Elissa

Also, over the last two months I began assembling and painting a collection of 1:350 scale submarines. Still got more to go. Pleasant how many 350 scale boats you can get these days, and quite cheaply, even for plastic mould rather than small run resin stuff.

Been a nice thing to do a few times a day during self-imposed screen-breaks.

Got a Flight 1 Los Angeles (USS Dallas) with the DSRV Mystic, Kilo-class, Romeo-class, Gato-class and Type VIIC.

Yet to assemble: Type XXI eletroboot.

More I want to buy: Type 212, Akula, Alfa, Han-class. Maybe some British and French boats too. Have yet to find the two I really want: Oberon-class and Foxtrot-class.

And... may not do a Typhoon, Ohio or Oscar, not for lack of interest but because my display cabinet won't fit them - the bastards are too big.

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Show threadElissaMar 20

The fun thing about having boats from WW2 to late 20th century is seeing the progression - of size, shape, paint schemes, etc. You can see which boats were designed to primarily operate on the surface VS submerged by the liveries - grey for surface-focused boats, black and hull red for boats that spend most or all of their time submerged.

The evolution of the hull forms is fascinating, too.

Show threadStilgherrianMar 20
@vampiress This is lovely stuff. :)
Show threadElissaMar 20
@stilgherrian Figured you might appreciate it. Amusing thing: the most prolific model kit producers these days are Chinese. Cheapest too, good quality. But they MOSTLY focus on Asian-operated submarines and ships. Fortunately for me, who cares mostly about cold war soviet and american stuff, a LOT of the boats they operated were Soviet-made. So things like the Kilo and the Romeo were easy to buy the Chinese variants of and make the minor changes needed.
Show threadStilgherrianMar 20
@vampiress You also need a bigger display cabinet. ;)
Show threadErinMar 20
@vampiress I've never seen a Gato and an LA boat side by side before. I had no idea the Gato was that big. Wow.
Show threadElissaMar 20
@ChateauErin Yeah, I objectively knew its length but seeing it really drove home why the Gatos were 'fleet' boats, seeing how big they are compared to the u-boats, specifically.
Show threadElissaMar 20
@ChateauErin I used to collect nuke boats in 1:700 and ww2 in 1:144. Doing both in 1:350 is more eye-opening, I think. A decent compromise.
Show threadErinMar 20
@vampiress yeah your greebles on the Type VII are pretty impressive imo. I don't remember enough about US WW2 boats to know if the Gato is missing some detail or if it was just a cleaner boat.
Show threadElissaMar 20
@ChateauErin Thanks. On the small boats, the Chinese company that makes these does the greeblies in very thin metal - copper or something. You have to cut them loose and BEND them into shape. A fucking nightmare. The VII was by far the hardest to do for that reason.
Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 20
@vampiress ok, these are *lovely*. What a cool hobby man
Show threadVirtualWolfMar 20
@vampiress Love these! It takes me back to my childhood when I'd watch my dad assemble and paint his miniatures. :) I don't remember him having submarines, but he had a bunch of planes and ships.