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Dd-850
Hi All;
It just happens that a friend did several years duty on a FRAM MkI gearing. He has been an invaluable source of information. When started, this was supposed to be a fairly quick job. The more information gathered, the more it demonstrated the principle that no two ships are alike, and no single ship stays alike for very long.
With the actual vessel sitting sitting in the water at Fall River good photographs are easy to obtain. Problem turned out to be that I was attempting to do the ship as it was configured during the Cuban missile crisis. It was just out of conversion at the time. Well, she ship in Fall River does not look like the 1962 version. Trying to get to 1962 turned out to be a lot tougher than expected. At the moment the project goal appears attainable, just a lot slower than originally estimated.
Here are a few shots of the development as of this week. Not at all happy with the stack caps. They need to be revised. The rest is coming along satisfactorily. Estimated time of completion? Who Knows, but I'm really happy to be retired.
Regards, rjccjr
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