I finally completed the submarine Papanikolis as she would’ve been during the second world war. As this was my first resin kit, I was concerned how it would come out. As the designer of the 3D printed kit had limited technical drawings to work from, it lacked some detail. Quite a bit of scratch building was involved, including telescopic aerial masts (apparently used for long range communications), exhaust for the engines, anti-fouling chains fore and aft, and drilling out and placing attachment points for the rudder and planes, and created my own decals and flags. Rigging was a bit of a challenge. I needed insulators for the static cables running up to the sail and down fore and aft. According to photos, at least one side was used to facilitate a retractable aerial. For the insulators, I used resin printed single sheaf blocks from Model Monkey.com. I threaded the blocks with fly-tying thread, all the way down to the connection short of the deck where I used easy line so they would flex and not snap masts or lines. This turned out to be the perfect solution when flexible line is not conducive to a certain area of rigging. You just have to find an attaching point to conceal the connection of the EZ line. I was especially pleased when I won first place for the category in a regional IPMS convention.
