Hi,
finished work on U-2360 today. Here are some pictures.
Sorry for the cluttered background and "working" stand, also the flash makes the weathering and "rust" way too sharp (in reality it is nice subtle).
I'll try to take some pictures outside when it's sunny without flash
Work on diorama also continues (no pictures this time, not much to report, I'm afraid). Just ordered bottle of Magic Water today. Will update when it arrives.
Ralf, to answer your questions:
- I believe that U-2330 did not carry UAK rune at all (and I'm almost positive that it also didn't have the yellow school-stripe)
- You can try to shape the rounded portion of the top of the CT from wood to create sort of a "mold" and then fasten it in a vice, heat piece of scrap plastic (like old bottle) or a thin sheet and push it on the top of the wooden "mold", after the plastics conforms to the shape of the "mold" and cools off you will have a nice shape to work with.
- as far as your Alanger kit goes (it is very dimensionally innaccurate), if you have good scratch-building skills, I would suggest to turn it into waterline (which will eliminate some of the discrepancies) conversion of post-war Klasse 240. Here is a link to great conversion made by Pete Vill over at ModelShipwrights.com:
http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=1466Also I agree with you: Trumpeter should "blow-up" their Type XXIII (after they fixed few mistakes) to 1/72. Definitely!