My Trumpeter VIIc build

[drschmidt]

Oh, everything lines up excellently.

Slow and steady progress......

[bob the builder]

Absolutely amazing build! I love how you can get lost in the details of these interiors. Thanks so much for sharing.

Bob Martin

[drschmidt]

Wrapping up the sections. Touch up work and some details. The control room got its lower wall and the oil tanks were painted black. Next is the sergeants quarters and the kitchen.

[sam reichart]

Have you worked on lighting any of the sections yet? I saw some photos of someone else's build in one of the hobby groups on FB with lighting in place. It gives the model a whole new vibe.

[drschmidt]

If you look at the left corner of the picture above, you can see a cable......yes, all sections have their LEDs installed.

[drschmidt]

Continuing with the sergeants quarters which holds the aft battery deck too. Behind the bunks is the kitchen and some storage space.

[salmon]

I am so enjoying your build. Especially the extra details you put in.

[drschmidt]

Photobucket changed their terms and now don't support 3rd party hosting for free users anymore. I guess, I'm not the only one affected. Nevertheless, all pics can be found here:*

http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/MaschinenMusik/library/Trumpeter%20VIIc?sort=2&page=1

[crueby]

Photobucket changed their terms and now don't support 3rd party hosting for free users anymore. I guess, I'm not the only one affected. Nevertheless, all pics can be found here:*

http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/Ma...?sort=2&page=1

Not just free users, now you need to be signed up for the upper level, fairly expensive plan to get photo linking from Photobucket. Causing quite a furor on other forums. The site PostImage.org is still free, as are some others.

[drschmidt]

Thanks......I'l move my new pictures there.

[SubtechRC]

Wow. That really sucks. I have years worth of builds archived there....

[drschmidt]

O.K. here we go again. Haven't been lazy building, just lazy documenting it. So here is the almost finished petty officer section with kitchen and storage on the crew level, and the aft battery room below. The crew quarters are built without changes, but the battery compartment had to be reworked substantially, as it was completely wrong as delivered with the kit. Actually Trumpeter is repeating the CMK mistakes. Makes one wonder......

For the battery deck I did the same as for the front one. Shorten the battery cells, make a silicon mould, cast them in resin, and the make new ones. Then do the proper arrangement, not the tilted one. Encase everything in styrene, as the batteries are surrounded by u-shaped oil-tank. Took a while, but now I'm pleased with the outcome.

[sam reichart]

I can't wait to see it all done and lit up. looks fantastic.

[JWLaRue]

....it just keeps getting better and better! Excellent work.

-Jeff

[drschmidt]

Working on the Diesel engine compartment. The diesel itself is a masterpiece. Over 100 parts, including PE parts. Very nice, but nothing for folks with unsteady hands or bad eyesight. The rest is bizz as usual. As it is a engine room, I went a bit more heavy with the filters and washes. Should be nice.....