Gallery with diashow function: the direct download of an image on display is not possible anymore! Model built by Karl Pesek, photos taken by U-boat models at shows and an absolute highlight would be to see the oneīy Zdenek Sebesta with the cross sectioned hull. If there are only cross sections involved. Since I still have quite a fewįigures related to the U-boat war, I have decided to do more projects. In "U-Boot Krieg" page 52 by Blank Media). (The signal mate standing near the edge of the conning tower can be found I hope other figures follow in 1:72 for different On the conning towerĪre 9 figures and they are all from Hecker & Goros. To use fishing line in the future on similar projects. That the sewing yarn absorbed moisture and began to sag. Yarn black and carefully applied the ceramic insulators. Seemed to represent the look of steel cables fairly well. Since I had never built a naval vessel before, I was uncertainĪbout what to use to simulate the steel cables. The flooding holes and the rivets along the sides of the hull.Īfter attaching the only decal, I then sealed the model with Gunze mattĬlear paint. After this coat dried, I used dark oil paint to accentuate After that the whole model was painted with The flooding holes were lightly touched with a wash of reddishīrown paint to simulate rust. Having applied the two-tone camouflage scheme I lightened the areas towards I started with the lightest colors and after I mixed my own colors from a variety of grays. The painting was done with Tamiya Acrylics. Well as the 2 cm flak were improved either with photo etch or with home If I made mistakes may the reader forgive me. Here I found many variations in the references and All periscope assemblies as well as the base for the attackĬomputer were improved. On the conning tower I replaced the handles and ladders with new ones made Before the deck was glued in place, I painted the hull. Sheet to show through the opened drain holes, the partially visible inner Wheel nuts in order to fasten the boat to the base later. Before I joined the hull, I installed 2 M6 The first openings looked so good and as I continued I realized I did thisīy sanding the inside of the hull until I could punch through the holesĮasily. My first decision was to open up the drain and flooding holes. Since I am no U-boatĮxpert I stuck to the Revell instructions for U-82. The beginning I had planned a two tone striped finish. "Das Boot" by Andrea Press, Tamiya-Magazin June/July 2004, 3 volumes ofīlank Media "U-Boat War", " U Boat Sailors" and "Death in Victory". VII U-boat", Vom Original zum Modell : U-boat VII C ,Bernard Graefe Verlag, As with so many projects it becameĪpparent that a lot of work would be involved in order to build a presentableįor references I used the following materials: Warship pictorial #27 "Kriegsmarine In Tamiya magazine and saw the diorama with the new Andrea figures in Modellfan, Resist the temptation to buy this U-boat kit. Despite the fact that I build military vehicles in 1:72 scale, I could not
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