(A)SW GBII - CLOSING

Richard, lovely looking build.

Rob,

The crew set i used is Revell of Germany's "deutsche marinefiguren" set in 1:72. It has 51 figures in it in various poses and is meant for either my schnellboot or your VIIC. Highly recommended and i think you should be able to find it there for like ten US dollars...

Thank all of you guys for your kind words. The box had been in my stash for quite some time but now i can only feel sorry i did not start on it sooner. You do get alot of detail and a big model for the very soft price tag of 19 euro's...

But let me introduce you guys to my next intended model:

There are several ponts where the VIIC/41 is different from the standard workhorse VIIC... Most notably are the absence of the 88mm deck gun, a different setup of the conning tower, a schnorkel device (makes the sub recharge the batteries running underwater on diesel engines provided there was a relative calm sea) and lastly the canisters for the life rafts added on top of the deck:

There are options for four different boats and i intend to depict either U998 or U1004, both of which have the yellow training markings around the forward conning tower.... very smashing:

Lastly, i did mention the purchase of a crew for my model... They are slightly underscale at 1:160 but i think i can make em into an effective crew with some adaptations and clever paintwork:

Hope the boyz and girlz here like my choice....

Richard

WOW, U-Boats everywhere.

That figure set came with the re-release of the 72nd VIIC last year. It looks rather nice and saved me buying the CMK figures.

Waiting for the order confirm , but with latest supplies ordered i put down a little 1/700 U-boat type IX B from hobbyboss !!!

Arrived today the micro u-boot!!!

Heres the sprues

The kit is snapfit, but will use glue anyway, asap will start

Started!

Some picture after glued the hull , turret unglued

Handrails are really out of scales ,but general details are really fine

Glued an handle to help works and cut off the original handrails

glued the other two main hull pieces

and started to replace handrails on the turret .. dam.. micro work 

Netx sub will necessary at least in 1/350 

Apologies everyone, I did complete my Airfix HMS Trafalgar, but I forgot I had joined this GB. Here are a couple of pics.

Cheers

Tony

LOL  nice work!

think i see it already on falkland 

Hi guys, since we has so much time with this GB, is there any space for my 1/48 Fujimi Westland Wasp? The South African Navy used them from the 60's till 90.

Theuns

I'd like to see it.

Cheers

Tony

Hoping it will look a little like this - http://www.saairforce.co.za/gallery-and-media/54/wasp#viewport

Theuns

Ugly but nice. Wheels or skids Theuns ? The four point undercarriage looks quite unique.

Cheers

Tony

Theres something strange in the wasp kit. Main difference between the scout and the wasp are the landing gear. Wasp uses a four legs gear with wheels (as the gallery link you put there),instead  the scout have fixed skids withouth whells 

Tony, SAAF/SAN Wasps had wheels for ship ops :-)

There are actually now a few privately owned wasps as the SA Gov sold them as surpluss.

T

bsyamato,

A 1/700 scale IXB you say? My god,.. it must be tiny! Great work sofar my friend. What paint scheme are you going to apply? The 1/350 type VII i built was around 10cm (4 inches) long, this one must be... 6 or maybe 7cm?

Taxtp,

I was hoping to see finished pictures of your Trafalgar and i must say i am not in the least bit let down in my expectations. I especially love the vertical streaking in your finish. How did you accomplish that? Absolutely lovely model!

Theuns,

By all means please join!! Interesting subject as well. I will put you on the list right away. Its going to be in SAAF markings i presume?

Richard

LOL i think is the type VII that is really little, because the nine have the same lenght in 1/700 :)

The box shows this scheme, like and going for it... if i'm able to paint the little black stripe in the middle of the sub 

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints-depot/ships/submarines-germany/dkm-u-123-u-boat-type-ixb.png

Bsyamato thois lil tiny 1/700 subs are a challange arent they looking good so far foir sure

BSY, dont worry about the black stripe, AKA "boot topping". U-Boats did not use those or have red bottoms. Check out this article for lots of great info.

http://www.artitec.nl/downloads/instructions/uboat/uboat_colours.pdf

Thought you guys might find this article interesting

www.tgdaily.com/.../65022-wwii-german-u-boat-found-off-massachusetts-coast

Vetteman,

Thank you for sharing! For U-550 to patrol the american east coast that late into the war was almost a suicide mission... I just looked up this boat on uboat.net and it seems that luck was in short supply on this ill fated vessel. They also have a photo on record of the tanker that was sunk.

Richard

Hey Guys!

Its been awhile. Lots going on with my life- undergoing a separation at the moment, so that has been my main focus, so I won't be posting for awhile until I get things ready in my new house. Had a chance tonight to let you know I have not been goofing off! Just started the weathering on the starboard side, will take awhile to finish, but the light is definitely brighter at the end of the tunnel now!

Thanx for the advices guys 

Maxfax after this great weathered best this little sub seems just a toy :D

here some little progress, i'm really slow in these days

Kermit,

Next project I'm almost sure will be a 1/48 AM Avenger. Going to do it in either FAA or USN anti-Uboat garb. The GB still on?

Eric

here more updates

Copper on propeller, a glossy layer and a washing

Sorry everyone, it's been finished since early summer, but with me not feeling so hot latley and summer time distractions, it's taken a while to get pics on Photo bucket, but like they say, "better late than never"

Wow excellent submarine  wishing in some more light pictures 

My u-boot is long about half torpedo of your 

Greentracker, nice sub!

I'm still around, still settling into the new house, and was doing some weathering last night. I hope to start making progress on the finishing touches soon. Just got the 1/200 Arizona yesterday off of EBay, and I want to get into that, but first the U-Boat. I'll post some pics soon.

Thanks,

Those pics are with all the lights turned on LOL

I'll try to get a pic or two in the day time on a nice sunny day. its not sunny here today, been raining on and off all day.

Beautiful Gato Greentracker! Oh do I wish that I had the room for one of those kits! They are gorgeous!

Thanks everyone.

I hope to do the 72 scale U Boat as well as the Japanese sub even if it isnt all that great