Ships

Goldhammer - what a nice way to honor your friend's father. ^ 5 to you!

GMorrison - thank you for your comments. It is nice to be able to tie a memory to a model indeed. I just recently got the chance to visit the USS DRUM while in Mobile AL and even had a chance to meet Tom Bowser, a long-time volunteer who helps in restoring her, and learned he also had spent some time on the CREVALLE. Small world and a small ship! 

CapnMac82 - "Ay aye, Capn!" lol I used the decals that came with the model. Not sure if the scale of decal is correct. I learned later on about the 'silvering' effect when using decals. At this point, I will probably try using Dull Spray to see if it helps. Thanks and cheers!

First, a fine model.

Second, a nice tribute. I built a P-61 and a Beaufighter In that vein.

As for Balao vs Gato, first time aboard Pampanito, I proudly stated to the volunteer that I was a ship guy and knew she was a Gato.

LOL Well said Bill Morrison! My father-in-law use to alway point that out. I have one of his tshirts with that very same logo on it. :)

Hi;

 There is one other use .I have seen three tied to a Bouy ( Mooring Bouy ) and the first one in had the line and chain for the bouy passing through the port . T.B.

Robert,

All I did was to add some visual information to the succinct and correct procedure that goldhammer has written above. I tend to be a visual learner so I assume (often incorrectly) that most people's learning curve will become shallower with pictures.

Anyway, you're welcome.

I sure hope you post more of the 1/350 ships you've done! What you've shown us here is very fine indeed.

Excellent build, especially for a novice! But, yes, submarines are ships that are affectionately referred to as "boats" by their crews.

Bill

fright

Goldhammer - You are correct on classes of boats. As my first build, I used this number to represent one of my father-in-law's boats the he served on. I added the lookouts because he was on night watch when a large wave broke over the the sail, breaking his nose on  the railing. I know there are some discrepencies on my model, but not having any experience in fabrication of plastics, I built this kit as is. I am really grateful that I learned a bit of these ships history and of it's crew. :) There are so many talented modelers in here and I look forward to gaining more skills in modeling future builds. I'm hooked on modeling now. I've since tried my hand on Trumpeter's SS John Brown and Lindberg's Cap'n Kidd Pirate ship. I realized that 1/350 scale is too small for my vision, even with magnifier! Cheers and I enjoy everybodys feedback. 

 

I thought that might be the case.  Not to worry, I am finishing up a 1/350 Gato that was to be Wahoo (SS238) and it is now going to represent USS Chub (SS329), another Balao.  Going to a friend who's father served on her at the end of the war, to go with his flag from his memorial service.  Nice to see another build memorializing someone who served back then.

1943Mike - thank you for taking the time tp post all of this information! I'll try this on another model to share in here. Everyone has been very helpful and kind with their comments. Looking through the gallery, there are so many talented modelers in here. Hats off to all of you!

Goldhammer - You are correct on classes of boats. As my first build, I used this number to represent one of my father-in-law's boats the he served on. I added the lookouts because he was on night watch when a large wave broke over the the sail, breaking his nose on  the railing. I know there are some discrepencies on my model, but not having any experience in fabrication of plastics, I built this kit as is. I am really grateful that I learned a bit of these ships history and of it's crew. :) There are so many talented modelers in here and I look forward to gaining more skills in modeling future builds. I'm hooked on modeling now. I've since tried my hand on Trumpeter's SS John Brown and Lindberg's Cap'n Kidd Pirate ship. I realized that 1/350 scale is too small for my vision, even with magnifier! Cheers and I enjoy everybodys feedback. 

There are some excellent items on SS-291 USS Crevalle here:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08291.htm   in case of interes

The trapezoidal box on top of the 40mm is a sheetmetal cover over the feed tray.  These were typically painted the same as the rest of the mount.

Y=The numbers on the side of the conning tower (it's not a sail until free-flooding fairing are installed a la Guppies) just don't look quite right for some reason.

Everything else is spot on and a spectacular build.

Just curious as to the hull number you selected?  Only reason is that the Gato's ended at hull number 284, and the Balao's started at hull number 285.  They were built on the same overall specs, the major differences being a thicker pressure hull out of HS steel, and different scope shears on the Balao's.  No biggie, but noticable for someone familiar with both classes.

I hope I do as well on my build when the time comes to put her on the building ways.  Nicely done!

Robert,

At the risk of being pedantic, let me walk you through the steps I use to post pictures here on FineScale. There may be easier, simpler ways of doing it but it's the method I've become used to.

First, go to Photobucket and, in your library, find the picture you want to post and click on it. Then, to the right of the picture you'll see four windows. Click on the bottom one:

You'll see the word "copied" for just a second - if you blink you'll miss seeing it but it should not matter - you now have the URL on your clipboard.

You now can go directly to your post window in Finescale and paste the URL you've just copied. However, I sometimes forget something or want to insert several images and I find it's easier for me to paste the URL to Wordpad just so I don't lose it while I'm doing something else.

Remember, you don't have to use Wordpad or any other notepad if you don't want to. So skip right to pasting it in the FineScale window if you'd rather.

Just hit "Submit Your Reply" or "Submit Your Discussion Topic" to finish your post.

goldhammer

For a line to the dock when tying up dockside, also for a towline to the bollard on the forward deck.  If you look close at the photo, you can see a line coming out of the bullnose and going hard off to starboard.

Got it! Thx.

For a line to the dock when tying up dockside, also for a towline to the bollard on the forward deck.  If you look close at the photo, you can see a line coming out of the bullnose and going hard off to starboard.

Please tell me what this hole is for!

Thanks goes out to everyone for the likes and vote of confidence. 

A very impressive build

!943Mike - Wow! Many thanks for posting thses photos! I'm like a cro-magnon when it comes to computers. Thanks for thowing me a bone LOL.

Robert

fright,

What do you mean by "technically not a ship"?  As any good submariner knows, there are only two kinds of ships; submarines and targets".

Bill Morrison

What Goldhammer and Don have said and done just takes a little practice .. you'll get the hang of it soon.

Nice job!

Here are several more of your images:

That's an outstanding looking job Fright Great use of the materials to do the weathering and rust.

Hey !

 With this explanation it's beginning to make sense to me  . Keep hammering , I'll get it yet .  T.B.

Hi , Again !

 You posted somewhere else on this site and I saw the Boat .Yes , although a sub , she should be in the ships forum . By the way .Did you know you forgot the " Tompion " or Plug for the gun barrel ? Thank You   T.B.

That is what the results would be for inserting each picture.

You do have to do the work of copy/paste each image, but I think it is worth it rather than require reader to copy and paste.

From PB, I've found the easiest way to post pics here is to go to the upper left of the pic you want, click on the "share", a box will appear to the right with 4 options.  Click "copy URL", click on that and it will flash a yellow "copied".

Come over here and use the regular reply box (not the quick reply), type in your text, hit enter to get a fresh line.  In the icons box above you will see on the lower left a box with scissors and two other icons, click on the right hand one and the URL will appear. Repeat for further pics.