Otto Kretchmers U-99 .
 

:) Hi everyone :)
This game SH3 , is a strange thing . Let me explain . I have been inspired .
I have been a kit modeller for ages , hmm, about thirty years , my first model was a figure of 3 musketeers , about 10cm long . But my main building was aircrafts , from
WW2 . But now my dearest friends , I have bought me Otto Kretchmers U-99 from Revell in 1/125 scale ( it is my first sub model ever ):p2: I'm gonna put it in my living room , decoration you know:yep:
My wife axepted it:D That is thanks to the wondeful game SH3 . I quit building for almost a year now , and I never gonna be to old for this . So now I playing SH3 , and take a hour breake , to build this wonderful sub , and go back to my pc and play again . Guess one thing guys . DO I HAVE A GOOD TIME OR NOT:O: :haha:

At a little under two feet long it is an ideal size to have on your workstation. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

:woot: :salute: :up: :up: very nize. Almost bought a U-boat model kit the other day myself..now im kickin myself for not doing it.

Otto Kretchmer U-99 . Nr 2
 

:) Ahoy there !

I'm just attached the deck to the hull , just glued a little bit at a time , I'm using glue I can use with my brush it's floating down the seam . Yep, I am gonna take a picture of it soon .But I must say , I'm looking forward to airbrush that sub :)
Is there many of you guys who build models:)

I once built a 7' radio controlled British S Class.....about 20 years ago actually http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/181...kbigsw1yo4.gif

Actually this thread belongs to the Sub models/books/films forum :hmmm: I'm moving it there, but will leave a re-direct from here.

Please post pics, we love to see how those models progress :yeah:

I've been looking around
 

:) Hi Hitman !
Sorry . I didn't know:oops: But I learned :DL
I put the post wrong place:damn:

yeah , you all gonna know the progress of building this wonderful sub .
I am gonna post regurarely:yep: Soon I will put the two hull sides together , does they gonna fit together , or must I sand , and sand , and sand:dead: I don't think so .
I just finished taking picture of my workstation , and the two hulls :DL

The first picture
 

:) Hi everyone :)

Here's the first picture of my workingstation and the sub:D



http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2446/dscn0393zr9.jpg

I built one of those!
its two colors. stock grey and dark grey :lol:

its sitting on the same shelf as my smaller-scale lionfish, my 1/350 Yamato, and my unfinished SR-71 (its finished, per se, but its not decaled

good luck on your work!

Two pieces
 

:DL Hi everyone :DL

I should have posted this pic first but:oops:
Ok , here is the two pieces that should /maybe be Otto Kretchmers VIIB U-99 :hmmm:


http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4679/dscn0394uc9.jpg

I have mine already half-built, but I rarely get the time to work on it lately. You know, when I work on this I want a full evening with no disturbing my methodic work, time and space enough to paint and let it dry, etc. and with two little children at home this happens rarely :damn:

Anyway....

I drilled all holes in the hull with a manual bore tool and then sharpened them, and the result is pretty good. It's a lot of work, but the result is worth it, specially with kits like this which have less detail due to their age. :up:

I have built Revell's U-99 as U-47 (with major modifications) and intend to place it on the board as diorama. If I get a chance I will try to post some pictures for ya. The model is ok but it lacks a lot of details and in some areas it is very inaccurate...

Otto Kretchmer U-99
 

:DL Hi everyone :)

In this weekend , I don't have time to build my sub , But monday I start again:)
I have putted the two hulls together , and I am finished gluing the conning tower also , but you all must remember , I have never in my life build a sub , so I am a nervous wreck:O: Thursday I bought a new sub kit
" Revells 1/144 scale minelayer VIID " .That was a huge detailed kit , with new molds and six different emblems versions:o I begin to love build this :yep:
It's been a year since I build , so I am nervous regarding airbrush:dead:

Type VIID minelayer- superb kit. Do yourself a favour and get the new Griffon photo etch set for it. You will not regret it.:yeah:

Theres huge difference in quality of old U-99 kit, and new type VII, and VIID from revell. Im surprised people still are getting the U-99 kit. It should be banned from shops. I had it once- my first sub, and it ended at the bottom of my fish tank, where covered with algae looked like sub wreck.:down: