I now have my version of a "salon" window installed. I think it looks pretty neat, especially at night. It is basically an acrylic skylight dome on its side with rivets glued to the flange which was painted a nice rusty color. As noted earlier the whole insert is removable for quick exit in a real life emergency.
I am very pleased to have reached this point as it is the one feature that really sells the room as a submarine to me. There are several small projects left to do before I can declare the room done but I have definitely crossed over the hump.
Coming projects include a painting booth vented to the outside for all season availability, overhead track lighting disguised as ventilation piping, a false wall conceal for my gun cabinet, and a makeover for my drafting table workbench.
This is now the running season and I am prepping and getting ready to attend a couple R/C events this summer so work will be proceeding at a slower pace than usual on the room. I'm not stopping for summer, just slowing to a crawl.
We will just pretend to be stranded in the Sargasso Sea for a few weeks!
