1/144 USS Los Angeles

[shika]

1/144 US Navy
USS Los Angeles, SSN 688
Paper Model Template by (c) U-DON'S FACTORY

Last piece of work before long vacation.


Nuclear Power Attack Sumarine,
Los Angeles Class US Navy.

Well, I am a 1/144 guy. So, when I decide to build a ship, I build in 1/144 scale.
It is so large. Let's get started with pieces of stern part of the ship.

 

[shika]

Aft.

 

[shika]

Bridge.

 

[shika]

Rudder.

 

[shika]

Los Angeles Arriving

 

[shika]

Comparing size with 1/144 Plastic model US Navy
E-2C, S-2, S-3 and F-14s.

 

[shika]

Thanks to Zathros, the technique you drew the 3D of how to glue fuselage of big plane together really work. I applied this technique with the canopy, and also the body of this submarine.

 

[Zathros]

Great job Shika!!

 

[micahrogers]

Nice build... I've played tag with that boat before..

 

[Dragos]

U-DON'S submarine is a beautiful model, but you haven't paint the edges.

 

[shika]

You are right, Dragos, I haven't paint the curb yet.

Actually, I haven't install the periscope and communication mast yet.

I'll finish up this sub after New Year. ^ ^

 

[Vince]

Great job! Now you need a Typhoon (maybe the Red October?) for it to play with.

 

[shika]

Dear Vince,

Thank you. I'd love to do that. One big problem is I couldn't find the template of any Russian Submarine.

 

[shika]

Just have time to complete this model.

So, I add periscope, antenna and rope hook on the ship. (Very small).

I also repaint the bow with acrylic paint, retouch the curb of the ship with crayon. I think it's look good now.

 

[modelmaker 2001]

Where did you get this model from? Did you download it from here on Zealot?

 

[Rogerio Silva]

Underway...

Nice job, shika! Too bad it can't go underwater...sign1

 

[zathros]

Shika, the sub came out really nice. You air force is complete, will we be seeing a navy coming together?

 

[sidewinder81777]

Good job, I just built this one a couple weeks ago, scaled mine down to 1/200 though.

 

[shika]

Dear Zathros,

Well, Navy is different story and to build 1/144, it would require a lot of space, in which I don't have.

I also tried to build paper ship but the details is totally different from Paper plane. So, I might built some more submarines, some surface ship but surely not the entire Navy ^ ^

 

[Shipmaker]

Impressive. I'm guessing the overall lenght is better than 24 inches? The colors look very realistic.