U-995 Mission accomplished

[NZSnowman]

Some research indicates that U-995 never went on a combat patrol with the schnorkel.

http://www.deutscher-marinebund.de/u995_geschichte_english.htm

"At the time of the German capitulation on May, 8th, 1945, U995 was moored at Trondheim, Norway, to be equipped with a snorkel."

Pat, this is great research!!! Really fantastic This could examine a lot! Like in the other topic Schnorchel Placement http://models.rokket.biz/index.php?topic=121.msg1411#msg1411 Maybe when they add a Schnorchel to a Type VIIC they have to widen the deck to get the piping in, because the Schnorchel was added after the war (in the 70

[NZSnowman]

Hi Pat.

After more research on the Schnorchel and U-995 (This whole Schnorchel system is a nightmare - photographs don

[FoxbaT]

Thanks guys for the info! 



Karel

[FoxbaT]

I am getting a bit bored by correcting al the faulty floodholes

The other floodholes on the conningtower are done...



A pic of the U995 conningtower





Here are some pics of the kitparts with the faulty holes filled with superglue







And the new floodholes...




Not very exciting news, but now the fun jobs will come  




Karel

[TRM]

Karel,

Great work with the "speed bump" (corrections) so to speak. 

Enjoying your build.  Looking forward to more...

Cheers!

[Greif]

Nice job correcting the flooding vents Karel.  I missed that the vents were incorrect on my U228 build  , good eye and research on your part.

Ernest

[FoxbaT]

Nice job correcting the flooding vents Karel.  I missed that the vents were incorrect on my U228 build  , good eye and research on your part.

Ernest

Thanks Ernest 




In have done some PE work on the conningtower.

I glued the Eduard PE wood panels on the Revell parts.
Because the panels would be too thick with the PE panels glued on them, i thinned the panels on a piece of sandpaper







I also opened up these two parts, and glued the Eduard parts on top of them.














Work on the conningtower continues....


Karel

[Greif]

Looking very good Karel.

Ernest

[FoxbaT]

While working on the conning tower, i also made a start with painting the wooden deck.




First layer of `Wenge` brown






After this i made a mixture of the same Wenge brown with black to simulate a carboleum colour.





After the second layer with this mixture and sanding it to simulate wear and tear on the deck, this is the result so far.
Offcourse this is only the base, the deck will be further weathered.










Karel

[NZSnowman]

Karel, looks great!!

[Pepper-mint]

Very good work K. !!! Your deck color is fitting with the description in Dougie and Wink's "The Wolf Pack" .
This is how a deck could look after some "outdoor"  weeks. I like it a lot.

For sure you have  weathering  projects on the wooden deck... =)

[Pat]

Looks real good Karel.  I especially like how the wintergarten deck is worn more in the middle and less around the edges and ammunition canisters where the sailors wouldn't walk.

One question though.  I see that the plates surrounding the docking bollards are wood.  I'm not certain, but it would seem much more normal for those to be metal, much like the plate for the inflatable life rafts that you've inset into the deck..  Wood just wouldn't be strong enough to hold the bollards if the boat was rocking heavily in a storm while tied up to its supply ship in a fjord.

[FoxbaT]

Thanks guys  


Pat; all the metal panels/hatches and other metal parts on the deck are in the Eduard PE-kit, and will be mounted later on the wooden deck...




Karel

[FoxbaT]

Because wood turns light-grey at some spots because of the salt water and sunlight i gave the deck a very light wash of Tamiya Acryl Light grey.

On the pic i have done the rear deck with this wash, it can barely be seen but that is just the way i want it.


Further weathering on the deck will be done later.





I spent last evening with mounting all the Eduard PE hatches and hinges on the deck.
The hinges are 1 by 1 mm...., and i had to glue about 20 of them on the deck.


To give an idea from the size of the hinges:




Next update will follow soon....




Karel

[TRM]

Really great weathering on your deck!  I can see the hint of gray, nicely done.  Waiting for the hinge installation!!!  Have mine still attached to the sheet.  they are small!

Cheers!