Stern section.

Rudder and stern planes.
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It is only dry fitted, now i will dismantle it, and sand the filler, add detail, welds and rivwts. Brass screws will complete the set up.

TBC...

I finished my VIIC/41 a short while ago. I painted it to look like U-995, but I just kinda put it together, no special fittings, i heated up a bit of railing to make it fit right, but thats it. the next large scale model I get (Gato 1/72) I am planning on doing a little...more

Some detail on the stern dive planes- as seen on U-995.
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TBC...:up:

Curious ... what do you figure those padeyes (I think that's what they're called, but not sure) on the dive planes were for? For emergency rigging of manual control cables? For lifting (i.e. with a crane in drydock in case they needed to be serviced or replaced or whatever)?

That´s exactly what i´m asking myself. These eyelets are not visible on photos of other German WW2 U-Boats, like Type II, IX or XXI, but I couldn´t find a good photo of a drydocked Type VII so far.

My guess is that these parts were added after the war either by the Norwegian Navy (the reference photo is taken from U-995, ex KNM-Kaura) or during the restauration process int the early 70´s.

Cheers,
Michael

P.S.: I found a slightly better photo of this section at Flickr.com

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/...65367648_b.jpg

I have not find the clear shot of the stern section of any of the type VII used during the WWII, so unless someone can prove me wrong- the eyelets are here to stay. We can not establish if the eyelets were actualy added after the war by nerwegian navy, so thats the only picture, and only proof of the existence of them. BTW it seems incredible that out of over 1000 boats lounched during the WWII we can not find one good shot of the starn of type VII.:damn:

Bart8for3- i think the eyelets were used for fasteninig the planes when dry docked.
After the discussion on sister forum, i decided to change the little green weld /which is the metal streep welded to the plane in fact / to custom made part from the 0.2mm brass wire - flattened, than shaped, and glued with CA to the plane. It looks like so now:
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Hope you like it.:up:

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;)

Rivets:
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Surface of the rudder:
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Slowly finishing adding remaining detail before paint.
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TBC...:up:

After lengthy disscussion with Dougie Martindale, we discovered that the saddle tank slots were to short.
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Starboard.
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Port.
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I corrected it, but i wish i knew about it earlier- inserting the ribs was the real pain.:damn:

The main thing is- it is how it should be now.:ping:

My hats off to you Siara, I have this model being delivered and i dont want to take it out of the box now. How could i ever do it justice after seeing yours, and to think i wanted to make it radio controled. Seriously this is a beautiful piece of work and it deserves to live in a Museum one day, where the historical accuracy can be appreciated and the wonder and amazment can be enjoyed by the public.

Cheers

Thank you so much Downunder! :up:

I started the day at 7 in the morning, and now is 22.18, and i finished sanding, and riveting the bow of the boat.:shifty:
I get funny looks from my wife...

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3...ts23005oe8.jpg

Good thing is the bow i ready for doublers.
:|\\

great Siara, this boat will be museam quality when finished.:yep:

Thanks Task Force.:D

Continuing with the doublers- bow section. I had to add another 2 doublers on the bottom of the hull- revell omited them.
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TBC...

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TBC....