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Giving the modeler the opportunity to build an early war boat, Nautilus Models announces their upcoming 1/72 USS Wahoo 1942 Conversion Set for Revell’s 1/72 USS Gato kit. Packed full of detail, this kit will build one of the most famous submarines from the early years of the war. Available now, this conversion set will retail for $80.00

The 1/72 USS WAHOO SS-238 1942 conversion set includes:

• Main Fairwater
  
• Main Induction Valve
  
• Main Ventilation Valve
  
• Signal Bridge (lookout platform)
  
• Bridge Locker
  
• Binnacle
  
• Binnacle Top
  
• Periscope Shears
  
• Large Signal Siren
  
• Small Signal Siren
  
• Control Wheel
  
• Control Wheel Linkage
  
• Trim Wheel
  
• Trim Wheel Linkage
  
• Bridge Top
  
• Pilot's Seats
  
• Pilots Step
  
• Lookout Step
  
• Bench
  
• Gunners Step
  
• Siren Handle
  
• Masthead Light & Mast
  
• DF Loop & Mast
  

Built at Mare Island and commissioned in June 1942, the Wahoo was built with the fully enclosed periscope shears and cigarette deck this model represents. The side plating around the cigarette deck was removed during a post-shakedown refit at Mare Island before the Wahoo sailed to Pearl Harbor for her first war patrol on 23 August 1942. To represent the Wahoo during her first through fifth patrols is a matter of simply applying a vinyl mask and removing a portion of the resin plating aft. The conversion set can be used to represent Wahoo from her commissioning in June 1942 through her second patrol ending in January 1943. With some modifications, the kit can be converted to represent WAHOO from her third through fifth patrols, up to her first major refit at Mare Island Ship Yard in July 1943.