Re: 1/72 scale U-Boat...

it does look good. maybe it's time to roll the dreaded penny stash. let's see, two cents each for the wheat pennies....

Not a ship guy either, but after the 1/72nd scale S-Boote last year, I had to give the U-Boat a try. The U-boat is going together easier than the S-Boote. Now I need someone to put out an American WWII Fleet Boat

Oxmoron1 MFE

mia gato?

Combat Models may have one in their line. I'm not sure, though. Kim M

Now, if someone would do the USS Merrimac anc CSS Virginia in 1/72.....Kim M

that would cause me to learn how to model water.

Maybe sooner than you think... Combat Models is defunct, as the owner John Ruck passed away. Tom Dougherty ( snipped-for-privacy@aol.com)

However, Roberts Models bought the molds and is reissuing them under the Combat Models label. I don't know if the ship range is being released, though. Kim m

how would that sad event get a gato out there?

Kim

There are 1/72 kits, vacuform IIRC. As I don't do 19th Century stuff I don't remember who, though.

Tom

Kim

I remember seeing the landing craft at an IPMS meeting years ago.

A shoe box would have made a better starting point.

Tom

Try this:

Make room in the garage.

Attach four wheels and a windshield to the box.

Tell the wife it's a new car.

Tom

Two separate points: One a Gato is underway and two, John Rucks passed on. Tom Dougherty ( snipped-for-privacy@aol.com)

i see. thank you.

Are you serious? That is very cool! The last time I built a model submarine I was in jr. high, but I've been meaning to build the USS Harder ever since I read _The Destroyer Killer_ years ago.

Kim wrote in reply to:

Kim, You said the "C" word! I'll 100% scratchbuild befire I ever by another Combat so called kit. Combat kits don'y even qualify as vacuforms compared to the other people in that market.

Rick

For the past few years I have wanted to buy a boat despite very serious misgivings from the missus. Nothing huge, just a nice 18-20 footer, inboard-outboard engine, good runabout and skiboat. Here's the plan (inspired by the car suggestion):

I purchase the U-boat, and then go home one night and say "honey, guess what? I bought a BOAT!!!". She'll undoubtedly go supercritical in nanoseconds flat, but then I can say "...not a "boat", a model kit of a submarine". She'll be so relieved that my "boat" isn't being towed behind the pickup truck that she'll probably let me park the U-boat kit on the dining room table for weeks (so that I can inspect the parts/instructions/decals)!

Okay, I'll bite. What are the details? ....about the sub not John Rucks.

Isn't the Dumas Monitor/Merrimac duo something close to that? Of coure, their accuracy may leave something to be deiserd, but they do exist :)

Yes, the Dumas models are in 1/72 scale.