1/96 USS Oklahoma SSN-802

[Brady D]

Gents,

It's been a minute. Quite a few actually. Formerly DMTNT, who ****'d up and couldn't recover my password to the old account. So here we are; it's good to see you salty dogs again. First round is on me.

Now, let's say we build ourselves a submarine?

Submarineworks' excellent Block III/IV Virginia will be the starting point for what's to become my rendition of the soon-to-be USS Oklahoma, SSN-802. The first Block V boat, she will not share the extended VPM missile tubes and payload module of her sisters, but will feature South Dakota's Large Vertical Array (LVA).

It's been 83 years, and proud name deserves a worthy legacy.

This one's been on the go for a bit, and I recently picked my tools back up. Here's where we at so far.

[JHapprich]

Back again... you took your time!

How is your Jimmy Carter doing?

You should contact Bob Martin, i'm sure hell be able to restore your account and move your new posts over!

Regards, Jörg

[Brady D]

Back again... you took your time!

How is your Jimmy Carter doing?

Regards, Jörg

Thanks Jörg! Good to hear from you. 23's still here, though admittedly after a couple of moves and plenty of running, she's spent more time on the shelf behind the desk in my office lately.

A couple more photos from today's work. At some point, months back I cocked-up Pete's nice scribing of the hatch covers and supply lockers, so I decided to do something about it. Decently happy with the result in primer, and I think with some paint & clear, it will give the sides of the sail some nice detail.

[Brady D]

A few more photos to close out today's work.

At some point a while back I managed to cock-up some of the nice scribing that Pete had done for the covers & supply lockers on the sail though a little errant sanding, so I decided to reproduce them as slightly raised detail. Awaiting Merriman's assessment that it looks like a blind 3-year-old applied them with a hot glue gun :-) but I'm happy with the result in primer. With some eventual paint and clear, it'll give the sail some nice detail. Virginia class sails tend to be a disgusting mess of oblong shapes, peeling material, rust and unevenly applied sealant anyway, so I'm sticking with that logic.