I never liked the VIRGINIA class. Honestly. In my mind it was always a stupid replacement for the SEAWOLF intended to be smaller and cheaper, and really wasn't either.
...Unoriginal! I said.
...SEAWOLF-lite! I said.
....BAH!! I said.
Then I learned about what all the real boat could do. How she was jam packed with technology and digital whizz-bangery that could make even her sisters in the SSN-21 class blush. Didn't care. I even went to see the cinematic masterpiece that was Hunter Killer and still wasn't that impressed. No, I was forever content to be a crank who just didn't give a **** about America's newest flavor of fast attack.
Until a few days ago.
It was as if a flood had slowly been building deep inside my consciousness until finally the dam broke. I found myself inspired by the work of Dennis DeBoer who turned a 1/144 Trumpeter SEAWOLF into a 774 class. Truly impressive, if you read through the thread. He even went so far as to turn his modified design into a master from which he produced GRP hull for RC use. Very cool! Then you get to that point in his thread and... crickets. A shame, because a beautiful project like that deserves to have a fitting conclusion for all of us to oogle over.
https://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/170-m...submarine.html
Well I must be crazy, or stupid - possibly both - because I looked at his work and thought, "Hey! I could do that."
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...Unoriginal! I said.
...SEAWOLF-lite! I said.
....BAH!! I said.
Then I learned about what all the real boat could do. How she was jam packed with technology and digital whizz-bangery that could make even her sisters in the SSN-21 class blush. Didn't care. I even went to see the cinematic masterpiece that was Hunter Killer and still wasn't that impressed. No, I was forever content to be a crank who just didn't give a **** about America's newest flavor of fast attack.
Until a few days ago.
It was as if a flood had slowly been building deep inside my consciousness until finally the dam broke. I found myself inspired by the work of Dennis DeBoer who turned a 1/144 Trumpeter SEAWOLF into a 774 class. Truly impressive, if you read through the thread. He even went so far as to turn his modified design into a master from which he produced GRP hull for RC use. Very cool! Then you get to that point in his thread and... crickets. A shame, because a beautiful project like that deserves to have a fitting conclusion for all of us to oogle over.
https://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/170-m...submarine.html
Well I must be crazy, or stupid - possibly both - because I looked at his work and thought, "Hey! I could do that."
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