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PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2021 12:40 pm 
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That would be excellent. I'm actually working on 2 Barbero's. 1/350 and 1/72 rc.


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PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:33 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2021 6:41 pm 
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Ordered the 1941 AFV Gato. Much less deck fixing to do, and it looks like hull-wise all I should need to add besides the flood vents and exhausts will be the steps added above the limber holes.


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PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2021 8:39 am 
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I just PM'ed you. I have the Balao Deck plans reproduced as high resolution digital files.

Deck on the 1941 kit looks to be just as wrong as the later model. Postwar safety railing and wrong emergency marker buoy. Two of the hatches are wrong.
I would bet that both were based on the AFV master model makers looking at museum submarines, and being unaware of the postwar modifications made in the late 1940's, early 1950's. Contemporary WW II photos would have cleared that up for them. The Floating Dry-dock plan book for Gato & Baloa submarines also has the correct deck outfitting.

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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:08 pm 
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Yeah, definitely still wrong, but easier to fix, wince I won't have to rescribe all the steel deck into planking. Judging from the overhead image of Barbero, her deck matches the Icefish layout on the plans you provided.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:11 pm 
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41 Gato is definitely a better starting point.
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