Congrats on the new job.
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Looks good and kudos on the new job 
Progress!
Superstructure is all attached now. Turrets are almost complete. Once I put the deck blue down, I can attach the 20mm platforms on the super firing turrets.
Once that’s done all I have left are to attach the AA suite, ships boats, propellors, rudder and then rig her and she will be done. Hopefully shouldnt be too much longer 
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Looking very very nice Rory ….. great work mate.
Your Texas is looking so good, Rory.
A really cleanly built model. Keep it up.
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Started work on the rigging. I went back and added some small attachment points onto the funnel for the stays and then got started.
I then had the bright idea to try a different line for the halyards and boy that was a mistake. Years ago I mistakenly bought some ultra fine thread and used that. You can see the difference in diameter. My poor eyes hate me. Even with an optivisor it was a pain. Just trying to get a grip with the tweezers was difficult.
Still, I got it done. I wanted to do more lines but parts of the ship are in the way so I will leave it like this.
I need to do some research for the rest of the rigging. From photos, her current rigging setup going aft is very different from her wartime setup. Since I am doing her as she is now, I want to use the current setup. Good thing is it looks much simpler.
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Looking good Rory!
Based on the recent updates on the USS Texas Youtube channel, it sounds like they are currently in the process of re-rigging her to the 1945 setup.
-Marty
Really doing a great job on Texas Rory, it’s certainly looking very nice with how she is now.