U-995 Mission accomplished

[TRM]

Excellent!  Following with anticipation!

Cheers!

[NZSnowman]

I made some piping underneath the square hole in the aft deck

Hi Karel

If it not to late and you have not glued the sten section on. It was a vent under this gril. Check this out out at uboat.net http://www.uboat.net/forums/read.php?14,79256,82695#msg-82695

[Pat]

Karel, what ARE those two pipes going underneath the swuare hole on the stern deck?  And why is there a hole there instead of a hatch?  It would be good to know to get more of an idea what to put underneath the deck at that point.

[FoxbaT]

Gentleman my mistake, it will be fixed....

[NZSnowman]

Karel, what ARE those two pipes going underneath the swuare hole on the stern deck?  And why is there a hole there instead of a hatch?  It would be good to know to get more of an idea what to put underneath the deck at that point.

Pat, it is the the inlet vent for drive tank 1.

[Pat]

Simon, I knew that the opening was for the inlet valve (I think that'd been discussed before), but what are the two pipes?  They don't seem to be part of a valve.  (Any info on what the valve itself looks like?)

And that doesn't explain why it's a hole and not a hatch as everywhere else.  Most inlet valves would make more sense below the waterline (unless of course they're bringing in air) and no need to have an inspection port.  It would be controlled from inside.

It also seems strange that it's only on one side.

[NZSnowman]

Hi Pat

I think Karel just added those pipes to add detail to that section of boat. I have yet to see any pipe in that area.

There is a cross section of the valve in the

[Greif]

Hi Karel, your hull work and scratchbuilding are first class to say the least.  I like your rust application technique; it looks very realistic.  Your scratchbuilding skills are top notch also.  I am very impressed with your skill.  This will be a sweet model when she is finished.

Cheers,
Ernest

[FoxbaT]

Hi Karel, your hull work and scratchbuilding are first class to say the least.  I like your rust application technique; it looks very realistic.  Your scratchbuilding skills are top notch also.  I am very impressed with your skill.  This will be a sweet model when she is finished.

Cheers,
Ernest

Thanks Ernest 

[FoxbaT]

I didn`t had much time lately to work on the 995, the only thing i did was to weather the pressure hull.
Offcourse there is no need to do this so accurate because it almost can`t be seen later, but this was a good opportunity to practice my `rust` techniques.
















Karel

[Pepper-mint]

  very realistic, i like it a lot !!! Sad to hide this great work under a deck...

cheers,
Laurent.

[NZSnowman]

The rust looks great!

I think I would be scared to go to sea in that boat

[Pat]

That rust is VERY realistic looking.  Great work!!

Like Pepper-mint, I think it's a shame to hid it under a deck so it can't be seen. 

So why not do what I'm doing and make the larger deck hatches opening so you can see inside and see this detail you've been creating?  I've posted my hinge technique in a couple of places now, it's really not that hard to do and it will allow access to the 'tween area of spare torpedoes and exhaust trunking that you're doing so well at.

[Anakin]

Looks great!     Remember there is always a possibility to make the deck a little more damaged like from the depth charges so there could be more pressure hull seen...  A close almost an hit could tear the deck planking nicely away...   

[Rokket]

reeeally nice peeling and rust, love it!!! DEFINITELY open up a bit, some hatches, etc. as pat suggests, you can't hide al of this...