Naxos antenna is in place and so two years of work come to and as U-1023 is completed. It's been a long and hard journey, filled with moments of satisfaction and others during which I wanted to throw the boat through the window. I learned a lot with this build, the first one in which I tried advanced techniques both of painting and building. Though I'm not wholly satisfied with the rigging and the finishing touches I'm glad happy with the final result, now I can look forward to achiving better results with future boats.
I have to thank Jan, Raul Gonzalez Melian and Ariel Pelayo without whom this build couldn't have been possible, and thanks go to all of you who commented, criticized, and helped me during this process.
Photos:
U-1023 next to it's little brother U-410:
You can check more photos here:
http://s1139.photobucket.com/albums/n543/n_bracco/The base remains to be done, and when the oportunity presents itself I'll take the boat to my aunt's house (big garden with pool, great for taking photos, and Nikon D90 too) and take the final photos which will be presented here.
As for the future, I'm already working on a VIIC 1/144 with the Griffon PE attempting to represent U94. There's also an age of the sail vessel in the yard: the sloop Independence from Artesania Latina (yep, I'm taking my first steps in wooden sailing ships too) so you'll still be hearing from me.