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USS Cobia, 1/72 Scale
Gunny
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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 10:08 PM UTC
MSW Crew-mate John Bardwell (johnb593) shares his build (and first MSW submission) of the Gato class submarine, USS Cobia, in this MSW "Build Story"!

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Thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 11:00 PM UTC
Nice build, looks really good, thanks for posting.

I can relate to the problem of doing a speciffic boat, theres a lot of pitfals as to how a single boat looked at a given time.

Too bad that Revell didn“t put a little more efford into molding the sides of the casing - it lacks a lot of details.

Congrats on a nice build.
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Posted: Friday, September 05, 2008 - 02:29 AM UTC
Excellent build on the Cobia John. Nice and clean, I had a chance to visit the memorial and it is worth the time.
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Posted: Friday, September 05, 2008 - 04:21 AM UTC
Congrats on the Cobia, John!
Apart all the effort you had in reproducing the Cobia, which you managed well, the inclusion of the crew adds scale effect and a nice touch too!
For my taste it lacks only a "little rusting here and there"

Rui
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Posted: Friday, September 05, 2008 - 10:46 AM UTC
Nice job! Really clean build!
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Posted: Saturday, September 06, 2008 - 02:38 AM UTC
clean crisp build, thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Saturday, September 06, 2008 - 12:59 PM UTC
John,
Great project my friend.I hope to see more of your work posted here in the future.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 09:46 AM UTC
Very nice work John.

Kenny
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2008 - 12:23 AM UTC
John, nice work, and I agree, adding the crew is an extra dimension. Good logic on choosing a boat, too. Nice work, enjoy her finished!
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2008 - 05:46 AM UTC
Thanks Jan. It was an enjoyable build. Sure wish someone would come out with a conversion for another boat (Flasher, Tang, Spadefish, etc.)
John
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