1/350 AFVClub I-27 Finished

fermis

All done!

 

I'll get pics posted tomorrow...until then...

 

 

 

As promised....here's all the glory shots...

and...for a size reference...

Really nice work...

Nice!  Could you put a penny next to it for a sense of scale?  

Maybe now you'll dust that Destroyer WiP off...

Bravo.

Hello!

It's a beauty of a build, congratulations!

Did they store the aircraft somehow for diving? I know the Japanese had some subs with hangars but this one doesn't look like one of them...

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

Super fine build! I am dumbfounded as to how well you finished the model and how realistic you've made it look - for any scale - but for 1/350 .....

Your aircraft is done very well too. My hat's off to you for all the creative work and persistance.

I rike this berry, berry much...

Beautiful work. Love it.

Thank a bunch guys!

It took a little while to get into this one...once I did though...I loved it!

Pawel

Did they store the aircraft somehow for diving? I know the Japanese had some subs with hangars but this one doesn't look like one of them... 

I can only assume so. There is a "tube" on the front end of the tower. If things are scaled properly, I imagine there would be some assembly required, to get the plane ready to go. Even with the tail and wings folded...the floats are too wide. My only knowledge on the subject is...this sub can go under water...launch a midget sub...and launch a plane.

Hello!

Thanks for the info, Fermis! Assemblying an aircraft at sea must have been really something! And that additional opening probaly affected the maximum dive depth. That would kinda explain why we didn't see that many aircraft-launching subs in history!

Have a nice day

Paweł

fermis

Thank a bunch guys!

It took a little while to get into this one...once I did though...I loved it!

 

 

 

Pawel

Did they store the aircraft somehow for diving? I know the Japanese had some subs with hangars but this one doesn't look like one of them... 

 

 

 

I can only assume so. There is a "tube" on the front end of the tower. If things are scaled properly, I imagine there would be some assembly required, to get the plane ready to go. Even with the tail and wings folded...the floats are too wide. My only knowledge on the subject is...this sub can go under water...launch a midget sub...and launch a plane.

 

Pawel

Did they store the aircraft somehow for diving? I know the Japanese had some subs with hangars but this one doesn't look like one of them...

Been a zillion years since I studied any of this.

But, IIRC, for this class, the long tube forwards of the conning tower either clamshelled or hinged open.  Wings & stabs all came loose, and went in compartmentsalongside the tube structure.  Also spaces for floats, too.  They rigged a jib derreck and lowered the fuselage in last.  After which, the compoartent was closed again.

Test depths in WWII were only to about 100m, which simplified things.  Additionally, the hanger space was separate from the crewed pressure hull, so it could potentially flood with only damage to the a/c, and not the whole sub.

The set-up tie to get flying a/c off a sub limited the utility of submerseible carriers.

Doctrinally, the scout plane was essential to find targets "worthy" of setting the midget sub upon.  Practically, the scout plane was not used in that way.  Surprise was felt to be tactically superior in practice.