JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hello Gents, Im starting my first large build project this week and thought I'd do an online build to maybe get some feedback. I purchased a Trumpeter 1/48 scale VIIc sub and plan to do some changes. The Trumpeter kit is modeled as U-552 with the standard Turm 0 conning tower. Personally, I prefer the look of subs with the late war Turm IV installed. The version with the twin wintergarten and 3.7 cm Flak 42/twin 2.0 cm Flak 38. I've been doing some research and will convert my sub to U-380 as she looked when commanded by Albrecht Brandi, returning from a 33 day patrol Jan 21, 1944. Brandi was one of only 2 Kriegsmarine members awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. The following parts will be used: Complete photo etch from Rcsubs.cz 3D printed parts from Shapeways, designed by Sasa Drobac/DeStefan 3D Designs Brass access hatches and FuMO30 radar from Boris Nakropin www.smallrivetsstudio.com Photos to follow U-380 leaving for patrol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Oto from rcsubs.cz makes some beautiful photo etch parts for the 1/48 Trumpeter kit Including a repair kit that fixes that various holes in the hull that are either positioned wrong or don't in incorrect numbers. He even has a 1/48 scale enigma machine done in etch :-) Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Link to Oto's page with part for the 1/48 VIIc http://rcsubs.cz/index.php/photo-etched-sets/20-sets-for-u-boat-viic-1-48-trumpeter-06801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) 3D printed Turm IV by DeStefan Design Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) 3D printed 3.7 cm flak. Printed in real brass 20 mm flak 3D printed Tower railings in 3D printed brass Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Here is a link to Sasa's online store on Shapeways. He has an impressive collection of 3D printed ship/sub stuff and was helpful producing items I specifically asked for. Thumbs way up https://www.shapeways.com/shops/distefano_3dprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Ordered a couple of really neat hatches from Boris Nakropin at www.smallrivetsstudio.com Impressive looking stuff. He also produces a super scale, all brass FuMO30 radar for my project. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) More from Oto @ rcsubs.cz Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Cutting the deck into Swiss cheese. The photo etch comes with a very handy set of 1:1 drawings showing the cuts. The new brass deck fixes the incorrect Trumpeter plastic deck, providing a correct hole pattern. Plastic cuts pretty rough, still needs fine sanding Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) The new deck fits perfect and looks really great. Plenty of the old plastic deck left to provide a solid glue base Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 This will be a big beastie and with all that PE and brass it should look amazing. GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 I noticed that half my photos are not showing up when I view this on my cell phone. Anyone else having that problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Yep. Pics on posts 2,4,8,9 & 10 are no-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 not sure why I can't upload. I see the photos on my laptop. When I try to upload new photos, the upload URL bar turns red and nothing happens. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 You haven't reached your limit with your image provider, just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) About half the photo’s are blank squares. Photo’s # 2,3,9,10 are blank. Edited February 20, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) I can link photos from other websites, but not from my own photo storage pages. I tried both my amazon prime photo and Flickr. both are paid unlimited bandwidth storage sites. odd test Edited February 20, 2018 by JCSeattle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Flickr test 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Looks like it is working now. The fix was to just copy the photo link directly into the text body instead of using the "insert other media" tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thanks to the internet I located a 400 page book written entirely about my subject U-380! And including lots of never before published photos What are the odds of finding such a wealth of information about a randomly picked subject. Fortunately I paid attention to my German classes in school. Will be needing them :-) https://www.amazon.de/ZEITGESCHICHTE-Kleeblattboot-Feindfahrt-Mittelmeer-Zeitgeschichte/dp/3803500206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncarina Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 What an epic project! It looks great so far. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Great, all good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Looks like your throwing the kitchen sink at this too, loooking forward to seeing this, will you be doing any oil canning, stresssed skin effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Hewy, I will probably do some oil canning just to get some experience doing it. Not sure if the VIIc's had any pronounced oil canning in real life, but it does look good on a model. The photos I have shows little to no oil canning. I have already added a few impact marks from docking and tying up to other boats. And I will probably also go a little overboard with weathering. It just looks cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCSeattle Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 This is my first attempt at a "serious" scale model. And it is my 4th plastic build. I started building in October and so far I've done a few quick builds just to practice some painting, PE and build techniques. Attached photo of my entire "fleet" All in 1/72 scale. No effort was done to make them look particularly scale, but I've played around with different weathering techniques. The Flower class Corvette took a month to build, the subs a couple of weekends. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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