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Post by lthump on Jun 12, 2021 0:52:06 GMT
I have few pics and one outlier of my subs. 1. is the Japanese midget sub that entered Sydney Harbor 2.is my barely started 1/72 UBoat with all the trimmings including a wooden deck 3. is my poor neglected New Jersey 1/350 scale    |
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Post by SkyFire on Jun 12, 2021 5:18:12 GMT
Nice looking models.  |
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Post by lthump on Jun 17, 2021 8:22:33 GMT
OH NO ! ... Anthony now you got me looking at my Jap sub again. I got stuck ages ago on removing the hydraulic plastic representations at the front so I could replace them with brass and wire. Having got it out again for the photo I came up with a way to do it. I turned my tiniest screw driver into a 2mm chisel. Worked a treat .I also found a metal paint that will work really well to weather the overall black paint job. It was close to finished so I might give it a run see if I can finish it.Should only be a small diversion from the main job (endeavor)
lthump
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Post by SkyFire on Jun 17, 2021 10:43:19 GMT
LoL ooops!  Now i think I will have to dig out the uboat partwork and do some of it. |
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Post by lthump on Jun 17, 2021 11:08:44 GMT
You have a U BOOT partwork ! How big is that? pic's please, thanks
lthump
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Post by SkyFire on Jun 17, 2021 14:08:03 GMT
The U96 is 1.4 meters long and 1:48 scale. Photo in my build diary.
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Post by lthump on Jun 26, 2021 11:55:02 GMT
Scratch building the hydraulic actuators for the torpedo caps, so may take a bit to get moving. Depends on how hard it gets |
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Post by lthump on Jun 27, 2021 14:28:06 GMT
Well I gave it heck of a go and after a number of setbacks I finally got something to work. I will be putting them all together tomorrow. I finally got the conning tower cable protectors made out of brass and am happy with . it.. The kit had a solid piece but it's actually two thin pieces The torpedo cap release actuators were difficult, smaller than I thought which complicated things. Cutting 1mm x 1.5mm long pieces of tube was tedious...uuggh. I'll post a pic when I can.
Lthump
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Post by SkyFire on Jun 28, 2021 4:19:54 GMT
Well done, look forward to seeing the photos. |
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Post by lthump on Jan 9, 2022 11:36:45 GMT
I have been working on some sub assemblies on my 1/72 U-Boat.The Torpedo room  |
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Post by lthump on Jan 9, 2022 11:42:52 GMT
The engine room  |
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Post by SkyFire on Jan 9, 2022 13:02:32 GMT
Wish I could find my one, think it could be somewhere in the train room.
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