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                        A bit of Subs...

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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:37 PM

                        Looks like you weren't finished with that Type VII C/41 in the first pic. Well the main deck and the deck on the conning tower and Wintergarten AA gun deck were made of wood and would have been stained in Teerfirnis stain to preserve the wood from prolonged submerging while under water and also acted as a non slip surface when the sub was on the surface. Life color does have a paint set made for U-boat models.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Hokey
                        • Member since
                          February 2011
                        Posted by Hokey on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:07 AM

                        Great to see all these photos - thanks for posting.  I'm a new sub builder - mostly U-Boats.  

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                        sub revolution
                        • Member since
                          September 2009
                        • From: Guam
                        Posted by sub revolution on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:06 PM

                        Oooh, I can always appreciate a good sub model! Yes

                        Am I seeing right that one of those has a Japanese Seiran on it? Very cool. I got to see that thing when the Smithsonian was still restoring it.

                        Very nice work and collection!

                        NEW SIG

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                        baillie1
                        • Member since
                          October 2007
                        • From: farmington,ct.
                        Posted by baillie1 on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:49 PM

                        nice subs, how do u apply rust?

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                        fox
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Narvon, Pa.
                        Posted by fox on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:49 PM

                        Welcome Sign to the Forums. Very impressive builds. Toast Keep up the good work and keep posting.

                        Jim Captain

                         Main WIP: 

                           On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

                        I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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                        i-25
                        • Member since
                          January 2008
                        A bit of Subs...
                        Posted by i-25 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:42 PM

                        hi fellow modelers, its been a while since i'v posted here, i'v been working on subs for a while and here are some pictures of some subs i'v built.

                         

                         

                        i'v been building submarines for a long time and lately so many have been coming out that i cant buy them fast enough, i'm surprised at the detail of the newer kits, they are very good especially the new Chinese stuff.

                        Bronco models are making good models but the newest hobby boss 1\350 scalers are just amazing. there a lot of mold sharing between bronco and hobby boss so i'm guessing they are partnered, but hobby boss gives you more photo etch details.

                        i have almost every plastic sub kit in existince but i wish someone would make a the I-200 class sub which was the fastest full size sub of WWII, the Kairyu midget sub at about 1\35 and the Koyru (type D midget) sub also about 1\35, i know some resin kits of these exist but i'm not much of a fan of resin hopefully some day plastic kits will come out, but well we can dream can't we

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