Atlantis 1/240 USS Gato class submarine

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Re: Atlantis 1/240 USS Gato class submarine

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I imagine you were a handfull! Bless your mother :giggles:
Sub is looking good. Did you figure out a paint scheme? Saw a lot of black and white pics :hmm:
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She was. I was. . .but in a good way.

Going with either MS 9 or MS 10. Those are the ones that seem to cover most of this class, according to the site Carlos provided (Thanks, Stik.). MS9 is all surfaces above the waterline black. With MS10, they are gray. I mixed up my own red for the hull - some Tamiya Flat Red XF-7 and a bit ofTamiya XF-64 Flat Hull Red Brown. Got that sprayed on today.
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Stikpusher wrote:Seeing this, I can hear Clark Gable giving commands… “Lookouts Below! DIVE! Dive!”

This looks like a fun quick project!
Good flick. I hope is goes well.
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Stikpusher wrote:I wonder if someone on Shapeways makes some 3-D printed parts in this scale to upgrade this boat… :hmm:
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I decided I did not like the MS-9 (Black) scheme, so I went with the MS-10 (Gray). I like that more bettererer.

Here is the house blend hull red

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Masked off and painted the Dark Sea Gray (Tamiya XF-54)

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Looks good Lyle! Coming right along.
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Thanks.
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Very nice! :shoutout:
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Thanks, Mike.
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:shoutout: The Hull Red, or more accurately Anti Fouling Red looks just right! Looking very nice so far!
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