That is the trouble with subs - they surface when you least expect them! - now that this one has come up on my screen I'm tuned in - albeit a bit late in the build. Nice big boat in 1/72!

Weathering is done for the most part. I’ll probably hit it with some pastels to simulate salt stains after final assembly.

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Thanks, David. It’s been a learning experience. It’s such a large model that it’s difficult to keep track of what areas need attention. While certainly not museum quality, it should be presentable when completed.

Thanks Tom!

Beautifully weathered, John. I have been tempted a few times by the Revel 1/72 sub - for nothing else, I could look at it in the stash and let my imagination loose on what I COULD do with it. If I can get to the end of this year and finish projects on the bench, who knows?

The modellers’ lament - There’s too many ideas and not enough time.

I really like the tonal variations you have on the ship - as with a lot of one these subjects, you have to work hard to get the eye to pick out the interest - and this is a great case in point. There’s a ‘Goldilocks effect’ at play here where too much weathering takes the eye away from the subject (and can make it look - paradoxically - unrealistic) too little weathering and it looks bland. For my money you are in the kill zone here, she looks the real deal for me - gritty, hard working, but efficient and elegant. Reflects the movie itself.

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30+ year old Contrail rods to the rescue! I was really into WW1 vacuforms in the 80s and purchased enough of this stuff to last a lifetime. The railings look reasonable now.

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“Reasonable” (?!?) - looks superb to me.

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