U-997 1:72 scale - finished!!!

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...!!!

Sailor Steve · 02-17-08, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swat

...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.

Kpt, Otto · 02-18-08, 02:12 PM

Fantastic job done there...

Thanks for sharing the pictures, it was a pleasure to see.

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

HunterICX

Siara · 02-18-08, 05:49 PM

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

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

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

.
We'll keep in touch and greetz .
Nils

Gerald · 12-03-11, 08:30 PM

@ Nils! Welcome to SubSim,

Marinenachrichtendienst · 12-03-11, 09:08 PM

Welcome on board, Nils!

Jimbuna · 12-04-11, 05:15 AM

Welcome to SubSim Nils

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 !!

Sepp von Ch. · 12-08-11, 05:53 AM

Nice work, great U-Boat!

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by USS Drum

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.

02-17-08, 05:18 PM	#1
Swat 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Czech Republic Prague Posts: 286 Downloads: 224 Uploads: 0	U-997 1:72 scale - finished!!! 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...!!! __________________ First Patrol Of U-21 Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqBqInzBaGc First Patrol Of U-21 Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWqyTaomDjM

02-18-08, 02:12 PM	#3
Kpt, Otto Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Amazing... Fantastic job done there... Thanks for sharing the pictures, it was a pleasure to see. __________________ Kpt, Otto. My War Diary and Website. . . Here. . .!

02-18-08, 03:46 PM	#4
Swat 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Czech Republic Prague Posts: 286 Downloads: 224 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ First Patrol Of U-21 Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqBqInzBaGc First Patrol Of U-21 Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWqyTaomDjM

02-18-08, 03:51 PM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Love the paintjob, very nice HunterICX __________________

02-18-08, 05:49 PM	#6
Siara Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mitcham/London Posts: 818 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great looking paintscheme! Its nice to see the finished model for the change __________________ Master Models

12-03-11, 08:09 PM	#7
Nils68 Nub Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Apeldoorn Netherlands Posts: 3 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	U997 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 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 . We'll keep in touch and greetz . Nils

12-03-11, 08:30 PM	#8
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	@ Nils! Welcome to SubSim, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-03-11, 09:08 PM	#9
Marinenachrichtendienst Captain Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 525 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	Welcome on board, Nils! __________________ "Soldaten sterben nie, sie verblassen nur weg".

12-04-11, 05:15 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,453 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome to SubSim Nils __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-04-11, 06:02 PM	#11
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ My little lovely female cat

12-04-11, 06:16 PM	#12
Marinenachrichtendienst Captain Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 525 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	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 !! __________________ "Soldaten sterben nie, sie verblassen nur weg".

12-08-11, 05:53 AM	#13
Sepp von Ch. Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: In my U-552 and Tiger Posts: 1,732 Downloads: 788 Uploads: 0	Nice work, great U-Boat! __________________ *U-552* *Tiger* *IDF*

12-18-11, 07:34 PM	#14
USS Drum Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Washington State Posts: 977 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Those what people are calling life raft canisters are actually where external reserves are.