USS Sea Monkey

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This is the old Revell Lionfish kit. I built it a few years ago.


I’ve been calling this submarine the USS Sea Monkey because I haven’t been able to find any photos of a WWII Gato class sub with the same paint job. I picked a fish name that wasn’t used (I think). I hope it’s not disrespectful to the vets because it isn’t meant to be.


I extended the black deck paint down to the hull for 2 reasons. First off, I didn’t want to paint or drill out all those flow-through holes. Second is because I like it this way but I do wonder if I ought to hit it with dull coat. The only WWII sub I’ve seen is the Pampanito in San Francisco and the black deck paint was pretty shiny.

1 sub bow 5789.JPG

2 sub side 5755.JPG

3 sub conning left 5743.JPG

4 sub conning rear 5719.JPG

5 sub conning right 5771.JPG

6 sub rear 5828.JPG
 

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I do like a u-boat model,and real must one day do one, :/


very nice Nail,well done, :D
 
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