ElissaMar 20

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.

Show threadErin
@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.
Mar 20 at 1:02amPhanpy
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.