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Another new addition to the slipway - the Mikro-Mir injection-moulded kit of the experimental submarine USS Albacore... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Albacore_(AGSS-569)

 

Box art....

 

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Instructions.....

 

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The hull is split horizontally - with excellent engraved detail.....

 

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A second sprue contains the conning tower and dive planes etc...

 

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The package is finished off with a small decal sheet, etched brass propellers and a clear 'windscreen'....

 

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This is another very welcome kit from Mikro-Mir's growing range of 1/350 scale subs.

 

Having already built the Blue Ridge resin kit of the Albacore :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_submarines_350_scale.html#USS_Albacore_AGSS-569

I may try and 'convert' the Mikro-Mir kit into an earlier configuration with vertical rudders and horizontal dive planes - as shown in the first drawing here....

 

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Ken

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  • 4 months later...

Making a start.... the upper and lower hulls are cemented together - with the join filled and sanded down.

 

Note the filled-in holes for the X-shaped rear dive planes....

 

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Mikro-Mir's model is of a later version - with a moveable 'rudder' at the rear of the saill......

 

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As I am building an earlier version, the rudder was cemented in place.....

 

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... and blended in with filler.......

 

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Ken

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All assembled and ready for a coat of primer......

 

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The early variant had + shaped rear dive planes - so I used the kit-supplied X planes cut down to size and mounted appropriately.

 

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I decided to use Halfords White Plastic Primer instead of my normal grey as a better base for the topside orange.....

 

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Ken

 

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She's painted.....

 

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As she was painted in primer orange whilst afloat - I assume only the hull above the waterline would have been painted......

 

and.... I'm guessing that the pennant numbers and other deck markings weren't re-applied until after the topsides were re-painted black?

 

Thoughts anyone????

 

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This is what I'm trying to re-create......

 

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Comments - and links to any other images - welcome.

 

Ken

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