Type VIIC/41 8-24-23 update

 I airbrushed the deck with dullcote for good surface/paint adhesion then applied a yellowish/brown Tamiya mix with some airbrush shading till it looked good to me. I followed with an airbrushed layer of Future followed with some hairspray.

Click the pics for a larger view.

Next, a layer of Tamiya XF-85 rubber black.

I’ll add more wearing and color later.

* Has anyone wondered what the four hatches on the forward port side of the deck are for…..? 

Each hatch is storage for a for a Dinghy.

 Except for Tamiya paints and alternating coats of future and dullcote, nearly everything past this point will be hand painted using;

Delta
Folk art
Graphite
Charcoal
Americana
Apple barrel
water color paint
water color pencils
Pastels and Oil paints
fine tip acrylic color markers
and about anything else that will stick.
                                             Until next time.......

Type VIIC/41 8-24-23 update

........Where is everybody?

Type VIIC/41 8-29-23 update

Wake up folks...............

Moving astern.

Assembled and painted snorkel.

The running gear before any painting.


And my “proper props” as painted. More embellishment later.


Forward bow planes with cables (in progress) and a bit of paint.


Here are the unpainted railings for the Conn.


Added some screening detail to the railing of the upper forward conn.


After sub assemblies are complete, It'll all start coming together fast.  

More coming later…………..

Hello DM!

I hate it when I post a WIP and nobody says anything... I'm going to help you out!

Those rails are a challenge at 1/144 - very fine castings and yet in this scale they look a tad heavy, at least in this close-up. But I guess there's no realistic work around on that...

And could you tell me what "Americana" and "Apple Barrel" are?

Good luck with your Boot and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

Hello DM!

I hate it when I post a WIP and nobody says anything... I'm going to help you out!

Those rails are a challenge at 1/144 - very fine castings and yet in this scale they look a tad heavy, at least in this close-up. But I guess there's no realistic work around on that...

And could you tell me what "Americana" and "Apple Barrel" are?

Good luck with your Boot and have a nice day

Paweł

 

Thanks Pawel!


You've helped me several times before and I appreciate it!


I guess they're so overcome with awe their hands are paralyzed.

 It's been a while since I've posted a build. A few weeks back some one here mentioned that there wasn't as many build postings since taking the time to compose & take in-progress pictures can be so time consuming.


Well, quite honestly..... it is. In my case it has been doubly time consuming..... but I rarely ever quit.

 

*That's why I decided to put this post up a second time to help remedy that.

With all the trouble I had trying to figure out what the problem was with the first one (when the picures were all screwed up) I was just about to abandon this subject and let it float (sink?) away. Thanks to Tim, he graciously took that post off the forum.

 Apparently there was an image problem that covered over the "edit" option. I've never had any problems with composing a subject before and I couldn't fix it from my end.

 

And yes, those railings look a bit overweight but they are really frail, delicate and very  prone to breakage. So because I enjoy weathering, the final finish might be a bit heavy too.

The "Americana" and "Apple Barrel" are cheap craft paints found in a lot of the thrift stores, Hobby Lobby, Michaels and Walmart that can be used for brush painting.
They are very helpful when being used with clearcoats. Here are some sample images.
                                                 

                   I'm A........

Check here......https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=561038293&sxsrf=AB5stBg8dcYKHVNIUUBI9iVi9Xzy9lKkbg:1693335148297&q=craft+paints&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOuv__xIKBAxX2FmIAHQEMBv4Q0pQJegQIDRAB

                                    Thanks again....

* And to add more aggravation I had to retype this all over again because Finescale logged me out.

                                                          What's next?

(Type VIIC/41 UBOOT 9-2-23 update)

I’ve just about finished modifying the stern jumping wire supports using heated/stretched plastic Q-tips.

And testing the fitment…..

 Yes, more “SUB Assemblies required.”                          

And the source for some of the cable parts shown below. 

Drilled out for cable detail.

Coming together piece by piece.

I like the paint prep you've done, DM, and the cable detail is great!  This is a very nice kit - I built one for the 50 shades of Grey GB a while back, I look forward to seeing yours finished.

Really nice work so far. Will be watching along with this one.....Cheers mark

Hutch6390

I like the paint prep you've done, DM, and the cable detail is great!  This is a very nice kit - I built one for the 50 shades of Grey GB a while back, I look forward to seeing yours finished.

Good to hear from across the pond!

 I'm taking a day or two to do some things around the house... things like cleaning up my car and a bit of maintenance on my truck.

 I'm going all out on this subject and creating a lot of scratched parts along with using a LOT of hand brushed painting. No photoetched parts will be used on this.

 I'll be back to this project soon and I'm going to make it look as real and used as I 've always done with all of my tank projects.

Stayed tuned. You and Pawel are the only replies so far. All the others were ME updating progress.

Well, add a third to the replies, though I can't say much concerning ships.  I will say that the detail work you've endeavored to create is amazing, considering.  I did a Gato class submarine sometime back and realized even the rigging for the antenna masts and guardrails was a chore!  I'll try to follow along.

Gary

disastermaster

Stayed tuned.

Yes, for sure   I was quite pleased with how mine turned out, but I'm watching to see what ideas I can pinch from you in case I fancy doing another one - I'm taking notes already, looking good! 

surfsup

Really nice work so far. Will be watching along with this one.....Cheers mark.

 

More stuff  on the list

                                    ......coming soon.

GAF

Well, add a third to the replies, though I can't say much concerning ships.  I will say that the detail work you've endeavored to create is amazing, considering.  I did a Gato class submarine sometime back and realized even the rigging for the antenna masts and guardrails was a chore!  I'll try to follow along.

Gary

 Ships really aren't my forte, but for some unknown reason I'm attracted to WWII submarines. Of course the smaller the scale, the harder it is when concerning intricate detail. The reverse of that would be, the bigger the scale the less room you have for the result.

 And as we all know, there has to be a trade-off there somewhere

 Hang with me, because when you see how I'm doing the rigging and the overall results I expect when this is completed, you just might want to challenge yourself too.

Any model you build just teaches how to do the next one better.

 Right now I'm working with the fore and aft jumping wire details. Making the required parts just makes me think harder. I'll be putting it up here soon.

    Thanks for looking in.

             with

U Boat Jumping wires.

Taking notes while making boats isn't easy.


Been busy……….

The ones that I have seen and really DO look good were done with resin parts…..(but those aren’t in 1/144 scale either……..that I know of).

This is probably the hardest part (in this scale) to make this somewhat convincing. I’ve been doing a lot of “thinking  it out” before beginning.

I think these are going to come out quite nice.

               
Haven’t seen anyone doing the jumping wires in this manner. Most all I’ve seen use bits of play-doh, drops of glue or even bread dough (yuck).

Now, how I laid out the forward & rear  jumping wires.
 It gets a more beady after this…….  liike 2mm.

The insulators might be a bit too big for this scale but 2mm were the smallest thing I could find……But, (of course) after all this was finished I've found  ‘em in 1mm.

Careful measurements are required for all the following.

Forward layout…

 

    There is just barely enough room for the functional snorkel to correctly engage the bridge connection.
    There are no useable/viewable attachment points on the bridge for the jumping wires to securely connect to, so I made my own.
     
    You can connect them by making your own pintel connectors.
This picture should be self explanatory, it really isn’t difficult.
The smallest one on the left is made from tiny old mouse wires.
           

                                              
  All  the attachment points (cable wise) were made to allow the snorkel to dock with the bridge correctly.
 

Keep thinking ahead......

 The part that divides the forward cable just before the bridge is a part I made (3 pieces).

A lot of research has gone into this.....

Additional features added below, except for the antenna wire that I’m going to redo.

The way I have this mounted allows me to just slightly raise the cables above the styrofoam base and install the insulators in the required position wth some pva. Brush on some future while the pva has dried.
   After the insulators have dried securely in place, add another brushing of future to keep them that way. This gives you a semi-rigid structure to work with.

        The rear jumping wires are done in the same manner.

        It’s nowhere near finished yet…………..  37mm next.

          Remember……
                     "The learning is in the doing."

                                              
    I made all the tire chains on the M-20 armored car that you see below (at the bottom of this post) in the same manner as the cables were done. ⬇

Amazing detail work.  Your creativity shows.

Gary

Great work here, DM, on a very small scale - I'm getting eye strain just from the photos!

Hutch6390

disastermaster

Stayed tuned.

 I'm watching to see what ideas I can pinch from you in case I fancy doing another one - I'm taking notes already, looking good! 

 

grab it up and enjoy.

GAF

Amazing detail work.  Your creativity shows.

Gary

 

Thank you Gary.

       Working on the next episode.

Hutch6390

Great work here, DM, on a very small scale - I'm getting eye strain just from the photos!

 

Stack on some readers 'cause things are gonn'a get even smaller.

 

I'm currently working on a missing parts problem.

                                                          ⬇

           ......'ya know what that means.

This is the 37mm gun as shown in the instructions.

Nothing complicated.

But, as it looks right now I’m going to have to break out the calipers and research some measurements from the internet.

At some point the partially prepped parts (including the small plastic box I put them in) was apparently devoured by a hideous carpet monster. 

I’ve looked for hours employing every search trick I know.
How in the ‘ell did it swallow the 2” plastic box I put it all in?

I don’t want to buy another kit or do 3D printing just to get the gun either.
So, I guess there’ll be a lull here since I’m going to have to redo it all by hand.
            
I’ll have it up as soon as I can get it finished.
                        A short while from now…………..

You know when you're going to find it don't you?

Anyhow, just getting around to seeing your great work on this build. I'll be watching from here on.  

Stay safe.

Jim 

Hey Fox,

I get'cha on that.

Thank you for your interest and inclusion with this subject.

 This has only happened to me one time before, about 12 years ago. That part (thankfully a simple, one piece part) showed up about 3 years later..... in a far corner all the way across the living room where no one ever goes.

I'm still working on the 37mm............

disastermaster

<SNIP>

* And to add more aggravation I had to retype this all over again because Finescale logged me out.

                                                          What's next?

 

Logged you out?!?  Amazing!!  My old account 'disappeared' when I reset the email address on it, but after a few backs-and-forths with the admin team here, that all got straightened.  They told me to log out and back in and things should be fixed.  Luckily, the changes happened dynamically, as I have NEVER been able to log out, on purpose, or accidentally.  

Nice work, though.  I have a couple of subs in my stash, mostly really wierd stuff, like the Hunley and Proteus, but I do appreciate WIPs of all types, since there's stuff to learn from almost each and every one. 

Regards,

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

How do you lose a 2 inch box?  Obviously sabotage!

But I'm sure the 37mm will look even better when you build the parts yourself.

Gary

CrashTestDummy

 disastermaster

<SNIP>

* And to add more aggravation I had to retype this all over again because Finescale logged me out.

                                                          What's next?

 Logged you out?!?  Amazing!!  My old account 'disappeared' when I reset the email address on it, but after a few backs-and-forths with the admin team here, that all got straightened.  They told me to log out and back in and things should be fixed.  Luckily, the changes happened dynamically, as I have NEVER been able to log out, on purpose, or accidentally.  

Nice work, though.  I have a couple of subs in my stash, mostly really wierd stuff, like the Hunley and Proteus, but I do appreciate WIPs of all types, since there's stuff to learn from almost each and every one. 

Regards,

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

 

First time in 20+ years that THAT has ever happened to me.

Next time I went back and typed it onTextEdit first , so it wouldn't happen again.

        You'll probably like what you see when this surfaces.

If you lost the whole box, then chances are you did what I do.  You moved it to a "safe place" so it wouldn't get lost.  Now where that safe place is, is anyone's guess.  But I am betting it is quite safe.  Some day in the near future, you will wake up at 3:23am and dramatically remember where you put it.  Do not drift back to sleep, or you will immediately forget it again.

Been there, done that.

Great work by the way.

Bob

GAF

How do you lose a 2 inch box?  Obviously sabotage!

But I'm sure the 37mm will look even better when you build the parts yourself.

Gary

 

 

                             

                            It's coming very soon though.

DM, just a thought. Do you have a trash can near the bench? I've dropped or accidently pushed stuff off the bench into mine quite a few times. Each time I had to dump it out and go thru it. 

Stay safe.

Jim 

Luvspinball

I'm always putting stuff in a safe place.

Good to know I'm not the only one here that does that.

In every instance I keep my safe place right on the counter within an area of about two feet right under my nosefrom what I'm working on.

My safe place is in clear plastic boxes right before my very eyes.

This is only the second time this has ever happened to me. I never start another project until I finish the one I'm working on.

I think I'll take a nap now.....

                                 maybe it'll come back to me.