Type IXC U-boat pics.

Recently finished this model of a Type IXC U-boat made from Nichimo kit. Scale is 1/200.
I thought it might give a little diversion from all the Type VII's out there.
Model has special significance because my Dad's best friend was torpedoed by a IXC when he was a boy returning to the States from Africa. In the '70s he exhaustively researched the whole thing and was able to pinpoint which U-boat sunk the ship he was on. It was the U-66 commanded by Friedrich Markworth who was a U-boat ace and Knight's Cross winner. Later during the war the U-66 was rammed and sunk by the U.S. Destroyer Escort Buckley and remarkably a large portion of the U-boat crew survived. In the late 70's or early 80's my Dad's best friend contacted the survivors of the U-66 and met them in friendship as he had no war animosities. The radioman provided a picture of the U-boat circa '43/'44 in Lorient which shows the starboard side. I matched the rust patterns fairly close to those shown in the photograph.
In retrospect I wish I had made the barnacle patches a little smaller and more subtle, but overall I'm pleased with Das Boot.

Dave