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Nuther U-Boat kit oops?

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  • Member since
    February 2011
Nuther U-Boat kit oops?
Posted by Hokey on Saturday, February 2, 2013 11:07 AM

It looks like in order to be a good U-Boat kit builder, I'm going to become a U-Boat engineer! I'm working on a 1/350 Mirage Hobby kit of a Type IX-B - box reads U-107 and has the decals for that boat (confirmed on Uboat.net.

BUT....this boat has, what to me looks like a smoke stack or deck mounted periscope tube (not sure what) on the right side on the control tower!

So, re-looking at Uboat.net, I see that style of boat appears to be the IXC or IXC/40, but they had a double wintergarden gun area and the model is only a single like the IXB!

The photo of U-107 at Wikipedia does NOT show this verticle stack, so I think I remove it and build it the way I think its correct as U-107.

Thought s from those in the "know"?

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Saturday, February 2, 2013 11:11 AM

My first thought was a snorkel:

http://www.war44.com/german-u-boats/973-u-boat-snorkels.html

 but I don't know if that particular boat had one.

Tags: snorkel
  • Member since
    February 2011
Posted by Hokey on Saturday, February 2, 2013 11:17 AM

That's exactly what it is! Thanks for the example.  All the photos I see on Google images show none on U-107. I'l just "un-glue" it and remove. Thx!

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    September 2005
  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Saturday, February 2, 2013 9:02 PM

Glad I could help !Big Smile

Tags: snorkel
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