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Finally finished - the E.V.A Resin kit of the wartime HMS Upholder - along with my scratch-built 1990's version........

 

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The 'distressing' looks a bit overdone, the camera makes it look worse - it doesn't look that bad to my tired old eyeballs - honest!!!

 

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I replaced the deck gun with one from a Mikro-Mir kit....

 

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Ken

 

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.... and now HMS Upholder from the 1990's....... scratched using a German Type 212 as the basis....

 

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.... and finally - the two subs together - 50 years apart....

 

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Another two to add to the collection.

 

Ken

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Very nicely done Ken :clap:.

I really like the colours and weathering on the wartime sub..

Amazing scratch build on the 90's counterpart :thumbsup2: 

:goodjob: 

 

All the best

TonyT

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Very Nice Ken :clap2:as usual .

 

Specially your Upholder 1991 , one more time a great modification .I see you use Apalkov profile books ;)

 

Pierre

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well done Ken - lovely models !!

I presume you have read the Profile Warship on HMS Upholder ?

If you ever want a great read on WW2 British submarine warfare , Alastair Mars is excellent ( Unbroken  and HMS Thule Intercepts - both Pan )

and for a general RN Sub History its the lovely Pan Books Submarines at war 1939-1945 by the same author .

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Nice to see the modern Upholder and not a bad job on the conversion. 

 

A couple of pointers if I may; there needs to be more masts,  you missed the exhaust at the back of the bridge fin and the periscopes are a bit forward (I did these on the next 3) the bow is a little off but given its a conversion looks pretty good, it was a nightmare to draw these curves! A pity you could not get the hawser trough in at the front as its very prominent. 

 

I had hoped someone would do a kit for the upholder class, but sadly no. 

 

A good rendition and brings me back a few memories. A funny story with HMS Unseen, an hour before launch a fog bank rolled up the Mersey. She went down the slip and disappeared into the fog with a tug in chase. Lived up to her name that day :D

 

Julien (Builder of Unseen, Unicorn & Ursula) 

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