Ralf,
great pictures! Thanks a lot (I just wish that they were scanned at higher resolution, but beggars can't be choosers
). They make me want to get all the U-boot Im Focus publications (too bad that No.1 is out of print now
). I am looking forward to the additional bridge plans. My Special Navy 1:72 Type XXIII got back ordered but should be arriving just before Christmas...
Anyway, back to my build(s):
All the posted pictures threw a HUGE wrench in my plans for building U-2360. Clearly what I have done so far (in regards of the shape of the CT) is totally wrong so it is time to re-think how to proceed with it.
I would hate to loose all the work I have done on the interior of the CT but (being a stickler for historical accuracy) I don't want to build a boat in configuration in which it didn't exist. So after a long thinking, here's how I am going to solve my predicament:
I have gone through my archive of pictures (and books) in order to find the best picture of the CT of type XXIII and found these two pictures of U-2321:
Would you mind translating for me the captioning?
I will try to salvage what I have created so far so here is how I plan to "cut-and-paste":
It is great that Trumpeter's kit provides three different sail configurations so I'm gonna cut the spare one to pieces
The purple marked areas are going to be filed down and filled with putty, the green ones are going to get transplanted/scratch-built.
I really hate to do so much cutting to the model at this stage but I do not have an option.
Cross your fingers!
Also, I have an impression that the rungs are actually semi-circle shaped on a top of a small oval depression instead of the "regular" rectangular ones, right?
As far as colors go I'm not sure about the black cheat-line (according to my archive I yet have to see one showing clearly the black bootline)
The top picture of U-2321 clearly shows no line so I'm gonna stick with Dunkelgrau 51 (Humbrol 145) and Shiffsbodenfarbe 111 Grau (Humbrol 123) with no bootline.