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1:350 USS Albacore AGSS-569 is a plastic kit of the American experimental submarine with a teardrop hull from the Ukrainian maker Mikromir. It is supplied unassembled and unpainted.
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A plastic kit in 1:350 scale from the Ukrainian maker Mikromir. The subject is the USS Albacore, an American experimental submarine that gave its name to a whole generation of hulls. She is a short and rounded boat, so the finished model is small in 1:350, but in a collection it takes a key place between the submarines of the Second World War and the nuclear era.
The keel was laid on 15 March 1952 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery in the state of Maine, the boat went into the water on 1 August 1953 and entered service in December of the same year. The point of the whole craft was a single one: to test a teardrop hull optimized for fast running below the surface rather than for running on the surface. The Albacore was also among the first boats with HY-80 high-strength steel. The trials succeeded to such an extent that the teardrop hull became the standard of American nuclear submarines, and three conventionally powered boats of the Barbel class received it as well. As a floating test craft the Albacore served from 1953 to 1972 and today she is a museum exhibit at Portsmouth in the state of New Hampshire.
Fill and sand the joint of the hull halves smooth - on a teardrop shape an unevenness is recognized at once. Glue the rudders and the surfaces of the conning tower to the axis, preferably measuring from the base. Lighten the dark finish so that the model does not merge into the display case, and separate the underwater part with a waterline. With so rounded a boat it pays to prepare a stand in advance.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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