SUB ASSEMBLY - Type VIIC/41 UBOOT

Hutch6390

Excellent job - the paintwork & weathering are great!

 

                                                

     .....every time I tried to reply...... for three days.

            

           

GAF

 

 

disastermaster

 

 "Herr Kapitan! Ve seem to hav snagged a ship's anchor chain!"

"I vas vondering what that rattling vas."

 

Looking good!  And the base is superb!

Gary

 

   

Somehow my anchor got stepped on.....crunch!  

That's ok, I just made me a better one.

Headed to the gym...........got'ta go now

Excellent job - the paintwork & weathering are great!

disastermaster

"Herr Kapitan! Ve seem to hav snagged a ship's anchor chain!"

"I vas vondering what that rattling vas."

Looking good!  And the base is superb!

Gary

Okay everyone, I'm back.

Still busy with it.

Here's here's how things look in front 

And here's the other end

Drydock inspection

I'm not using the chain. I was just playing with it.

cleaning up the sub's wintergarten.

A bit more work below  ........... but much more to go.

Now this is getting it to where I want it.     Snorkel is now in the down position...  it's movable.

I'm going with the 6 months at sea look.

I’m experimenting with several different bases. Here's one in this pic.

I still have a ways to go

      The next time I surface,   ت this project will be finished.

See 'ya all later

lurch

You are doing a great job. I like it.

 

                       ¡ʎldǝɹ ɹnoʎ ɹoɟ noʎ ʞuɐɥʇ  ˙˙˙˙˙˙ɥɔɹnl ʎpʍoɥ

                                          I haven't forgot you.

Been busy putting together a lot of those parts.                                           

 Some of my early paint & progress will be on here soon.   

 But don't worry, they sure won't be upside down and  backwards.  

You are doing a great job. I like it.

Nino

WOW!

  I have this kit in the "Stash".  Sorry I'm late to your }build".

I am greatly impressed with your "Sub" assembly (Pun intended?) work.

  Your insulator detail is amazing.  I would have drilled thru my fingers trying this.

 

"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."

 

        Thanks.

            I will be breaking out my #73 bit for this kit.

           Nino.

         

Thank You Nino!

 When I finally get through with this (very soon) you'll hopefully want to go for it too since you already have one ready to go.

I don't normally do ships but I've really enjoyed working this one out ......it's something different for a change.

And yes, I figured "Sub" assembly would be a fiting title for the way I wanted to present this. I'm glad you got a smile out of that.

You'll need a few track links from a Panzer III or IV if you want the same results and you'll have to work this out on a close up surface about 6 to 8 inches from your face to control it and will help prevent those tiny parts from escaping to the place where all little parts go....

Remember that the holes will have to be ed large enough for the (twisted) twin polyester threads to go through. You'll have to "think ahead" and add the parts in the order that will be the final displayed result.

The drill I used was a size #61. That's .0390 or slightly under 1 mm.

It won't go away.

            WHAT?

 So, here it is again.

Have a great day!

WOW!

  I have this kit in the "Stash".  Sorry I'm late to your }build".

I am greatly impressed with your "Sub" assembly (Pun intended?) work.

  Your insulator detail is amazing.  I would have drilled thru my fingers trying this.

"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."

        Thanks.

            I will be breaking out my #73 bit for this kit.

           Nino.

Hutch6390

The 37mm Flak looks very good - nice work, mate! 

Thank you Hutch for your reply.

I'll be putting up the partially painted results of the "major sub assemblies" as soon as I can get the pictures taken.

After I upload those "in progress shots" and when I have the model all put together, I'll be taking better staged pictures of the completed model for review.                                                                                                                                            

GAF

Hah!  Judges will never be able to tell its not kit parts! 

Gary

 

   I quit the contest circuit back when

  gas prices began their eternal a scent 

                           I really hope they're happy now

                     More than more enough.

                                               

The 37mm Flak looks very good - nice work, mate! 

fox

Hi DM! Tried out 99.9. Excellent music. Got it bookmarked for use while on the bench. Thanks for the tip. 

Stay safe.

Jim 

Great!

I'm happy to spread the word about it. On Sundays, listening to those wonderful songs from yesteryear always gets me revved up to take on the next week.

Hah!  Judges will never be able to tell its not kit parts! 

Gary

Hi DM! Tried out 99.9. Excellent music. Got it bookmarked for use while on the bench. Thanks for the tip. 

Stay safe.

Jim 

I'm sitting here listening to 99.9 oldies on Tune in..... 

... the very best music from my time and X-tra super on Sunday from noon 'till 3pm.

REALLY BRINGS ME ALIVE!!

Ok. …… finally.
Here’s how the 37 mm went…. and with only one good eye.
 (I lost vision in my left eye back in 1995 and my hearing (permanently) in my left ear in 1978 due to a brain tumor.)

It’s NOT perfect but it IS tiny…….uhh… the gun, ….. not my eye.

Since this is too small to make proper gunnery wheels that have four spokes, this is what I did…. several times.
I’ve seen these type of solid wheels before.

The picture is a bit blurry but it gets the idea across good enough. The gunnery wheels were punched out plastic card and the rims were made by pre-shaping copper wire and tacked into place with superglue on the back sides followed by Tamiya thin on the front sides. It wasn’t hard.
 
And next,

a group picture of the evolution and the (magic of the) painted items.
Bits of brass, plastic sprue, plastic card and tiny parts cut from other unused items.

I got a bigger box.......


Again, I know it’s not perfect but as far as I’m concerned it does the job.

Sorry this took a while to post here but sometimes life gets in the way......

But man, this music.....   just make's me so happy!

 got a bit carried away there.

I've finally quit a lookin'

More coming soon................

Tanker-Builder

Sorry Fox!

 I am using you as a jumper here.  Disastermaster, This sub is coming along nicely. I would reply to your posts, But, The reply box isn't showing up when I read your posts. Thanks Fox!

 

                       

Eventually the powers that be, just might see.

fox

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 

Hmmmm, just woke up....  sniff,sniff.......

    Thanks for the suggestion.   Nahh,  no trash can.

I always pick through any leftovers on the counter (no mass sweeps) and quite often re-purpose pieces of chopped sprue to put in my "Fruit of the Sprue" jar.

     The only time I really ever have to find something is if it's a tool and I've placed it in the wrong drawer..

Thanks again....

Got to head out to our meeting tonight at the model club.

Sorry Fox!

 I am using you as a jumper here.  Disastermaster, This sub is coming along nicely. I would reply to your posts, But, The reply box isn't showing up when I read your posts. Thanks Fox!

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.

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 

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.

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

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.

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

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

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............

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 

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…………..

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.

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