Hello everybody,
This is the first time I post in this site. My name is Joaquin and I am (or at least I try to be) a static plastic modeller. My interest has been 1/72 tanks and airplanes, but recently I have developed an interest in submarines. My preferred scale would be 1/72, but the available plastic kits in this scale are quite limited. The lack of room at home conspires against this scale too. Instead, I have chosen the 1/350 scale, since there are enough good kits available, from the famous Type VII C to the gigantic Typhoon Class, and they are also reasonably sized. The problem is some of my favourite submarines has not been kitted, not only in 1/350 but at any scale. For example, the X.1 cruiser submarine, the WWI British E and L-classes, the WWII T, U and V-classes… This is why I decide to scratchbuild them. There are few scratchbuildt models in the web sites I use to visit (SteelNavy, Britmodeller…). But when I was looking for information about drawings and scratchbuilt submarines, I found plenty of them in the R/C boat models web sites. Precisely, I recently found the Model Boat Mayhem web site when searching for the X.1 submarine drawings. One member of your community built and impressive model of this submarine from scratch. It was really inspiring.
I am not a R/C modeller: I have not the skills nor the room for that. But despite been a static modeller, I feel I have a lot to learn about you in the scratchbuilding area, and this is why I have join your forum.
Thank you very much for accepting me here.
Regards from Barcelona,
Joaquin