U201
Typ VIIC/41
- Scale:
- 1:144
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- September 4, 2019
- Completed:
- September 29, 2019
- Time spent:
- 20 hours
Adding to my collection of my submarines a classic one.
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Full kits
Deutsches U-Boot German Submarine
Type VII C/41 "Atlantic Version"Revell 1:144
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Comments
28 September 2019, 11:00
TreehuggerCertainly a very nice display piece when built I am sure. I have three of them. Two unbuilt. Any special ideas for building this kit of yours?
28 September 2019, 11:20
TreehuggerIf you were to decide on drilling out all the drain holes on the hull, my suggestion is to think a little about this before starting in order to get the best result and with less annoyance depending on what method/tools you use. I started doing this using a Tamiya round file, I just gently pushed the tip intjammed and drilled with my hands, until the round file went through the plastic, and then I widened the hole to size, and then I dragged and rotated the round file to sand off the center part of the elongated holes.
28 September 2019, 11:42
Marc Schimmler AuthorThank, actually I decided against drilling out. The effort is enormous while the effect is in my eyes marginal. Using black wash creates sufficient effect imho.
I build all of them of the display to place them side by side to give people at the exhibition an impression of size.
I have a Saturn V and some 1:144 planes to do that.
Explaining to people that up to 49 people lived for weeks in this coffin (if they survived) is quite a shock for some of them.
Having walked through a Type VII sevral times it felt crowed with 10 people inside ....
Thank you for the tip. Sure not my last one and maybe I do an shipyard scenes where this comes handy ..
28 September 2019, 15:16
