I don't know how you guys do it!!!!

WOW...I love anything that sinks other things!!!

Are you watching Das Boot as you build this??

VanceCrozier

Are you watching Das Boot as you build this??

Jürgen Oesten

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Jürgen Oesten
October 24, 1913(1913-10-24) – August 5, 2010(2010-08-05) (aged 96)
Place of birth	Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Place of death	Hamburg, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1933–1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	U-61 U-106 U-861
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Juergen Oesten.

Jürgen Oesten (24 October 1913 – 5 August 2010) was a Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-61 and U-106, and then served as a staff officer before returning to command U-861. He sank nineteen ships for a total of 101,744 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged four others for 51,668 GRT to become number 29 on the list of the highest scoring U-Boat aces of World War II.

Contents [hide] 1 Career 2 Awards 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Born in Grunewald, Berlin, Oesten joined the German Navy in April 1933. After serving aboard the cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Karlsruhe he transferred to the U-boat arm in May 1937, and was appointed watch officer of U-20. In August 1939 Oesten commissioned U-61, sailing on nine patrols, and sinking five ships. Taking command of U-106 in September 1940, he sailed on three patrols sinking another ten ships. On 20 March 1941 during an attack on convoy SL-68 he damaged the British battleship HMS Malaya. In October 1941 Oesten became the first commander of the 9. Unterseebootsflottille based in Brest, France. In March 1942 he joined the staff of FdU Nordmeer directing the U-boat war in the Norwegian Sea. In September 1943 Oesten returned to active duty in U-861, sailing to Penang to join the Monsun Gruppe of U-boats operating in the Indian Ocean, and sinking another four ships, bringing his career total to 19 ships sunk, totalling 101,744 GRT, and four ships damaged (51,668 GRT). U-861 left Soerabaya, Dutch East Indies, in January 1945 carrying a cargo of vital materials, but only two torpedoes, and reached Trondheim, Norway, in April, just before the German surrender.^[1]

Oesten was a technical advisor for the 2005 submarine simulator Silent Hunter III.^[2]

Great stuff there! Can you tell me where you got those PE goodies?

There's a wealth of info to be found on the net so i'm sure you can find good info on how they are supposed to look. Even the silent hunter games can be a good source as they depicted the uboats pretty accurate. Best advice i can give you is to take revell's painting instructions with a grain of salt

Richard

Manstein's revenge

VanceCrozier:

Are you watching Das Boot as you build this??

 

....or playing "Silent Hunter"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DU32myDHbM&feature=related

Rare color footage of U-boat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tb1ignakMM&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExA69prggRg&feature=player_detailpage

A close call for U-229...

Kermit, the set came from Dragon. http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=GRMN144002 (on sale!)

Made a fare amount of headway today. Put in about 6/7 hours, just on the tower! The PE set has a jig (that you have to assemble) to set the height of the railing. The rails are stainless steel, and a real M. F.er to bend without pulling you attachment points off. I can honestly say, I have NEVER cursed so loud, in such anger at a model in my life!!! I'd have rather taken a swift kick in the junk. But, I got it done and it looks alright!

The jig.

Bending the spindles down is where the arguments started! The PE instructions would have you try to slide another piece up the spindles. The piece spans three of the spindles and the holes are way too small. Trying to make this happen, without ending up in the looney bin, is damnear impossible! I didn't even attempt it. That piece is incorrect anyway. It is for the wood bench on the middle rail, which is three seperate pieces anyway. I cut the piece apart and rounded off the edges.

The rail.

And the tower, nearly complete, with all the rails.

Thank God that nightmare is over!!!

fermis

Kermit, the set came from Dragon. http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=GRMN144002 (on sale!)

Made a fare amount of headway today. Put in about 6/7 hours, just on the tower! The PE set has a jig (that you have to assemble) to set the height of the railing. The rails are stainless steel, and a real M. F.er to bend without pulling you attachment points off. I can honestly say, I have NEVER cursed so loud, in such anger at a model in my life!!! I'd have rather taken a swift kick in the junk. But, I got it done and it looks alright!

The jig.

Bending the spindles down is where the arguments started! The PE instructions would have you try to slide another piece up the spindles. The piece spans three of the spindles and the holes are way too small. Trying to make this happen, without ending up in the looney bin, is damnear impossible! I didn't even attempt it. That piece is incorrect anyway. It is for the wood bench on the middle rail, which is three seperate pieces anyway. I cut the piece apart and rounded off the edges.

The rail.

And the tower, nearly complete, with all the rails.

Thank God that nightmare is over!!!

Are you kidding me fermis?? Forget "optivisors", you've gotta have opti-fingers to be dealing with all that PE. 

You may call me, Fermis tweezer hands! Hopefully I'll still have 20/20 after this! I do believe/hope that the hardest parts are behind me. If not, you won't hear from me again, cuz I'll blow my brains out! I have always tipped my hat to small scale ship builders, but now, my hat's off to them! I have been slowly adding bits to the hull/deck as I worked on other parts. All the major components are finished now. Here's the BIG (yeah, that's sarcasm) gun. 18 pieces!!!

The small gun consists of 7 pieces, and that A$$H0!E on the right is a cradle for torpedo loading. We did not get along too well. I thought I had words for the railing on the tower........for the first time ever, I actually got up and walked away......not once, not twice......FOUR times, while workin on those 14 pieces of he!!. By the end, I found myself off in the weeds, talkin to myself! Many of the worst words I have ever heard, flew off my tongue at it. It just stared back, tauntingly. I don't think I had as many words for ModelCraft's F-82!

I had some rum and feel much better now!

Some deck shots.

Just a few words for the railing, very tame compared to the cradle!

Tower and goods set in place (these will all be painted seperately).

The trough toward the front is the torpedo loading hatch.

Will be adding color shortly!!!!

I can't wait to build an airplane again!

fermis

You may call me, Fermis tweezer hands! Hopefully I'll still have 20/20 after this! I do believe/hope that the hardest parts are behind me. If not, you won't hear from me again, cuz I'll blow my brains out! I have always tipped my hat to small scale ship builders, but now, my hat's off to them! I have been slowly adding bits to the hull/deck as I worked on other parts. All the major components are finished now. Here's the BIG (yeah, that's sarcasm) gun. 18 pieces!!!

The small gun consists of 7 pieces, and that A$$H0!E on the right is a cradle for torpedo loading. We did not get along too well. I thought I had words for the railing on the tower........for the first time ever, I actually got up and walked away......not once, not twice......FOUR times, while workin on those 14 pieces of he!!. By the end, I found myself off in the weeds, talkin to myself! Many of the worst words I have ever heard, flew off my tongue at it. It just stared back, tauntingly. I don't think I had as many words for ModelCraft's F-82!

I had some rum and feel much better now!

Some deck shots.

Just a few words for the railing, very tame compared to the cradle!

Tower and goods set in place (these will all be painted seperately).

The trough toward the front is the torpedo loading hatch.

Will be adding color shortly!!!!

I can't wait to build an airplane again!

Manstein's revenge

Holy Cow! Wait....I see a seam in that metal barrel...

 While I was working on it, with the light the way it was, it looked like it had a seam. I had a little chuckle......"Manny's gonna see that, and call me on it"!!!

fermis

Manstein's revenge:

Holy Cow! Wait....I see a seam in that metal barrel...

 

 While I was working on it, with the light the way it was, it looked like it had a seam. I had a little chuckle......"Manny's gonna see that, and call me on it"!!!

Your photo-etch work is looking really good. Great work so far!

This is cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTnjcxeqqu8&feature=player_detailpage

That modeling show is great, wish they had something like that here.

Here's a link to the the first 3 seasons of the show.

She's startin to really come together. The madness is behind me and she's gettin dressed.

Very cool: tiger-striped camo!!! I love your U-229 and want to test her pressure hull...

I liked the original wooden base better though...

Nice.

I really like the subdued "Dazzle" paint scheme.

Manstein's revenge

 I love your U-229 and want to test her pressure hull...

 Well, if "you" can fit, I'm really sorry to hear that!!!!

Spent the day with some odds n ends bits and light weathering(keeping that minimal).

fermis

Spent the day with some odds n ends bits and light weathering(keeping that minimal).

fermis

 I have always tipped my hat to small scale ship builders, but now, my hat's off to them! 

Try not to get a twitch, but for a bunch of us over here, 1:144 is Large Scale <G>

You probably do not want to go eyeball some of  the 1:700 stuff out there <G>

And, Donald McNarry (is that spelt right?) will cause a body to feel like they ought stick to snap-together kits <sigh>

This isn't 1/48th scale???

fermis

You may call me, Fermis tweezer hands!.....

fermis tweezer hands, next time I go on vacation, I want todrop in on your place and sit on your little PE benches! You know, except I'm not 1/144 scale.

Next time you post a pic of the entire sub, how about using a penny for size reference?