Hello guys,
I am in the process of building Revell's 1/144 Typ XXI uboat. I am trying to modify the kit as much as possible to make it look like WW2 Type XXI. So far I have been working on the conning tower and I have recently run into a dead end. I am trying to build U-2536. I have done my research and found only one picture od U-2536 and some pictures of type XXI in general. I also own some publications about XXI as well but still have some questions:
1) Here is the only picture of U-2536 I have found. There is an emblem right next to the white number 2536 but when I have tried to find the emblem which the uboat carried I couldn't find any information.
I have created a mockup of the U-2536 and figured out that it would look something like this:
Does it look correct?
2) I am confused about the position of the flagpole on the top of the conning tower. Here are all the pictures on the subject I have:
It seems to me that different boats had a different tower configurations. I know for fact that (for example) draining holes on the towers differentiated based on the shipyard the particular boat was built at.
So far I think that there are three different positions for the flagpole. I am inclined to put it in position A on this picture:
Can someone here shed some light on this issue for me? Or, even better, does anyone have a picture of the top of the conning tower of U-2536?
Thanks a lot!
