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I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

I know that many on here do not like modern warships much less submarines, and that is okay. However if I may, please pause a moment and look at my USS THRESHER. Look at it not because I built it, or it is some fantastic model but of what and who is reminds us of.
 
Following a yard period USS THRESHER conducted sea trials of the New England coast. One of the test was a deep dive. During the deep dive a silver braised seawater fitting burst in the engine room. At this depth a leak the size of a pencil lead had enough pressure to slice a man into. The stream of water caused damage to nearby electrical panels that control parts of the reactor, it also caused blinding mist.
 
The Captain ordered the Emergency blow system activated. 3000 psi air raced to the tanks. However a diffuser cage at the end of the pipe caused a block of ice to form in the pipe stopping the blow. It was then the reactor scrammed eliminating propulsion. Again an emergency blow was attempted and again ice blocked the air flow. The flooding in the engine room became worse and with nor power to the drain pump the water could not be pumped out.
 
THRESHER sank stern first until the sea crushed her. I as a retired submariner can imagine what was going on during those last moments.
 
They were not Sailors who manned cannons, or climbed the rigging, or fought the storms off Cape Horn, however they were heroes who stood at their stations till the end. Like Sailors from the days of canoes to sail to steam to nuclear power they have no tombstone.
 
So shipmates stop just a second and remember them.
 
Chief         

If someone could help me out as I can find nothing on what the Sweeps would look like and where would they be stored when under sail.
 
Thank you.
 
Chief 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Shipmates I found a young man who sells kits of WWI Battleships and other models. These are really exquisite works of art. They are big at 1/100 scale. I really don't know what else to say. other than breathtaking.
 
here is a link to his site http://www.ml-modelships.com.ua/ 
 
Chief Out! 

Masts, screw hull ready to go.  Base made and all the dandy funk added.
 
We need decals!!!!   I use a system to make my own dry transfers decals.
 
With this system the decal design is drawn into the computer. You can use any of a million programs to accomplish this.
 
Once the design is complete it is printed onto a special paper using a laser printer.  With the image is on the special paper, I need to change the black numbers into white numbers.  This is done by laminating white mylar foil into the black toner.
 
A special laminator is used which is the only really thing expensive in this system.  Once the white is added the decals is then again laminated with a clear carrier film. This process causes static to adhere to the foil and toner.
 
Then the decal is dipped into water which releases the image from the paper.  the decal is dried trimmed and then sprayed with an alcohol based adhesive.
 
The decal is positioned and burnished. The carrier is then removed leaving the decal in place.
 
If you are interested in the system let me know and I will get you the particulars.
 
The model was then mounted using brass tubing.
 
That was it guys hope you enjoyed!!! 

Wow! If only my clumsy hands were have a talented! Fantastic work. What do you think you spent more time on building or research?  I am running about 50/50.

Hey Again Shipmates!
 
 
Okay we have our control surfaces on.  Just a note about the Fairwater planes.  These are the ones sticking out of the sail.  In this class of submarine these rotate 90 degrees.  This is so we could punch through the ice.  I added a picture of my boat USS RAY SSN 653 when we surfaced at the pole.   I made a good Santa!!
 
To fabricate the external portion of the towed array. Brass tubing was bent to shape and attached to a indentation in the casting The other end is attached to the stabilizer and a filet made in CA. Once cured this is sanded smooth.
 
The screw as supplied was not correct. Now unclassified, I can model the correct blade geometry.  This was first drawn into my computer. Once I was happy, the image was mirrored and then printed on clear plastic. The image was then cut and the mirrored image aligned one atop the other, in a process known as registering.
 
Once this was done I  cut to size, and cleaned with 3200 grit sandpaper .005 brass sheet.  This was then laminated with photoresist.  The clear plastic was placed so as to sandwich the brass.  This was then clamped between plexi and exposed to 100 watt light for 20 minutes per side.
 
After exposure the protective plastic was removed and the imaged developed.  Following development, The new screw was etched in ferric chloride.  It took about 40 minutes to etch the screw. After etching the remaining resist was removed and the screw gently filed and sanded to final shape.  I like etching just a bit larger than the size needed so I can get a smooth edge filed and sanded.
 
With the  screw made and the towed array installed. I shot the hull with the first coat of primer.  These old castings will have holes you cannot see until you prime.  Go light on the first coat.  I indeed found some errors and used putty to fill the bad areas then another coat of light primer.