The box was fixed to CT. Some cables were added. Inside of the CT is ready for painting.
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http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9...3005hi4.th.jpg

TBC...

Insides primed, Tamiya Fine Gray for floor and walls, Tamiya Fine White for scopes:
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TBC...

gasp! amazing super detailing work !!!!!! :up:

very well done - i can't imagine what else you have installed for us :D

loco

Awe inspring work. I'm about to start on a 1/72 Revell Gato for a conversion to a Tambor class boat and I find this thread very motivational and instructional. Great work.

Thanks guys! Much preciated.:up:

I scratched the timbers with sandpaper grit 80.
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...and applied the Revell black mixed 1/8 with Humbrol enamel thinner to all the lower surfacess:
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TBC...

Kitchen salt applied by wet brush:
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First coat of IJN Kure Gray- instead of using original Schiffsboenfarbe III Grau 1, its lighter, but still retains the delcate green tinge:
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Second coat, you can see the marks on the timbers are showing nicely like wood grain:
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Sprayed the base color on scopes, and hatch lid:
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TBC...

ok, 2 dumb questions :oops: :

How did you get the salt to stick?

You'll eventually pick away the salt, which will leave a chipped paint effect showing?

Salt i picked with moist, fine brush, and deposited on wet surface of the model. After while it dries, and masks part of the surface. After painting simply brush off the salt, and what you should end up with is chiped paint with uneven edges. The wash brings out all the detail.:know:

:up: Tks :up:

Coat number 3 and 4 applied. I softened the paint with Baltic Gray, and Helgrau 50 in last 2 coats, and added more varnish.
Than the salt was removed.
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9...k002sz3.th.jpg

Tomorrow ill add same wash and more brush enhancements.

TBC...

Gloss varnish and acrylic wash applied.
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Once dry ill polish the paintwork, add some chips, rusty streaks, and paint discoloration, and seal the lot with satin combination of Tamiya X 21, and X-22
TBC...

Finished painting the CT, had the good, long look at it, and washed the lot off.
It turned too dark for my liking, and weathering made it look even darker.
The WEM enamels proved hard work.
I will start anew using Tamiya acrylics.:hmm:

Washing the old paint destroyed some detail on the scopes, and im making replacements, the good thing is the replacements will be better than the last.:rock:

Work in progress:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5...3003oh8.th.jpg
TBC...

Cont. work in progress:
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6...7001uw0.th.jpg

TBC...

Managed to make the attack periscope mounting plate. Sheet of steryne 0,5 mm drilled with 0,4 mm drillbit. Bottom part of the holes was widened to 0,6 mm to hold glue.
After the glue around the wires cured i sanded the bottom flush, and the top on paper 1500 grit to required length.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/8...op31tn9.th.jpg

I received the delivery of missing cross. Missing- because it is the second one PZG company has sent me- first one dissapeared. Thanks to PZG they sent replacement free of charge.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2...s002nm2.th.jpg
Hope none will be offended by the picture, as it is just accessory for the model kit. It will rest on the plank along with the U-bootwaffe badge.

TBC...