glueing on a piece of plastic to represent the lens shape but dispence with the idea of making it look clear.

[greenman407]

Here are some glimpses of the radar mast. You have to look close to see it.

[greenman407]

Heres some recent pictures that I have acquired.

[greenman407]

Here are some pictures of pictures, if you know what I mean. Im trying to get a closeup of the radar mast as I cant find a good picture of it. There seems to be several different shapes.

[greenman407]

If you zoom in on this radar mast I think that its the same one thats on the later Albacore. Its rotating arm appears to be roughly an elongated triangular shape.

[greenman407]

Always endeavering to persavear(spelling) this is my latest effort on the scope. A little touchup and she will be ready to go. If I had a lathe maybe it would look better, but since its by hand, forgiveness is easier to obtain.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Lay off the Clint Eastwood Westerns for a while pal! (Loved that old Indian guy, had some great lines).

Nice work on that scope, by the way. You can reduce the thickness of that range-only radar antenna by about two-thirds -- way too thick. And it's too tall. And transitions from thick to narrow (refer to my drawings). Oh ... and your Momma dresses you funny, too!

Looks like your pressed a drill press into service as a lathe.

I've been looking for stuff on that radar antenna -- like you I'm coming up dry on that too. Still on the lookout. You find and post the neatest stuff, Mark.

David

[greenman407]

I hear you Dave on that "transitions from thick to narrow" I did notice that but I am not sure how I can accomplish that with what I have available. That wire is .030, 1/32". Ill see if they have anything smaller at the hobby store. I dont want it to be so thin that it will fold over too easy but also I dont want a hyperdermic needle sticking out the top of my submarine either. Im toying around making the masts removeable as well. Im going to clean it up a little more, ie: put some filler down in the lens holes that I made and carefully wipe it out to smooth them up. Some more sanding on the taper is also in order. Got any ideas on the color? The shaft im sure will be metalic but Im not sure about the head.

[trout]

Grab some stranded wire, go to Lowes or Home Depot with your caliper and look through the copper wire/cable by the foot section.
I have some fine brass wire if you PM me your address I can drop it in the mail (let me know what size you need).

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Haze-gray from the beginning of the tapper up -- I don't think they every got into the leapord spot thing on the ALBACORE masts and such. And that's a good tip from Tom.

David

[greenman407]

Thanks Guys!

[greenman407]

As work progresses I just realized that the front of the sail is the wrong shape compared to all the pictures and drawings that I have on the phase 4. My existing sail has too great a curve. So, the next step is to tape it off, pour epoxy, sand and fill to reduce the radius. Ive got the holes drilled for the periscope and the radar mast and the little loop antenna right behind the bridge. Ill start cutting the radar dish next.

[greenman407]

Here is the progress on the aformentioned Task........thusfar.

[greenman407]

Progress.

[greenman407]

Oh Man! We are getting too far down the page. I figured I better post something on here to get us back up near the top. You guys are making me look bad! Next step will be to make the grille on the starboard side and then to scribe the sail. Then its on to scribing the hull and then put on some paint.