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The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:11 pm
by Duke Maddog
This month I managed to get some shelf queens off the workbench. The first ones are these three Encore 1/400 scale Soviet Fleet Submarines from WWII.

This first one is the Type D Fleet Submarine:

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This next one is a Type L mine laying Fleet Submarine:

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This last one is the Type S Fleet Submarine, reported to have been the most feared type in the Soviet Navy at the time:

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Finally, the fourth one is this Revell 1/72 scale Sunseeker Predator 108 luxury cabin cruiser. This boat was seen in the last James Bond film. After a good long effort to get it to look satisfactory enough, I am finally able to call it done:

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The interior can mostly be seen though the various windows. Note that I gave it my sister Kathi's name, she spells it the same way:

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That's all from the Shipyards for now, thank you for looking in, comments are welcome.

Re: The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:10 am
by BlackSheep214
The subs look great. When we going fishing on the Sunseeker?

Re: The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 10:37 am
by Medicman71
Very nice!! :shoutout: :shoutout:

Re: The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:50 pm
by Gary Brantley
Very cool, Mark! :shoutout:

Re: The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 2:46 pm
by Duke Maddog
Thank you guys! I'm thrilled these are done; four more shelf queens on the display shelf.

Blacksheep, the Sunseeker has already had a shakedown cruise so anytime!

Re: The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:21 pm
by Stikpusher
Very cool batch Mark! I really do like those Russian WWII subs :shoutout: I think the only place that I ever saw such kits was at Military Hobbies a year or two before I moved from Cali… :hmm:

Re: The Duke's Shipyards Launch Four Boats in October

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:14 pm
by Duke Maddog
Thank you Carlos! I don't remember where I got those Russian subs, it's been quite awhile. In fact, that set of kits in one sat on my shelf of shame for a good ten years or so. Then I found the box with all the parts and decals to finish the first one and build the other two. I did all that quickly so they wouldn't get bypassed again.