Monday, May 26, 2008

1/72 Permit class build

Recently I received a 1/72 Permit kit from Joel Stadnick at HMK (my write-up of the kit contents is in the latest SCR). Since then I've basically been tinkering with the parts, trimming flash, and fitting things together.

This weekend I got to put in some shop time. Having been down this road before with a ThorDesign Permit I plowed through a z-cut, the indexing lips, MBT floods, installing and truing up the sail, and mounting the bearings for the stern appendages. The stern planes are not installed permanently quite yet -- I'm still fine tuning the fit. Overall it was a pretty eventful weekend.




Been also doing research on the class to decide which boat to build. Along the way I was fortunate enough to strike up a conversation with a former CO of USS Guardfish (SSN-612). As a result I've settled on depicting his boat as it was in the summer of '72 when she famously trailed an Echo II from Russia to Viet Nam.

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About Me

The first movie I saw in a theater was Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1971 re-release). The first grown-up book I read was "War Fish" by George Grider. Built hundreds of plastic kits growing up. Saw an article on The SubCommittee in the mid 90's and joined. Began first foray into radio controlled subs in 1998.

Current Projects

1/32 scale Disney Nautilus (Custom Replicas kit).
1/96 scale USS Helena (SSN-725) (ThorDesign kit).
1/72 scale USS Permit-class (HMK kit)

Completed Boats

1/96 scale Permit-class modeled as USS Thresher (SSN-593).
1/96 scale Los Angeles-class modeled as USS Jefferson City (SSN-759).

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