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Swat

02-17-08, 05:18 PM

Ok,I posted some shots to the screenshot thread,but this 93 cm long giant is finished now (just needed to add some aging),so I thought to create the new thread where you could comment this VIIC/41 and by the way....Is there anybody else interested in U-boat modells?
Anyway....Here we go...!!!
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4024/11510650oa0.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7963/47536425zq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/569/57732654by3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3425/63030502ly8.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4581/88021007dz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7816/41231617kd1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/504/25560988cf0.jpg (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4135/90421894je3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7472/35371945ab4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9774/10zn8.jpg (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/)

GoldenRivet

02-17-08, 05:39 PM

very nice :up:

Swat

02-17-08, 05:45 PM

To Mikhayl: Yes,I saw type II modell already and I'll definitely go for it!Thank you anyway for your interest:up:

antikristuseke

02-17-08, 05:46 PM

that looks great, truely great. Nice job and congradulations.

Swat

02-17-08, 06:16 PM

Thank you,I spent 1 year on it,I wasn't working on it every day,but anyway....long time,but I enjoyed that!:rock:

Brag

02-17-08, 07:17 PM

Very nicely done. Congratz. :D

Marriott

02-17-08, 08:16 PM

good job it looks great

Swat

02-17-08, 08:53 PM

Sailor Steve

02-17-08, 09:32 PM

...Is there anybody else interested in U-boat modells?
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123846
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125218
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128199
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125265
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=124255
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=117692

Those are just the threads on u-boat models. I didn't link to any of the ones on US or Japanese boats, or other ships.

Faamecanic

02-17-08, 09:42 PM

Thank all of you,I'm glad you like it.I'd like to build type IX as well,but there's no kit in 1:72,only in 1:144 so in case of type XXI.But there still is yet one kit in this favourite scale and I'll definitely build it one day....and that is Gato Class-130 cm long beast!!!:smug:

WOW... is that the Revelle Germany Type VIIC Uboat??? Where did you get that conning tower?? Did you buy it, kitbash it, or scratch build it?

Very interesting paint job.... airbrush?

Swat

02-17-08, 11:17 PM

Dekessey

02-18-08, 12:44 AM

Nice work!
What are those??

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7472/35371945ab4.jpg

Canovaro

02-18-08, 04:13 AM

Escape hedges

Very nice model!

yamato9

02-18-08, 04:27 AM

Fantastic work Swat!:rock:

danurve

02-18-08, 09:04 AM

Nice work!
Dive test tomorrow 05:30

ReallyDedPoet

02-18-08, 09:08 AM

Nice job :yep::up:

RDP

SmokinTep

02-18-08, 09:36 AM

Looks awesome..............:up:

Sailor Steve

02-18-08, 10:22 AM

Escape hedges

Very nice model!
Why would they have four escape hatches in a row? Are they possibly mine-release hatches?

TomcatMVD

02-18-08, 10:41 AM

AMAZING WORK!:up:

catar M

02-18-08, 10:48 AM

Escape hedges

Very nice model! Why would they have four escape hatches in a row? Are they possibly mine-release hatches? yes they are mine relese hatches

Swat

02-18-08, 10:53 AM

Right,guys,I'll quote the sentence which stays in the manual: "Five man liferafts were stowed in watertight containers on the foredeck"....I think that's it!These longe-range VIIC/41s had life rafts as well,while "normal" VIICs were equipped just with the lifejackets for all crew members....Or am I wrong?But sounds logical to me.
And once again...Thank to all of you,I'm happy that such a great forum exists,that we can share our enthusiasm about everything concerning the submarine warfare.

nikbear

02-18-08, 11:38 AM

Yes,they are life raft cannisters:yep: Damn fine model,congratulations:up:

Jimbuna

02-18-08, 12:39 PM

Yes,they are life raft cannisters:yep: Damn fine model,congratulations:up:

I concur....on both counts http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Faamecanic

02-18-08, 12:48 PM

Exactly!It's Revell 1:72 scale VIIC/41 U-Boot (Atlantic version).The tower is just there,it's just the stock model,no metal or additional parts.The main camouflage (two sorts of grey and white) is made by sprays,the rest by brush,including the meanders.

Very nice.... I must have a different version of the VII Revelle kit as mine only has 1 Flak gun and no Wintergarten.... I bought my kit like 2 yrs ago and just havent got to building it yet (darn work and GWX getting in the way :D )

Kpt, Otto

02-18-08, 02:12 PM

Fantastic job done there...:up: Thanks for sharing the pictures, it was a pleasure to see. :up:

:rock:

Swat

02-18-08, 03:46 PM

Thank you!
To Faamecanic: You have probably the second model in this scale and that is VIIC "Wolfpack" with simple conning tower,with one flak,but also with the deck gun.

HunterICX

02-18-08, 03:51 PM

Love the paintjob, very nice:up:

HunterICX

Siara

02-18-08, 05:49 PM

Great looking paintscheme!
Its nice to see the finished model for the change :up:

Nils68

12-03-11, 08:09 PM

Great model and the camouflage-drawing is superb!
I'm a newbie here and also in modelling subs but I needed a
challeging hobby after my retirement from the Royal Dutch Marines and
since my greatest hobby diving on shipwrecks is.... makes logic eey :DL
Last year I builded a typ VIIC the U552.
And now busy with also the U997 from Revell scale 1:72.
I noticed that the camouflage on the Revell was a little simple so I took
a little from your ideas and less from Revell :har:.
We'll keep in touch and greetz .
Nils

Gerald

12-03-11, 08:30 PM

@ Nils! Welcome to SubSim, :arrgh!:

Marinenachrichtendienst

12-03-11, 09:08 PM

:salute: Welcome on board, Nils!

Jimbuna

12-04-11, 05:15 AM

Welcome to SubSim Nils :sunny:

mapuc

12-04-11, 06:02 PM

Great build Swat and great pics.

Myself is more into building BB from around WW2.

I have been thinking about buildning a uboat, however I had some plan with it.

1 It must be motorized
2 It shall have the possibility to dive, not only throu speed, but also at o km/h
3 A little "spy" camera at the nose of the uboat- The snorkel or some wire would be the link between the camera and my "monitor"-wich I somehow have build together with the remote.

But it was only a dream.

I could offcourse bya Ready-to-run model, but none of them have the possibililty to dive at stand-stil and I had to take the model apart to build-in the camera.

Markus

Marinenachrichtendienst

12-04-11, 06:16 PM

Hej Mapuc,

Always had that dream too.....but it can't to be too late ey'??

If u are going to make those plans become real, please notify me. I wanna here about them....

Hilsen fra Norge !! :yeah:

Nils68

12-04-11, 06:38 PM

mapuc

12-04-11, 06:59 PM

Hej Mapuc,

Always had that dream too.....but it can't to be too late ey'??

If u are going to make those plans become real, please notify me. I wanna here about them....

Hilsen fra Norge !! :yeah:

Hei

No it's never to late, it's more the money issue that's my problem to getting started.

Some years ago a friend of mine Björn, who is a owner of a little modelshop( hobbyakuten) showed me a very little cameralens*

I sad to him, manner you have just shown me the right type of lens I should us in my coming uboat.

* He had a wire between the lens and some 3-4 " monitor and the picture was great-Think it was in HD.

Imagine this: You dive and you can see everything* infront of the Uboat, as you slowly sneak ahead towards your target.

* That dependt on the waters quality and how deep you go.

Markus

Marinenachrichtendienst

12-04-11, 07:23 PM

Hei Markus,

I have dreamt of this since I was a little boy I can remember, and today all this is easy to fulfill, but it is as u say, it costs, and it depends on how far u are willing to go..... :D

Markus, I have tried to add your msn-messenger address to my list, but maybe u don't use msn-messenger anymore ?? :cry:

mapuc

12-05-11, 02:40 PM

Marinenachrichtendienst

12-05-11, 04:15 PM

Hi
Your right, I do not use MSN-Messenger. Mail is the best way to stay in contact with me.

Regards
Markus

Hallo Mrakus,

Ok, cause I discovered your msn-symbole beneath your avatar, and added it.
But okey, e-mail is fine !! :up:

mapuc

12-05-11, 04:57 PM

Hallo Mrakus,

Ok, cause I discovered your msn-symbole beneath your avatar, and added it.
But okey, e-mail is fine !! :up:

:oops::oops: Forgot to erase an old e-mail address that I don't use anymore.

My dream of buildning a uboat like that, first came when I was grown-up.

It was when I and some of my friends saw some german from Hamburg had a show with models from WWII, swedish navy, and some others. Their were motorized and almost everything on them could move-Radar a.s.o

Here are a short film from that event.

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff440/mapuc/?action=view&current=011013_01.mp4

Markus

Marinenachrichtendienst

12-05-11, 05:10 PM

:oops::oops: Forgot to erase an old e-mail address that I don't use anymore.

My dream of buildning a uboat like that, first came when I was grown-up.

It was when I and some of my friends saw some german from Hamburg had a show with models from WWII, swedish navy, and some others. Their were motorized and almost everything on them could move-Radar a.s.o

Here are a short film from that event.

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff440/mapuc/?action=view&current=011013_01.mp4

Markus

Nice video, thanks.

What size would u prefer for a R/C sub, Markus ??

Marinenachrichtendienst

12-05-11, 05:25 PM

Thank ya'll for the warm welcome!
Hoping to learn a lot here and special about camouflaging and aging.
Saw a few days back the new release for the typ XXI the Wlhelm Bauer with the open interieur......anyone of you allready experience with this one?
That 1 is the next one on my list.....

Greetz Nils

Hi Nils,

No, I have no experience with it, nor any scale model u-boats yet, but I recently bought a 1:144 (53cm long) VII D "Minenleger".
I would prefer the scale 1:72 instead, but later. :DL

mapuc

12-05-11, 07:04 PM

Nice video, thanks.

What size would u prefer for a R/C sub, Markus ??

Good question.

It depend on so much.
It have to be a big model, 'cause there have to be room for lots of thing in the model.

engine, Ballast tank a.s.o a.s.o(can't remember what everything is called)

Here's a model that seems to have the right scale. However this model can't be used.
It have only dynamic dive and not static-dive mode.

http://data.robbe-online.net/robbe_pdf_en/1114.pdf

Markus

Sepp von Ch.

12-08-11, 05:53 AM

Nice work, great U-Boat!:up:

USS Drum

12-18-11, 07:34 PM

Those what people are calling life raft canisters are actually where external reserves are.

Sailor Steve

12-18-11, 09:38 PM

Those what people are calling life raft canisters are actually where external reserves are.
Reserves for what? Not torpedoes, certainly. They were stored horizontally, and would be longer than the boat is tall if they tried to store them vertically.

USS Drum

12-18-11, 09:49 PM

Reserves for what? Not torpedoes, certainly. They were stored horizontally, and would be longer than the boat is tall if they tried to store them vertically.

They could be where you load the fish into it, because I've never heard of a u-boat having life raft canisters.

Sailor Steve

12-18-11, 10:09 PM

Here is how external torpedoes were stored and loaded:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/esquemacarga.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/UBoat_loading_torpedo.jpg

There was only a single loading hatch forward, and another aft.

I took a quick look in my copy of Conways' Anatomy of the Ship: The Type VII U-Boat, and it does indeed confirm it.

Watertight containers (four) for 5-man inflatable liferafts.
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