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Offline GlennCauley

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« 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.
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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #1 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...

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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #2 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


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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #3 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

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)
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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #4 on: 12 May , 2015, 11:49 »
Nautilus models has the forward platform kit. Maybe he has drawings he worked off off.

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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #6 on: 12 May , 2015, 14:14 »
This one???

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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #7 on: 13 May , 2015, 08:18 »
^^  Yes, exactly!    THAT is a "U-Flak" boat
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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #8 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

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Re: U-Flak
« Reply #9 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

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