_GOTOBOTTOM
General Ship Modeling
Discuss modeling techniques, experiences, and ship modeling in general.
Hosted by Jim Starkweather
NEWS
NEW IBS Balao Conversions
Gunny
Visit this Community
Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: July 13, 2004
KitMaker: 6,705 posts
Model Shipwrights: 4,704 posts
Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 09:42 PM UTC
Ahoy Mates!

Check out these NEW and quite interesting Balao Sub conversions from Iron Bottom Sound!

Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
~Gunny
gator
Vendor
GATOR'S PAINT MASKS
#027
Visit this Community
Louisiana, United States
Joined: April 13, 2005
KitMaker: 5,422 posts
Model Shipwrights: 5,079 posts
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 12:11 AM UTC

Quoted Text

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Ok, which one of these sails do we use to build the USS Sea Tiger?

Gator
Grumpyoldman
Staff Member_ADVISOR
KITMAKER NETWORK
Visit this Community
Florida, United States
Joined: October 17, 2003
KitMaker: 15,338 posts
Model Shipwrights: 981 posts
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 12:21 AM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Ok, which one of these sails do we use to build the USS Sea Tiger?

Gator


The pink one of course.
gator
Vendor
GATOR'S PAINT MASKS
#027
Visit this Community
Louisiana, United States
Joined: April 13, 2005
KitMaker: 5,422 posts
Model Shipwrights: 5,079 posts
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 12:24 AM UTC


That made my day Dave!

Gator
Grumpyoldman
Staff Member_ADVISOR
KITMAKER NETWORK
Visit this Community
Florida, United States
Joined: October 17, 2003
KitMaker: 15,338 posts
Model Shipwrights: 981 posts
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 11:07 AM UTC
Just to give you a hand:
The Sea Tiger in the movie was portrayed by three different American WWII era submarines:

Queenfish (SS-393), in the opening and closing scenes (circa 1959), in which the "393" on the conning tower is visible,
Archerfish (SS-311), for all the WWII scenes where the boat was painted the standard gray and black,
Balao (SS-285), for all the scenes in which Sea Tiger was painted pink.

from Wikipedia.
 _GOTOTOP