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SEA => SUBS: Uboats => TYPE VII => Topic started by: GlennCauley on 12 May , 2015, 08:35

Title: U-Flak
Post by: GlennCauley on 12 May , 2015, 08:35

Does anyone know if someone offers a 1/72 U-Flak tower?   
Or are there any scale plans somewhere to help make one?

It's such a unique boat, it would be great to build that.

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: Anakin on 12 May , 2015, 10:12

What i´ve been reading and searching... No! Flagman has a 1/350 flak boat but that´s about it. There are few war time photos and one German museum rebuilt 1/1 scale tower but no good photos or plans. I have those somewhere on my hdd...
I have been dreaming also a 1/72 flak boat and trying to scratch build the tower...

-Anakin-

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: falo on 12 May , 2015, 10:16

Hi Glenn,


just for my understanding, do you mean the conning-tower of the flak trap-boat?


http://www.uboat.net/types/u-flak.htm (http://www.uboat.net/types/u-flak.htm)


Regards
falo

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: GlennCauley on 12 May , 2015, 10:22

Quote from: falo on 12 May , 2015, 10:16

just for my understanding, do you mean the conning-tower of the flak trap-boat?
http://www.uboat.net/types/u-flak.htm (http://www.uboat.net/types/u-flak.htm)

Yes, am looking for the fully-faired conning tower from any of the 4 U-Flak boats.   
(not the 'flak trap' boats U-673, U-973... those were different... and I have build U-673 anyway LOL)

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: pumpjet on 12 May , 2015, 11:49

Nautilus models has the forward platform kit. Maybe he has drawings he worked off off.

Bob

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: GlennCauley on 12 May , 2015, 11:53

Different boats...
The Nautilus forward platform was for a "flak trap" boat, which I used for my U-673 build (www.travel-net.com/~gcauley/U673/).

But the U-flak boats were much different.    The front & rear of the tower were completely faired.

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: pumpjet on 12 May , 2015, 14:14

This one???

Bob

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: GlennCauley on 13 May , 2015, 08:18

^^  Yes, exactly!    THAT is a "U-Flak" boat

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: Anakin on 12 Dec , 2016, 11:07

I found this web site. I wonder where this real life size conning tower is... or was!

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4305-bilder/u441/u441-flakboot.htm (http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4305-bilder/u441/u441-flakboot.htm)

-Anakin-

Title: Re: U-Flak
Post by: NZSnowman on 12 Dec , 2016, 11:39

Quote from: Anakin on 12 Dec , 2016, 11:07

I found this web site. I wonder where this real life size conning tower is... or was!

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4305-bilder/u441/u441-flakboot.htm (http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4305-bilder/u441/u441-flakboot.htm)

-Anakin-

Early 1943, at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel.