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[Kapitän Schneider]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Do you not mean one of the Elektro boats....XXI or XXIII?

No Jimbuna. This is what i'm talking about.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kapitän Schneider

No Jimbuna. This is what i'm talking about.

Ah right....Type XI U-cruisers

The Type XI U-boat was planned as an artillery boat; its main armament would have been four 127 mm guns, in two twin gun turrets. It would have also carried an Arado Ar 231 collapsible floatplane. Four boats (U-112, U-113, U-114, and U-115) were laid down in 1939, but cancelled at the outbreak of World War II. Had the Type XI U-boat been constructed, it would have had a completely new hull design and a submerged displacement of 4,650 tons – she would have been by far the largest of the U-boats and the second-largest diesel submarine after the Japanese I-400-class submarine.

Huge U-boats, designed in 1937-1938, with 4 127mm deck guns in two gun-towers (one fore and aft of the conning tower). 6 torpedo tubes (4 in the bow and two at the stern, all below the CWL). One Ar 231 small aircraft in a watertight 2.6m in diameter container shaft. These boats were to have a crew of about 110 men almost double that of any constructed German U-boat. 4 contracts (U-112 thru U-115) were awarded to the AG Weser yard in Bremen on Jan 17, 1939 but wisely cancelled at the outbreak of war in September that year and none of the boats had been laid down at the time (some sources mention U-112 as being laid down but that does not make sense).
These boats are often claimed to not only have been completed but sailed, usually on very clandestine missions and for good measure words like SS, Hitler, Bormann and the like are thrown into the mix. None of this is true and they very certainly not black as some suggest as it is somewhat hard to paint something that does not exist black.

Nope, was never modelled I'm afraid.

[Kapitän Schneider]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Nope, was never modelled I'm afraid.

Thats a shame. I've seen Yamatoforever is working on Z-Plan ships which the Type XI U-Cruiser's were a part of. Maybe he will model that at some point.
But as I have previously stated I would like to do it myself but I have no idea what kind of 3d moddeling programme you guys use to build some of the ships I have seen.

[Jimbuna]

There are many, 3D studio max, Wings 3d, Blender etc. etc.

Send Privateer a PM, he is using a few bits and pieces atm.

[Kapitän Schneider]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

There are many, 3D studio max, Wings 3d, Blender etc. etc.

Send Privateer a PM, he is using a few bits and pieces atm.

Ok cool I will do that. Thanks