Revell VIIC 1-72 scale my way...

[Savvy]

Ok mate enough said.

I've remembered what my photobucket log in and password is so i'll post some pic's
tomorrow....maybe, i'm painting pictures of Rudolph and Santa on the side of the grotto at our local Fire station so i'm a bit busy at the minute

Sav.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Great thread Siara and company!

You make me hungry to start working on mine.

[Siara]

Thank you Kpt. Lehmann.

Thats what i thought when i opened this thread. I like looking at other people models as much as the next man , and hopefuly we can see few more projects in this room.
Unfortunately i have to put the brakes on my project for two weeks due to trip to Poland tomorow. Because of the size of the model i can not take it with me , and i dont think customs would understand - and probably treat it as the weapon.

Im back on 01/12 and can not wait to start work again.

See you in couple of weeks guys.


*I`ll be taking the laptop with me so i can read the forum while im away.
**wooden deck is on its way

[U812]

Nice to see you guys building this boat. The one I built is RC. Dives, surfaces and runs great. There is a kit coming out soon that will allow you to easily RC this boat plus many others on the market. Although most of my boats are scratch built I love to convert these history makers to RC. Why not? Now you have a nice static model while not in use and a fully functioning boat too.

If you want to learn more about radio controlled submarines visit www.subpirates.com

Great job on the build guys. I love this site!

Steve Neill AKA U812

[Siara]

Another couple of days and i should be back in London to comence the build guys.
At the moment im on my dads computer and just managed to make it internet worth.

Im back on saturday 01/12.

Cheerio.

PS: If you travel to east of europe take warm clothes with you- here its minus 3 celsius and 10 inches of snow.

[Bort]

Fantastic work, Siara!
Makes me feel motivated to stop procrastinating and get to work on the 1/144th scale Type VIID I have in the stash!

[Siara]

Bort - ive started work on 1/144 VIID months ago - and when i finaly set my eyes on the 1/72 im building now , there was no comparison.
The 1/72 is superior in every department , and the size of the boat is overwhelming. The 1/144 must wait. Problem is i dont know if its ever going to be finished as Revell just released the VIIB in the same scale , and detail is good if not very good.
There is plans to make the type II in 1/72 so the plans might change soon.

I hope you going to make your own thread in this forum about Your build - just like Savvy , and Chock did.

Lets keep`em coming....

[Old Dog]

I am enjoying this thread very much. I just looked on Amazon and there are two different type VII models available, a VII C/41 and a VII C. The VII C/41 has a few more pieces. The prices are very similar, the numbers of models on hand are few.
At any rate, this thread is a real joy. I also went looking on some of the "side trips" that have been mentioned here. and thoroughly enjoyed the acount of the assembly related here:
http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsw...57/index.shtml

Good going folks. I wish you "fair winds and a following sea".

Old Dog

[Siara]

Even tho it looks like nothing is happening in the "shipyard" , im working at the project still. Ive just contacted the guy making all sorts of decals for train scale toys about possibility of making the waterline decals for my boat.
U-boats had 6 sets of numbers on both sides of the hull for trimming.
Eric Ethridge from E.L.S Trains agreed to make such decals to scale but will require the foto.
Is anyone in possesion of any picture of waterline markings of U-boat?
I have one picture , but is not clear , and i dont know how accurate the decals r going to look.

Also Eric mentioned that if someone is building the same model and decides on buying the decals , production cost can be cut down /Eric wrote:"The artwork charge will be $15.00 for six decals you requested in white. $10.00 to make the decal set with the six different decals. Total is $15.00 plus $10.00 = $25.00 Additional sets are only the $10.00 per set charge."/

Let me know if you like the set of decals slightly cheaper.


PS:I took a lot of snaps during my recent holiday but this one takes some beating . Its quiet hard to take snap like like that these days , due to obvious security issues...

[Chock]

If you have a photo editing program and a few decent typfaces, you could create the decals yourself, just get some blank waterslide paper and print them on it. I've done that a few times in the past, you can get the paper here (and lots of other places too):

http://www.beldecal.com/model_decals.cfm

I'll have a look for a decent photo of the markings.

Chock

[Old Dog]

Hi Siara,
Last night I spotted what might be the photos you need in the "Progress" postings on rokket.biz.
One of his pages shows the waterline decals and placement:
http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsw...7/ubrass.shtml

What I think you're looking for is at the bottom of the page.

Good Luck Man,

Old Dog

[Dutchie-one]

Hello Mate s I have recieved the wooden deck parts from Nautulis but not the resin parts are they not included ?
I think without them I can not use the wooden deck part ?

Thanks, Dutchie-one

[Castout]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Amazon has this model on sale for around $50 . I'd buy ot, but I don't have any room for it.

Put it on the wall on some shelf.

[Siara]

Dutchie-one , you need to order the resin inner pressure hull seperately.
I posted the link to you by PM.

I got myself together slowly to work again.

Fixed template in place of new - paired style floodholes.


First i used 0,95 mm drillbit , and than 1 mm. You can see how much diference is there between the Revell and new holes. The original holes being much to large and displaced forward.


Thinning on inside kept to minimum due to filling of Revell holes.

TBC...

Edit:
I nearly forgot , Big thank you Old Dog , and Chock.

[Siara]

Test fitting the torp doors.
Its a tricky part.


TBC...