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SEA => SUBS: Uboats => TYPE IX => Topic started by: SG on 12 Mar , 2012, 04:18

Title: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: SG on 12 Mar , 2012, 04:18

Hi! found this on a modelling magazine and was left speechless. Dunno if you have already seen it before, I just couldnt refrain from sharing. It's the work of an amazing belgian modeller named David Portoy and it's called Fraternity, enjoy!
SG
PS: I apologise for the bad quality of the pics, but it was the best i could do
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2025.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2012.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2014.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2022.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2020.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2018.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2019.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/IMGP2022-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: NZSnowman on 12 Mar , 2012, 11:59

WOW!!!  :o :o

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: Rokket on 14 Mar , 2012, 01:51

awesome idea, very well done! Any more info on this?

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: SG on 14 Mar , 2012, 07:27

well, just know it's 1/72 scale, took best of show at belgium ipms national convention 2010 and some other award at 2011 belgian scale modellers convention; only 2 pics found on the net. It depicts U-68 rescuing Bradford City survivors on 1st nov 1941, dunno if it really happened though, as Kenneth Wynn's book u-boat operations of WWII vol 1 (the only detailed Uboat ops book i possess) doesn't tell anything about the rescue, limiting only to state torpedoed/sunk.
No more infos, sorry, it would be great to know more anyways
cheers

 

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: Rokket on 19 Mar , 2012, 00:38

Hey, that's still good stuff, and a wonderful dio!

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: dbauer on 12 Dec , 2012, 20:22

Well done diorama! Wonder where he got the 1/72 Type IX!?!! Historically this did not happen. The U-boat did indeed shink the Target but did not rescue any of the crew. You can read about this on U-Boat.net.
Regards,
Dan

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: Greif on 13 Dec , 2012, 01:38

I think the Type IX might be one of the 1/72 scale vacuform kits from Combat Models, heavily detailed with a ton of scratchbuilding of course.  Though the kits are not very accurate some skilled work could turn one into a reasonable representation of a Type IXc; especially since the waterline display does away with at least half the inaccuracy!  :P   If that is the case, it is an awsome job indeed, and we havn't even discussed the merchant ship.
 
Ernest
 
 

Quote from: dbauer on 12 Dec , 2012, 20:22

Well done diorama! Wonder where he got the 1/72 Type IX!?!! Historically this did not happen. The U-boat did indeed shink the Target but did not rescue any of the crew. You can read about this on U-Boat.net.
Regards,
Dan

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: dbauer on 13 Dec , 2012, 07:36

That is possible. I know of one other source for a vacuform 1/72 Type IXC. That is from my friend Oto in Cezh Rep. The Target I don't know about. It is a wonderful job however.
Dan

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: DB Andrus on 24 Dec , 2013, 11:22

Update of information regarding diorama & history of event:

http://bdu-op.u-historia.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=862

Cheers,

DB

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: Rokket on 25 Dec , 2013, 00:46

Interesting, thanks for digging that up. Nice site too

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: 42rocker on 01 Apr , 2014, 08:56

Nice Diorama. Thanks for sharing it.

Later Tim

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: 42rocker on 29 Mar , 2018, 16:53

When I see stuff like this I just want to Thank Photobucket so much....
Somehow most of the stuff posted to this site seems to stay here and still works.

Later Tim

Title: Re: Type IX sinking merchant diorama
Post by: 42rocker on 19 Apr , 2018, 18:47

Any hopes of posting your pics again to this site????

Thanks

Later Tim