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Offline FoxbaT

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Re: U-995
« Reply #225 on: 17 Jan , 2011, 17:45 »
Nice pics Goose, never seen these before..
I have made the channels/strips from Evergreen profile strips, tomorrow i will post some pics, i am happy with the result.
Of course there will be different opinions on this subject but i chose to install them, based on the pictures i found.


Today i went to my local model store to get the colours i need for the lower hull (schiffsboden farbe III).

- 4 cans Humbrol 96
- 2 cans Humbrol 91
- 2 cans Humbrol 33


Finally, i am almost at the point of starting with the paintwork  :) :) :)





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« Reply #226 on: 18 Jan , 2011, 01:33 »
Really nice technique with the hull and rudders Karel.  The model parts look like the original thing.  Respect!

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« Reply #227 on: 18 Jan , 2011, 03:31 »
For the channels/strips, i took Evergreen U-profile strips (1.5 by 1.5mm), en cut one side away to get an L-profile wich i glued against the hull.












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« Reply #228 on: 18 Jan , 2011, 11:34 »
Hi Karel

It looks great! The last picture look like the starboard sideof the boat. If so, that inlet vent on the side and end of the pressure hull should only be on the port side of the boat.

Simon


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« Reply #229 on: 19 Jan , 2011, 23:42 »
Quote from: NZSnowman on 18 Jan , 2011, 11:34
Hi Karel

It looks great! The last picture look like the starboard sideof the boat. If so, that inlet vent on the side and end of the pressure hull should only be on the port side of the boat.

Simon





Thanks Simon will do that  ;)




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« Reply #230 on: 19 Jan , 2011, 23:45 »
Because i need a matt surface for the next step, i gave the hull a thin coat of matt grey.



















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« Reply #231 on: 19 Jan , 2011, 23:46 »
I also corrected the `bullnose`.

















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« Reply #232 on: 21 Jan , 2011, 14:15 »
Amazing build. Great attention to the detail!
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« Reply #233 on: 21 Jan , 2011, 21:22 »
I REALLY like the look of the pressure hull with the treatment you gave it.  That looks exactly like the steel-hulled boats around here under the waterline.  I can almost imagine a few barnacles and bits of algae at the waterline.

A question.

In one of your pictures, there seems to be two eyebolts, one on each side between the stuffing boxes and the propellor shaft supports.  What're they for?  I don't recall seeing that anywhere before.
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« Reply #234 on: 21 Jan , 2011, 21:55 »
Quote from: goose814 on 17 Jan , 2011, 17:29
You're welcome. Here are the rest I have:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph012.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/ph014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/postcard1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/postcard2.jpg

Those are nice pictures goose.  Thanks for posting them.

Some people might recall back last spring or summer I was talking about the sacrificial zinc anodes that I'd seen on some U-boat photos, but I couldn't attach a photo because of my lack of a scanner.

Well, goose's pctures have a good example.

Take a look at the propellor support strut in pictures # 1, 9 and 11.  On each of them you can see a vertical lump that looks perhaps a couple of cm wide by perhaps 8-10 cm long.  Those are almost definitely zincs.  the exact size and shape are variable, so if you want to add them to your build, don't worry so much about what they look like as long as they're there.

They'd also vary by location.  Sometimes they might be near the leading edge of the rudder, sometimes on the struts as in goose's pictures, and sometimes on the hull.  They will never be on the propellor shaft or the propellor itself.  There will be several of them around the stern part of the ship.  Not all zincs have to be identical on the same boat as they get replaced when necessary from whatever stock is at hand.

And the zincs will NEVER, ever be painted with anti-fouling paint as the whole idea is that the bare metal will erode faster than the parts of the hull.  Usually they appear about the same colour as white metal castings, or perhaps silvery or whitish and pitted.
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Re: U-995
« Reply #235 on: 23 Jan , 2011, 02:13 »
Very nice work Karel.  The correction of the bull nose was well executed and looks quite accurate.

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« Reply #236 on: 26 Jan , 2011, 01:05 »
Bullnose is excellent - but so is it ALL! Lovely!
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Re: U-995
« Reply #237 on: 27 Jan , 2011, 02:36 »
I painted the hull in the base colours `schifssbodenfarbe grau III` and Hellgrau`.
The pics are not very good yet, i have a new camera with a lot of functions/options so i have to find out how everything works..















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« Reply #238 on: 27 Jan , 2011, 03:13 »
looking like a real miniature!
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« Reply #239 on: 27 Jan , 2011, 06:51 »
Amazing work Karel, simply stunning!
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