Before I delve into today’s stuff, take a look at this. It’s my favorite battleship in dry dock in Philly. We’re planning on seeing it up close and personal in May. At least that’s the plan. Gives you some sense of scale to see just how big ships really are and how big really big ships are.
Sometimes the smallest details take the most work and aggravation. The pointer’s seat was one of those things. It broke so many times trying to fit it that I replace the support with some phos-bronze wire. I replaced the seat itself twice using spares, but the support gave out at last until I replaced it.
Didn’t have as much trouble with the trainer’s position. I got its seat in place without damage.
I then installed the right hand gun. The trunnion caps were being very finicky. Should have used a larger gauge wire when I did that part. If they don’t hold I’ll redo them with the larger size.
So here’s all that’s left in outfitting the gun house.
I continued cutting some of the floor pieces, but ran into concern that my alignment holes were not correct. I printed the 5" cartridges to further decorate the hoists and gun loading tray.