And you're right, it's really pretty much a scratchbuild. I don't know if you saw or not, but this all started with musings on what, if anything, could be bashed from the Revell Nautilus kit - wherein I concluded the closest things were actually pre-WWI vintage boats, with the S-boats only being a stretch, "with more work". The understatement of the decade - no doubt my "Nautilus conversion" is going to wind up with about one square inch of Revell hull left showing...!

But I'm glad you like it - I'm enjoying it, too, as it is quite the learning experience. We have another guy here, "Sirago" (aka Bill A.), who's doing a similar scratchbuild of a Narwhal-class (interwar) fleet sub. I hope he'll grace us with some of his progress pics this year, too.

Thanks again for the encouragement, buddy!

Cheers,

-Matty