Sure, It'd love to see some Verne-Nautilus', Seaviews and such!

It'd be great if Moebius Models could get their "Fantastic Voyage" Proteus out in time for the campaign.

Excellent!
Then I am in.
This will be a great winter project I hope since I want to light it as well....

Just better finish my 1/350 CV-14 Tico by then.......

Regards
Jeff D

An example of one of the cool kind of pets you can have when in the submarine services.

LOL..nice pic Michael! I am guessing he had a bit too much to drink on shore leave!

Great Pic Michael,

He is a handsome chap.

No issues with Fictional subs, there are some interesting kits of that Genre.

Cheers.

Si

And the Walrus looks good as well

I hope neither came to harm.

I think I will cavitate into this campaign. The Indianapolis kit I am building for the Cruiser Campaign came with an I-58 and instead of letting it collect dust.

Im thinking of a little DIO meeting at sea, seaplane delivering the mail and maybe the location of one unescorted American heavy cruiser, dum dum dum.

- What Japenese 1/350 seaplane kits would you guys recommend/be fitting for the late war period?

Thanks in advance,
Bryan

Bryan,

After a quick check, I could find no current 1/350 kits available of the aircraft I was thinking of - the H6K 'Mavis' and H8K 'Emily' flying boats.

Hasegawa did make a 1/350 kit of the IJN Destroyer 'Yukikaze, 1940' that came with an H8K but I don't think it's currently offered by Hasegawa.

For diorama ideas, I'd recommend the Combined Fleet website that details the ships of the IJN. They have a submarine section that tracks the tabular movement of many of the patrols of IJN submarines.

And I still hope someday (within my model-building lifetime) someone will release another 1/72 IJN fleet Submarine kit!

Thanks Michael,

I had stumbled across the combined fleet website, it helped me to understand why the I-58 didnt have its own planes but more manned torpedoes (scary idea!) instead.

Combrig makes a H6K2 but it costs $54, thats out of my league.

I think Hasegawa makes a set of three little sea planes in 1/350 but like everything Hasegawa it is also very expensive.


Bryan

Bryan,

Hasegawa was my first thought of 1/350 aircraft but I could not find it for their current listings. The fact the offered an H8K with the Destroyer kit suggests the have molds in existence and maybe had done a release of it in the past that may be floating around at various retailers.

Either way, I look forward to your I-58 build here.

And your Frigate build has been fascinating to follow!

Howdy Y'all
I just signed up for this campaign. I'll build a 1/700 scale sub, possibly this Gato class model.

Take care,
Don "Lakota"