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Senormodeler

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #60 on: 11 Sep , 2014, 13:11 »
Hey Rokket,
I sent you an email with a question about your type vii model. What brand/guage of thread or wire did you use to rig your u-boat? It looks so good and I'm pretty close to rigging mine up. I'd love to get the thread that you used.


Thanks!

Senormodeler

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #61 on: 12 Sep , 2014, 07:24 »
If anyone else has any suggestions as to what type of thread to use for rigging, please let me know. I'm trying to do research but haven't come up with anything solid yet.

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #62 on: 12 Sep , 2014, 11:44 »
Hi Senormodeler,


I use this one for rigging, very elastic and fine:


http://www.uschivdr.com/products-in-detail/rigging/


By the way Uschi van der Rosten ( aka Alexander Glass) is a very good model kit builder and he runs his own company.


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Falo

Senormodeler

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #63 on: 12 Sep , 2014, 15:15 »
Thanks, Falo. Would you recommend the standard, fine or superfine for a 1/72 scale u-boat? That's .03, .02 and .01 mm respectively.

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #64 on: 13 Sep , 2014, 06:07 »
Hi Senormodeler,


I purchased "fine".


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Falo

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #65 on: 18 Sep , 2014, 11:23 »
Hi Senormodeler,


maybe a little bit late for your algae paint job but I just found that:


http://www.dersockelshop.de/detail/index/sArticle/45416


It works with powder and colored fixer fluids. IMO a very interesting idea.


Rgards
Olaf
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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #66 on: 01 Oct , 2014, 07:52 »
Time for an update. I've been working on this every free chance I get so that it will be done in time for OrangeCon this saturday. All that's left to do is the rigging, the stand, and a few touchups and fixes.

I didn't much like the insulators that the kit provided so, after a lot of research, I decided to follow Glenn Cauley's (and other's) example and make my own turnbuckles and insulators. For the insulators I just just cut apart the kit provided piece and then cut grooves on the sides of them. Then I wrapped electrical wire around them. I still need to find something to use as a wire "wrap" between the insulators.



I made the turnbuckles from styrene with wire hooks on each end. Glenn has an excellent set of instructions for doing this on his WIP thread for his U-673:
http://models.rokket.biz/index.php?topic=67.msg9954#msg9954
Thanks, Glenn!



For the wire rigging I used EZ-Line (fine). But I twisted the line so that it would look like braided steel cable. I still need to paint the cable and weather the turnbuckles to knock them back a bit.















Thanks for looking!


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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #67 on: 01 Oct , 2014, 08:37 »
NICE!!!     And you're welcome.   :D
Glenn Cauley
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Senormodeler

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #68 on: 08 Oct , 2014, 08:10 »
Finally calling this build done! I made the final push last week before OrangeCon. And then was deeply humbled at OrangeCon when I saw the level of workmanship there. Very cool stuff.

I'm still working on the stand but otherwise the u-boat is finished. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get a display case? I've looked at a few online but I'd love to get your input.

Here are some pics. Thanks for looking, and thanks for all the help.








































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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #69 on: 09 Oct , 2014, 08:46 »
Holy WOW !!!
Glenn Cauley
President, IPMS Ottawa
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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #70 on: 10 Oct , 2014, 17:28 »
 ;) Excellent Work!!! Very well done.
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Dan

Senormodeler

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #71 on: 10 Oct , 2014, 20:02 »
Thanks, Dan!

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #72 on: 08 May , 2018, 22:08 »
So many lost pics - THANKS a lot photobucket.

Can anyone post a few of these back up or are they gone for good.

Later Tim

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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #73 on: 27 Oct , 2019, 19:59 »
I know you'll probably never read this, but if you want to make your U-505 slightly more accurate, you got to remove the A bar stantion connecting to the twin rudders, it was removed on U-505 and many other U-boats beginning late 1943.



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Re: My revel type ix u-boat
« Reply #74 on: 28 Oct , 2019, 13:18 »
Hi Andrew,

I removed this from my U 505 model too. I mentioned it in my U 505 article (see page 38 in The Wolf Pack II file). Your removal date of late 43 onwards seems spot on.

Cheers,

Dougie