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Offline bianco64squalo

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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #15 on: 02 Mar , 2018, 05:33 »
Hi Dougie,
are you sure about the black color of railing and inside conning tower ? It's a news for me...
I always wonder how can a color identifyed from a black and white photo...
I must be absolutely sure of that, because the impact of these black surfaces ewill be important on the finished model...

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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #16 on: 03 Mar , 2018, 08:48 »
Hi Fillipo,

Here is a good shot -

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-3676-27,_St._Nazaire,_Uboot_U_552,_Besatzung.jpg

You can see the tower railings, attack periscope and inside walls of the tower are all very dark. I think it is black but if you think it is dark grey you could go with that. It definitely is not the light grey Hellgrau 50 that was the upper colour of U 552. Note that this is a later photo of U 552 when the wind deflector was in place.

Here is another. Note the 20mm mount is light grey -

https://www.militaryimages.net/media/kriegmarine-u-boot-u552-type-viic.52011/

Here is another you could look at -

http://www.uboataces.com/cgi-bin/uboat-photo.cgi?uniqky=200510121313658632

This last one has U 552 with black deck railings and an entirely black magnetic compass housing. Sometimes U-boats were painted with the top half of the magnetic compass housing black, as per the painting regulations. I think a dockyard worker became a little too busy with a tin of black paint and painted the entire housing and the ralings black.

We do need to be a bit careful. I am assuming that you are building U 552 the same as the Trumpeter kit. This means there is no wind deflector at the top of the tower. Also, I am assuming you are fitting the breakwaters (the splash guards on the side of the hull which helped stop waves splashing on the 88mm). Is this correct?

Lastly, in regard to the net cutter, I haven't seen any photos of U 552 with the red devil and the net cutter. You might be best to not fit the net cutter at all.

Cheers,

Dougie

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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #17 on: 03 Mar , 2018, 09:03 »
Thanks Dougie, I’ll keep all your suggestments in my mind...

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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #18 on: 04 Mar , 2018, 23:47 »
Thanks to all....
This is my fiished UZO, near the Trumpeter's one...

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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #19 on: 07 Mar , 2018, 13:58 »
Thanks to all....
This is my finished UZO, near the Trumpeter's one...

Trumpeter's version is an embarrassing blob of shapeless plastic.
Your UZO is a work of art.

Would you consider casting & selling that?   :D
Or uploading a 3D model to Shapeways?

Glenn Cauley
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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #20 on: 07 Mar , 2018, 19:28 »
Thanks to all....
This is my finished UZO, near the Trumpeter's one...

Or uploading a 3D model to Shapeways?

Glenn what style are you after? I have a couple of styles. The models I have are too detail for 3-D printing, but I should be able to downscale them.

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Re: U552 UZO
« Reply #21 on: 07 Mar , 2018, 23:14 »
Thanks Glenn for your kind words....
I'm not able to upload a 3D model ( I don't use CAD programs ) neither I'm not able to cast somewhat ( I never used this technique in modelling ).
Anyway I'm happy that you like my UZO.... now I'm working on attack periscope mounting.
Stay tuned...
Cheers