Test Shots of 1/72 scale Gato - First detailed look

[tom dougherty]

[color=#000000]Are posted over on the SteelNavy site;
Steel Navy board
Look under Gato posts by James at Nautilus Models.

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[JWLaRue]

Doesn't look like there is

Doesn't look like there is *any* deck detail and that conning tower is really plain looking too.....

The hull looks nice though....

-Jeff

[bigdave]

I don't think it has

I don't think it has been completed yet. I could not get the first photo to open either. BD.

[gerryo]

Are you sure that this

Are you sure that this is not the Trumpeter mid war Gato? I thought that Revell was modeling another boat.

[bigdave]

Check out the new photos

Check out the new photos on the Revell-DE web site.
http://www.revell.de/en....s_05047

Very nice!!!! BD.

[JWLaRue]

If these are two out-of-the-box

If these are two out-of-the-box builds, then I think that they're two different models...?

-Jeff

[anonymous]

That can't be the Trumpeter.

That can't be the Trumpeter. I have one and the deck detail and tower look very good and detailed. That looks like some sort of mock ABS tower and deck.

I hope it looks better than that.

The pictures that BD posted look more promising.

Steve

[casey thrower]

I don't think it has

I don't think it has been completed yet. I could not get the first photo to open either. BD.

Can you email me at w4crt@bellsouth.net? The pm and email doesn't work here.

[sam reichart]

Doesn't look like there is

Doesn't look like there is *any* deck detail and that conning tower is really plain looking too.....

The hull looks nice though....

-Jeff

I'm glad you said it Jeff. I think the tower looks like crap.

[sam reichart]

Check out the new photos

Check out the new photos on the Revell-DE web site.
http://www.revell.de/en....s_05047

Very nice!!!! BD.

now that's more like it....

[PaulC]

Sam,

I agree. The Revell.de images

Sam,

I agree. The Revell.de images do look sweet!

[JWLaRue]

...now this looks like something

...now this looks like something more along the lines of what we've been hoping to see in the Revell Gato!

Gato - unbuilt

-Jeff

[stark]

Very Nice Model, The photo

Very Nice Model, The photo of the submarine is The USS BOWFIN SS 287 at Peral Harbor!

I have been on that boat, and she is a BALO boat.

Just a wrong photo I am sure, I really don't care what sub they build, as long as I get ONE!

Brian

[seadog]

Has anyone heard what the

[color=#000000]Has anyone heard what the release date is.
Ive heard anywhere from Nov.4th up to juist before Christmas. ]

[jeffrey j]

Come on November, come on......

Come on November, come on...... Jeff JOnes