Ok folks,

I fussed with this long enough...so...here she is in pretty much her final form before the paint goes on and I add the armaments, last mast, dive planes and wires.
I primed her today and will lay the first coat of paint on her in a day or two.




I was upset that you can see the seam along the bow at this angle.....I tried






I opened the bridge and added a (what do you call it...a splash guard??) and a lookout's platform on the shears and removed the searchlight and made a new mount.


There she is, next time you see her she'll be painted, weathered, and ready for her sea trials.....provided I don't screw up the paint job.

Yo ho ho and a Saint Pauli's Girl!

Good show there Steve! She be looking good mate. That bow seam, I could'nt cover mine up completely either. its hard since it rises up to a ridge anyway. Cant wait to see her all painted up bud!

Yo Ho Ho and a black velvet and coke!

Garry

Yeah,

That ridge was a problem. I cold have sworn I slapped enough putty in there to even out the sides. I think I may have cut the bridge back too far as well. Then I did the unspeakable. I lost (and I've no idea how) the aft crew hatch. So, I made a half way presentable one from scratch. Maybe it'll get lost in the overall appearance of the boat and not stick out like a sore thumb.

Thanks for the kind words

Yo ho ho and a bottle of Pepto Bismal

Ahoy Steve!!

It looks very neat! That seem is really anoing!!!
I had a little trouble with it too!

But your Gato looks great!
Keep the good job mate!!

Skipper

Thanks Skip!

Do you think I cut the bridge back too far? There was a ton of things I could have done to it in the way of small little details...but my not so small fingers would have had a hard time. I think my bridge lights are too big as well. It was an after thought...after I found a photo, but I wish I could have built a (correct term?) bridge helm. Had a shot of the compass and all the other things located there.

Between you and Garry saying that you had problems with the seam makes me feel a little better about mine.

I'd planned to prime the Alfa, 688, and U-boat as well...but I hadn't realized that I only had a quarter of a bottle of primer. So the others will have to wait.

Again, to the both of you, thanks!

Yo ho ho and it's time to go to work.

A Later Edit: I spoke to Frank and he thought I cut the bridge back too far and the fairwater (now I know what that's called) hung out too far (which I sort of suspected it did as well.) *SIGH*
The good news, he told me you can't go wrong on the gray...no standard tint. It was mixed until it looked close to the specs.

She's looking nice Steve! I can't wait to see her in paint.

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Killians Red

Really cool, you're doing a great job!

I'm no expert so I can give you little comment...but I assume you know what you're doing :-)

Keep it up

The last time someone said that to me, I ended up in a Mexican jail



Send money, guns, and lawyers

I'm kidding...really....I swear

Like I said before Steve, your a lucky man to have a friend that served on these boats in WW-2 ! Treasure the moments buddy.

Yo Ho Ho and the black velvets back!

Garry

I'd like to get him join the Armorama crowd and that way we could all benefit from his experience and knowledge...

Yo ho ho and a bottle of ...tonight..... root beer

Friday is Margarita night at Steve's

Yeah, right!!
I'll believe in you :-) :-) :-)

Skipper, who actually is really jocking and really enjoyed this answer - the first one