Dragon's Ohio Class SSGN (or SSBN) in 1:350 scale
- Schaal:
- 1:350
- Status:
- Lopend project
- Begonnen:
- January 13, 2021
It is imo an ok kit, but I thought some years ago when I first started building this kit, that Dragon was very good kits, this kit imo is sort of average. Good detailing, but uneven quality.
I wasn't aware of the SSGN (guided missiles) designation, but I will build it as a SSBN (ballistic missles).
I changed the nameplate, by removing the SSGN and USS from it.
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Very happy with this result. Oh, I heh got carried away with the decals and forgot I was supposed to add oils, so I have...
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2 13 January 2021, 12:10
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Ooh, I have some unfinished business to attend to but I am distracted by gaming atm. I have several submarines that shouldn't take too much time to finish. I don't regret buying this kit, but I thought the quality would be better.
I have so far added some styrene detailing around the insides of the platform for the launch tube hatches. I thought I could fill in the dubious grooves on the hull, but I think I will leave it as is, as the fix isn't trivial. One would think that a submarine hull would be all flush, but this one has lots of "rings" looking like large panel lines all over the sides, as if the hull was a number of cylinders linked together.
The replacement part in the box for converting this from SSBN to SSGN (guided missiles) isn't good, so I went with the SSGN setup which was what I wanted all along. I will remove the SSGN from the plastic nameplate.
I had to scratchbuild a stand of sorts for the upper part so that the large part would lie nicely on top of the submarine hull, this top piece is a large separate part (all along the lauch tube hatches on top), and if you aren't careful, you risk gluing the top part to the hull in such a way that you no longer have this drainage slit on the sides.
13 January 2021, 12:19