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Oh definitely AM my first real try. I got the Eduard set for the Gato. Why do you want interior parts a sub is closed?
Hello Frightful,
I think it is just you and me here- Richard is running the show but is probably involved in several other projects, so I say you are good to go!
Do you plan on adding any AM parts? It would be nice if CMK would do interior modules like for the VIIc, I am not sure if that is in the works.
Rob
On the bench: Revell 1/72 HCMS Snowberry
Can you pu me down for the Uss Gato Class by Revell 1/72.
Hello Everyone,
Been a long time since I posted pics! Lots of stressful situations here at the moment- haven't had much drive to work on the sub, but finally got some stuff done recently. I scratch built the attack periscope base and UZO. The base was lengthened by 5 mm, and all the piping was added using solder. Plastic card and punched out bolts for the base of it. The UZO is better than the kit part, but is not that accurate, but an improvement. The flak canon and 88 done, only some added PE parts and scratch built parts. All the molded in plastic hatches etc on the tower were replaced with PE parts, as well as the grills on the air intake trunks. I am glad to say that all I need to do is finish the railings, some more PE on the deck and finish the upper net cutter assembly. I'm finally ready to start painting! I'll update after the first coats are on. I also received the Eduard Royal Class ME 109 kit today. I am a glutton for punishement!
Back from holiday in the Grand Canyon, so hopefully I can get some headway on the sub.
Kermit, excellent work as always. The crew look loke a great set- better than the resin set I have.
Oh wow !!!!! And looks like you have done some painting on them already too !!!! Can't wait to see how they turn out all kermified an stuff.
Randy So many to build.......So little time
Randy,
The figures are 1/72 scale, just like the model. It is a ten buck revell set but the figures aren't bad at all
Richard
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Sir Winston Churchill
Richard lookin good man
Hey what scale are those figures ?
kermit Hope you guys enjoy the pics! Richard
Hope you guys enjoy the pics!
We do!
rtoo speed makes ugly results, too relax don't make results
Thank you all guys. I just cant believe i let that box sit for so long in my stash... Im having loads of fun with it!
The construction is now complete apart from adding the life preservers and a tiny bit of rigging astern. Getting ready for the decals and a dull coat.
I decided to A. Go for the version with the quad flak and B. Dont add canvas to the railings. To me and in my taste this gives the most menacing look to it if you will.
See for yourselves:
And yesterday i started priming and painting some crew figures. It is the revell kriegsmarine figure set. The picture doesnt show all of em btw. Prior to priming i Ca-ed them to a piece of wood to facilitate the painting assembly line style:
Kermit I can only offer this humble praise of this build
What a pretty boat err ship
Wow, Richard. That looks amazing! I'm struggling to get any modelling time. Lack of time as well as enthusiasm.... Almost done the scratchbuilding of the attack periscope. Going away on vacation on Friday to Grand Canyon, so may not be able to get any pics up for a couple of weeks.
Huge good thing there Kermit
Guys,
Amazing how fast your GB thread can land on page 3...
Been plugging away at my schnellboot steadily every day and i think i am about two thirds through the construction phase. I must say that this kit, for it's very modest pricetag of EUR.17,99 is bristling with detail. Every time i work on her it just strikes me. A sheet of PE would only enhance what is already a very honest and well engineered kit.
Some pics then...
The pikes or whatever they are attached to the sides of the deck at the bow are done in a similar wood graining fashion as i did with the stand. Really love the effect now that i have tinkered with the technique for a bit Also i endeavoured to hollow out the funnels attached to the armored deckhouse by riddling it with holes using a hand drill and then connecting the dots with my trusty no.11...
Work in progress....
Guys in my excitement to finally get my dio finished I neglected to add the story behind it. It depicts a sea battle between a US Destroyer and a German U-boat. The U-Boat had suffered heavy damage from depth charges, the Destroyer mean while had taken a couple of torpedo hits, and was slowly sinking. So with no ammo left on either craft the U-Boat surfaces and the Destroyer Commander decides to ram the sub, which has been set to self destruct, with only partial engine power and no rudder control. If you wish to see how this all turns out and, you can find the movie, its an old Robert Mitchum movie made in 1957 I believe, called " The Enemy Below " Its a great one showing the story from both sides. And a good one to add to a collection with U-571 and Das Boot.
Kermit I am really liking your build !!!!! And do plan to remember your wood graining trick. I also wish to thank you for your very very kind praise of my build.
And Bysamato my thanks to you for your very kind words. Really without you two giving advise the water would never have come out as well as it did.
Now its on to try and get a B-29 going again for the NMF group, and a sprint car for the dirt car group.
Kermit. Holy cow!! The time it took me to make one 1/72 scale UZO, you practically built the S-100!! You'll be done by midweek! Looks great!
Vetteman. Great job on the dio. I'm on my iPad and can't remove the bold for some reason. Those figures are about 3 mm or so? Must have been a challenge to paint on pupils....
Bsyamato: I'll try to get a pic or two up tomorrow. Nothing as exciting as the above, but at least you can see I haven't been twittling my thumbs...
And while i am at it.... (im really kinda jealous of Randy so i have to butt in here.....LOL)
Todays work ended up with me finishing hull painting and painting the wooden deck fittings as well as securing and painting the deckhouse. About an hour ago i added a light wash to blend everything in but i havent tidied that up yet so it may look a bit crude.... Also forgive the bad artificial lighting...busted a bulb and had to work with a bulb that has rather cold light. The wood is really alot browner in real life.
Also over the course of this week i have been experimenting with giving styrene a definate "wood look". From the net i have borrowed this technique where you add a heavy layer of raw umber artists oil paint to a very yellow ochre acrylic undercoat. These oilpaints take days to dry so i had ample time to process it. After about 24 hours i took a foam cube, lightly coated that with mineral spirit and wiped some off in straight angles so you get the idea of veneer. Kinda neat and certainly worth doing again.
Rob waiting for more sub pictures
Nice color adding Vetterman now looking really great! wishing to make some me too, Unfortunately i have glued all my ships bottom!!
What can i say my friend, you have certainly outdone yourself this time. I am, as Gamera put it so eloquently in your NMF GB, gobsmacked and in awe at the lifelike appearance of your water dio. The green and future sure payed off bigtime and i really love the "choppyness" of the water for lack of a better word.
The added lifeboats really add alot of drama to the dio and tell you an obvious story, as should any good dio do. I can really imagine those figures giving you nearsightedness and headaches putting together my man!
My friend, i would call this among the best i have seen from you and i am truely impressed. Three 's for you and a big on me! Well done indeed!
Kermit wow man ! err froggie You are moving along on this build, gonna haffta start callin you Kermit the Fast Froggie. Hey took your advise about the added future on the water, now it has 8 coats on it and looks much better.
Maxfax I believe it was you a while back asked if the dio was going to have life boats included, the answer is yes, however not stack smoke for this one. Tried smoking some cotton ball material and just didnt look good.
So I am calling this build and my very first diorama finished There are figures in the life rafts and on both the sub and destroyer but my camera just will not capture them very well, my eyes are still hurting and feelin crossed from putting them on yesterday. Oh and the carpet monster was well fed from my losing them, they pop out of tweezers really well let me tell ya, and I think one of them is still lurking under a finger nail.
I do have to give credit and thank both Kermit and Bysamato for their advise on the coloring of the water as it wouldnt have come out this well without their help.
Hope you all like it. Comments are welcomed.
Rob,
Thank you for your interest! Well... it's basically gonna be an OOB build but i do have a crew set to add in various poses. And if it just so happens i am happy with the end result i just miiiight pop it in a water base.... No promises yet but i bought the kit like a year ago with that dio in the back of my head.
The instructions call out for the dark grey antifouling while the box pictures on the side show one with red antifouling and dark grey bootstripe.... Looking at pics on the net prior to the build i kinda decided it will add interest to the build with the red so i am going that way. And reading through build logs i did find that one with the red and white air recognition striping. Looked great but i am not sure wether or not to attempt it....
Wow, Kermit! Great stuff! I wish I had your speed, I could actually get something done for once! I have the non- flak version in the stash, and I can't wait to get it started. Using any PE sets? Are you going to use the canvas coverings on the railings or leave them exposed? Red or dark gray below the waterline? I like the version using the red and white stripes on the forward deck.
Made the UZO today, looks ok, but at least better than the kit part. Lengthened the attack scope base with milliput as well, so lots of sanding tomorrow.
Maxfax,
Bring it on!
Well,...
I promised some WIP pics so here we go.... Like i said i was working on the deckhouse:
I must say for a twenty some buck kit it packs alot of nice surface detail to work with, and a nice big one in 1/72 too.
The deckhouse was dryfitted to the deck for show:
Next up should be finishing up the hull by painting the antifouling red and the light ghost grey main color... More to come soon! Hope y'all like it sofar.
Vetteman: nice work on the diaroma. Going to add any smoke to the ship? Done the bulk ok the inning tower. Lost a couple of bids on a CMK kit that included the attack periscope and base, UZO and other key parts. The kit parts are all wrong, now I will have to scratch build them. Post some pics hopefully in a week.
After my wildcat for NMF GB entered the paintbooth i have started the schnellboot. Currently i am still in the painting phase of the basic hull and deck and working on the armored deckhousing. Should have pics up somewhere in the weekend
Absolutely great use of color variation and wave effects on the water! I am seriously impressed and the adding of some green tints did add alot of oomph to it KUDOS there my man.
For the extra wet effect you might consider being extremely generous with brushed on future. I did like four or five layers on my dio and it turned out amazingly well for me with the emphasis on generous
Great woodworking too btw.
Kermit yup that boat is gonna keep ya busy for a few days for sure. Gonna be fun watching this one come together.
Guys dust has settled for a few days around here so I selfishly spend a couple of days out in the man cave building and gluing an painting. Got the edging around my base and the destroyer and sub mounted. I wanna thank out fearless leader and Bysamato for their help getting the colors right for the base. Here are a couple of pictures, still have a few more things to do to complete this.
Hope ya like it so far.
Well since it's going on for a while, i'll be able to get the S-3 Viking started.
Building- (All 1/48) F-14A Tomcat, F-16C Blk 30, He 129
Huge piece on the workbench Kermit
Wow, Kermit! You'll probably be done that kit by the time I'm done the conning tower!!!
I bought that kit in the fall at a show for $10 dollars(not the flak version), and got the Eduard PE kit off EBay for about half price! I look forward to the build!! I have a PDF file of an Osprey book about the S boats with lots of pics- send me your e mail and I'll send it to you.
Glad to see others are all for another build, it will keep me going!
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