What a job?

Kpt, Otto · 01-05-08, 09:13 AM

Found this on U-Tube, A guy building Revells 1:72 scale type VII u-boat.

I dont understand what he is saying but it is giving me idea's!!

I have been thinking of getting one of these for a while but havent got the space for it once I have built it, and as for time well.... :rotfl:

Dont know if its been posted here before but I thought it was interesting as it shows how to apply weathering effects. Might be usefull for someone who is having a go at it.

part 1

part 2

I suppose I could always start it and come back to it now and then when ive got time :hmm: ah well good hunting!

Tool · 01-05-08, 09:27 AM

The guy has some serious talent.. plus it helps it is his business/life, so he has all the time to spare. I've done a lot of modeling but never a U-boat.

Tool.

papa_smurf · 01-05-08, 11:47 AM

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I have been thinking of getting one of these for a while but havent got the space for it once I have built it, and as for time well.... :rotfl:

I've got one - got as far as completing the hull, thats about it as its now on top of my wardrobe until I get some time to finish it!

Jimbuna · 01-05-08, 12:04 PM

Thanks for posting Kpt. Otto

How cool would that have been if spoken in English

Ping Panther · 01-05-08, 02:06 PM

I had come across a Revell kit for a 1:50 scale U.S. Gato class sub in a hobby store in Delaware a while ago. I think it was up for sale at just over $100. Tempting, yet I had to pass. Once I get to the Pacific & SH4 someday, maybe I'll wish I had grabbed it.

UnterseeBoogeyMan · 01-06-08, 12:04 AM

wow, thanks for posting. that brings back memories, when my dad and I did those models together, then I moved on and did my own. we did a B-24, -25 and a -17 and he taught me how to put bullet holes in the fuselage. way cool. when I go back east I'll post up some pics, or if I get back into it. watching the video makes me want to do it. he's got some great ideas. I like how he weathered the paint and showed rust on the hull. great job.

Reece · 01-06-08, 01:17 AM

Now if only he spoke English!

I'm about 5% done with mine, but who's in a hurry!

Kpt, Otto · 01-06-08, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by UnterseeBoogeyMan

wow, thanks for posting. that brings back memories, when my dad and I did those models together, then I moved on and did my own. we did a B-24, -25 and a -17 and he taught me how to put bullet holes in the fuselage. way cool. when I go back east I'll post up some pics, or if I get back into it. watching the video makes me want to do it. he's got some great ideas. I like how he weathered the paint and showed rust on the hull. great job.

It brought back memories for me too. I still have some of the models I made when I was 14, 15 or 16 years old. Mostly I made armoured vehicles and lots of them! ...Ive got a model of HMS Suffolk floating about round here somewhere...

I know its a bit off subject but heres a photo of the models I have left of that time when I was just a wee lad in short trousers!!

I reckon I am going to get my brushes out again sometime this year. A new years resolution me thinks!!

UnterseeBoogeyMan · 01-06-08, 10:30 PM

that looks good, Otto. Primer really does the job of taking the gloss way doesn't it? nice detail on the uniforms too.

01-07-08, 12:54 AM

I'll be wiping drool off my desk for weeks now

That was impressive!!!

Ivan Putski · 01-07-08, 02:02 AM

Just finished opening all the vents, exhaust, I`m building a pressure hull as well, still a ton of work to do. Nice find on the vids Kpt. Otto.

rizZO_77 · 01-07-08, 12:27 PM

My brother has done the same VII and it looks awesome even without weathering.
I myself am busy (ish) on the revell USS Constitution frigate.
About 50% complete (hull is done, have to begin on rigging and sails) but it just looks stunning!

I did have completed a smaller (1:144) version of the type VII and a type XXI.

Modeling (ships) is a great way to spend your time! And it just looks great on display.

Kpt, Otto · 01-07-08, 02:56 PM

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UnterseeBoogeyMan:
Primer really does the job of taking the gloss way doesn't it? nice detail on the uniforms too.

Yes I agree, just like the guy in the vid I found several washes of various colours weather models very well although as a young lad I didnt have the money for an airbrush so had to do it with paint brushes instead. Now I have the world at my feet... woohahahaha!

I found this thread . Siara is building one and its lookin good!

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123846

Im going to get one soon!

For now though im going to have a go at the Revells new 144 scale VIIC instead, ive got room for that!!!

Big picture:
http://www.modellbahnecke.de/bilder/revell/05038.jpg

If only those vids were in English.

01-05-08, 09:13 AM	#1
Kpt, Otto Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What a job? Found this on U-Tube, A guy building Revells 1:72 scale type VII u-boat. I dont understand what he is saying but it is giving me idea's!! I have been thinking of getting one of these for a while but havent got the space for it once I have built it, and as for time well.... :rotfl: Dont know if its been posted here before but I thought it was interesting as it shows how to apply weathering effects. Might be usefull for someone who is having a go at it. part 1 part 2 I suppose I could always start it and come back to it now and then when ive got time :hmm: ah well good hunting! __________________ Kpt, Otto. My War Diary and Website. . . Here. . .!

01-05-08, 09:27 AM	#2
Tool Planesman Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 189 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The guy has some serious talent.. plus it helps it is his business/life, so he has all the time to spare. I've done a lot of modeling but never a U-boat. Tool. __________________ 309th Wild Ducks www.56thvfw.com

01-05-08, 12:04 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Thanks for posting Kpt. Otto How cool would that have been if spoken in English __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-06-08, 01:17 AM	#7
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Now if only he spoke English! I'm about 5% done with mine, but who's in a hurry! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

01-07-08, 02:02 AM	#11
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Just finished opening all the vents, exhaust, I`m building a pressure hull as well, still a ton of work to do. Nice find on the vids Kpt. Otto. __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

01-05-08, 02:06 PM	#5
Ping Panther Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: the armpit of the Mid-Atlantic / Quadrant CA42 Posts: 262 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I had come across a Revell kit for a 1:50 scale U.S. Gato class sub in a hobby store in Delaware a while ago. I think it was up for sale at just over $100. Tempting, yet I had to pass. Once I get to the Pacific & SH4 someday, maybe I'll wish I had grabbed it.

01-06-08, 12:04 AM	#6
UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	wow, thanks for posting. that brings back memories, when my dad and I did those models together, then I moved on and did my own. we did a B-24, -25 and a -17 and he taught me how to put bullet holes in the fuselage. way cool. when I go back east I'll post up some pics, or if I get back into it. watching the video makes me want to do it. he's got some great ideas. I like how he weathered the paint and showed rust on the hull. great job.

01-06-08, 10:30 PM	#9
UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	that looks good, Otto. Primer really does the job of taking the gloss way doesn't it? nice detail on the uniforms too.

01-07-08, 12:54 AM	#10
-SWCowboy. Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'll be wiping drool off my desk for weeks now That was impressive!!!

01-07-08, 12:27 PM	#12
rizZO_77 Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Middelburg, Netherlands Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My brother has done the same VII and it looks awesome even without weathering. I myself am busy (ish) on the revell USS Constitution frigate. About 50% complete (hull is done, have to begin on rigging and sails) but it just looks stunning! I did have completed a smaller (1:144) version of the type VII and a type XXI. Modeling (ships) is a great way to spend your time! And it just looks great on display. __________________ so we've got torpedo's on this heap of junk.... Where are the phaser banks?