My Italeri 1/35 S-100 Schnellboot Build

Hey! Looks Great!

Didn't even know a 35th. scale was available. I'm doing a 72nd. scale Revell right now (really enjoying it) and planning the 35th. scale Italeri Elco in January (is winter time up here).

You may have seen this, but type in "Schellboot index page" for a very cool website. Magnificent photos, especially of the sunken "S - Boat."   

"What next from Italeri?"

Higgins 78 footer in both 72nd. and 35th. scales?

Ooooh Please, please, please.

B.P.

Calgary, Alberta Canada

Torpedo Tubes.

Now then. This could be a potential sticking point for those who are not careful. It becomes apparent that the tubes are not reversable. there are definatly left and right tubes. Careful dry fitting is needed and I would advise putting the photo etch ring around the tubes exit before fitting into the hull. It does make this step easier to do rather than fiddling around after the tube is fitted to the hull.

A word about the etched brass. It is very thinn and easily bendable. Parts were becoming detached in the bag, especially parts like the depth charge racks and the footplates for the armoured bridge.

It doesn't look like it, but there is a left and right!

Here you can see the photo etch ring (sort of). Once again there's a left and right, I can't remember is the parts on the sprues match the instructions as I though they were the wrong way round (it's probably me), but check twice and glue once!

This shows the starboard tube dry fitted into the hull. it's quite a snug fit. So far the part fitting as been very good.

This shows the port tube  fitted into place. You can see the broken part.

Torpedo tube door. It is possible to make this moveable. take care about placement of the hinge as there is a part on the top yet to be placed. Once I've painted the hull and the area I can put that part on.

Torpedo tube door. This picture shows the inside detail. The instructions call for the inside part to be painted gunmetal, but i think that a dark sea gray would be more appropriate. The inside of the torpedo tubes I have painted in steel.

Torpedo door in place..... and it moves/!!!

I'm enjoying this build. I think that it's a great kit packed full of detail (more than you realise untill you get going. There's scope for all you expert builders to potentially improve and superdetail this kit. As an overview now that I'm building, Italeri have done (for me) a superb job in this kit. I'm sure that another will find its way onto my bench soon and my learning experience in this build will make for a better one next time.

Once again, Italeri have done a superb job on this kit - it does have some drawbacks - but as there are no surviving S-Boats available to crawl round, photograph and measure and only photos and possible draught plans available then builders can't really complain about this offering (some will, but I won't)

Congratulations Italeri. Another superb offering.... What's next????????

 another build update for you all

first the piccies!!!

Here we have the stern and rudder section. no real problems encountered BUT make the stand first as it is very possible to break off the rudders. I would also recommend masking off the hull for painting (section 3 in the book of pictures) BEFORE adding the rudder section. and then paint the hull once the section has dried and you've done any cleanup needed. I didn't and found painting the rudder/prop section hard once it's all on place.

Can this model be R/C'd? I think that it MAY be possible, but it would take some modifications for the prop shafts. I leave this to someone with much more experience than me.... and I'd like to know how they did it.

coming up..... torpedo tubes.

I thought that the Revell S-100 was an excellent kit as also noted in the on-line reviews.......

Another option for the lost (due to sanding etc) rivets is Archer's 1/35th scale dry transfer rivets, I think that these may be a better choice than the glue on type, mainly due to the fact that they come on a sheet that would make it pretty easy to align and look consistant.

Email sent, Garth.

James

Hello ...

I must say, that kit is a lot better than the Revell two offerings ... from what I can see from the photos here ... either that - or you are an ubermodeler sir.

Would you mind contacting me offsite at PTConsultingNHR@aol.com - please?

Thank you,

Garth 

Didn't help much...... but this has....

http://www.shipcamouflage.com/images/kriegsmarine1.jpg

and so has this 

James

http://ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_humbrol.htm

Try this instead of damp towel.

I've started masking the hull for painting. now.. my question is, and it is not too clear in section 3 of the instructions if the measurements are to the top or bottom of the black waterline. what to others who have this beast think?

I usually use Vallejo Model colour for painting (no smell... it's acrylic) but the paint numbers are for Italeri's own range of paints - this is something new to me! After much discussion in the model shop Which seemed to include most customers as well, I finally decided on the following colours for the hull:

Black (950) for the waterline (that was easy... black is black

Hull Red (985) for below the waterline

Silver Grey (883) for the hull sides and anywhere else. (should be something called Schnellboot white, but nobody could agree on the shade, so I chose the palest I could get as I reckon that it should be a shade of grey!

now the official book of words and pictures that comes with the kit quotes the following paints:

A Schnellbootweiss ITA MM 2720  ITA MM Scryl 4696 (Hull above Waterline)

B Dark Red ITA MM 1506  ITA MM Acryl 4714 (Hull Below waterline)

C Flat Black - Ha! Got that one!!!!

D Gold ITA MM 1744 ITA MM Acryl 4671 (for propellers? I think I'll use a copper colour, but subject to change)

E Gun Metal ITA MM 1405 ITA MM Acryl 4681 (self explanitory there.... but the torpedoes?? I think I'll stick with steel colour with a gunmetal blue head - Vallejo 800)

F Dark Tan ITA MM 1742 ITA MM Acryl 4709 (Parts of Deck)

G Grey ITA MM 1723 ITA MM Acryl 4752

H Medium Grey ITA MM 1721 ITA MM Acryl 4746

I Sand ITA MM 1706 ITA MM Acryl 44720 (parts of deck)

J Green ITA MM 1524 ITAMM Acryl 4669

K Red ITA MM 1503 ITA MM Acryl 4714

Anyone got a shade card????????????

I'll post descriptions & pictures of sections 2 - 5 after I've had a lie down with a damp towel on my forehead!

James

That really is a huge piece of real estate. The damage to to the tube aperture looks like a molding fault to me. Why not try contacting Italeri on this before you go any further? Seems reasonable to me that they supply you with a new hull piece considering the sales price of the beast. The plastic screw cover plates are going to need some rather careful putty work so as not to mutilate the rivets around them.

Julian

Here we go. Piccies of section 1. putting the hull together. All pics resized to 1024x whatever!

You can see here that the sides round the forward superstructure are warped inwards, the starboard more than the port. notice as well the broken part over the top of the port torpedo frame.

This shows the bracing that has metal nuts inside as part of the screw together hull.

Speaks for itself. I'm pretty sure that this was in the box like this, added to the warped sides I think that this hull side was cast on a friday!

This shows the bow view of the starboard hull part. notice how the armoured superstructure side is warped inwards. the tiny knub on top of the (whole) torpedo frame will have to be removed to allow the deck to sit properly at a later stage.

you can see in the centre of the picture the cover that hides the screw. It's a pretty tight fit. notice as well the broken top section of the torpedo tuber frame on the right.

Full view of the complete section. You can see the size of the thing now as it almost (but not quite) fills the table.

I hope these help guys...... more to come! Mwaaaaa Haaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa (Dr Evil laugh)

James

Nice going James, yes please, photo's and lots of 'em. Sounds like lots of putty and sanding to get the hull all crispy nice (and at a meter long thats a lot of sanding )

cheers,

Julian

Probably one of the fastest WIP posted.....kit just came out....lol

I'll be watching closely as mine was shipped out Friday.

I did notice there were some items molded on that did not have a very 3 dimensional look, see pic below.

I could see a few of these type of items being sanded off and replaced with rod and fiddly bits as they were pretty elementary shapes (don't know what they were supposed to be on the prototype).

And this little bugger of a plug will be hard to deal with, luckily there are some nice 35th scale rivits available on the aftermarlet so you can replace the lost detail....