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There are no drawings online, that I know of. I have used available internet photos and the one profile I found, as reference. The profile seems to be in the ball park, but the sail looks a bit small to me. I will eventually attempt to cast the hull in resin. Any critiques and advice welcome

Great to see such a project, can't really rememeber seeing something similar here.
I've attempted something similar for a Victor class SSN, but never quite finished that project. One advice that I can give you from that experience is that you have to brace those frames well. Depending on what you will use to fill up the voids. I filled the voids with insulation foam (the hard board type) and then put a layer of milliput over that.
The negative effect however was only discovered later on. When sanding the frames started moving back and forth, since the foam didn't seem to give enough support. The milliput layer started cracking along the frame lines. Those frames don't have much to hold on to and being plastic they are slightly flexible. I guess you could do this, but be sure to brace those frames firmly put some straight angled pieces against them or put a horizontal piece of frame between them, would be a shame to see the cracking on your interesting and rare project!

Keep it coming, looking forward to this one

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Hi Subnut,

I really want to encourage you, this is a good way to go. I made two Dutch subs in a very similar way. The only addition I have is that I used a piece of suitable plastic tube for the center section, to make sure I had the diameter exactly right. But the front and back curved parts I did exactly as you, using epoxy filler to get the shape right.

Another note: I made the conning tower (sail) and all rudders separate, as not to complicate the casting. Both 1/350 subs are now avaialable as kits.

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"I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing, and the taste of war I know so very well
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising, their guns on fire as we sail into hell"
Roger Whittaker +9/13/2023

We never heard anything from SUBNUT, but his plea for a HMS Conqueror model in 1:350 has been heard (seven years later)
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mikromir-350-044-hms-conqueror--1409702

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"I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing, and the taste of war I know so very well
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising, their guns on fire as we sail into hell"
Roger Whittaker +9/13/2023