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CL-52 update
HI all;
This has been a peculiar week, but a lot of work has been accomplished. It started off with a root canal, not really a favorite undertaking but necessary. Yesterday morning I came down stairs and the four tank smoke canister that disappeared from the stern of the prototype about a month ago had mysteriously reappeared on the kitchen counter. Have you ever heard the line, "Honey,I don't know if it's important but...? Then there's the crack between the arm rest and the seat cushion of the recliner, which seems to swallow anything small but critical, like a nose wheel . The canister assembly had somehow fallen down behind the clothes hamper and the bottom step of the cellar stairs. Of, course the canister had been replaced shortly after the original had escaped. It will be retained in case the replacement tries a similar antic. I have the same kind of fun with pills. It's part of being an old modeler on medication, but at least it isn't plastic, which tends to get ground up in the vacuum cleaner. Hate that noise, especially when it's an aircraft canopy.
There are not many pictures this time, but what there is happens to be significant. First there is now a drawing of the mid ships section, which is clear enough to start laying in the lines. Between that and the profile view work can start on setting up the rigging. The second drawing is a plan view to scale. It's pretty well along and fairly accurate. Needless to say several minor but annoying inaccuracies in the parts drawings showed up. Most of them were corrected. The parts for the after 1.1 director had been inadvertently omitted and are now included. This has turned out to be a very complex undertaking, but is well along and a real education in research. It's amazing how many alterations occurred to a ship whose career was only nine months long. For example in February of 1942, Juneau had four spars, but by September there were only two. Of course that required an alteration to the rigging.
Thought is being given to the next project. Some calculations are under way for The USS Princeton and The USS Helena. It's already clear that either one is going to be too darned big. Oh well!
Regards rjccjr
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