Tcoat Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 As I said in my build thread I have been on a folded wing seaplane kick lately. Last week I decided I wanted to do a 1/48 Seiran folded up and just being removed from the sub hanger. I reckoned that the 1/350 sub would give me something to measure and some 3D details for the scratch build of the deck and hanger sections. For a change I got lucky and found the 1/350 kit on the shelf at a local shop so scooped it up. It was the base kit so no rails, clear sections or figures but that is fine as it is only intended for reference and a side piece to my real project anyway. Overall the kit was pretty much a shake and bake, out of box build with an emphasis on weathering instead of super detailing. As such it turned out really well but I may give in and pick up a set of generic railings for at least the two upper decks if I can find some at a decent price. Some may think that I went overboard on the weathering for such a small scale but in studying the few pre surrender pictures I could find it is actually about what it looked like when brand new! If I weathered to the condition it was in when it surrendered nobody would believe it. It was rough for an almost new vessel. So here we go. Note that I did not use the big Japanese flag decal you see on most models and drawings of this sub. Of all the pictures I looked at I only saw one distant shot that may or may not have had it there. In fact in the surrender videos' the numbers are even painted out on the starboard side. Besides I would think that if I was a Japanese sub captain in 1945 the last thing I would want is a 20 foot white rectangle with a bullseye in the center painted on the tower! For a good idea of just how big these subs were here it is with a 1/350 liberty ship. Thanks for looking! 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Very nice build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Cracking job Tcoat, very nicely done. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcoat Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, whitestar12chris said: Cracking job Tcoat, very nicely done. All the best Chris Thanks! I am happy with it. The 1/48 Seiran for part two of the project is on it's way from Japan. I just hope it isn't coming by submarine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liizio Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Nice build of one of the most interesting submarine types ever! Looking forward to your Seiran -build as well, one of the best looking floatplanes ever, in my opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcoat Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, Liizio said: Nice build of one of the most interesting submarine types ever! Looking forward to your Seiran -build as well, one of the best looking floatplanes ever, in my opinion! Well says it is on it's way from Japan. Hopefully still not on the submarine since the tracking shows it moving very slowly! Edited March 15, 2021 by Tcoat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Beautiful model well done 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I do love this. I confess to having spent hours playing call of duty with one of my sons years ago and one of the maps was based on aJapaneseSub like this so I have a basic insight to the subject. I've also seen a few documentaries about these subs and from memory, that the US captured one??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcoat Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: I do love this. I confess to having spent hours playing call of duty with one of my sons years ago and one of the maps was based on aJapaneseSub like this so I have a basic insight to the subject. I've also seen a few documentaries about these subs and from memory, that the US captured one??? The US captured one in port and two surrendered at sea. The US took two back to Pearl Island to examine. They were all scuttled at sea in 1946 so the Soviets couldn't check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 21 hours ago, Tcoat said: The US captured one in port and two surrendered at sea. The US took two back to Pearl Island to examine. They were all scuttled at sea in 1946 so the Soviets couldn't check them out. Brilliant - thanks for the tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcoat Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: Brilliant - thanks for the tutorial They are historicly interesting in that they never saw action but the basic engineering lead to the developement of modern missle carrying subs. The hanger idea that stuck around until better missles that could be launched while submerged were developed. The "figure eight" pressure hull that became standard in most larger modern subs. Edited March 17, 2021 by Tcoat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcoat Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Ahhhh what do we have here? Off to aircraft in progress forum I go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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