Getting much closer now!
Got the rigging/antennas done…still have the plane to do as well as some weathering.
Wow. How did you construct that circular rigging???
Oh, the baby sub is on backwards…[:$]
I’ll get to the rigging explanation later…I’m burned out and ready to hit the sack.
AS far as the midget…everything I found showed em facing backwards.
Yeah, I was just joshing ya…Is pic on top that a dio?
Looks fabulous so far!
Am I not seeing correctly or are the props missing?
I too am curious as to how you did the antenna insulators/separators? They really add to the overall great look you’ve created here.
Props not on yet.
For that antenna…I started by wraping a coil of fine copper wire around a drill bit, slid the coil off the bit and sliced it with a blade, creating the rings. I made a bracket out of sprue, CAed a length of stretched sprue across the bracket and CAed the rings to that…like so…
Things were going great, I was on the 6th and final line when I fumbled and destroyed the whole thing…5 hours, down the drain.
Attempt #2…I used aluminum tubing to hold the rings. CA the stretched sprue to the tube, well beyond the rings, at each end…then just dab CA to the sprue where it meets a ring…repeat…
After all the spots are glued, cut the ends of the lines, slide it right off, CA the ends together and add another length of stretched sprue to the ends.
Got the plane built today. Tedious! 16 pieces total.
Antenna is stretched sprue, as is the antenna wire…may or may not be able to see it in the pics…it’s about 1/10th the width of my hair.
[:O]Are those bombs under the wings???
Yes…they’re quite basic…but considering they’re a wee bit shy of 2mm’s long…can’t really complain!
All done!
I’ll get pics posted tomorrow…until then…
WOW! Awesome build!!! A plane AND a baby-sub…a triple-threat…
As promised…here’s all the glory shots…
and…for a size reference…
Really nice work…
[:P]Nice! Could you put a penny next to it for a sense of scale?
[*-)]Maybe now you’ll dust that Destroyer WiP off…
Bravo.
Hello!
It’s a beauty of a build, congratulations!
Did they store the aircraft somehow for diving? I know the Japanese had some subs with hangars but this one doesn’t look like one of them…
Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
Paweł
Super fine build! I am dumbfounded as to how well you finished the model and how realistic you’ve made it look - for any scale - but for 1/350 … [t$t]
Your aircraft is done very well too. My hat’s off to you for all the creative work and persistance.
I rike this berry, berry much…
Beautiful work. Love it.
Thank a bunch guys![t$t]
It took a little while to get into this one…once I did though…I loved it!
I can only assume so. There is a “tube” on the front end of the tower. If things are scaled properly, I imagine there would be some assembly required, to get the plane ready to go. Even with the tail and wings folded…the floats are too wide. My only knowledge on the subject is…this sub can go under water…launch a midget sub…and launch a plane.