Hoisting Points #2

This is the last of the Hoisting Points updates.

I spent the last few hours putting the last two hoisting points together, then grinding all the welds flat and rounding edges on everything before giving it a coat of paint.  Tomorrow I'll be finishing of the rear dome and putting the motor and elevator system back on.

This weekend I'll make a start on, and hopefully finish, the mounts for the batteries.  After that I've got to make, and mount the throttle; mount the elevator and diving plane controls, and finish of the ballast release mechanism.  Once these are done I can paint the interior (only the front and back for now) then I can start work on the conning tower; hatch, windows and electronics, etc.

Fig. 1.  The left point ready to weld.

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Fig. 2.  The left side welded.

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Fig. 3.  The right side welded.

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Fig. 4.  All done!

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