Engel Patrick Henry question

[g2tiger]

Team,

I have an old Engel Patrick Henry and it is not complete. It is missing the dive planes, rudders and fair water planes. The model does not have any scribe marks for the missile silos of other hull and tower features. Is there some drawings that are available that I can use to create templates for these things? Also, I don't cate for original design of the rudders and dive planes from what I see in pictures of the model. I believe that scaled up Skipjack units would be "more cool" but I am willing to listen to the voice or season or that of "he who shall not be named" ;)

Let the fun begin.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Team,

I have an old Engel Patrick Henry and it is not complete. It is missing the dive planes, rudders and fair water planes. The model does not have any scribe marks for the missile silos of other hull and tower features. Is there some drawings that are available that I can use to create templates for these things? Also, I don't cate for original design of the rudders and dive planes from what I see in pictures of the model. I believe that scaled up Skipjack units would be "more cool" but I am willing to listen to the voice or season or that of "he who shall not be named" ;)

Let the fun begin.

That was an attempt to represent the first of the '41', the WASHINGTON class. And not even close to capturing the geometry of those boats.

Treat your hull as a blank slate. The class had unique control surfaces, horizontal stabilizers, and sail. Take it from there. Get some good drawings of the class and scratch-build those components.

[g2tiger]

Thanks for the input so quickly "He who shall not be named" I do have some decent shots of the actual boat and that is my thought but I would like to have something basic to work from on the missile deck. I can make a good guess but will research actual drawings.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks for the input so quickly "He who shall not be named" I do have some decent shots of the actual boat and that is my thought but I would like to have something basic to work from on the missile deck. I can make a good guess but will research actual drawings.

Jim Christley and Adam Carelson have done excellent orthographic drawings of the beast. Work from those.

[Albacore 569]

QUOTE=He Who Shall Not Be Named;n193502]

Jim Christley and Adam Carelson have done excellent orthographic drawings of the beast. Work from those.[/QUOTE]

A complete NEW 3d printed George Washington SSBN class would be a revelation. A modern do over of the Engels components with a new accurate hull. . There should be tons of research on these boats now. I was a kid and my incle once we drove by Mare Island NSY at night watching from across the river and saw Mare Islandin Vallejo all lit up ,all the building ways covered and busy working 3 shifts cranking out nuclear subs.

They were cranking out these boats at a wartime pace in the late 1950's early 60s with simultaneous hulls being built at Groton EB Virginia NPNSB, New Hampshire Portsmouth NSY California Mare Island NSY.






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Often so much work trying to improve the scale fidelity of some of these older kits, it's easier to start over if that's a real concern. Perhaps just make a few alterations and simply enjoy the boat as a stand off scale item. Both the Patrick Henry and the Gato class were two early Engel kits imported into the UK in the early 1980's by SLEC, i remember the ads in Model Boats magazine and the price was absolutely eye watering to a schoolboy. Only ever saw one in operation many years ago but it ran very well on and underwater.