Ahoy Shipmates!!!

Armorama Associate Editor Ted Hayward [TED_HAYWARD] brings us another in-box review of AFV Club’s I-58 Japanese Sub w/Kaiten in 1/350 scale.

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I'm building this for the Torpedos campaign and I agree with the surprise in the level of detail.
I'm more accustomed to 1:48 and 1:35 kits and the parts in this kit are so tiny I pray not to tweezer lauch them because they are NOT coming back if they go.

I also don't see the point in the pressure hull. It will never be seen and doesn't really look like it will add structural support.

I do have one fit issue - where the upper and lower hull come together in the stern there's a gap of about 1/32" for the last 1/2" or so. And I'm afraid of squeezing harder for fear of snapping the delicate rudder.

The bow dive planes are delicate too. I assembled them "out" and the broke one off with very little pressure.

It's my first sub and first naval vessel in a long, long time.

I picked up the "aircraft carrier" version of this kit. It is a big boat that is for sure, but then all the IJN ships seem to be bigger than their counterparts with the exception of the Iowa class BB and Essex class AC