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                        Dragon 1/350 Alfa Class SSN

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Dragon 1/350 Alfa Class SSN
                        Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:00 PM

                        I finally finished this boat.What could and should have been a quick project ended up taking far longer than intended due to getting sidelined and issues had during the finishing process. Certainly not my best work, but at least it's done now. And a good learning build for any future subs. One really cant go wrong with the basic build, but the decals need special attention to work properly on some. Otherwise one will have to hand paint certain markings which is what I ended up doing.

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, February 6, 2011 3:10 PM

                        I took a couple better shots of my Alfa today, and then also posed her here with my recently completed Bronco 1/350 Kilo class SSK for a pair of Russkie subs...

                        The Russians are coming!Surprise

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        Jester75
                        • Member since
                          December 2006
                        • From: N. Georgia
                        Posted by Jester75 on Sunday, February 6, 2011 4:53 PM

                        Nice!! Man you have an entire fleet of modern day subs!

                        Eric

                         

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                        Lord-Dogbert
                        • Member since
                          July 2007
                        • From: Fontana, Ca. US
                        Posted by Lord-Dogbert on Monday, February 7, 2011 2:49 PM

                        Man, I hand glued the hull halves in small 1/2" sections and still wound up with a nasty seam that took way too long to clean up. Do you have any pics of your sub fleet?

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Monday, February 7, 2011 3:03 PM

                        Those two of the Kilo and Alfa are the only completed subs I have in my fleet. That shoud change by the end of this week.Wink A couple NATO boats are almost done.

                         I dont find any difference between cleaning up the seams on sub hulls and aircraft fuselages. Sand till cleaned up, then rescribe any lost detail.

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        Lord-Dogbert
                        • Member since
                          July 2007
                        • From: Fontana, Ca. US
                        Posted by Lord-Dogbert on Monday, February 7, 2011 3:43 PM

                        Cool. I have the Typhoon and Alfa from the Soviets and Los Angeles class and Ohio from the US.

                        I think that my hang up with the hull seams is that I went in thinking ship construction and ended up building aircraft of sorts.

                         

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