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  1. Scratch USS OHIO SSGN 726

    192 Scale USS Ohio SSGN version scratch built for her commanding officer
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  2. USS CORPORAL SS 346

    1/350 Scale AFV kit (modified)
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  3. Squid Attack

    Just seeing if I could. No real scale
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  4. CSS HUNLEY

    The first submarine to sink a ship in combat. She was lost the same night as her attack on USS HOUSATONIC
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  5. Russian DELTA IV SSBN

    K-407 Once commanded by my friend Igor Kurdin. Igor was also on board the ill fated Yankee Class SSBN K-219. That submarine suffered a leak in one of the missiles liquid propellant which resulted in an explosion. The boat later sank after the crew was removed.

    This model is from OKB in 1/700 scale. The launch of the SSN-6 SLBM is simulated with Flashing LEDs
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  6. Fighting Whale!

    A very upset Sperm Whale decides he is not going to be a candle in some New England House.

    This is 1/100 or so scale carved from Pine.
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  7. Virginia Class SSN USS MISSOURI SSN 780

    1/350 scale highly modified Virginia Class American Nuclear Submarine based on the kit by Bronco
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  8. USS CONNECTICUT SSN 22

    Based on the HOBBY BOSS Kit. This is the second of the SEAWOLF CLASS Attack Submarines. 1/350 Scale
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  9. USS GRAYBACK

    The US Navy's early attempt to introduce nuclear armed cruise missiles on submarines. This method required the submarine to surface, move the missile from the hanger, prep the missile, aim the missile and at last fire the missile. Not a lot of fun if you are only a few hundred miles from the enemy shores. A few of the test missile exploded on deck. Once the SSBN systems came around this project was scrapped. However GRAYBACK went on using her missile hanger to carry and deploy special foreces
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  10. USS SKATE SSN 578

    SKATE was the follow on to the NAUTILUS. Although it is debated I for one see many attributes of the German Type XI in the design of early American SSNs. SKATE was from the beginning to her final days a test bed for new submarine tech. She was one of the first to test seven bladed low cavitation screws. She was fitted with what would be come the BQS-13 sonar system, and a few other things that are still classified. She was the first submarine to make a fully submerged trans-Atlantic crossing and the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. This model is from the Mir kit fro Russia.
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  11. USS George C. Marshall

    Last of the 41 for Freedom Class Ballistic Missile Submarines. Marshall was a 640 Class SSBN. The need for this class came from the United States development of late modifications of Poseidon Missile system, and then to the Trident 1 these new missile systems were larger and heavier. The goal not achieved until the mid 80s was to have a system capable of covering targets while the boats could remain in home port. This eliminated the need for costly facilities in Holyloch and other areas outside of the US
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  12. USS SAM RAYBURN SSBN 635

    Ripple Launch of Trident C 1A Missiles from USS SAM RAYBURN SSBN 635
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  13. SSN 700 Bottle with working Lighthouse

    Here is another version of my working lighthouse in a bottle. Made some improvements. The light flashes in time with the real lighthouse. I used my new photo etch skill to detail the light tower.
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  14. Russian VICTOR III 1/350 Scale

    Based on the kit from HOBBY BOSS. I added photo etched parts and I made my own decals on the sail. This submarine suffered a fire in recent years that claimed the lives of two of her crew. She has since been refitted and is one of the only remaining VICTOR III class left in service.
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  15. Lighthouse Box

    Lighthouse Box
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  16. USS TRUTTA SS 421

    USS TRUTTA as she appeared at the end of WWII and as she appeared as a converted GUPPY Class. The two models are in a single case one atop the other on separate mirror shelves. I based the hull on the old LIONFISH kit. It had the correct shape but that was about all it had.
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