USS Greenville in Drydock
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9 12 September 2022, 23:46
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I didn't know the Greenville story so I decided to check it out. Seems to me the boat had a run of bad luck for a while there in 2001.
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Btw... I didn't see any cranes win the pics I saw online, but there was a whole lot of scaffolding 😁
13 September 2022, 02:22
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Thanks for the comments, and thanks for looking! Rui, yeah the USS Greeneville had 3 serious mishaps in a relatively short span, starting with the Ehime Maru collision.
The cranes are on rails, and I have two photos of the Greeneville in drydock in which they are visible, though different from the crane I have. The dock is different, too, but close enough for my purposes. My plan is to focus on the (relatively minor) damage to the sub from the collision, so I will show the Greeneville resting on the support blocks just after the water has been pumped from the drydock, and before any scaffolding or gangways have been erected, and before the propellor has been shrouded. I plan to have a small crowd of naval personnel on the dock watching.
13 September 2022, 13:03
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In1:350 I can gently scrape the plastic propeller blades sharper, though maybe that is too fiddly with 1:700 scale?
13 September 2022, 13:41
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It think it could be done at 1:700, but I'm not sure the result would be noticeable.
13 September 2022, 14:55
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Good surgery on the dock! Love the contrast between the light crane and the grounded sub, she feels really heavy on that blocks already!
14 September 2022, 16:45
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Vignette showing USS Greeneville having just arrived in drydock following its disastrous collision with Japanese high school ship Ehime Maru.