'Vom Original Zum Modell' - Questions regarding these plans

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Sorry for all the questions.
I'd appreciate any help from anyone with any esperience with these books/plans. Thank you!

a300mech

[anonymous]

Use a scanner and scan

Use a scanner and scan them at 300 dpi. Once done open them in Photoshop and enlarge them to the desired size or scale.

You will be able to read all the notations well. I did this with the same books for my type 17. If you do it right you'll have no problem. You can then print out the cross sections to scale and away you go.

If you have any trouble at all just email me and I'll lend a hand.

Would love to see you scratch a boat.

steve

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Steve,
Thank you so much for

Steve,
Thank you so much for the reply! I am very relieved to hear this.
I will do as you suggest, ASAP and let you know how it turns out.
Thank you again! If my boat turns out half as well as yours I would be ecstatic.

Many thanks,
Darryl

[mylo]

I'd love to see the

I'd love to see the Type VII plan when you get it done.

Myles.

[anonymous]

Darryl,

Anytime. A but I would

Darryl,

Anytime. A but I would seriously consider the IXC. It's less modeled and I'm sure many of us here would like to have one.

Here's some pictures of the one Jeff Jones scratch built. Can you say honey? Huba huba. Here kitty kitty?

Steve

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Steve,
That type IX is stunning!

Steve,
That type IX is stunning! The detail is amazing. If the waterline photo were black and white I would have a hard time telling it's a model and not the real thing. I was actually thinking of going with the type IX as a first effort since the hull form "seems" less complex than the type VII (no pronounced saddle tanks, etc.). Thus hopefully it'll be easier to form?

Anyhow, I'm planning on a fairly large scale (yet to be determined), and I intend to simply do my best and if I make too much of a mess of it I'll start over.
I may make several hulls untill I get one I'm happy with. One thing for certain, I have to maintain a light-hearted approach to it, or I'll never have the nerve to start.
Now if I can just figure out a way to keep my job from taking up 8 hours of my day, I'll have it made!

Happy modelling,
Darryl

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Hi Mylo,

I think I'm going

Hi Mylo,

I think I'm going to try the type IX first. Since the type VII will probably be my second effort it may be a while till I get those plans sorted. But when I do (I'm sure I'll be posting about it!) just remind me and I'll try to get you a look at them.

Darryl

[JWLaRue]

The Fritz Kohl plans for

The Fritz Kohl plans for Type VIIC and Type IXC U-boats have been reprinted are available at]http://www.christian-schmidt-fachbuchhandlung.de[/url]

-Jeff

[Scale Shipyard / WLU]

Jeff Jones' model of the

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