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The grease actaully was used as seal for the compressed air againts the slightly larger torpedo tube. Thats why the torpedos got this thick layer of grease.
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Torpedo tubes in the making. Basic paint is on. The gray was enhanced using a gray filter. Now working on accentuating the relief using washes of various shades. Then some wear and tear....
The addition to the pressure hull is done. I added the T-ribbing and the stuffing box for the feedthrough of the push rod for the bow planes. Then some fantasy plumbing to get everything a bit more realistic. BAsic paint is on.....
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really like following along on this build. great stuff.Comment
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Awesome build!Comment
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Slow progress, because a plethora of details has to be taken care of......lots of accentauting, aging, weathering. But the lower two sections of the torpedo room are almost done:
Getting the details of the torpedo tubes more vivid using black wahses:
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The front bulkhead with the torpedo tubes is assembled. The hatches for the tubes lack detail. The hand wheel for the locking mechanism and the handle are only embossed. So I made handles from .5 mm diameter brass and added some photo-etched hand wheels. The embossed structures are sanded off and now I like it much better:
One hatch will be left open to show a loaded torpedo:
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Gettimng there with the bow torpedo room....
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continuing a great build... looks amazing.Comment
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O.K., bow torpedo room is pretty much done. The kit is lacking detail around the torpedo hatches. There is no inner structure whatsoever, so I have to build that on my own. Using a contour gauge I start by making the bow bulkhead out of 1 mm styrene.
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Still working on the inner structure for the bow. I've added the bulkheads, struts and plates to form ballast tank 5, which was located in the bow around the torpedo tubes. On top of the tank was the anchor winch and the air release valve. Those will be added later. In the tank, between the tubes , was the box for the anchor chain. I fabricated the box out of styrene.
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Crazy good obsession on details! You are turning this from a good model to an amazing model. Thank you for posting your progress!If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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With anchor winch, spare torpedo compartment, compressed air botlle it starts to look like something....
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Working on the muzzle doors of the torpedo tubes. They are equipped with PE hatches from a set by rcsubs.cz
Quite tricky getting them soldered together. But together with the actuation push rods they look quite nice.
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same guy that does the PE for the Arkmodel yype VII, I believe. great work.Comment
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Yes, I guess basically the decks are an adoption, perhaps slightly altered, and the muzzle doors are just scaled upwards from the Revell VIIcComment
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