My Italeri S-100 (Final update)

That's one awesome build and display you have there Julian. Really nice. I can appreciate the size of the kit as I have a friend here that's also completing his build and I've seen it up closed and personal.

I've only done an Airfix 1/72 early version S Boat and will start on the Revell S boat partly due to the inspiration gotten from your build.

You've done quite a lot to it especially adding the figures. Nice touch.

Cheers,

Richard.

Dude,that is awesome.Seeing stuff like this makes me want to get back to the bench.I could really use the motivation about now.

Hi there Holdenmaniac, Plastic junkie, Nate and Jet modeler:

This is a build I finished last year. It's the Italeri 1/35th Schnellboot and it kept me amused for about 6 months. They probably would look better under glass but I am too lazy to build display cases. There is one change I want to make to this build: I have the Cammet set of sea mines and I would like to fit them instead of the depth charges that are on board now. Thanks for the kind remarks,

cheers,

Julian

Nice job. The weathering looks great.

BEAUTIFUL! The weathering, the crew, everything screams top notch! Excellent job!

Nate

Have you considered putting your beautiful builds under glass or plexiglass cases to keep the dust off? Outstanding job done on the S boat and crew.

I dont know if I missed this info, while drooling over the pics, but could you tell me the dimensions of the awesome project.

Hi Manny, no, the Kearsarge. If you do a quick search here you can find several photos of that build.

Julian

Thanks very much Keith, mrs. Grem56 hates my model stowage as they attract dust and I don't like having them dusted . Stepping over to the "dark side" ( as the gentlemen at the armor forum refer to it) for a change of venue and techniques for the time being.

Cheers,

Julian  

All things come to an end and the S-100 is finished as far as I am concerned at this moment. It has kept kept me busy from November 2008 until May 2009. Here some last screenies before it gets put on a shelf to gather dust:

Here pictured next to the Revell 1/72 scale U-boat to give some sense of relative scales.

Thanks for dropping and watching progress.

Cheers,

Julian

I was told over on the ModelShip forum that the white cap was used in the summer and the blue cover in the winter. I tried white on the Alpine figure but changed it to blue later on. Thanks for the looking at the build,

cheers,

Julian

Mansteins revenge wrote:

Nicely done...I like the eye-patch on the one...I see you left the Alpine figgie in---he looks the part, although shouldn't his cap be white?

I heard the the German Navy changed its uniform regs and did away with the officer's white cover.  The only folks that got away with wearing it was the Uboaters.   

AWESOME S-Boat!!!!!

The Azimut crew are nearly all completed and I am fitting them to their gun stations:

For the purists among, yes, I know that the orange lifejackets are hideously anachronistic but they do pull the attention to the guncrew. Just the bridge crew and some knick-knacks to do and then this project will have run its course

Cheers,

Julian

  Thanks Julian for an update on a future project. I'm sure you will perform a splendid work on your model. All of us are impressed with your talent. Please show us the progress on your next model, as you did with the S-100. 

              Montani semper liberi !  Happy modeling to all and every one of you.

                                                  Crackers    

Hi Crackers, in answer to your question on what will be the next project:

/forums/1135642/ShowPost.aspx .

Julian

Hi Crackers,

yes, that is the plan. At the moment it is hard to tell where the workbench ends and the S-100 begins . I have no idea at the moment what the next project will be having more models in my stash than I will probably ever be able to build. The Heller La Reale de France and Victory are tempting but so are the Italeri PT  boat and the Revell Cutty Sark. I have also recently bought a lot of Dragon's 1/35 scale armour so I might even step away from model ships for while. First step will probably be new spectacles to help me see what I am building and painting

Cheers,

Julian

   Julian: I have been following your thread of the Italeri S-100 boat. Very impressive. Once you complete your model, will you have it displayed for us without the background of your workshop ?  I am looking forward to viewing your final work. Once the S-boat is finished, have you decided on your next project ? When you do begin your next model, please keep us up-to -date on your progress. I will be an interested observer.

               Montani semper liberi !    Happy modeling to all and every one of you.

                                                      Crackers       

Thanks Jester ! Rest of the munchkins are still in various stages of painting or drying (oil paints, ugh.......).

Cheers,

Julian (back to the Frankenstein laboratory of miniature crew building)

Julian,

The crew members look marvelous!! Great figs to go with a great build! I may actually work on mine a bit this evening. Bout time to start on the firepower!

Actually painting these munchkin size crewmen terrifies me. It is the single part of scale model building that I have great difficulties mastering.

Cheers,

Julian

Fitted the raillings around the stern of the vessel. I couldn't resist putting a signaller in the "pulpit" on the bridge:

Thanks for taking a look,

Julian

Hi silversurfer4907, you can follow the whole build in two threads on this forum, this one and the first thread: /forums/1074541/ShowPost.aspx . There is also an excellent thread running here: http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=130092&page=16 . Several other builds described here that are being super detailed even down to the correct number and pattern of rivets (my build is OOB).

cheers,

Julian

In regard to the subject of rust it is not uncommon on wooded boats. In my shipyard we seviced many commercial and private wooden vessels that showed plenty of rust on the hulls down to the water line. This was caused by having guard rails and staunchions of steel as well as having the cap rail .rubbing strip and sponsons all attached to the hull with steel bolts. Even the small ferries that were well maintained were always showing hull rust marks when in for their annual slipping.

Regards Les 

No, you are not wrong. Ships were mainly wood and aluminium. The Kalotte also contained some armourplate and joins were not all aluminium rivets but also nuts and bolts. If you take a good look the rust streaks I added are mostly on or around the metal parts while the hull is dirty instead of rusty. I agree that the boats were very well maintained (except during the final stages of WW II). I also believe in having a little bit of fun building models ("I build for fun and not for museums" seems to be my mantra and motto during this build because several people have rolled over me telling me certain details are not correct) so I allow myself some "artistic license". I certainly find this build (and the Italeri model as base) very sexy.

Cheers,

Julian