Ever since finding this photo of the Balao-class sub USS Sealion, I have wanted to try and model her......
All I needed was a 1/350 scale model of a Sikorsky HRS-3 helicopter to place on her widened deck aft of the fairwater.....
Then I found that Shapeways Models made a 3D-printed S-55 helicopeter - so I was ready to start...
I'm using the AFV-Club Gato-class sub as a starting point.......
Sealion is a Balao-class sub (improved Gato), so I needed a late-style fairwater - also made by Shapeways.....