Revell VIIc shipping in holland

[raalst]

Thomas,

I am practising

Thomas,

I am practising for the paint job now.
The hull is a bit intimidating.
And it has been a while since I painted a kit
(and that was mostly armour)
I am trying out the pastels, acrylics and
washes, as they are new to this dinosaur
(sorry, I turned four-oh today, feeling *old*..
but then again I will never grow up

just for fun :
as it is now
and another angle



Edited By raalst on 1081626701

[boatbuilder1]

heres an idea for opening

heres an idea for opening the flood slots brass tubing the same size or perferably smaller and either heated and pushed thru or sharpened and punched thru
I beleive rectangular and or oval tubing can be had at the correct size from K&S specialty shapes

ca
cant wait to get mine (kit)

[boatbuilder1]

has anyone tryed the tower

has anyone tryed the tower on the krick typeVll
it is very close in scale I have one and this might be worth getting two kits just for the tower the krick is deplorable
ca

[raalst]

here is a nice link

here is a nice link about making *real* rust

have a look around, the other tips are also worthwhile.

the link



Edited By raalst on 1081888087

[wolf pack]

Hi Ronald and rest u

Hi Ronald and rest u boaters.
Well your tower looks nice,i like the high weathered models and i think you are doing good so far,just remember that you are in 1/72 so stay in that order.

Regards

[wolf pack]

Wanna convert it to r/c?

Wanna convert it to r/c? I want. A u boat 'spy' gave the link to hyperscale forum from a company that produce a kit.

http://www.modelluboot.de/KITS/VII/VIIc.html

Thomas

[raalst]

This company is run by

This company is run by Norbert Brueggen in Germany.
I can recommend his work in general.
He has a US representative as well]Subconcepts.com[/url]

The Revell conversion kit is so brand new that
i think it unlikely that subconcepts has them in
stock already.
But it never hurts to express your interest !

On the model ]The inside[/url]
horizontal see-thru
visibility thru deck



Edited By raalst on 1082236917

[safrole]

Yes Bruggen is hitting the

Yes Bruggen is hitting the show 4/21-4/25 and a couple SC members will attend and tell us about the kit. It sounds very interesting.

[wolf pack]

Hi Ronald,
So far you work

Hi Ronald,
So far you work is perfect,let me suggest you somethink,what about add a simple pice of plastic,like a whall inside the hull so nobody can see through the holes?
Im thinking very seriously about convert a u boat to r/c but first i have to buy all the electronics to do that and they are quiet expensive,its a cool idea anyway.

Thomas

[raalst]

Thanks thomas !

more pictures

Thanks thomas !

more pictures follow shortly.

I did consider putting black paper underneath the
deck so the see-thru was eliminated.
But I got lazy, so I assembled the rear deck already.
will do the front !

I noticed that I could see the holes underneath the
front rudders through the deck. This *must* be fixed
with black paper.

I suggest you build a second kit as an R/C model.
And finish this one as an example to us all !

[sam reichart]

ronald and thomas both get

ronald and thomas both get cheers for taking the time to post pictures and descriptions of what they are doing with these models. keep up the good work gentlemen!
Sam

[brad]

Hi Guys,

I have begun some

Hi Guys,

I have begun some general work on my boat. Unfortunately, I don't have a digi cam at the moment. I have drilled out the major upper hull free flooding holes, and were wondering which other to do. The major ones I have done are all the upper waterline ones, and the four around the prop area. Which others would you recommend? I am going to commence the deck ones now, are there ones that should not be done? Still not sure which boat I am actually going to do. I originally wanted to do U-552, but have recently picked up the book, "Deadly Sea", which is an excellent book detailing the lives of U-305 and HMCS St Croix during their personal battle, but I can't find very much info on U-3-5 except that she was Type VIIc and had one CO, Herr Bahr, anf I believe this boat to have a white stencil of a squirrel biting something on the conning tower. Any help to my questions would be appreciated.

Thanks all

Brad

[raalst]

Hi all,

I tried

Hi all,

I tried real rust as a pigment powder, and it is
looking *very* good.

Brad, I sanded the smaller holes from the inside,
but it is tricky business, because the hull will be
very thin around those area's. So, maybe you're
done..
I would advise leaving the deck as it is.

[brad]

Hi Ronald,

After looking at the

Hi Ronald,

After looking at the deck, I believe you are right, a nice wash will suffice. Here's another question, I looked at the anchor position and strongly feel like a few others, that it would foul the starboard forward dive plane area, have you considered moving the anchor recess forward a few mm to the correct position?

TIA

Brad

[raalst]

well , to be frank,

well , to be frank, I got not enough corroberation (?)
on it, and I am not able enough to restore the fine detail
(rivets..) after such an undertaking, so I let it be
( that is called cowardness..)

Randy sure is crafty !

regards, Ronald