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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #30 on: 14 Jan , 2009, 00:38 »
Nice and slick build - Greif, Guess I have to get a set of replacement barrels for my kit...

I put a Nautilus deck on my Type II and I primed it with a clear laquer from a rattlecan to seal it - afterwards I just painted it with acryllics and washed with oils - no warp on the deck - but I did ad some supports on the hull running under the deck, and since the VII is much wider than the II it might be a good idea.

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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #31 on: 14 Jan , 2009, 00:53 »
Guns are looking good. Im at the stage of building the 20mm MG, and i wish it look as good as yours.
The 37 is fantastic! ;)
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #32 on: 14 Jan , 2009, 01:30 »
Quote from: Mr.Mox on 14 Jan , 2009, 00:38
Nice and slick build - Greif, Guess I have to get a set of replacement barrels for my kit...

I put a Nautilus deck on my Type II and I primed it with a clear laquer from a rattlecan to seal it - afterwards I just painted it with acryllics and washed with oils - no warp on the deck - but I did ad some supports on the hull running under the deck, and since the VII is much wider than the II it might be a good idea.



Thanks Jan!  Yep, supports for the wooden decks are always a safe bet.  I never thought to use clear laquer to seal the wooden deck and paint it with acrylics.  The first one a painted, I primed it first then painted it with acrylics.  I like your idea better as I think it will reduce the amount of sanding to get rid of the "fuzzys".  Thanks for the tip!

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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #33 on: 14 Jan , 2009, 01:35 »
Quote from: Siara on 14 Jan , 2009, 00:53
Guns are looking good. Im at the stage of building the 20mm MG, and i wish it look as good as yours.
The 37 is fantastic! ;)

Hi Siara, and thank you for the kind comments.  I don't think you need to worry about the looks of your 2.0 cm; based on your previous work it will be beautiful!

The 3.7 cm turned out fairly nice.  To tell the truth I was glad to finish it as the PE was not very "user friendly" and planning the construction with both the kit and PE instruction sheets required me to burn alot of brain cells.  :D

Ernest 
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #34 on: 16 Jan , 2009, 14:57 »
Not much to update today.  I have competed filling and sanding the deck.  The photo-etch parts have been attached.  The hull is about 95% complete.  Next up will be completing the 2.0 cm guns and working on the conning tower decks adding PE to them.

Enjoy the pictures!
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #35 on: 16 Jan , 2009, 16:34 »
Did you enjoy adding the hinges?  ;D
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #36 on: 17 Jan , 2009, 13:33 »
Quote from: Siara on 16 Jan , 2009, 16:34
Did you enjoy adding the hinges?  ;D

My eyes did not!   :o
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #37 on: 17 Jan , 2009, 13:51 »
Small update:  The 2.0 cm guns are finished.  Attached is a picture of one of them.  (See Siara, I told there was nothing to worry about with your 2.0 cm!  :D)

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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #38 on: 17 Jan , 2009, 17:09 »
Quote from: Greif on 17 Jan , 2009, 13:51
(See Siara, I told there was nothing to worry about with your 2.0 cm!  :D)

Yeah- but yours is finished, while mine is far from. Nothing wrong with this zwiling anyway- looks super with these Schatton barrels.
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #39 on: 18 Jan , 2009, 04:56 »
Greif, I really like Your building, pretty much what i want to do when I find time (just finished our 9 month 1/1 scale baby girl build   :)  )

but these container thing on Your zwilling: isn't it placed frontal and not on the side ??? (see VII gallery U 333 late)
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #40 on: 18 Jan , 2009, 05:42 »
Quote from: Siara on 17 Jan , 2009, 17:09
Quote from: Greif on 17 Jan , 2009, 13:51
(See Siara, I told there was nothing to worry about with your 2.0 cm!  :D)

Yeah- but yours is finished, while mine is far from. Nothing wrong with this zwiling anyway- looks super with these Schatton barrels.

Thanks Siara, but as rabapla correctlz pointed out, I placed the storage box in the wrong place.  :-[  Just got through priming to, I'll see if I can reposition it without destroying something.  Grrr.
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #41 on: 18 Jan , 2009, 05:45 »
Quote from: rabapla on 18 Jan , 2009, 04:56
Greif, I really like Your building, pretty much what i want to do when I find time (just finished our 9 month 1/1 scale baby girl build   :)  )

but these container thing on Your zwilling: isn't it placed frontal and not on the side ??? (see VII gallery U 333 late)

Hi rabapla, good eye and thanks for the catch on the storage box placement.  Just finished priming, darn!  I'll try and move the storage boxes without wrecking something.

Congratulations on your baby girl!  I'll bet the "build" process was even more fun then model building.  ;)
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #42 on: 19 Jan , 2009, 11:29 »
Latest Update:  the hull has been primed, imperfections fixed and sanded.  I plan to paint the upper hull tomorrow if all goes well.  I am using the WEM paints, the upper hull will be Dunkelgrau 51, as well the conning tower.

The upper and lower conning tower parts have been primed, the interior painted, and they have been joined.  I need to do a little filling and sanding of the joint, but it fit well so I won't have to do alot.  After that I'll add a few small PE parts and the rails.

The AA guns have been painted and are awaiting final assembly to the conning tower, (which well take place near the end of construction).

I will post photos as soon as Wink has sorted out the bug which is preventing me from doing so.  :)
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #43 on: 20 Jan , 2009, 13:33 »
Hi everyone, as the bug is still not letting me post picture in this thread, I posted several "In Progress" shots in the gallery's "On the Bench" section.

Hope you like them and feedback is welcome!

Ernest
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Re: Grief's late war VIIC build
« Reply #44 on: 20 Jan , 2009, 13:49 »
Looking good Ernest!  :o
I like the way you improved the radio loop. ;)
So next step- the railings? Any thoughts on that?
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