Revell VIIc shipping in holland

[raalst]

Huh ? 2004 already ?
well,

[color=#000000]Huh ? 2004 already ?
well, the middle deck is done now. took 12 hours, I guess.

look at the deck and the underside

The procedure was ]

[sam reichart]

Bless your patience Ronald. That

Bless your patience Ronald. That job looks like a real pain in the a$$.
Meanwhile, we here in the US have not seen or heard of a Type VII that has reached anyone yet. The one place I have an order says maybe February. Let's hope the folks doing the photoetch and add ons are getting their stuff ready for release.

Happy New Year.

[raalst]

I have found a new

I have found a new reference on the internet about
the internals of the conning tower.

Mr. Don Prince has given me permission to use his
photo collection of an Accurate Armour tower
on his (very nice) 1/35 R/C VIIc

have a look

the aft deck is done as well, still busy on the forward deck.

another resource for static kit building might be
Fine scale modeller
forum



Edited By raalst on 1073075346

[sam reichart]

Ronald-
Jeff LaRue has that tower

Ronald-
Jeff LaRue has that tower kit as well.

I have already posted a link to this forum on the Fine Scale Modeler forums, so people can see what you've been up to with this kit!

Sam

[raalst]

Hi all,

The pictures

Hi all,

The pictures of the Accurate Armour tower suggest that
the forward part of the floor of the tower was not
showing the square holes which are present on the aft part.

Is this Accurate (pun intended) ?

if so, it makes repositioning the UZO a whole lot easier !

another one ]attack periscope[/url].
because I made an error in the protective railing, this
one will be without a compass attached.



Edited By raalst on 1073166997

[koeze]

Since you seem to start

Since you seem to start mostly with preparing the parts using one way. I decided to try an other option.

I started out by milling the floodholes in the hull. I used a 1,5mm dril for the larger floodholes. I drilled 3 holes in them and used the drill to mill out the remaining bridges. Photos of the result will be online tomorrow. However, I ran into much bigger problems than the inaccuracies in the conn.
When I scotch taped the hull together I noticed that the hull halves are not the same length.
After much trial and error I decided to cut off the alignment pins and line up everuthing by hand.
Result (backed by photos tomorrow) with perfectly (as good as possible) aligned bow, the stern is misaligned by more than 3mm.

I'll go back to the store next week (last time there were at least 6 or 7 boats in stock) and see wether this is common. The bow also does not seem to match. It's as if I have hull sides for the VIIc and the VIIc/41 or something similar.

Could you check yours and tell me (us) the results, Ronald?

EJK

[raalst]

I have checked mine, and

I have checked mine, and they fit. there is a bit of tension
but the lengths are equal.

are you sure the hull parts are not bent ?
(i.e. banana-shaped) this might cause difference in length.

sorry to hear it..

[JWLaRue]

>>> The pictures of the

>>> The pictures of the Accurate Armour tower suggest that
the forward part of the floor of the tower was not
showing the square holes which are present on the aft part.

That is correct. The wood, square-holed deck section stops just where the base of the Uzo begins.

-Jeff

[koeze]

Pretty sure they are straight.

Pretty sure they are straight. With the scotch taped hull assembled it looks very straight.
Oh well, it looks like I'll have to go back to the shop for a spare hull.

EJK

[raalst]

on the tower there seem

[color=#000000]on the tower there seem to be welded on some symbols
resembling a square and a circle with a "plus" sign
inside.

Does anybody have a tip on how to reproduce something like that ? I can do scribing ok, but this sticks out, and it is fairly small.

Thanks in advance for any good tip.

Some interesting fact ]



Edited By raalst on 1073599684

[brad]

Hi Guys,

I have been following

Hi Guys,

I have been following your posts with great interest and wish to thank you guys for keeping this discussion going. I am new to ship building and I am awaiting for my U-Boat to arrive. I work for the Canadian Navy as a submarine hunter, and am facinated with the U-Boat and the Battle of the Atlantic. I was wondering what 1-2 U-Boat references would be worth picking up? I have 2 books, "Grey Wolves of the Sea" German U-Boat Type VII, and "U-Boats, The illustrated History" Also, what size of wire did you use to update the periscope base? Lastly, are you aware of the website www.steelnavy.com Its a great site. Keep up the great work.

Thanks

Brad

[sam reichart]

Good U Boat references-
"Anatomy of

Good U Boat references-
"Anatomy of the Ship - Type VII U Boat"
"vom original zum modell - Uboottyp VII" (in German)
great to have- the planrolle from Fritz Kohl that is reproduced in miniature in the back of "vom original.."

Also
Type VII U-Boats (by David Stern)

welcome aboard Brad...

[brad]

Thanks for the reply and

Thanks for the reply and info Sam.

Cheers

Brad

[JWLaRue]

Brad, welcome! It sounds like

Brad, welcome! It sounds like you might have some interesting stories to tell (if allowed)!

Ronald, those square and round symbols could be created using styrene strips that are half-round shaped in cross section. It would take a bit of work to do the cutting, etc. but it would result in a raised set of markings.

Another way would be to create paint masks and paint several layers of paint. Removing the masks would leave raised areas of paint. Some judicious/careful sanding of the edges would make it look just fine.

-Jeff

[raalst]

Brad, the (brass) wire would

Brad, the (brass) wire would be 0.5 mm in diameter.
But I just picked what looked right..

Jeff, thanks, I will try those approaches.

have a look at the tower as far as it is today
the tower