USS Spadefish - 1/100 Halinski

[modelperry]

Gonna try a submarine. Have plenty in the pile, just haven't pulled the trigger until now.

This one and the 1/200 scale Archerfish are the same basic kit, just different scales. I like the size and paper texture better in this one (Archerfish is printed on glossy paper).

What I am not looking forward to is the 2 mm thick formers for the main skeleton.

Greg

[Don Boose]

Looks like a formidable project!

Don

[smithdr]

Greg!


I got this guy from you and the estate sale and I can't wait to see what you do with it. I have a Japanese sub too so I plan on making both one day soon.


Getting the popcorn...Dan

[rmks2000]

I'm interested in how difficult this will be to build. I got the Archerfish from last year's convention auction.

Bob

[carlou55]

I have this one aso. I have hesitated to build it bcs I cannot see how to manage realistic-looking periscopes and small details, so I will be watching. Good luck!!!

[carlou55]

troubles with some keyboard letters. should say "also".

[modelperry]

Thanks for the interest!

First up, since this is 2x the scale of the archerfish, the formers are double the thickness. That means the main skeleton is made up of 2 mm thick parts. Ouch.

These are all the 2mm parts.

Still have the rest of the formers to cut yet (out of 1 mm).

Greg

[Don Boose]

Big model!

I look forward to watching the build.

Don

[modelperry]

Looks like 38 inches long so just under a meter. Yes it's a big un.

Greg

[Dion Dunn]

This should be fun to watch!