jsimmons Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Finished after 32 hours of work over a 3-month period. Edited June 10, 2011 by jsimmons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOSWELL891 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Wow outstanding totally worth the long period of time building it. I can see why it's 1/72 scale because if it was 1/24 scale that thing would be huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra7c7er Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Really cool looking. I have never built a ship but they intrigue me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 That looks spot on. Can we have more pics please?? How was thet kit? I really want to build that and the U boat and go all out with some AM sets. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Wow outstanding totally worth the long period of time building it. I can see why it's 1/72 scale because if it was 1/24 scale that thing would be huge. Put it this way, a real Gato is just over 311 ft in length, so in 1/24 scale it would be roughly 13 feet long, 12.958 ft to be precise. Ain't no *&^%$#@ way my wife would let me build that. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsimmons Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 That looks spot on. Can we have more pics please?? How was that kit? I really want to build that and the U boat and go all out with some AM sets. G If you click the word "Finished" in my original message, it goes to the build log for the kit. Lots of pics there. The kit is great. No real flash to speak of. Be careful putting the hull together (make sure the top of it is even). The kit I built was missing one of the hull alignment pegs, but I made one out of part of the sprue. I used beading wire for the stanchions and antenna wire instead of the thread that came with the model. It's a nice kit if you have room to display it (over 4-feet long) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsimmons Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 Put it this way, a real Gato is just over 311 ft in length, so in 1/24 scale it would be roughly 13 feet long, 12.958 ft to be precise. Ain't no *&^%$#@ way my wife would let me build that. G Mine wouldn't mind me building it, but she'd have a real probably with me keeping it. I priced out some custom display cases - and they exceeded $500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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