USS Growler
Me and the Growler, New York 2023
About to "unbox"
Sprue washing
Regulus 1 assembly begins
Colour matching
First bit of main assembly. Contrary to instructions I plan to have one of the silo doors open, bit of scratch build for the pistons, so need to do a decent job painting inside.
Hull assembly
One of the areas I'm happiest with - think I did a half decent job on the stern gear.
Silo door open, didn't work as well as I hoped but there's some internal detail just about visible.
The star of the show from my point of view: the Regulus 1 missile.
All done - plastic was very easy to snap and the overall fit was ropey, but got it vaguely together in the end!
USS Growler steaming into the sunset... well, my display cabinet upstairs, to join my vast submarine fleet comprising HMS Torbay and four tiny 1:700 waterline U-boats.
That missile design just screams 1950s - could imagine Chuck Yeager flying it!
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7 4 June, 21:23
TreehuggerI thought this sub was based on the Nautilus submarine class, but apparently this is a separate class, obviusly looking a little different on top at least. Hm, I thought maybe USS Nautilus was a class on its own with other subs, but maybe it was just unique?
Tip: If you buy those Trumpeter chisel tools, you can "easily" re-shape the chisels, to be come thinner, and fit into the many cavities on a sub kit. I had to tediously use inappropriate metal files to thin the width of one of my chisels, and wish I had a machine tool for re-shaping the chisels which would have been so much easier, and more precise.
Btw, the Mikro-Mir Nautilus kit comes with a photo etch deck.
5 June, 06:02
Russ Haines@Treehugger - Nautilus as in SSN-571, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571) ? She was nuclear powered and conventionally armed, whereas Growler was diesel electric powered but nuclear armed. Not sure how much commonality there was between the two despite coming from the same era.
I'll have a look for the chisels - this plastic is very brittle though, I'm getting wary of doing too much work on it as little bits have snapped already - e.g. there's a nick in the wing tip of the Regulus 1 already 🙁
5 June, 17:19
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Grayback class conventionally powered but nuclear armed submarine.
