Had an excellent day with my family at the BATFISH today. Hamburger smell in the galley. "Morsed" with South America from the radio room. Met a lot of really good hands. The inside of the boat looks really good. I liked the piped in "diesels running" from Silversides. The outside of the boat has a mostly completed deck and some new black paint. The deck lacks some hatch accesses. The torp tube areas and the sail and gun decks need some work. The period actors with weapons display was done nicely as well. No poke at Rick here because he is working with what he has, but the inside/outside of the museum does look like a roadside attraction. The "clubhouse" look is in full effect. Tey are working this down but, that will take time and resources. They have a lot of items to display and many are on display (I am sure with many that have yet to make it "out"). Rick has dreams for this place that would rival any museum/memorial that I have been to or heard of just short of building a bunker like 505 has. The problem is the beer budget that he has to work with. Now if we could only tap into that lead/gold bars area......Overall an excellent experience. Wish I could have stayed longer but three kids under 10 had had enough. I'll be back to see what mischief I can get into for Rick.
Tom, all the tracks for the shutters are there but the surrounding areas remind me of a certain cheese. There are also "aftermarket" supports with two bolts welded in these areas. The bolts are/were snugged up to the doors. I think they were probably added when she lost the screws to make sure that the outers would not open in tow/transit. I have attached a pic of that.
A side note: with the new black paint, the lack of shutters is diminished greatly.
