My thanks to MRC and Hobby Boss for the opportunity to enjoy the kit. Fit is very good, it covers an important sub, and is highly recommended. Her keel was laid down 5 October 1940, by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was the first Navy ship named for the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico. This is a simple kit and can be super detailed if wanted. USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. These subs saw hard work in slat water so I brought the pastels and water color pencils to break up the colors and added the four decals, a flat coat, and done.įor the stand, I painted the photoetch name plate flat black and then sanded the raised info which comes through gold. I did this and added bronze to the propellers. Painting is simple in that submarines of this period were flat black all over. I can recommend Eduard’s set for the sub which adds the propeller guards as well as many other details. One thing missing are the propeller guards from the back. One thing to note that there are molding limitations in this scale as far as smaller parts. ![]() Fit is very good with only a little putty on the bottom. The assembly instructions are two steps with the first adding the hull and bottom parts and the second were finishing the conning tower and detail. The kit is 26 parts including the photoetch and the stand. Molding is crisp and clean with no flash. The kit includes three sprues, a stand, a photoetch name plate and a small decal sheet. This offering is the lead class in this series as the USS Gato, SS-212 from 1941. ![]() USS Wisconsin BB-64 Battleship - 1:600 scale - reissue from Atlantis. This offering continues the WWII kits with a 1941 version of a Gato class submarine successor, the Balao class, and the submarine that carried much of the burden of the submarine war in the Pacific. WWII Gato Class Fleet Submarine - 1:240 scale - from Atlantis- Originally produced. Hobby Boss has issued many 1/350 submarines from modern day to WWII.
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