Thought I would do mine waterline…not sure how convincing it is but it was a fun week long project. The model parts used number only about 12! If anyone wants extra parts for their Seawolf let me know!!
Len Roberto
looks swell, tell us more about how it went [:)]
Impressive
I use a product called Modeling Paste by Grummbacher? You can find it at art supply stores or around here in the Northeast- AC Moore Craft stores…it is the perfect consistency to allow you to shape small wave patterns and ripples. It dries to a fairly hard pebbly surface but Future over the top covers any mistakes…also, as it dries, you can continue to “stipple” the surface to get wild patterns if you are looking for rough seas.
I have used it for a while now and like the way it works…not cheap stuff but I think it is worth it.
Len
Looks great to me also but the hull numbers on the sail are only on ship during special events… Never on operational boats…
I’m doing a ambitious project with this kit. I plan on “mating” a 100’ hull extention to the kit by cutting and joining etc from two kits. I wish to model the SSN 23 Jimmy Carter. I have a friend who works at EB in Groton CT where the Carter is and he is trying to get me a few “Declassified” drawings of her hull if possible. Otherwise I’ll hazard a guess on where the sail on the SSN 23 is located on the extended hull. I have yet to find a good profile photo of the Carter yet. I recently completed a cut and glue build up of the USS Parche in 1/350 resin using yankeemodelworks nice Sturgeon kits, It was expensive but rather easy because I had excellent reference materials…
I built the kit for a friend of mine who was a “Spook” on the Parche.
For those who don’t know the USS Parche SSN 683 recently retired as the most decorated US Navy Submarine… The feats of this boat and the USS Halibut( SSN-587) were quite amazing… A book titled “Blindman’s Bluff” By Sherry Sontig & Chris Drew touch on a “few” of their exploits…
Butchy look at the picture of USS Virginia in the link below(click the hi-res button to enlarge). In the bottom left hand corner is an overhead view of Jimmy Carter. You can clearly see where the cut was made aft of the sail for the 100 foot section. Cut your Seawolf in the approximate location, insert your scale 100’ section and glue it back together. No guesswork. The location of the wide aperture arrays will change but you should be able to see those in other photos of the ship.
http://www.usstexasbb35.com/USSVirgina-underconstruction-2003-Small.jpg
Hey Seadragon021, Thanks alot this will help…
My detailing on the Carter is not too important because it’s going into a displaycase for an old shipmate but I knew I would need the sail location correct so it looks okay to untrained eyes.Gotta love this hobby.[:)]