Lewbud wow you finished the Carter and did a great job on it to boot, and now you are almost finished with another ?? You are a building machine my friend. Yeah I like Hunt For Red October too watch it all the time.
Thanks Randy. These kits are quitesimple and go together fairly well. Fixing to pull the tape off the Seawolf and start the Typhoon. After that I think I’ll take a break from things that swim beneath the sea, although the Hobby Boss 688 boat is tempting.
Lewbud,
Congratulations on a cute little build of a big bad*ss Seawolf there[:)] Looks great buddy! And also my congratulations and attaboys on finishing the first model for the group. I hope there will be lots more this year. Your build has been added to the first post. Have adapted Randy’s method of a picture gallery to show the finished models [:D]
Keep up the good work sir[;)]
Richard (who likes ANY sub movie… “One ping ONLY”…)
Thanks Richard. You’ve got a rare creature on the front page. A completed and on time GB model of mine is a rare sight indeed.
I’m calling the Seawolf done. Next up the Typhoon. I have to go to the lhs for some paint which means I might be coming home with the HB Los Angeles kit.
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The Typhoon is a beast, looks like you could fit two Carters in there and still have room.
IIRC, the basis for the Typhoon class was taking two Delta class SSBN pressure hulls side by side and building the outer hull around it. Of course with all sorts of other changes, but the basic sub is made from two big ones combined.
Thanks for the info Stick. From what I read over various sites, there are several pressure hulls involved in the Typhoon. Hoped to have the Typhoon finished by the weekend but it’s been too cold to paint.
Lewbud,
Youre going like something that goes really really fast LOL[;)]… Another one for the first page and looking great. Those 1:700 kits must be fun “weekend” builds to do with good results if you are skilled enough like you obviously are. Great work buddy and i am looking forward to your Typhoon class.
Makes me think of a dutch modeler(Ron, AKA Homeghost) who is currently working on a slightly larger 1:72 scratchbuilt model[:)]:
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23608&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Its in dutch so you probably cant understand a word of it but the forumthread contains 53 pages of photographas that tell their own story. Especially the first few pages contain a wealth of information for your build methinks.
Kermit your friendly host[prte]
Oh and Ron, if you happen to read this: great work and a pleasure to follow your threads[;)]
Kermit,
Did I note a tinge of sarcasm in your post when you said it was “slightly” bigger than my 1/700 beastie? That thing is freakin HUGE!!! If I did the math right, which would be a miracle, that thing’s gotta be about 3m long right? If you frequent that forum, you gotta let me know when he’s done. Since you guessed right about my not speaking Dutch, could you scroll through the posts and find out what he’s using for the anechoic tiles please? It looks like some kind of peel and stick material. I don’t envy him having to do all those tiles. By the way, thanks for that site, he had some great pics.
Lewbud, it is 1:72 scale like all of his models so your calculation about the size couldnt be far off the mark there. From the look of things he is using the same material for anechoic tiles that he used for his “Kursk”. The kind of stickers that schoolkids use to put on their notebooks. Once painted black and with varnish on them they look just like the real thing Ron says.
As for the hull of his model, he is a big fan of using styrofoam covered with balsa wood.
Richard
Richard,
Thanks, I thought that was what he was using. You wouldn’t happen to have a link to his Kursk would you?
Sure mate[;)]. The first link is his 1:72 Kursk, the second is his 1:35 type VIIC U-82. Makes me drewl everytime i look at it…
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20129
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11936&highlight=u82
Richard
Hi,
Just finished the initial construction on my VIIC/41 and wanted to share some WIP pics before the first coats of paint go on.
The various components have been dryfitted for the pictures but will be sprayed separately. Also i have not attached the railings on the deck yet in order to have working space once the tower will be glued to the hull.
You can see the deployed “schnorkel” in these pics. Not a periscope[;)]
And a close up of the tower with the two 20mm flakzwillings and the 37mm flak gun on the back:
My apologies for the bad pics… had to use flashlight because of bad lighting conditions today…
Richard (who is beginning to get a headache figuring out how to get this beast in his way too small spraying booth…)
Kermit that thing is HUGE ! I can see where you might have trouble fitting it into a paint booth unless the booth is made for a small car. Lotsa nice detail I can see to for you to play with too. Cant wait to see how your build progresses Richard.
Thanks Randy[;)]. I just sprayed the underside dark grey. Because of the sheer size i had to do this in stages. And guess what… from the looks of it i will probably want to give it another coat but i used almost a complete tinlet of paint for the first coat[:^)] LOL. This model likes paint.
Once i have the complete hull painted i will ofcourse post an update for you guys[:)].
But now for something completely different…
This afternoon i went into town for some stuff i needed and i wandered into a local toy store with a small modeling corner, not planning on buying anything really… From the corner of my eye i could spot the 4 foot plus Revell Gato class sub but didnt pay much attention to it as it was out of my budget range.
Just as i wanted to leave again i spotted a big red sticker on the box… HALF price!!!
So…yes i figured i will probably never ever come across such a sweet deal again so i purchased the kit[whstl]… This beast will take quite some wall/ shelf space on my hobby attic… (yes i’m a spoiled brat with a complete attic to litter with my models)
Richard
Here is my Alfa so far. Topsides are Polly Scale Scale black and lower hull is Humbrol Scarlet
And here she is with the Kilo and Akula. I have a GB of my own going on at this point…[proplr]
Stik, Thats a cute Alfa there[;)] any progress sofar? It must be really hard for you small scale guys to get such a model lifelike but the work i’ve seen sofar is gorgeous! Well done to all.
Note from the host: No, i have not been neglecting you guys but have been transferring to a new ISP plan causing lots of downtime and aggrevation. But i seem to be up and running again. My apologies for the absence.
During the downtime i have had lots of opportunity to work on my 1:72 VIIC/41 and have painted the basic hull. Also added some drybrushing and washes to prepare for the big weathering phase of the build[:D]. I will post some pics as soon as i have the time.
Richard
I just recently found some more of my kits after a move and never noticed this GB. Sign me up!
1/700 SkyWave ‘Scramble’ set. Comes with 2 U.S.N. SSBN-598 George Washington subs, 2 Tu-95 Bears, 2 P2V Neptune’s and 4 F-4 Phantoms.
For this GB I will just be doing one George Washington Sub (waterline), and both Neptune’s. Will give me something to do between paint drying on my T-34/76.
As I’ve never built a sub, which color would most closely represent the G.Washington sub? And I’ve only found one good picture of it. It looks like it has a partially painted red nose but I’m not sure where the red starts.
Josh
Stikpusher man those subs are auh lookin sweet !!!
Kermit can you enter my 1/48 Italeri SH-60B Sea Hawk Sub Killer on the front page ??? Not sure of what markings I will be using but will be sure and let you know. I will get pictures of box art and such up soon.
Thanks Kermit and Vette! Kermit if you think that is small scale, you should see the 1/700 subs…way to small for my tastes and dexterity.[blkeye] No progress on my Alfa since my last update. I was trying to get my Kilo finished in time for last Fridays IPMS meeting, but it did ot happen. Was in something of a model building funk this weekend and I did not want to push it. If the weather co operates (we have been getting hammered with rainstorms and painting area is in my garage), I will have more progress this weekend all the Red subs. My GB within a GB…[^o)]