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DavyJonesFootlocker 05-13-08 10:37 AM

U-boat walkaround
 
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 05-13-08 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 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:

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/bu...ps/u3503ii.jpg

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...000/n95858.jpg
http://www.ipmslivonia.org/ipms/Gall...-UBoat-10A.jpg

DavyJonesFootlocker 05-14-08 12:17 PM

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

Schroeder 05-14-08 02:41 PM

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

Picture 1

Picture 2

Hope this helps a little.:D

DavyJonesFootlocker 05-14-08 03:32 PM

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

Sailor Steve 05-14-08 05:56 PM

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

Elder-Pirate 05-14-08 09:09 PM

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

Schroeder 05-15-08 05:55 AM

@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/al...6565613262.jpg

And the sub alone in higher res.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/al...3330626366.jpg

DavyJonesFootlocker 05-15-08 07:25 AM

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 05-15-08 08:33 PM

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 05-15-08 09:38 PM

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 05-16-08 04:06 AM

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/al...3535366364.jpg

DavyJonesFootlocker 05-16-08 10:24 AM

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

Schroeder 05-16-08 12:13 PM

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
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6
Picture 7
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Picture 9
Picture 10
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Picture 17
Picture 18

Hang on, you almost through it!:rock:
Picture 19

DavyJonesFootlocker 05-16-08 01:54 PM

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:


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