Ok...so my Revell 1/72 GATO sub showed up today and I was finally able to compare it side by side with my 1/72 U-boat kits...
U-boat...small boat. GATO...BIG boat. I've been aboard U-505 and know how tight a U-boat is, but I've never seen a GATO in the steel...man,..big boat...
...got my tripod back and was getting ready to shoot pix of my U-boat progress...and it looks like my bass player still has the shoe for my tripod attached to the bottom of his video camera. DRAT...