HMCS Coho, Canada's Secret Nuclear submarine fleet

[Alvis 3.14159]

Developed in great secrecy in the 1980s, the Coho Class of submarines were a revolutionary design in submarines. Designed to mimic the acoustical, sonar and visual look of a really really large salmon, the Coho class only saw action in one conflict, the 1990s Salmon War with Alaska. Deployed to interfere with the American fishing fleets, the Cohos would merely sail into the nets and drag the unsuspecting fishing boat down until it swamped. Any subs that were sighted were dismissed as drunken fishermen telling sea tales. The whole episode became so frustrating for the Alaskan based fishing fleets that they returned to the negotiation table and worked out the North Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada. Not bad work for never having to fire a shot, eh?

Unfortunately, two years later, a Korean drift netter entangled HMCS Chinook, and videotaped it surfacing. The cat was out of the bag...reparations are still being paid by the Canadian Government to angry Alaskans.





Rec deck and torpedo room


Command deck, bunks


Communications, XO cabin


Closeup of the Command Deck


Illuminated Rec Deck. Note the vending machine...


Command Deck illuminated


Reactor under full power


I used the Skilcraft "Visible Trout" for this model. I "gutted it" and built a 1/72 interior. Sub crew came from various 1/72 scale soldier figures, many from the Airfix Luftwaffe ground crew set. I did raid a bit of stuff from a Revell U boat kit, but the vast majority was scratchbuilt. This was the second one of these I built, so i decided to light this one...I'm pretty awful with electricity, so it wasn't much fun. I also discovered that plastic fibre optics shatter when you usee Zap-A-Gap on them...something I didn't discover until I powered up a mostly completed model...only to have to rip out most of the upper deck to replace it all. I used epoxy glue the second time...no trouble then. Other lights were LEDs.

And then I gave it away! I almost never keep my best work for some weird reason.

Alvis Pi

[James]

 

Brilliant! 

[Weaver]

WHOA! 

That is exceptionally brilliant and nutty: the perfect combination!

I love all the little details.......

[philp]

I just love all the details.

Can't wait to see what insanity you are working on now.

[PR19_Kit]

OUTSTANDING!

Exceptional thinking and modelling, and the backstory is totally brilliant too, had me laughing like crazy. 

[Kerrillc]

I'm with you on that Kit, I've been sitting here with a really big wicked grin on my face! That is really surreal, I mean its like a plot line out of the Avengers (remember Patrick Macnee as the suave John Steed and Diana Rigg as the luscious Emma Peel).

MY EDIT: I think this should be nominated for the Most Unusual Vessel or the Back story Most Like An Avenger Plot, what do does everyone else think?



Kerrill

[sandiego89]

Genius! Great job!

[beowulf]

thats brilliant..........one of the best things ive seen for ages and ages 

[Scooterman]

Really?    A fecking Salmon Sub?    YGBSM!!!!!
YOU SIR, ROCK! 

[buzzbomb]

Well I am a stunned mullet.. this is just fantastic

[PR19_Kit]

... and so good he built it TWICE! 

[anthonyp]

Where's the "I'M NOT WORTHY" bowing emoticon?

Awesom, Al!!!  I really like the CO's quarters above and behind the "Caribou (?) Reactor Systems Inc" glowy reactor   

[Scooterman]

Where's the "I'M NOT WORTHY" bowing emoticon?

[Alvis 3.14159]

Actually, it's a Candu reactor...the print resolution is pretty crappy, taken back long agp with a pooorer quality camera, through curvy thick "clear" plastic as well.

here's a couple more pics with "better" detail.





Alvis pi

[Cobra]

Great Work,  Alvis Why do i get the Feeling You Watched some Episodes of Stingray? Talk about 'Terror Fish' Keep up the Great Work :cheers:Dan