Well, after an extended period where she sat sidelined, for no real good reason at that, I have finally finished this one. This is the Orange box re-issue with the improved sail, stern, and screw (although the VLS arrangement is still inaccurate), that is double boxed with the Ohio Class Boomer USS Maryland. I started this for a "Red Storm Rising" Group Build and wanted to depict her as she would have looked during Clancy's fictional WWIII, Battle of the Atlantic during her launching of a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile attack on Backfire Bomber airfields near Murmansk in the late 1980s. As described in the novel she had been on patrol for quite some time when the war starts. Instead of the unweathered finish of my last few SSN builds, I decided to depict a well weathered look to reflect an extended war patrol and I used this photo of USS San Francisco for inspiration/reference of marine growth on the hull. I know that the hull markings, numbers, and name would not be worn in wartime, but I wanted something to say who she is...
here is the USS San Francisco I used for my weathering reference
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques welcome
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM