3D printed 1/48 Thresher

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Excellent information! Thank you.

What is a 'Pacific' scheme? First time I have heard that term.

Here you go:

What Color Would be your guess? - The Sub-drivers Forum (rc-sub.com)

[SubDude]

Not at all, sir.

1. I too have read that, but have never seen photos of the THRESHER (a Government design) outfitted with the five-bladed wheel. Likely -- as SKIPJACK, THRESHER, The early SSBN's, and STURGEON class used the same S5W propulsion plant -- the THRESHER had the five-blader for comparative speed-runs. The new wheel was quieter (a premium characteristic), but less efficient.

2. The seven-blader is about 14-foot in diameter.

3. Until later in the last century the government yards on occasion used a black anti-foul paint. Yet there are pictures of the PERMIT launched from Mare Island (a government yard) with anti-foul red from centerline down. I may be wrong, but at one time I believed that THRESHER, a Portsmouth (government yard) boat was launched with black anti-foul, but I've never seen a color shot of the boat on the ways to tell if it was all back, or had anti-foul red from waterline down, or centerline down. Still remains a mystery to me.

At time of loss I think THRESHER had anti-foul red from centerline down.

Sorry. Short answer is... I don't know!

However, all that said: there is a video of the boat sliding down the ways where there does appear to be a color/shade demarcation line at centerline. Not clear enough to make a definitive call.

One more thing, in most of the video of the boat cruising on the surface, topside was painted in the 'Pacific' scheme.

David

Excellent information! Thank you.

What is a 'Pacific' scheme? First time I have heard that term.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Stunning as always sir!

Few questions for you if you don't mind?

1. I have read that the Thresher had a 5-blade prop while the rest of the boats in the class (Permit) had quieter 7-blade props. Is that true?

2. Do you know what diameter the prop was on the Thresher by chance?

3. Did the Thresher have anti-fouling paint on the lower hull and if so was it at the water-line or middle of the hull?

Thank you in advance.

Not at all, sir.

1. I too have read that, but have never seen photos of the THRESHER (a Government design) outfitted with the five-bladed wheel. Likely -- as SKIPJACK, THRESHER, The early SSBN's, and STURGEON class used the same S5W propulsion plant -- the THRESHER had the five-blader for comparative speed-runs. The new wheel was quieter (a premium characteristic), but less efficient.

2. The seven-blader is about 14-foot in diameter.

3. Until later in the last century the government yards on occasion used a black anti-foul paint. Yet there are pictures of the PERMIT launched from Mare Island (a government yard) with anti-foul red from centerline down. I may be wrong, but at one time I believed that THRESHER, a Portsmouth (government yard) boat was launched with black anti-foul, but I've never seen a color shot of the boat on the ways to tell if it was all back, or had anti-foul red from waterline down, or centerline down. Still remains a mystery to me.

At time of loss I think THRESHER had anti-foul red from centerline down.

Sorry. Short answer is... I don't know!

However, all that said: there is a video of the boat sliding down the ways where there does appear to be a color/shade demarcation line at centerline. Not clear enough to make a definitive call.

One more thing, in most of the video of the boat cruising on the surface, topside was painted in the 'Pacific' scheme.

David

[SubDude]

A tease. Here's on in 1/72nd.

Stunning as always sir!

Few questions for you if you don't mind?

1. I have read that the Thresher had a 5-blade prop while the rest of the boats in the class (Permit) had quieter 7-blade props. Is that true?

2. Do you know what diameter the prop was on the Thresher by chance?

3. Did the Thresher have anti-fouling paint on the lower hull and if so was it at the water-line or middle of the hull?

Thank you in advance.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A tease. Here's on in 1/72nd.

[SubDude]

I have started printing a 1/48 scale Thresher. It will be almost 70" long with just under an 8" beam. The bow just came off the printer. This one is being done in ABS+. It turned out very good.


As a kid I remember reading a book I found in the school library about the Thresher, it's tragic loss and subsequent finding of the wreckage and I was fascinated. I later found out that my ex-wife's sister was engaged to one of the crew members which helped cement in me the tragedy of an event that happened a mere two months before I was even born. For a very long time I have wanted to make a model of the Thresher, not out of a some morbid curiosity but as a remembrance of those 129 souls. May it never happen again. Thank you Bob for putting out the files for this boat aka the Permit class.