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More photos.
Ken
Ken
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Hi, my name is Ken, and I am the newest member of this forum. As my screen name implies, I used to operate tanks for the US Army. I love submarines, especially U-Boats. I have been building models of U-Boats since I was a kid, sadly, I don't have photos of most of them.
One that I do have photos of is my U-99 model, that I built many years ago using the old Revell 1/96 scale U-99 and U-47 kits.
Ken
One that I do have photos of is my U-99 model, that I built many years ago using the old Revell 1/96 scale U-99 and U-47 kits.
Ken
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TYPE VII / Re: U-Historia translations
« Last post by tankerken on 22 Jan , 2024, 15:50 »Wow! these are awesome! Thanks for doing this!
Ken
Ken
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AMP NEWS / Re: CLOSING DOWN
« Last post by MrZaggy on 21 Jan , 2024, 07:33 »As a fairly new member (only the second half of last year) who is fairly new to this area (and thus never really had much to say on here), this is sad news about AMP closing, like many other small producers for our hobby.
But keeping such a wonderful resource open and functioning for the betterment of the community is seriously awesome! thanks very much...
Dan
But keeping such a wonderful resource open and functioning for the betterment of the community is seriously awesome! thanks very much...
Dan
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SUBS: other / Re: SLC "maiale" 1/400 scale WIP
« Last post by SG on 22 Dec , 2023, 16:48 »The tools bonnet was a hard nut to crack 
. Used 0.06 mm Shelf Oddity wire and shaped subassembiles that were glued together with Ca and diluted acrylic glue, trying to avoid buildups. Piece D (middle picture) was difficult to shape and required many modelling sessions (a month or so) to be crafted. RP Toolz micro-handles bending tool and Tamiya "flat tweezers for PE" helped a lot. The bonnet is SMALL , nevertheless crisp and pretty convincing. I hope you like it.
WIP pics:
closeups, dry-fitting to SLC main body and usual comparision with my index finger for my friend Falo.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Cheers,
SG
. Used 0.06 mm Shelf Oddity wire and shaped subassembiles that were glued together with Ca and diluted acrylic glue, trying to avoid buildups. Piece D (middle picture) was difficult to shape and required many modelling sessions (a month or so) to be crafted. RP Toolz micro-handles bending tool and Tamiya "flat tweezers for PE" helped a lot. The bonnet is SMALL , nevertheless crisp and pretty convincing. I hope you like it.WIP pics:
closeups, dry-fitting to SLC main body and usual comparision with my index finger for my friend Falo.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Cheers,
SG
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ALL other U-boats / Re: Robbe`s type XXI, 1/40, U-2511.
« Last post by Bad Karma on 20 Nov , 2023, 00:53 »Thanks SG ,
Work continues.
XF-24, Dark Grey (Tamiya).
XF-52, Flat Earth (Tamiya).
This is the idea for the Gondola.
Flak 38, Vierling.
Flak 43, Zwilling.
Regards,
Ron.
,Work continues.
XF-24, Dark Grey (Tamiya).
XF-52, Flat Earth (Tamiya).
This is the idea for the Gondola.
Flak 38, Vierling.
Flak 43, Zwilling.
Regards,
Ron.
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TYPE VII / Re: German Torpedo Color?
« Last post by NZSnowman on 02 Nov , 2023, 14:53 »Hi Islandern
Sorry about the late rely.
I have not been working on the Torpedo research for the last few years, as I wanted to finish my research on the exhaust system. I was hoping to present my finding last year but I have PC problems and was not able to do what I wanted. I hoping to present my finding before March, if my problems are fixed with my PC.
Sorry about the late rely.
I have not been working on the Torpedo research for the last few years, as I wanted to finish my research on the exhaust system. I was hoping to present my finding last year but I have PC problems and was not able to do what I wanted. I hoping to present my finding before March, if my problems are fixed with my PC.
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TYPE VII / Re: German Torpedo Color?
« Last post by Islandern on 24 Oct , 2023, 22:26 »Hi, How is it going NZSnowman? Still looking forward to your work. 
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SUBS: other / Re: SLC "maiale" 1/400 scale WIP
« Last post by SG on 21 Oct , 2023, 11:59 »Hi!
The SLC factory has been working full steam lately. This time i had to deal with HOLES .
I drilled 15 holes for the housings distributed on the Maiale surface plus 2 more on the bottom of the torpedo for the pedestal arms.
All the main holes are 0.2 mm wide and host sections of brass tubing simulating the housings. Three holes at the stern section are 0,25 mm wide and host stainless steel tubing sections coming from insuline pen needles.
A special effort was made to recreate the circumferential recesses for the nut rings keeping together the main sections of the SLC body. These are 0.1 mm holes and were drilled with a short-tip dril bit on a jig i crafted on purpose from a superfine catwalk PE (spacing between holes should be some 0.15-ish mm).
I also managed to recreate the bolted recesses on top of the warhead with 0.1mm nickel wire in specially made 0.2 mm holes hosting a 0.1mm central hole.
Usual comparison with my index finger for my friend Falo
The blog's updated (https://3xblackcats.wordpress.com/side-projects/ ). Thank you in advance if you decide to drop by.
Cheers,
SG
The SLC factory has been working full steam lately. This time i had to deal with HOLES
. I drilled 15 holes for the housings distributed on the Maiale surface plus 2 more on the bottom of the torpedo for the pedestal arms.
All the main holes are 0.2 mm wide and host sections of brass tubing simulating the housings. Three holes at the stern section are 0,25 mm wide and host stainless steel tubing sections coming from insuline pen needles.
A special effort was made to recreate the circumferential recesses for the nut rings keeping together the main sections of the SLC body. These are 0.1 mm holes and were drilled with a short-tip dril bit on a jig i crafted on purpose from a superfine catwalk PE (spacing between holes should be some 0.15-ish mm).
I also managed to recreate the bolted recesses on top of the warhead with 0.1mm nickel wire in specially made 0.2 mm holes hosting a 0.1mm central hole.
Usual comparison with my index finger for my friend Falo
The blog's updated (https://3xblackcats.wordpress.com/side-projects/ ). Thank you in advance if you decide to drop by.
Cheers,
SG
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ALL other U-boats / Re: Robbe`s type XXI, 1/40, U-2511.
« Last post by SG on 14 Oct , 2023, 11:50 »Excellent progress Ron! Keep this up! 