U-boat walkaround

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

I'm slowly but surely modeling a type XXI boat but lack fine details. If anyone is willing to assist in providing pictures of details on the hull and conning tower I would appreciate it. I would have done it myself but time is limited as I am studying UK law so you may have to guess what the inside of my brain looks like.:know:

[The Fishlord]

I'm slowly but surely modeling a type XXI boat but lack fine details. If anyone is willing to assist in providing pictures of details on the hull and conning tower I would appreciate it. I would have done it myself but time is limited as I am studying UK law so you may have to guess what the inside of my brain looks like.:know:

Hmm I thought the Type XVIII is exactly the same thing as the Type XXI, minus the Walther...Just remove all the files with the Walther, put some massive underwater speed and big batteries, and release it. I'd play it :up:

EDIT: you probably don't have 1.5 if you're asking it in here right? sorry...I guess I can give you some pics:

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/3351/germweps/u3503ii.jpg

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/n90000/n95858.jpg
http://www.ipmslivonia.org/ipms/Gallery/U-boatXXI/SB-UBoat-10A.jpg

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Gracias m8! This will suffice just fine. And I have 1.5 now.

[Schroeder]

I'll only post the links to the pictures since they are quite big.

Picture 1 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3037643335386632.jpg)

Picture 2 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6266373831656235.jpg)

Hope this helps a little.:D

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Shiver me timbers! It's an actual restored Type XXI boat! Where are these pics taken from?

[Sailor Steve]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Bauer_(U-boat)
http://uboat.net/gallery/index.html?gallery=U2540A

[Elder-Pirate]

In Schroeder post second pic that tower in the background ( maybe a restaurant ? ) looks like a crows nest on the U-Boat. :rotfl:

[Schroeder]

@Steve
Yep, that's the Wilhelm Bauer at Bremerhaven.:know:

@DavyJones

I've found the booklet I got when I visited it about 6-7 years ago. Here is a picture of it.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6338326565613262.jpg

And the sub alone in higher res.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6363663330626366.jpg

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Man, that's cool! I just wish someone will go search off our Gulf of Paria. I bet there's a u-boat or two down there.

[The Fishlord]

Did the Type XXI really ride that high in the water? Or is the museum just in "dry dock" with the water still there?

[Sailor Steve]

It's the museum boat. Here is a line drawing and a photograph of one at sea. Both pictures show the real waterline.
http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-xxi.shtml

[Schroeder]

IIRC the boat is not really floating. It's some sort of an underwater "dry dock" if it can still be called so.
I think the sub is that high in the water to show the upper pair of opened torpedo tubes so that one can have a look through them from inside.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/400_3131383535366364.jpg

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Man, I'd really like to visit that sub.

[Schroeder]

Want some more pictures?
I have to say that I didn't take those myself back when I was there. I've got them from a friend of mine who found them on his company's LAN, so I actually don't know who took them originally.
Some of them are not exactly of high quality but that's the best I can offer.;)

Picture 1 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3864396463373734.jpg)
Picture 2 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6438623533333765.jpg)
Picture 3 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3166626530373934.jpg)
Picture 4 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/400_3432613639393466.jpg)
Picture 5 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3463383735363661.jpg)
Picture 6 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6135613036336536.jpg)
Picture 7 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3132353638353531.jpg)
Picture 8 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3733306432316132.jpg)
Picture 9 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3163353862636239.jpg)
Picture 10 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3036383736356332.jpg)
Picture 11 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3766323136373935.jpg)
Picture 12 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6135343435306339.jpg)
Picture 13 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3835663863326136.jpg)
Picture 14 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6539313064623661.jpg)
Picture 15 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6632386664383532.jpg)
Picture 16 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6265616462353837.jpg)
Picture 17 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3936316537386462.jpg)
Picture 18 (http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3262626635373338.jpg)

Hang on, you almost through it!:rock:
Picture 19
(http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_3034333634333563.jpg)

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Man, I'm glad I'm not modeling the interior of the XXI. Look at the amount of details! I'd go nuts in seconds. I appreciate the effort of posting the pics m8!:up:

[Schroeder]

You're welcome.:cool: