Scale: 1/72

Recommended to help build a Balao-class submarine from:
Revell 1/72 scale US Navy Gato-Class Submarine
The Scale Shipyard 1/72 scale USS Hardhead SS-365 (Balao class)  
 
This model periscope shears is intended to help convert your 1/72 scale Gato-class submarine model into one of 122 World War Two-era Balao-class submarines, successor to the Gato-class.  The Balao-class had a differently shaped fairwater (sail/conning tower) than the earlier Gato-class although the hull was nearly identical externally.  This model has features specific to USS Lionfish SS-298 as it appeared during 1945.  It can be adapted to other boats of the class with similar features.

This model was designed based on US Navy drawings.  
 
Note: the Balao fairwater is not the same size and shape of a Gato fairwater, it is much shorter at the aft end.
 
Although details varied widely between boats, the periscope shears configuration depicted by this model is known to have been fit to the following Balao-class boats:
SS-289 Capelin
SS-290 Cisco
SS-292 Devilfish
SS-293 Dragonet
SS-294 Escolar
SS-295 Hackleback
SS-298 Lionfish
SS-299 Manta
SS-301 Roncador
SS-302 Sabalo
SS-304 Seahorse
SS-306 Tang
SS-307 Tilefish
SS-309 Aspro
SS-310 Batfish
SS-324 Blenny
SS-329 Chub
SS-332 Bullhead
SS-337 Carbonero
SS-341 Chivo
SS-342 Chopper
SS-394 Razorback

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Also available: USS Balao SS-285 fairwater (click here).