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06-14-22, 11:17 AM | #1 |
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Trumpeter 1/144 Gato Class
This is my Gato Class sub from Trumpeter. I added some PE detailing from a set I found online - it was a while ago so I can't remember the source. The barrel of the rear AA gun has been broken in our recent house move so a little repair work is needed once my modelling room is set up.
I have a much larger sub in my stash - a 3-foot model of the SSRN Seaview from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Waiting to get the lighting kit before I start on it.
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06-14-22, 11:45 AM | #2 |
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A real beauty, you have done a great job.
Markus
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06-14-22, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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Thanks. It was a fun build too. I would love to do the 1/72 version, but I have nowhere to put it!
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06-14-22, 12:26 PM | #4 |
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Dang! That looks good.
Tell me about the limber holes, were the predrilled, or did you drill them out/paint them? I have one model so far I attempted to paint the holes black and it was not as uniform as I would prefer.
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06-14-22, 12:32 PM | #5 |
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The limber holes were pre-drilled. You can buy stick-on patches as part of the detailing kit to depict the closed vents on the top of the ballast tanks. If I remember correctly they also provided masks for marking out the flood vents along the bottom of the tanks, but I didn't do that.
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06-14-22, 12:35 PM | #6 | |
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https://www.emodels.co.uk/trumpeter-...wii-06801.html This model is on my want-to-do-list. There's something else I'm saving money for the moment Markus
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06-14-22, 01:11 PM | #8 | |
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On my want-to-build-list is (number 1 is not a model it's a steering wheel with pedals) 2. Trumpeters Titanic 1/200 3. Avro Lancaster 1/32 4. Abram MBT 1/16 5. Pontiac Firebird Trans AM 1/8 (Revell) 6. This submarine in scale 1/48. 7. An Agora Car model 1/8. Forgot something important. I hope that you will post picture of your building process when you start on your Seaview model. Markus
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So I have 210X95 cm on which I can build models. On the wall above this dinning table I will put up shelfs to my tools and paint. Markus
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06-14-22, 03:42 PM | #11 |
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Yes, I'm very interested in seeing how you manage the electrical portion.
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06-14-22, 04:10 PM | #12 |
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So am I, lol.
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06-14-22, 04:27 PM | #13 |
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You learn by doing and mistake will be made, from these mistake you will learn a lot.
The Titanic model I want to build is with lightning-Never been working with a model where there's LED's with it. I have to learn during my build and I will make mistake-Not that I hope it will. But my experience tells me otherwise Markus
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06-16-22, 08:49 AM | #15 |
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Yes, that's a good channel, I have watched several of his videos.
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