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Scale: 1/32
 
This model represents the fairwater of USS Balao SS-285, the first 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 Balao SS-285 as it appeared during 1945. It can be adapted to other boats of the class with similar features.
 
Due to the model's very large size, a complete conning tower is too big to print as one model so it has been made available in two parts, the periscope shears with radar mast, and the fairwater.
Fairwater (click here)
Periscope shears and radar mast (click here)

Although details varied widely between boats, the persicope shears and radar mast configuration depicted by this model is known to have been fit to the following Balao class boats:
SS-285 Balao
SS-286 Billfish
SS-287 Bowfin
SS-288 Cabrilla
SS-291 Crevalle
SS-297 Ling
SS-308 Apogon
SS-311 Archerfish
SS-319 Becuna
SS-321 Besugo
SS-383 Pampanito
SS-384 Parche
SS-402 Sea Fox
SS-404 Spikefish
SS-409 Piper
SS-413 Spot
SS-415 Stickleback
SS-426 Tusk

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