how to model a co2 life raft

centerdeck wrote:

Hey Ed, I am house sitting next door to you (communtiy wise, not literally.  I am in Rendon)  Any decent LHS in the area? I have been hitting the one on Cooper.

You are in luck.  Youre here at a good time

This weekend Squadron/Verlinden is holding their Mastercon convention at the Omni in Dallas.  Check the Squadron website -- it hasn't been publicized well.  One of the side events will be an Open House at the Squadron facility in Carrollton.  That means you get to go in and wander the stacks and shop.  They ususally have a scratch & dent table where there are good deals.  You do get the SMO monthly sales flyer prices on those items.  {Gotta go get a Mirage HMS Montgomery & HNoMS St Albans to make a HMS Mansfield} There may be some new items which have not hit the store shelves yet.  Otherwise it is retail, plus state sales tax.  You do save on the shipping.  They take plastic. 

EDIT:  Be sure to check it out.  Went this afternoon.  No scratch & dent table, but when you went to check out they asked if you want the salec circular price or 30% off.  Well I only had one or two sales items and my Mama didn't raise no fool. 

Google Maps -- Crowley Rd  is off the George Bush tollway, only about an exit east of I35E, north of Dallas.

Next weekend 9/8 will be the IPMS FtWorth show at Duncan Community Center - Vandegrift Park in Arlington (north of Arlington Highlands/Parks Mall on Matlock)

The best shop in the area is likely the HobbyTown in Plano (Park & Independence).  The assistant mgr is an IPMS North Central Texas member and keeps up on the modelers needs.

I personally think the HT on Cooper you mention is the second best shop in the area (that isn't saying a lot).  There is a HT on South Hulen in FtWorth that is very poor (selection wise)

Also in North Dallas is Hobby Annex,  Preston Rd at Campbell,  north of LBJ Freeway.   It is mostly armor & aircraft & figures.

Some of the inflatable rafts were stowed in a large rubberized bag.  When I was assigned to the Columbia River Lightship in 1977, we had a liferaft in a black rubberized bag.  There were grommets along the opening of the bag, marline was laced thru the grommets to close the bag.  A large nitrogen bottle was used to inflate the raft, after pulling on a lanyard. 

From what I could find the one like what ed showed turned up in 1972.  From watching the TV show about the USS Indianapolis the deployed rafts looked similar, but 1960 was definitly a transition period.  Post Korea, pre Nam.. modernizing the fleets to deal with the cold war...try looking up that U.S. ship that Isreal nearly sank.  It is close to the same era and if there are picks they probably are in various stages such as stored and deployed. 

 

Hey Ed, I am house sitting next door to you (communtiy wise, not literally.  I am in Rendon)  Any decent LHS in the area? I have been hitting the one on Cooper.

Thanks Ed, but did they have those kind back in 1960 and did they use them on US Naval Destroyers?

Here is an photo I found. I don't think what you show are the same thing.

Image grabbed from Wikipedia

Modern inflatable life raft canisters are barrel shaped and contained a liferaft which is stowed.  Most, when armed and immersed in water will automatically inflate.  The halves split and the raft bursts forth.