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Miguel Vaquero
Probably, my most ambitous project yet. Im going to try and recreate a sinking of a submarine with depth charges, droped from a destroyer. Everything in 1/700 scale. For this, i bought the Battle of the Atlantic set, wich comes with a J-Claas destroyer, a type VII German submarine and a Short Sunderland amphibous plane.

gorby
Sounds like an interesting project, I'll tag along. 🙂

David Taylor
Yuup.

Jay Dubya
Permission to come aboard Captain Vaquero?

Landlubber Mike
Looking forward to following this one!

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard guys!! Happy to have you along.

Of course Jay! There's always room in my ships😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Sub already done! It was small but detailed. The PE parts were really a challenge. Some weathering it's all it's left.

Miguel Vaquero
Today i wanted to work on how i want my diorama to look. So i hoped on blender and downloded some free assets and placed them together to see how i want it to look. I think for the quantity of resin and the accuracy of the scene this is going to be more or less the final desing of my diorama.

Miguel Vaquero
Starting with the destroyer. Awesome detail too but a million tiny parts. Good challenge for sure

Miguel Vaquero
Destroyer assembly done! To the paint booth

Jay Dubya
RAAF 10 Squadron Flying Porcupine next please, Miguel ?!!?

Kesa Tiho
I am in love
Fantastic build

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Kesa!!

Miguel Vaquero
I don't know if I'm going to finish the Sunderland😞😞. The fitting between the fuselages is too bad and fragile, using putty is not going to do the trick this time cause it will hide a lot of the nice detail and I will not be satisfied. I'll think about how to do it but there's not much hope now😓

Miguel Vaquero
To get my mind of the plane. I decided to destroy the sub.it turned out perfect, as I intended

Jay Dubya
Not really where you are headed with your diorama, but this might give a bit of context to my 'historical' comment Miguel.

"A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Sunderland (of No. 10 Squadron) made the type's first unassisted kill of a U-boat on 17 July 1940.[3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

Flying Porcupine
"Two examples, in particular, stand out: on the 13th of April 1940, a Sunderland operating off the coast of Norway was attacked by six Ju-88C heavy fighters – the Sunderland shot down one JU-88, damaged another so seriously it had to quit the fight, and drove the rest away.

A 1943 encounter with JU-88 was even more savage when a Sunderland from 461 Sqn RAAF was attacked by eight JU-88C long-range fighters. Despite the Sunderland being heavily damaged with most of the crew wounded, the Sunderland downed three attackers, damaged and drove off the rest and made the 560-kilometre return journey to Britain where the heavily damaged aircraft was beached at Cornwall."
planehistoria.com/short-sunderland/

10Sqn RAAF Photos -
adf-serials.com.au/sunderland.htm

Keep up the great work on these tiny models.
Cheers

PS The nickname 'Flying Porcupine' was probably just a bit of allied propaganda as there's not a lot of evidence the Germans ever referred to a Sunderland as one. It's a lot like the Japanese with the Beaufighter and Whispering Death.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for all the info Jay! I really appreciate it. And they could fit very well with this diorama. They actually performed anti submarine operations from GB and they actually sunk 6 U-boats.

I'm sure if I'm able to fix my Sunderland, I'll paint it with their colours. I loved their history

Miguel Vaquero
The U-Boat has exploded!!💥💥

gorby
The explosion effect is very realistic.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Gorby!!

Miguel Vaquero
I've already glued the U-Boat to the acrylic sheet. As the background for the diorama states that the aft reserve torpedo exploded, to hide the cables I made some bubbles coming down from the exploded compartment. It's not the best but it's better than to have some cables seen.

Miguel Vaquero
The acrylic sheets mold is done. The ship is now lifted with nylon cord to place on to the resin without sinking. And the u-Boat is secured in the container.

Next step, the resin pouring. I've never been so nervous about a model.

gorby
Good luck with the resin Miguel.

Shar Dipree
following

Miguel Vaquero
Some bubbles formed. Not the best result, also they are positioned in places where some bubbles would be formed. Overall I think it turned out great.

Jay Dubya
Absolutely 'killed it' - well done Miguel!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jay!

That bubble on the bow is killing me. It's right on the surface of the resin but I don't know how to get rid of it, and if I'll make it worse if I try something

talbot
wow, absolutely love this

David Taylor
Brill.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, really cool man! Well done!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks a lot guys! There's still some work to do. But it's getting there.

I've made the form of the waves with some acrylic gel. Let's wait for it to dry and then to make some foam

Guy Rump
Great job, very impressive. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Guy!

I ended up making and painting the Sunderland, flying the colors Jay suggested. The end result, I think it's salvageable. I'm wondering if I should put it in the diorama. The downside is ill have to stick it with some transparent acrylic rod. It's going to be visible but not too much. I think if I mask the bottom part of the rod, the one closer to the water, as a droped depth charge from the porcupine, the result might not be bad at all.
What do you guys think

Jan Peters
Very cool set up, and very ambitious. You're a braver man than I.
Love the effect of the explosion, very convincing.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jan!! Im not really brave, I was really really scared 🤣🤣. Its just a matter of trying and if I fail well, from everything we learn. In the end it turned out great, so that is that.

It's really great having all the support from all you experienced guys. I've only been modelling for a year or so, so your comments are really encouraging

Miguel Vaquero
Testing the Sunderland. What do you guys think. I'm not sure If I loved or hate it

gorby
I like it, I think it adds another element of interest (mind you I reeeeeally like the Sunderland so I might be biased). 🙂
I just want to comment on the how you've done the surface of the water - excellent, particularly the effect of the exploding depth charges.

Mr D
That looks fantastic Miguel 👌👍👍

Wim van der Luijt
Wow! that is an epic project, just had a look a your build post.....very nice! There is one 1:48 A7V on the market, but your looks better, much better....

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wilky
Another masterpiece.
There is an A7V in Australia.
We Aussies are good at pinching, I mean acquiring things

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Wim: I wasn't impressed with the Gasoline range either and certainly not impressed with the prices. Mine cost probably 1/3 of what that kit cost and I enormously enjoyed the built – probably more so than any kit I've ever done.

Wilky: At least the Aussies had the sense to save one – I'm glad they did.

wilky
We have the only original 262 also

Rui S
Beautifully amazing 👍
Umbeliveble scratch work.
Not my scale but I'M without words. Incredible

gorby
Thanks Rui. Coming from one of the best armour modellers on here, that means a lot. 🙂

Angel Yovtshev
Amazing, Gorby!
Hat off to you!

gorby
Thanks Angel. 🙂
Not anywhere near your league, just the first steps.😉

Alec K
Holy s#*t Gorby. This is AmazIng! I am about halfway done reading the brexit thread and... the rivets, THE RIVETS!!! Very educational, and definitely very entertaining. Not surprised you left this boring lot for the "others"😉 😄. I am starting a scratchbuilding project myself, but it will be of kinder garden variety compared to your undertaking. Cheers 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Wow, impressive work Gorby. The build log on Brexit is awesome. I'm going to use that rivet idea for sure! Oh and I did get the Kryten reference. I saw an episode filmed!

gorby
Thanks very much mates!😉
The rivets were far from the most enjoyable part of the build but these early tanks would look naked without them. I'll look forward to your scratch-build Alec, no doubt it will be astounding.

Rui S
Thank you for your nice words gorbygould, but I think they're a bit exaggerated. I've still a lot to learn with Mates here, including with you 🙂

gorby
With forums like this, there is always something new to learn - if you want to. 🙂

Rui S
Yes, I agree 🙂 Wise words

Neuling
Impressive work!

gorby
Thanks very much Neuling. 🙂

Scott Dutton
Beautiful work, just finished one in 35th but doesn't compare well done

Bart Goesaert
beautiful work.. only thing that comes to mind is the floating of the tank on the barbwire... but very, very nice build and groundwork...

Tim Heimer
Nice work!

gorby
Thanks very much mates. 🙂
Scott: I was well impressed with your build and I referred to your photos to help with mine, so thanks.
Bart: Yes that bugs me as well. I did put a load of lead inside the tank, but it isn't heavy enough to weigh it down sufficiently. I'm going with the experimental super extra heavy-duty barbed wire excuse.😉

Bart Goesaert
add some treeroot underneeth?

gorby
Good idea.

Scott Dutton
If need any more photos let me know, colleague just sent some from his museum visit of the original wh9ch he is happy I can pass on

gorby
Thanks for the offer Scott but I've mentally moved on to my new project. 🙂
My workroom needs to be stripped and rebuild before that can start though. 🙁

bughunter
Tanks are not my metier, but this 100% scratched model is really impressive 😳 Very nice ideas in build report, and even the tracks are scratched 👍

gorby
Thanks very much Frank, your praise has made my day! 🙂
Up until this, tanks were of little interest to me, but I thoroughly enjoyed this build, probably more than any model I've ever done. It kept my brain working right to the end. I'm not saying that there will be no more aircraft from me, but there will certainly be more AFV in my near future. 👍

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Wow! I missed this one, but the view from the trend is impressive, so real!

gorby
Thanks very much Jean-Michel. I'm glad you like it. 🙂

Spanjaard
What a great job!!!! I knew I was missing some great builds in those months that I was out of SCM

Spanjaard
Superb job mate

gorby
Thanks very much Spanjaard!

Dale Marston
Very Nice.

gorby
Thanks Dale 👍

CaptGPF
Wow! The only thing that is missing are terrified soldiers running for their lives!

Pietro De Angelis
Stunning job, congrats!

gorby
Thanks Capt & Pietro.
I would have loved to add some figures Capt, but certainly at the time this was built there were no WWI British troops available in 1/48.

Bohrmann
Well done! Again, hats off to your scratch building skills Too bad there are no pictures of the building process.

gorby
Thanks Bohrmann. 👍
I did do a full build report...on another site, a site which has now unfortunately died. It was only yesterday I removed the dead link to the report - I don't know if that pushed this post to the top of the feed, I though that just happened when you added more photos.
Thanks all for your comments and likes. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Breathtaking. Simply breathtaking

gorby
Thanks Kesa. This was my first full scratch build - I only built it because there wasn't many WWI vehicles or tanks in 1/48 at the time. It sort of got me hooked on scratch building. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Well man good for you. I assume scrach building is pretty hard so you've definitely outdone yourself. And with all the small details i assume you've got a pretty steady hand for a man your age (no offence ofcourse)

gorby
It's easier that you think Kesa, although it probably best if you start with adding small bits on kits.

Guy Rump
Excellent job! congrats! 👍

Jan Peters
That is a real fine job! 👍🏻👍🏻

gorby
Thanks mates. 👍

Mark de Boer
Great job, looks amazing.

gorby
Thanks Mark. 🙂

George Trainor
Looks absolutely tremendous

gorby
Thanks George. 👍

Lebloge
Wonderful work !!

gorby
Thanks Lebloge.

Randy Kriegel
Awesome

gorby
Thanks Randy. 👍

Mr James
Beautiful work. That camo paint and the weathering is top notch.

gorby
Thanks very much Mr James. 🙂

Patrick van Veen
That looks amazing

gorby
Thanks Patrick. I was very pleased how it turned out.

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, any chance of getting WiP pictures? Amazing 👍👍

gorby
Thanks Alexander.
There used to be a WiP on another site but that no longer exists. I've been asked a few times for some photos of the build so I if get a chance I'll post some - no promises though.

gorby
I've been asked on a few occasions to show some work in progress photos so as I've finally managed to get some I've added a few.
You should feel relieved I haven't posted every photo of the build and I've whittled the original, many thousand word essay into significantly shorter, easily forgettable segments. 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
Literally "terrifying work",
congratulations Gorby,
especially for the spirit with which you faced it!
Admiration and respect...

gorby
Thanks very much Pietro.
It was very daunting when I started as it was my first full scratch-build, but I ended up really enjoying it. 🙂

Mr D
Brilliant 👌 looks great, impressive 😀👍

gorby
Interested to see how this will turn out. Doesn't look a great kit.

Villiers de Vos
The kit shows its age. I hope, with a bit of work will turnout alright.

Mr D
Very smart... Great job 👍👍

Michael Kohl
Following

Mr D
Will be keeping eye out for updates.
The messy glue tubes, the Beriev lm building came with a little pot of glue that you Peirce with pin on one side 🤣
Long dried up.... I did use it back when l was a kid....lots of sticky thumb prints.
Nice project 👍

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you all for your kind remarks. I have been chipping away slowly. The part count of the kit is not that high, but the version I chose as well as the paint scheme results in a lot of challenges to my skill level which I thoroughly enjoy.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋
Your doing a good job...it looking really good 👍
Nice kit... who is the manufacturer??

Villiers de Vos
Hello Mr D. The manufacturer is Gakken.

Mr D
👍 Thanks Villiers ...l like to look different manufacturers up n see there range 👍

István Szücs
So much work, it's awesome! It turns out well!

Mr D
Heading towards being a nice model this one, like the engine and interior work.
Good little kit 👌👍