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The last pot hole I hit swallowed my bicycle. I don't want to think what it would do to Juneau😠

Video of her current state. Miles to go before I sleep......

Chum,
First step: keep her upright!. LOL
Doug, She did take two torpedoes after all, but you knew that!
Thank you all for your encouragement and kind comments. Hopefully my next video will remain on an even keel.
Bloody cellphone&^%$# !!!😂😂😂

A short update. For two months or so I have been working on whaleboat davits and the boats themselves. The big issue I had, is that the whaleboats and their davits have to be removable in order to remove and install the forward superstructure.That said, as can be seen by the rigging. the davits attach to the hull, but the steady lines from the davits run to both the forward as well as the aft superstructures. I started with a 3d davit and tried cutting it,. It needed lengthening by 3 scale feet(.75"). Those were too fragile, so I made another, as a master, made a mold of it and cast new davits in resin. That all worked until I suspended the whaleboats, beautiful resin kits from QuarterMaster, which then bent the davits. I cheated by installing a keel support, supported by two stanchion. All soldered brass. They can just be made out under the whale boats.
Now, for my next procrastination.....😀😀😀

Finally added stanchions and railings to the superstructures. Pretty much done except for deck stanchions and railings, which will wait for successful trials, if and when the the lakes turn back too a liquid state.

Well the ice has left the lake, but my toes say that they will not enter, yet. Juneau did get moved outside for a picture in the sun though.

Chum, Already bought one...
Wow, where to start, independent radars, and smoke systems, (adjustable output) turrets on independent control and/or under director control. Search lights( 36" and 24"), nav lights, house light all independent, multiple sound systems including calls to stations, horns, ect. Mixed throttles, Rotating torpedo tubes, operating anchor( STBD only). operating semaphore lights. Radio telemetry including battery voltages, amp draw each motor, Lat/Long, speed, distance and bearing course., plus the usual radio signal status info, as well as GPS mapping. Just to name a few...😀

Trials. Kicks up her heals nicely, but turns like barge. Twin screws and single rudder will do that.

To answer questions about launching the "beast", here are some pictures of the transporter. A Chevrolet extended van. The cradle consists of an 8 foot, roughly 2.5 meter, extension ladder that was taken part. With one section laid on top of the other, a hing was installed on on end. The hing locks the extensions together, but allows them to change their to one another. At the other end, a salvage scissor jack was installed. When the jack is extended, it changes the angle between the two ladder extensions. Added wheels and a brace at one end. I use aluminum ramps from the van to the ground. I found this design on another model forum. A brilliant English modeler came up with it, so I claim no credit for the idea. She rolls in and out fairly easily, ask me about that is a couple of years. The superstructure must be taken off prior to loading due to it's height.
Now that I have "modern" camera, I'll work on some videos of her systems and animations.