USS Silversides SS-236

[Mike K]

   Quick answer: Chain. And anchoring out was seldom done.

Mike K,

[wildspear]

I have almost all of the deck cut off. I bought the "Big ED" PE set before I researched what I needed for my build....LOL, needless to say I only need the very back portion of the deck PE since that was the only metal part of the deck(except for the very front of the boat). I trying to place the stringers(braces) in the same area that the boats stringers were in so I can have space between the deck and pressure vessel. We'll see how that works out.

[Rokket]

Sounds like good work. The stringers are work, but an excellent way to go. The Eduard set looks very nice, tho it IS postwar. We are trying to complete a Portsmouth Deck and roundover panels for Silversides, but there are a few things ahead.

[Rokket]

A web surfer passing by was kind enough to send you this info, Wildspear:

"Check out Tamiya Model Magazine #138
It has a build up of the Silversides by Ian Ruscoe."
Eric M.

A web searched shows the mag is available for download, but BE CAREFUL! One site I was checking out was HIGHLY suspicious (spyware/virus).

[wildspear]

Thanks for the heads up on that rokket. I down loaded that....great read.

[Rokket]

Glad it was good - thank ric. Do you have a copy? (I couldn't get through the bad download).

[wildspear]

i can send a copy as an attachedment.

[Rokket]

you're aces. if over3meg my mailbox might go crazy (theoretically takes 10, but often gets clogged) - try actually, ampmodels@gmail.com, might hold more.

THANKS! - oh, NEW outer torp door master machined (but not assembled), still have a few shutters to do...

[wildspear]

It will have to wait til tomorrow night, I'm in colorado right now. I fly back in the morning.

[wildspear]

Hey Rokket, just sent the e-mail out (whole scan 22.3mb) with pando.....hope you have pando to open it, if not let me know and I'll compress it and resend.

[Rokket]

Thanks wild, just got it, got Pando, and presto! Very nice!

The fellow in the article made some nice mods, and did a great paint job, BUT! OH what a "but"! - He says it's "Silversides". Of course, Silversides was a Portsmouth plan, and the model is Electric Boat. The only real face slapper is the limber pattern! It's NOTHING remotely like the Silversides! We're not talking a pair-pair as opposed to a single, or some tiny spacing, but the fact that EBs had half moon arches, and the Psmouth boats had two rows of ovals! I'm surprised people didn't yell it out.

His model is very nice though, especially the paint job.

[wildspear]

Ya, I noticed some short comeings in the build he did but it's still a really nice build and a good read.

[Rokket]

Beautiful paint job, just missing some holes

[wildspear]

It's been awhile since I posted but the whole RW thing always gets in the way of modeling. Funny thing happened today, I always make my wife veiw my builds as I complete different sections. So I finished some work on the Silversides and as I finished telling her what I had completed and what else I was planning with the section I was working on she told me I was to "Picky" now tell me guys.......are we sub builders ever to picky? I would have to say NO! LOL! I removed most of the molded deck because it was a metal deck and the Silversides had very little metal. The forward part of the Bow had a solid metal deck and then maybe the last 25% towards the bow metal decking. IThe rest was the good old wood deck. I'm still up in the air about what to do with the tower. Pro's and con's with scratch build and resin after market....so while I'm deciding on that I can work on the deck. We'll enough talk heres some pics, be gentle I still need some touch up to do and I'm still trying to decided how to replace all of the weld lines that I sanded and file off.

[Rokket]

Looking very nice - good to see so much progress!