Making the German U-boat in atlantic ocean
Finally finished!
Finally finished!
Finally finished!
Painting the sides
Small update since last, i got sick in covid and had to order more blue water but i'm better and water has arrived.
Small update since last, i got sick in covid and had to order more blue water but i'm better and water has arrived.
Glued the crew into place
Glued the crew into place
Most parts of the second layer have dried up, i will continue to make several layers to kinda try to get a deepth effect.
EDIT: several months laters i ended upp adding probably 100 layers of different mixtures and sometimes i went to much with white layers or did not get enough transparency so had to add even more layers to get the effect i wanted...
EDIT: several months laters i ended upp adding probably 100 layers of different mixtures and sometimes i went to much with white layers or did not get enough transparency so had to add even more layers to get the effect i wanted...
Second layer of water
Base water mostly dried so here i try to highlight some parts of the sea
Started to paint the crew
Some tiny details added today.
Some tiny details added today.
Some tiny details added today.
Some feeling of how the final result will be
Waiting for the water to dry...
More water was added
Here you can see more clearly how i tried to cover up the black holes i painted
Started to add some wear and tearing, i was not happy with the black "spots/holes" on the hull i did before so tried to cover them up a bit but still keep them visible
Details on the conning tower was hand painted
Hull, railing and deck was painted
Starting to dry
First layer of the acrilliyc water was added i thougth this would neeed maybe 2-5 layers and be quick and easy, ended up taking me probably 50 layers and months of work/wait
First paint was added as a base coat
More piano wire was used for the rigging
Sanding down the puddy on the sides
Adding some piano wire to the conning tower to act as the metal wires that was there on the real thing
Adding some puddy to the sides to make it more of a 90 deg bend over the edge
Everything in place where it should be, probably not 100% accurate but I'm quite happy since its my first "scratch" build.
Here both sides of the fence is in place as well as some thinner plastic details added to the upper hull
Trying to cut out some of the detials of the hull
Completed fence
A thinner metal wire was used to make the rope like fence part
Here i bent some more wire around a screw driver and then solder it on to attatch the ropes
checking if it will all fit
Deck gun assemblied
Here is the some what finished wire fence after soldering and a lot of grinding
Soldering the hull fence
Here I'm using some iron wire to solder the fence, trying to replicate it as much as i can.
Some minor errors was done but trying to align the deckgun and all hatches properly
Screws to securely screw the conning tower in place
Adding some height to the hull by adding side plates and foam in the middle
Plastic cutout of the upper hull
Making space for the sub, this was probable not the best approach since i need to cut away a lot of material
Cutting out the base shapes
Marking up the wave pattern on the foam boards
Printed the wave patterns from a 90 deg angle of every side from the 3D mocup
3D Mockup i did, submarine model i found online just so i could make the waves how i wanted to have it and preview it
2D top view of the hull
Kommentarer
36 10 March 2022, 22:30
Garderoben
It's still a lot of work left but feels like its coming together, thanks for the nice words!
It's still a lot of work left but feels like its coming together, thanks for the nice words!
11 March 2022, 19:00
Rui S
Great work and presentation 👍
Imo would be perfect with a bit more glossy/wet look on the tower? 🤔
Great work and presentation 👍
Imo would be perfect with a bit more glossy/wet look on the tower? 🤔
23 October 2022, 16:29