The instructions include a handy, four-page parts list with the proper nautical names to help those of us not used to terms like ‘Breech Caps’ ‘Sight Trim Boxes’. 1 good-sized decal sheet, perfectly registered, with optional flags and national markings.1 28-page black and white instruction booklet in three languages (English, French and Spanish).1 bag of single ply black nylon thread used for antenna wire and rigging.9 main plastic sprues in hard, grey plastic.The contents in the enormous box are compact just enough to keep these large parts from damaging the smaller parts on individual sprues.Īnd speaking of sprues, a model of this size requires some structure, and many of the sprue connections are massive, yet Revell made sure that the smaller, delicate parts have tiny connection points that are easily snipped and cleaned. The two halves of the hull (split down the middle) are sandwiched around a thick piece of cardboard, while the single piece bow and stern sections are packaged separately, as are the three deck sections that cover the seam down the middle of the hull. The first thing you notice opening the box is the great job Revell has done in packaging everything, and designing the model to minimize exposed seams. She is the oldest of her class still in existence. Rice in command.ĭrum was the twelfth of the Gato class but was the first completed and the first to enter combat in World War II. She was laid down on 11 September 1940 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, launched on, and commissioned on 1 November 1941, with Commander Robert H. Drum is on display as a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park. The subject of this review is the U.S.S Drum (SS-228), named after the Drum fish, known for their ability to make a drumming sound. Together with the Balao and Tench classes, their design formed the majority of the United States Navy's World War II submarine fleet. The United States Navy Gato-class was the first mass-produced US submarine class of World War II. Overshadowing everything, however, is simply the sheer size of the hull – an ambitious project for any modeler. Also included are three sets of pre-bent, steel wire steps as well as a variety of pre-drilled stanchions for stringing safety cabling. Revell has re-released their vintage WWII Gato Class Submarine in enormous 1/72 scale – topping off at just over 52 inches in length! Surface detail of the deck and fittings is excellent, as well as their renderings of the 20mm, 40mm, and 4inch deck armament. The GATO SD is of the SAS type, which makes it a static diving type WTC.Reviewed by: Eric Christianson, IPMS # 42218 Other than the 3.5" SD's, I don't manufacture sub-assemblies for sale anymore. get the proper two-motor SD for the GATO. I do have a question, I ordered a EZ SD for my 1/96 Alpha submarine that I bought from a person on this website and Im curious if I could use that system, which is a single prop, and convert it to a Gato SD? I mean can the "motor" part be exchanged and use one WTC/SD for both subs? Or after thinking about it I would imagine the SD for the Gato is not a dynamic SD.Lot's of good dope here on the 1/72 GATO.ĭon't go cheap on us. I then went thru other builds that people have done and saved them to a folder for future reference. I was extremely impressed by the build of Matt for the "I finally started" build of his Gato. I came to the conclusion that I should buy the DVD for the Gato build. While doing that and taking a break I slowly went thru the threads on this site. Well I did do it slowly when I cutted out the plastic deck and have applied stringers to glue the PE decking to the hull.
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