Achtung! Comments Please

Captain Birdseye · 05-21-09, 06:00 AM

Hi guys,

As some of you know, i've been making a 1:72 scale VIIC. I've just about finished it now, I just need to apply vinyls and paint the stand.

It's a fictional U-Boat so the paint job isn't accurate to a specific U-Boat but is based very loosely on U-69.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00180.jpg
Here she is in all of her glory... (Might have gone over the top with rust...what do you think? it's my first attempt at weathering models

)

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00181.jpg
On watch... just showing some of the detail on the bridge... figures not glued down yet.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00176.jpg
That's my index finger there, giving you an idea of the size of figure I was painting, and how big the VIIC is!

Comments please?

Thanks.

Jimbuna · 05-21-09, 06:06 AM

Very nice, well done

Where precisely in your home/room do you intend displaying her?

Nerazzurri · 05-21-09, 06:08 AM

Nice weathering around the turret mate - I didn't notice any of that in the first picture

Any chance of a couple of pictures in the same scale of the bow and stern areas? The large photo doesn't really do your efforts justice.

Captain Birdseye · 05-21-09, 06:13 AM

Thanks Chaps, it's appreciated

Jimbuna - We have a display cabinet in the front room with a large selection of 1:72 Corgi fighters and bombers from every theater, so it's likely she'll go up on the top with the Flower Class Corvette (I can't help but hum 'Little Red Corvette' When I say that

).

Nerazzuri - Sure thing, i'm off out to do an interview now, but i'll take some tonight and upload them

Thanks again lads.

Kubryk · 05-21-09, 06:35 AM

Kudos, job well done!

Now please wrap it nicely and send it to me

(I envy people with gifted hands, I could never do a model like this)

Jimbuna · 05-21-09, 06:46 AM

I wouldn't mind seeing a shot of that display cabinet

nikbear · 05-21-09, 09:24 AM

Very nicely done,good job

Would love to have ago at making that model,you get your money's worth,Its a fair old size

I used to struggle when I was younger and making models to find space for them,Lancasters,Superfortress,that kind of thing,but that

Its huge,and I bet quite heavy and all

Platapus · 05-21-09, 05:50 PM

When I get out of school, one of my fantasies is working on that model.

Looks like you did a great job.

How tough was the work?

Damo · 05-21-09, 06:27 AM

Looking good. I used to make a lot of models years ago when I was in the Air Cadets, taking part in the annual aero-modelling competitions, aircraft only though. Makes me want to take it up again, I used to love going into the details of oil streaks and repair patches to age them. My best effort was a great scene I made of a Mosquito being repaired that had various removed panels and exposed engine details after cutting the plastic myself and adding improvised parts in the cut sections and using thin wire to make it look real. I used wet n dry sandpaper for the tarmac using water tinted with dark brown paint to simulate oil stains and train set type grass with real moss to randomise the verges. Add in a ground crew set with figures and generators and a refuel truck and it was quite impressive, all in 1:48th scale. The whole thing was about 2ft by 3 ft and got me first place in the comp.

I took it pretty seriously, lol, and had some pics somewhere but can't find them for the life of me, lost them when I moved house. I'd really like to build a bomber in the same style, maybe a B-25 or even a HE-111. I've still got my airbrush in the loft, and you can't beat the paint finish with one of those, especially with camouflage.

You've inspired me to get off the PC and revisit a pastime I used to enjoy before computers....lol. Good job.

05-21-09, 06:00 AM	#1
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Achtung! Comments Please Hi guys, As some of you know, i've been making a 1:72 scale VIIC. I've just about finished it now, I just need to apply vinyls and paint the stand. It's a fictional U-Boat so the paint job isn't accurate to a specific U-Boat but is based very loosely on U-69. http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00180.jpg Here she is in all of her glory... (Might have gone over the top with rust...what do you think? it's my first attempt at weathering models ) http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00181.jpg On watch... just showing some of the detail on the bridge... figures not glued down yet. http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00176.jpg That's my index finger there, giving you an idea of the size of figure I was painting, and how big the VIIC is! Comments please? Thanks.

05-21-09, 06:06 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Very nice, well done Where precisely in your home/room do you intend displaying her? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-21-09, 06:08 AM	#3
Nerazzurri Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 392 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Nice weathering around the turret mate - I didn't notice any of that in the first picture Any chance of a couple of pictures in the same scale of the bow and stern areas? The large photo doesn't really do your efforts justice. __________________ GWX v3.0 Gold, Commander v3.2. WINDOWS 10, G3258 @ 3.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, GTX 960 2Gb.

05-21-09, 06:46 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I wouldn't mind seeing a shot of that display cabinet __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-21-09, 09:24 AM	#7
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Very nicely done,good jobWould love to have ago at making that model,you get your money's worth,Its a fair old sizeI used to struggle when I was younger and making models to find space for them,Lancasters,Superfortress,that kind of thing,but that Its huge,and I bet quite heavy and all __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

05-21-09, 06:13 AM	#4
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Thanks Chaps, it's appreciated Jimbuna - We have a display cabinet in the front room with a large selection of 1:72 Corgi fighters and bombers from every theater, so it's likely she'll go up on the top with the Flower Class Corvette (I can't help but hum 'Little Red Corvette' When I say that ). Nerazzuri - Sure thing, i'm off out to do an interview now, but i'll take some tonight and upload them Thanks again lads.

05-21-09, 06:35 AM	#5
Kubryk Bosun Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 66 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Kudos, job well done! Now please wrap it nicely and send it to me (I envy people with gifted hands, I could never do a model like this)

05-21-09, 05:50 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When I get out of school, one of my fantasies is working on that model. Looks like you did a great job. How tough was the work? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-21-09, 06:27 AM	#9
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	Looking good. I used to make a lot of models years ago when I was in the Air Cadets, taking part in the annual aero-modelling competitions, aircraft only though. Makes me want to take it up again, I used to love going into the details of oil streaks and repair patches to age them. My best effort was a great scene I made of a Mosquito being repaired that had various removed panels and exposed engine details after cutting the plastic myself and adding improvised parts in the cut sections and using thin wire to make it look real. I used wet n dry sandpaper for the tarmac using water tinted with dark brown paint to simulate oil stains and train set type grass with real moss to randomise the verges. Add in a ground crew set with figures and generators and a refuel truck and it was quite impressive, all in 1:48th scale. The whole thing was about 2ft by 3 ft and got me first place in the comp. I took it pretty seriously, lol, and had some pics somewhere but can't find them for the life of me, lost them when I moved house. I'd really like to build a bomber in the same style, maybe a B-25 or even a HE-111. I've still got my airbrush in the loft, and you can't beat the paint finish with one of those, especially with camouflage. You've inspired me to get off the PC and revisit a pastime I used to enjoy before computers....lol. Good job. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.