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Offline Rokket

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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #510 on: 15 Sep , 2009, 05:09 »
is it hairy? I Think Dacron is a type of polyester, or am I waaay off?
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #511 on: 15 Sep , 2009, 11:50 »
Wink- it is super smooth. No one hair on it. It also looks like the steel line, when adequately painted.
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #512 on: 15 Sep , 2009, 16:09 »
Thanks to my friend Lucas who visited the Wilhelmshaven boat yesterday i got the good shot of the rigging.
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #513 on: 16 Sep , 2009, 03:27 »
Stunning! I thought bits of plastic on either side of the line were good, but you have the rigging, wow, blows me away mate!
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #514 on: 18 Sep , 2009, 09:28 »
Hello Siara,

The photo of the rigging is stunning.  I hope I can muster enough skill and close up vision to come even close to this level of work when I get to the rigging on U-45.

Excellent!
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #515 on: 18 Sep , 2009, 12:47 »
Guys-  ;D  the picture of the rigging is of the original boat in Laboe- not the model, but when i make mine, be sure i will put enough work in, so it looks almost identical. ;)
I got it all sussed, and rigging will be Dacron, with wraporounds done using excellent Lycra from White Ensign Models.
Now i have to find the gap in the week to start putting the words into practise.
Hopefully over weekend i should get some done.

BTW Bill- that U-45 of yours is looking real good pal. Superb detailing- i love it!
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #516 on: 19 Sep , 2009, 01:43 »
Sometimes it's hard for us to tell the difference with your stuff...
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #517 on: 23 Sep , 2009, 10:49 »
Quote from: Siara on 15 Sep , 2009, 16:09
Thanks to my friend Lucas who visited the Wilhelmshaven boat yesterday i got the good shot of the rigging.


Siara, look this link, more photos from Laboe and the insulators.
I'm your fan!!!!!  ;D

General Pictures
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1177039&postcount=2

Insulators detail
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42663166@N03/sets/72157622285248961/show/

Greetings.
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« Reply #518 on: 23 Sep , 2009, 14:56 »
Thanks for the links Johann- superb pictures!  ;)

Gandalf on subsim- is that you?
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #519 on: 25 Sep , 2009, 01:36 »
No, no, i'm not gandalf. In Subsim I'm Johann Vilthomsen too  ;D
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #520 on: 25 Sep , 2009, 01:41 »
Aha- you are the spanish guy converting the living room into U-Boot. Great idea i must say. Is your wife (if you have one) ok with the project? I know what my would say if i did the same thing to the house.  ;D
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« Reply #521 on: 12 Oct , 2009, 13:20 »
Siara:

I have followed your build here for some time and congratulate you as not only a craftsman, but as a true artist.

I am a retired designer, age 72, with a passion for U-boat models, and have just begun a build on the Type VIIc Revell boat. (U96)
 While I have nowhere near the talent you bring to the hobby I am working to do a better-than average model insofar as corrected vision and slightly shakey hands allow. (Thank god for Optivisors!)

Right now my curiousity prompts the following question (although I am a long way away from finishes): You mentioned hairspray and kitchen salt as a means of weathering the  lower hull. Could you explain in some small detail just how this works and how it is applied?

I would greatly appreciate any help you may give.

Best wishes,

Don
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Re: U-552 - doing it my way.
« Reply #522 on: 12 Oct , 2009, 13:30 »
Hi Don, and welcome to the forum!
Thanks for compliments!

Im glad you like my work.

For the hairspray, and salt technique i can recomend this thread on MIG forum

Hope it is not against the rules of the AMP forum, and Wink, or Dougie not gonna use the chopping technique on this post. ;)
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« Reply #523 on: 12 Oct , 2009, 15:40 »
Quote from: Siara on 12 Oct , 2009, 13:30
Hi Don, and welcome to the forum!
Thanks for compliments!

Im glad you like my work.

For the hairspray, and salt technique i can recomend this thread on MIG forum

Hope it is not against the rules of the AMP forum, and Wink, or Dougie not gonna use the chopping technique on this post. ;)


I don't know Wink yet, although I've ordered U-boat waterline decals from him. Dougie and I have been corresponding for a while now.  (he's currently trying to help me find a home for a big U-boat construction site diorama -the Kruppwerkes at Kiel- that I've built over the past three years.) so if need be I'll put in a good word!  ;)

I've been reading some of the salt and hairspray techniques over the past hours and think I will do some trials on some old "throw away" models of yor.

Thanks for the help.

BTW: what is your art background? Your sketches and selection of art pencils hint at art training and background. (Having drawn and painted over many years it is somethig I tend to notice in others.) Do you draw for enjoyment? If not, you should consider it.

At any rate thanks for the help. I will continue following your build and wish you all the best. No doubt I will be asking more questions over time but I'll try not to make a pest of myself.

Thanks again.
Don


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« Reply #524 on: 12 Oct , 2009, 15:51 »
Sometimes i draw, or paint, but lately im more into photography.
I like the pencil work, and watercolours, but had done oils aswell.
Heres the example of my work- mind you i never received fair criticism for it. ;D

Watercolour on cardboard, framed, and hung in my workshop.
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