Type XXVII B "Seehund", ICM/Revell
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November 22, 2015Scale comparison to an unbuilt 1/72 Tamiya Vosper hull2
November 22, 2015An adjusted template. Masking tape to the model hull, traced, then a blueprint drawing was matched up in digital prior to printing and applying to sheet styrene - the dpi for the image above is higher than 72 in case you want to print it out for yourself.3
November 22, 2015Early stages. Hatch ring was made by cutting up a 626(?) button cell battery. I forget the battery size but I recall it was a 626. It was a pain to deal with even with a motor tool. Thinned putty applied around the hull. Holes drilled through.4
November 22, 2015Base gray using a non lacquer primer. Tower details aren't permanently attached yet for the most part. Mooring(?) ring in the nose was added using a bent piece of steel wire because I couldn't find the right copper wire. Handle bars in tower are copper5
November 22, 2015While trying to figure out how to approach the hatch construction, I began to paint up the hull. I had added the second mooring(?) ring in the rear of the hull using some copper wire that I had trouble finding earlier6
November 22, 2015First attempt at building the hatch. I had run into a couple of design problems. Torpedo was tacked in as sort garnishing7
November 22, 2015I scrapped the earlier attempt at the hatch details. Finding a good sized cabochon for the canopy was amazingly difficult. Looking at this, the styrene tube I cut down to make the inner part of the hatch ring should have been cut shorter.8
November 22, 2015A pic of the stock hatch is on the left and the scratch built hatch I settled with on the right. The canopy shape is a bit off and I'm thinking to try heat forming something with a drink bottle.9
November 22, 2015Seehund as it currently is. Considering magnetizing the torpedoes but that won't be possible if I go with the turned metal torpedoes I think10
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22 November 2015, 10:48