HMAS Buccaneer - A submarine

[Old Wombat]

Glossed this earlier today & did some pin washing tonight.

Tossing up whether to weather it like this:



Or like this:



But I'm trending more towards this:

[Rick Lowe]

Yikes! What happened to the poor girl in photo 2? Or do they all look like that at the end of a deployment?

Or is that a former Soviet-era unit finally putting out to sea?

[Wardukw]

Ya almost get the impression that pic 2 has been recovered from the bottom and that huge panel on the side looks like a repair patch .

[Captain Canada]

Very cool. love the idea of this kind of boat ! And the thing looks absolutely amazing. I'd like to see it all weathered and beat up.

[Rick Lowe]

Ya almost get the impression that pic 2 has been recovered from the bottom and that huge panel on the side looks like a repair patch .

Can't be the Kursk, they lopped off the entire bow... Haven't heard of any others lost, but then would we?

[Old Wombat]

As it's a RN Astute-class I doubt she's been recovered from anywhere, but she's not the first Astute I've seen that looks like that after a long patrol/deployment.

I've gone for a clean look somewhere between image 1 & image 3.

[Rick Lowe]

Ah, fair enough then.

Is that a common look for the end of a patrol? Or do they need better quality control for the coatings? Or with all the temperature changes and salt water, would anything stand up long term?

[kerick]

Just speaking for myself, I wouldn't cover up much of that clever paint job. 

[Rick Lowe]

Just speaking for myself, I wouldn't cover up much of that clever paint job. 

Agree! Call it just out of launching / refit and off on the shakedown cruise.

[zenrat]

You will of course be building a beaching trolley like in pic 3.   

[scooter]

You will of course be building a beaching trolley like in pic 3.   

Scale-o-rama an M1000 HET trailer

[Old Wombat]

You will of course be building a beaching trolley like in pic 3. 

Scale-o-rama an M1000 HET trailer

Ahm ... No.

Sorry but I want to;

a) Finish the build by the 14th, &
b) Retain what little sanity I have left.

A simple stand will suffice.

[kerick]

Amen to that!

[Rick Lowe]

Amen to that!

Yeah - pick your battles ( I Know This Now...)

[Vulcan7]

If you can finish this you will definitely get my vote (for what it's worth  )