SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > General > Submarine Scale Models: Subs, Naval, Tanks, Planes, Trains, Space & Other
Forget password? Reset here

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-21-07, 05:50 PM   #1
Siara
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Mitcham/London
Posts: 818
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Revell VIIC 1-72 scale my way...

Im going to atempt to put together the model of submarine type VIIC by Revell.
The model spent last couple of years on the wardrobe gathering dust , while i was ploughing my way thru aray of unfinished projects from the past

The choice of aftermarked parts is good , and everyone can find the figures , and photoetched parts to suit their taste.

My choice was Eduard P/E , combined with some metal barrels , and crew for 88mm gun and sentry with some deck crev. Im still undecided on that one though.

The furnishings probably will be chosen along the way , as im still awaiting the Eduards P/E (bloody post) and im holding the talks about barells still.
Hopefully they will turn up this week and i can start doing some work.

The reason im writing this post is simple. For one it will provide me with much needed boost , and hopefuly you can help me on some technical problems along the way , as there are some issues with the kit , which need to be corrected.

To be continued...
__________________


Master Models

Last edited by Siara; 10-22-07 at 01:13 PM.
Siara is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-21-07, 06:16 PM   #2
Chock
Sea Lord
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England
Posts: 1,842
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Have fun drilling out the limber holes with a pin drill and filing them all square with a needle file, I remember doing that with that kit, it took bloody ages:rotfl:

Chock
__________________
Chock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-21-07, 10:03 PM   #3
nikimcbee
Fleet Admiral
 
nikimcbee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Patroling the Slot.
Posts: 17,922
Downloads: 90
Uploads: 0


Default

Any photos?
__________________
nikimcbee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-22-07, 12:07 PM   #4
Bill Nichols
Master of Defense
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,502
Downloads: 125
Uploads: 0
Default

Are you going to go with a wooden deck? A nice looking one is available from Nautilus Models ( http://www.nautilusmodels.com/U-02/turm2.htm ). If I were building one, that's what I'd use.

__________________
My Dangerous Waters website:
Bill Nichols is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-22-07, 12:36 PM   #5
UglyMowgli
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 770
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0


Default

You can ask here :
http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/
__________________
Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager
UglyMowgli is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-22-07, 01:07 PM   #6
Siara
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Mitcham/London
Posts: 818
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Thanks for comments.

First of all i will have to decide which U-boat im gonna try to replicate.
Judging by the photobase available i was edging myself towards U-552 (as i think it is a beauty of its kind , and Erich Topp gets my vote anyday).

nikimcbee - of coursei will be posting the pics , what sens in topic like this without the pictures?

Here are some stills of the box:


The hull is big. The biggest model ever atempted by me , for visual comparison i placed the hull of the Type VIID Minenlager in 1-144 scale inside.
Even though the model of Type VIID is longer than standard VII the size diference is obvious:


First glance inside the box and everything looks in order , parts are neetly kept apart by some spacers on the mould / no more cracked wintergartens /.


The detail is of good quality , even out of the box this model will look the part:



Instruction is clear with choice of diferent U-boat possibilities covered:


That is to be decided before i open the floodholes , as they difer from one boat to another.

Bill Nichols - i was looking up the websites with wooden decks , and only thing i can say is : only wood can give true effect of the wood , but i`ll wait for my eduard P/E to turn up , before spending more money on something that i may not use. But is a food for thought.
__________________


Master Models
Siara is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-23-07, 05:08 AM   #7
Skybird
Soaring
 
Skybird's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: the mental asylum named Germany
Posts: 40,337
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0


Default

I once had a type VII as a model and put it together, the hull on one side was open from stern to bow, so that you could have a glance at the interior. I was around 12 or 13, and in an effort to make it look more Klingon, I choosed an awfully wrong selection of dark colours. when I was done, it looked almost like the "Black Terror" when the sun had hidden behind the clouds..
__________________
If you feel nuts, consult an expert.
Skybird is online   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-07, 07:22 PM   #8
Onkel Neal
Born to Run Silent
 
Onkel Neal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 1997
Location: Cougar Trap, Texas
Posts: 21,274
Downloads: 534
Uploads: 224


Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Siara
Im going to atempt to put together the model of submarine type VIIC by Revell.
The model spent last couple of years on the wardrobe gathering dust , while i was ploughing my way thru aray of unfinished projects from the past

The reason im writing this post is simple. For one it will provide me with much needed boost , and hopefuly you can help me on some technical problems along the way , as there are some issues with the kit , which need to be corrected.

To be continued...
I love threads like this one, bravo! Posted on the Subsim main page.

Neal
__________________
SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web
Onkel Neal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-07, 11:49 PM   #9
pythos
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Somewhere over there
Posts: 834
Downloads: 46
Uploads: 0
Default

I completeted this model about two years ago (I got one of the first ones). I was impressed with the size of it, and it truly showed me how big these things were, when I compared the length of the hull pieces to my completed Revell B-36 of 1/72nd scale. The B-36 is one huge machine, the U-boat dwarfed it.

The deck gun alone is a little model of really good detail, out the box.

I patterned mine after the U-96 from Das boot. I even made the grey laughing sword fish from this historically based, yet fictional boat.

I used my DVD, and freez frame alot to get the minutest exterior detail, though I must say, the detail of my model will pale in comparison to what this fellow is doing with his.

My model is the centerpiece of my room, it can't be anything else it is so huge. It will however be dwarfed by my yet to be completed 1/72 scale Gato class boat. It is half as long if not more than the "little" type VII.
pythos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-07, 11:58 PM   #10
Chock
Sea Lord
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England
Posts: 1,842
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Yup, that's the thing which struck me when I toured U-534, the Type IX, before, sadly, it was closed to the public.

You only really ever see pictures of guys on the sub's deck when it is tied up at the dock with most of it underwater, so you don't really appreciate the scale. Sure it is pretty cramped inside, but when you walk up to one on land, it's a real shock how big the bloody things were.

The other thing that stikes you is how graceful they look, almost like a creature rather than a machine, which I supose is what they are trying to emulate in being like a whale or something. The curve of the fixed part of the bowplanes really does look like a big sea creature's fin when you walk under it, it's a really beautiful organic shape.

Of course now they are cutting up U-534, that experience will be gone forever, and I'm having a hard time forgiving them for that, so it's nice to see all these models taking shape.

Chock
__________________
Chock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-07, 05:42 AM   #11
The General
The Old Man
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K.
Posts: 1,548
Downloads: 179
Uploads: 3
Default Great work..

Absoloutely stunning work gentleman. Those black & white photos posted earlier by Chock really show what a beautifully designed boat the type VII was. Thanks.
__________________
***THE GENERAL***
The General is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-07, 06:53 AM   #12
Siara
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Mitcham/London
Posts: 818
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Thanks guys , comments like this make all the drilling and scraping worthwhile.
__________________


Master Models
Siara is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-07, 11:25 PM   #13
Bort
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Studying in Atlanta
Posts: 919
Downloads: 60
Uploads: 0
Default

Fantastic work, Siara!
Makes me feel motivated to stop procrastinating and get to work on the 1/144th scale Type VIID I have in the stash!
__________________

GT Aerospace
Bort is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-07, 12:37 PM   #14
pythos
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Somewhere over there
Posts: 834
Downloads: 46
Uploads: 0
Default

When I read U-534 was going to be a museum, but they were going to cut the ship into sections, I was livid. I think this is one of the dummest ways of displaying any ship, car, or plane. I really dislike "nose" displays at museums that are becomming more and more common. This is where due to lack of space, the nose with the cockpit is cut off, the rest of the plane stored or scrapped, and the flight deck being made accesible. This was the original idea for the Enola gay, till much protesting was heard, and now the entire ship is on display...like it should be.

Cutting this one of a kind boat up I think is the stupidest thing they can do. They should have gotten the props crew from DAS BOOT to restore the thing inside and out, and left the thing intact.

This museum's move I think is a captitol crime.
pythos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-07, 09:45 PM   #15
Keyne
Nub
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 4
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

You may have seen this already, but Japanese guy (I think) posted a video on Utube of him building a Revell Uboat model. IMO he shows some nice weathering techniques. Check the link below or just search on Uboat at utube. Good luck with your model.

Keyne is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
model, scale models

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:32 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2024 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.