jeroenpeters Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 For your enjoyment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl-P7Fhst60 Hi Kevin, That's an amazing feature! I've seen some pictures that were probably taken from this reel. Thanx a lot. I've already found some unique details present on the U564 that are not included in the kit, but are easy to scratch. I'm still a long way from concerning myself with details though. I hope to post some serious progress this weekend. Cheers, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) Ok. Here goes: I've been spraying thinner from my airbrush at this thing as if I was sandblasting it... Layer by layer the paint came off. I now have a grey desk... But also a bare conning tower. I took off all the railings and other small items and soaked them in a bath of Aceton. Works great. Almost ready to re-assemble this beast. AND found a wooden base for it that fits. THEN I managed to 'win' a WW2 U-boot Ampere meter from AEG on Ebay. AND I made some progress on the Seehund: As you can see. I'm submerged in modeling lately.... Edited February 20, 2011 by jeroenpeters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Jeroen, When I was having some paint grief one the the members (mouse) pointed me to this article using Simple Green <<</Article Link 1>>> I am not sure if this is available in Holland but thought I would point it out <<<Link 2>>>> Cheers Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Jeroen, When I was having some paint grief one the the members (mouse) pointed me to this article using Simple Green <<</Article Link 1>>> I am not sure if this is available in Holland but thought I would point it out <<<Link 2>>>> Cheers Ron Never heard of this product and will definately check if this is available in Holland. I wish I knew of it's existence before I started rinsing with pure thinner... Thnx for the heads up though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Today the Master models 20mm barrel arrived. Simply sawed off the white metal barrel. Drilled a hole in the gun and inserted the new barrel. Took off all the fittings and re-glued them after cleaning up. This baby is the first to recieve some paint! Almost ready to re-attach all the railings and smaller parts to the tower. Cheers, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Excellent recovery! I love U boats, I find them and their history fascinating. Very cool subject, I 'll keep an eye on it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Thnx Loïc! Almost finished painting the 20mm flak. Still needs a few washes and some scratches on the base. I guess this is where the fun begins! Cheers, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Hello Jeroen. Nice recovery job you did here. Cheers, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hello Jeroen. Nice recovery job you did here. Cheers, Jamme Thnx Jamme! Here's a pic from the other side. Still a bit too matt for my taste though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Sooooo.... The Seehund is finally done. Added a metal towing cable and some scratches, rust, etc.. Looks nice next to the Hecht. An obsolete design by the time the Seehund came out, so it was used for training purposes for Seehund crew. The Seehund sits on copper tubes that fit in slightly bigger copper tubes. That way you can take it off it's base, and back on. Don't know why I would want to do that, but it's... well... neat! Allready eyeballing the Verlinden Biber. There is one of these Biber's pretty close to where I live, next to the entrance of a metal scrapyard or something like that. I was actually thinking of making it in that horrible scheme. Not sure yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Nice job on the beenie dude! That is the first time that I have seen that model built! Good job man. The 20mm gun rocks as well. It's too bad no one makes the tower for a Mark9 type as they were the most successful of the Kriegsmarine boats. I have some excellent pics of one at the wars' end taken in Canada.It had 2X twin 20mm and a quad 20mm on the cigarette deck. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Nice job on the beenie dude! That is the first time that I have seen that model built! Good job man. The 20mm gun rocks as well. It's too bad no one makes the tower for a Mark9 type as they were the most successful of the Kriegsmarine boats. I have some excellent pics of one at the wars' end taken in Canada.It had 2X twin 20mm and a quad 20mm on the cigarette deck. J Hi Jerry, Thnx. And you're right. I wish there were more 1/35 or 1/32 submarine subjects out there. The conning tower has a strange kind of attraction to me. The Flak version is very 'conning' as well! The guy I bought this kit from (if he's reading this: Hi there!) had the full hull VIIC in his living room. A pretty impressive piece of styrene, resin, white metal and PE. Right now I'm also drawn to the S100 Schnellboot. These subjects are a welcome change from all the micro-fiddling at my Large scale planes! Cheers, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Hi Jerry, Thnx. And you're right. I wish there were more 1/35 or 1/32 submarine subjects out there. The conning tower has a strange kind of attraction to me. The Flak version is very 'conning' as well! The guy I bought this kit from (if he's reading this: Hi there!) had the full hull VIIC in his living room. A pretty impressive piece of styrene, resin, white metal and PE. Right now I'm also drawn to the S100 Schnellboot. These subjects are a welcome change from all the micro-fiddling at my Large scale planes! Cheers, Jeroen I was always fascinated by the Kriegsmarine as my Dad was a Navy guy.I am reading a super good book about the end of the war in East Prussia and learning how much the German Navy was involved. Lots of sea evacs,u-boat activity and major combat involving the last capital ships in their inventory. Some ships shot out the rifling in their main batteries supporting the Wehrmacht in Courland,etc. The 2 largest maritime disasters in the war occured in the Baltic with the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustlov and another liner. It was the only place that they could still operate as the allies made it suicide for the Kriegsmarine anywhere else! J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Jeroen, Looking great, now finish that Ju88 Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Hi Cees, Thnx! But this thing has me in it's grip! I'm building and painting the sub assemblies. Here's a shot of the small collum that holds the rotating compass. The usuall stuff. Scratches and some rust. The compass' glass will get some future. I'm re-applying the cleaned railings, decks, etc.. Also cleaned up the parts of the 5 figures and empaled their heads to make for easy painting. Edited February 27, 2011 by jeroenpeters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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