Uncarina Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Rockie Yarwood said: Do I hear chanting? Paint! Paint! Paint! Paint! Almost there! Cheers, Tom Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Uncarina said: Almost there! Cheers, Tom Sounded more like............ "ALARM ...ALARM" to me .... D.B. Andrus, Uncarina and Rockie Yarwood 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 That would be a great profile photo! Cheers, Tom Panzerwomble and Rockie Yarwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Winston Churchill once wrote that, "the only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril". It has been a few weeks, but I have been plugging away, albeit slowly since I am glad to write that I have a new job keeping me busy. I've added the jackstaff and the 2 cm Flak C30 twin guns. The latter has been by far the trickiest part of the entire build so far, with a myriad of pieces that could hold a rave on the head of a pin! Almost done with the upper wintergarten, and then I'll focus on the lower level. Until next time, Cheers, Tom John1, josebagasteiz, Gazzas and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_C Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I had to go back and check to be sure this was 1/72nd scale. You've put those weapons together with such finesse it's just gobsmacking. Well done! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Mark, thank you! I'm flattered. Two different magnifiers, good tweezers, toothpicks, CA, an X-Acto knife, and a nice dose of muttering got me this far! Cheers, Tom LSP_K2 and John1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Tom, Coming in late to your build, and I have the same kit taking up (a huge amount of) space in my closet. You are doing amazing work, and love your comments and efforts using the Pontos kit. Keep up the terrific work and pictures! (BTW, how are you planning on painting this beast??). Chris Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 All of that brass work is beautiful! LSP_K2 and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 4 hours ago, CANicoll said: Tom, Coming in late to your build, and I have the same kit taking up (a huge amount of) space in my closet. You are doing amazing work, and love your comments and efforts using the Pontos kit. Keep up the terrific work and pictures! (BTW, how are you planning on painting this beast??). Chris Thank you! I'm really glad you are enjoying the build, and welcome aboard. For painting, I will be keeping as many subassemblies separate as possible to color each individually. Otherwise, there will be a lot of ultrafine applications with my airbrush. It's the weathering that I really want to focus on to make realistic. 1 hour ago, Gazzas said: All of that brass work is beautiful! Thank you Gazzas! Cheers, Tom B-17, CANicoll, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Boy this looks like fun! Great job! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Great stuff, like other have commented almost a shame to paint it... I didn't know those U-Boats ventured out so far! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 14 hours ago, Jim Barry said: Boy this looks like fun! Great job! Jim, thank you! It has been fun so far except for assembling the guns, which are so very very fragile. 9 hours ago, jeroen_R90S said: Great stuff, like other have commented almost a shame to paint it... I didn't know those U-Boats ventured out so far! Thank you! I know what you mean. I've learned a lot about these boats after starting this build. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) Hi Tom, I just looked through the entire thread; outstanding work as always my friend! Cutting out the free flooding vents really adds to the realism; the Pontos set looks like it is comprehensive indeed, and you are doing it justice. I have this kit in the stash and will get to it someday. In the past, I have built Revell's Type VIIc and VII 41 kits and still have them in the vitrine; maybe I'll take some photos of them to share them on the site. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing your next steps with this build. Ernest Edited October 31, 2022 by Greif8 LSP_K2, Uncarina and B-17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Beautiful work! Cheers Alan CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Updates! We need updates! B-17 and Mark P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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