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Hi all,
I'm getting back into building after a two year absence and am working on the Revell 1/125 U-99. I drilled out the "holes" and cut out the torpedo doors on the hull. What materials/technique do you suggest I use to provide a backing for these two areas. Authenticity is not important, but I don't want to leave them as-is allowing one to see through the boat. I've never done any "scratchbuilding" and am looking for advice.
John
One quick and dirty method might be a bulkhead along the vertical centerline. You could scribe the profile of the ship on a large sheet of styrene, cut it a little shy till it fits just inside one of the hull halves, and paint a really flat black. Otherwise you need to do an internal structure carrying the shape of the pressure hull into the interior. You can get some really large sheets of styrene from several vendors.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
easiest is sealing off the interior by a styrene sheet painted -flat black, held out a bit from the drilled hull.
there are cheep sheets are at the $ store ( the "for rent; for sale kind)
Steve
Building the perfect model---just not quite yet
DUSTER easiest is sealing off the interior by a styrene sheet painted -flat black, held out a bit from the drilled hull. there are cheep sheets are at the $ store ( the "for rent; for sale kind)
Hey everyone, thanks for your input. I'll use a styrene sheet, as suggested. I'm sorry about my delay in responding. I hadn't realized I got responses to my post. I'll have to check my account settings ...
HI :
I did the same with the large LINDBERG sub .The HOLES are " LIMBER HOLES " they let water flow freely into the structures built over the pressure hull .They are also called by some " FREEING PORTS "
I did this . For the torpedo doors I used the barrels from those " FAT " pens you can get at the office suppl;y store . I took strips of plastic and using spacers to give it depth , glued them in place AFTER painting the outside surfaces (or what would be ) and then glued them inside the hull ,behind the holes . This does two things , It gives you depth to the holes and closes off the " THRU-SHIP " view ports . I usually use the single sheet method , but I wanted a better effect .. Tanker-builder
Hi TankBuilder, thanks for taking the time to respond. Great idea. Now I need to get to building ...
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