David, Thank you, but don't hate me for following your advice! LOL The imagery of a pulp crew kept popping in my mind and was great at helping me keep it in scale. That is why I do not like a couple of the rust spots, they seem too big. I also do not know if I like the dark wash towards the aft end of the conning tower platform, so I may airbrush a very thinned lighter gray over it to tone it up a little or I may just say enough and move on to the hull.
Looking at every picture I could find I stumbled across another tidbit, when the gun was mounted in the bow, the antenna was run to the aft, and when the gun was mounted aft the antenna was run forward (usually). Earlier subs it looked like there were more exceptions, but later it was more common to run the antenna opposite. Then there was the gunships that had a forward and aft gun mounted and well mount the antenna were you want.
Example - Here is gun in front, aerial mast in aft.
Here you can see gun in aft, aerial mast in forward bow (men standing near it).
If you want I can post some of the ragged boats I found.
Looking at every picture I could find I stumbled across another tidbit, when the gun was mounted in the bow, the antenna was run to the aft, and when the gun was mounted aft the antenna was run forward (usually). Earlier subs it looked like there were more exceptions, but later it was more common to run the antenna opposite. Then there was the gunships that had a forward and aft gun mounted and well mount the antenna were you want.
Example - Here is gun in front, aerial mast in aft.
Here you can see gun in aft, aerial mast in forward bow (men standing near it).
If you want I can post some of the ragged boats I found.
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