Tom Dougherty wrote:Let me say this one more time, with emphasis: There are no panel lines on submarines! Panel lines as seen on, e.g. aircraft models, would not be present on a submarine hull. When hull sections are welded together the welds are built up in successive sections and then the weld bead ground down flush to the hull. On US Subs, the weld bead must be ground to within 1/16th of an inch of the hull.I've heard that the Alanger kit while shape wise to be very very good, it messed up in other areas.
For example, hardly any panels lines.
Torpedo tubes should be represented as scribed lines, as should be access hatches, free flooding storage areas, and ballast tank flood ports. I'm not sure if the tiles could be represented accurately at 1/350 scale.
Yeah I know there shouldn't be but let's face; without something in this scale even the best build jobs have a very hard time not looking like a toy. And more to the point, the Alanger kit is missing piles of lines that SHOULD be there. Not what I would call a minor flaw.
Also just measured my Alanger kit (fergot I still had one); comes out to 20.25", so certainly too long by way too much if 19 5/8" is correct for 1/350.
And casting my vote for an accurate 1/350 plastic (or resin even) Typhoon class.
