1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

[salmon]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

That looks like it will come out nice!

[jefftytoo]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Breathtaking, I'd say. Sure wish I had the skill to go in that direction with my own boat.

JeffP

[ober freak]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Sure wish I had the skill to go in that direction with my own boat.

Which "skill"? This is my first injection molded kit since years, the last was a 350th Missouri with RC conversion in 2006 i think. In the mean time where card models only.

The main "skill" for the planking you need is time!
The first plank was glued with an ruler taped to the deck for alignment an cured over night.
The following planks where attached with a spacing jig (small .010 strips on a .080x.080 stripe interfering with the deck spacing) and the said ruler to get them straight as possible.
Need aprox. 15 min per plank.

[jefftytoo]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Sure sounds like skill to me. And Extreme Patience!

JeffP

[Ralph --- SSBN 598]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Sounds like one of those projects that you do two pieces per day.
One on each side of the already finished pieces.
Keep at it until all is completed.

Yep....takes skill and patience.
I seem to have both but not at the same time or even the same week.

[ober freak]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Not really that slow Ralph, it's more in the eh 2 or 3 piece per hour range.

And after a vacation and some other projects, a "little" update on my planking excursion.


Are there any news of the other yards?

so far, Marco

[jefftytoo]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Those planks are absolutely AMAZING. BZ, Mr. Ober!

USS Harder construction has been indefinitely suspended as the Porteous Yards have shut down, reconfigured, and are about to reopen as The Vulcania Ironworks]Nautilus[/i] will soon be back on the bench after a long delay and an inspiring meeting with build partners Will Oudmayer and Neil Schmidt. But not to worry, Harder will return to the ways as soon as possible, as she fully stole my heart long ago.

JeffP

[ssn705]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Been a while...any progress out there?

Need more inspiration!


Cheers,

Dave

[ober freak]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

I'm on a short stop, too, due to an other project that needed all the available time.
But I will continue soon.

Marco

[ober freak]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Ahoy guys,

Some inspiration for Dave:


I got the plates above the mufflers laser cut by a friend.



Today I finished the bow bulkhead ...



... and snapped it into the forward wtc section for some playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flauxZrJNjY&feature=youtu.be

And finally I soldered the rear plane axle.



So far from my yard.
Marco

[thor]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

I'd like to join the party if you fellas don't mind? I have a Gato kit that is just screaming to be finished. The excellent work you guys are doing here is quite inspirational. I am not very Fleetboat savvy so I'd like to ask for your help and input on my project. I plan on building SS-250 FLIER. Photos are really tough to find but I have a few good ones of her that will be enough to get me started. So if you don't mind me asking lots of questions, I'd like to get started.

[ober freak]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Hi Matt,

Welcome to the wolfpack. (Someone should start with some japanese targets )
A good choice with the Flier, as it was in the same flight with the Cobia there are no large modifications needed to the Kit. It was launched with a mod 3 sail and got a mod 4 sail in 45.
I didn't researched further into this configuration as my Gurnard had a way different one.

Marco

[steveneill]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Wayne Frey sent me this boat as a gift years ago and it runs so well to this very day. It came with a Subdriver but I replaced all the seals with BigDave's and added his RCABS system and blew off the gas. Works great.

Thanks Wayne so much for this boat! It was partly built when I got it. The hull was together and the drains cut. I did the rest straight out of the box no mods or after market parts,

Steve

[salmon]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Thor, Yes! Please build it! Someday we will get a bunch of these running together!
Steve, maybe the next SubRonLA we can both run our subs!
Peace,
Tom

[steveneill]

Re: 1/72nd Revell Gato Wolfpack

Well yes we could. Must bring 66 inch Nautilus and R-10.