John Chamberlin made it happen with motivation, construction plans, and tools and materials. His wife Janice and Cindy Eastwood did the conservation of the hammers and mounts, Bob Smith, Bill Eastwood, Roger Lambert, Rod Lissey, Jack Tamargo, and Sam Shoults for cookies and donuts, moral support and helping hands when needed, and yours truly for grunt and groan with holding the dumb end of the tape measure, slapping up mud, and slapping on the paint.GREAT JOB, all of you!
They need a legend at reading height -- they look great when you're right in front of them, but ten or fifteen feet above floor level the letters are awfully small, and reflections many. There's been some discussion of a timeline and cast or stamped copies of ships logos -- we have a few dies in storage, and some of them were still in oil when they came into our care.
And milestone number two: the periscopes from the Mariano G. Vallejo, SSB/N 658 have been temporarily ensconced on the main floor of the museum, awaiting completion of the Vallejo's control room exhibit, when, if all goes as planned, the scopes (or at least one) will be installed in functional form. "Fire torpedoes on my mark. MARK!"
More Photos Here.
Until next time,
Erik Halberstadt
What are those hammers for?
ReplyDeleteDidn't I say? OOf!
ReplyDeleteThese hammers were used in the keel laying ceremonies, much like laying the cornerstone of a building.