Trumpeter Seawolf building thread

[boss subfixer]

The big boat is going

The big boat is going to be the USS Icefish, a Balao class Fleetboat. It's a Scale shipyard hull, very nice but very basic.
Steve I showed your video of your seawolf to the chief and he was very impressed, I'm working on him.
Take care
BSF

[anonymous]

Well tell the chief I'm

Well tell the chief I'm honered. People who have served on these boats are my hero's.

I only wish that when my dad was at Mare I could have gone aboard the 598 when it was there. I've never been on a real sub and would love to some day.

Steve

[bigdave]

Hi Don,
I also

Hi Don,
I also have a 1/48 Balao Fleet Boat, and quess what! It is the Icefish! It has not seen the water in years. The old WTC needs replacing. I carved the deck out of a $80 chunk of Teak. It took about a month of work to do. Looks good, but Teak was a bad choice. The oils in the wood make it hard to paint. I will have to put up some photos for you sometime. Dave.

[boss subfixer]

Steve,
I'll pass your message on

Steve,
I'll pass your message on to the Chief, submariners are a rare breed of people. They purposely put themselves in dangerous situations to help safe guard our most precious possesion; Our Freedom! As much as I respect anyone who served honorably in the military I can't help but hold these guys in high reguard.
Dave, anything you can provide would be appreciated,pictures, links to sites or advise. How did you come to decide on the Icefish?

[bigdave]

I wanted a Balao class

I wanted a Balao class sub that had a full length teak deck(Not many) And was built with the electric boat prints. The Icefish was the only one I could find that looked like this was the case. I could be wrong!! I will try to get some info together for you. Dave.

[boss subfixer]

Thanks Dave. I too was

Thanks Dave. I too was looking to do an electric boat hull, after all I do work for them. I have the floating drydock plan book as well as many others. I have a set of drydock plans from the Cobia in Wisconsin for the hull details. I found the Icefish home page and have a few pictures from there and I plan on going to the sub museum here in groton the first chance I get and see what they have on file for her. Just so you don't double your efforts. I need to order the back issue of the SCR that talked about how to build fleetboat decks, #15 I believe.

[anonymous]

Here's some new under water

Here's some new under water pictures I took today on another great run of the boat.

Steve

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