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Welcome rilaxx! Relax and enjoy the forum. Be Well! Igkor

Welcome Travis! Surely interesting to see your 3D work! Be Well! Igkor

Welcome! 👻 Be Well Igkor

Welcome Mozzi! We are neighbours I may say I am from Greece. My immigration was actually a homecoming, since I was born in Germany, moved back to Greece to study, relocated in Germany and Austria for work and finally returned to Greece but working in Albania. So we 're somehow international guys! Be Well! Igkor

Hello MOG welcome! It is sure right place to be. Be Welk! Igkor

Hello Lusitanian, welcome aboard! Be Well! Igkor

Hello Koosu, from Greece! Nice to have you in the forum, it is great! Be Well! Igkor

Hi Pete, and welcome! I 'm Greek, joined recently the BM forum and it is really great! Be well! Igkor

Hi Bart! Welcome to BM! We will gave a great time! Be Well! Igkor

Welcome Sideshow! It is always interesting to get ideas on a topic from different people, get another point of view and share experience. Looking forward to seeing your work too! Be Well! Igkor

Thank you Jeff, will do so. Be Well! Igkor

Thanks Bertie, i will do that. Be Well! Igkor

Hello everyone, a bit of rigging work done... Found a rigging drawing to be based upon so I started to work on it about 3 days ago, working at first on the foremast I must admit it is not as easy as I thought nad a lot of patience is needed. On the third day (yesterday afternoon) I went on with the center mast. Naturally, since its a bit warm (35 degC) I decided to work sitting on my balcony, since there was a light sense of air floating around, so I could get cooled a bit. Bad decision! (ha) A sudden stroke of air broke the mast!!! Tried to glue it but I the plastic glue does not provide a stable result. Think I have to try either a stronger glue or think of another solution to get stability. But right now I got upset, so I will take a break to relax and gain peace of mind to go on. Any recommendation from anyone? Be Well! Igkor

One good thing by using the glue for plastics is that if something is not "catchie" to my eye (e.d. a horizontal shroud is not parallel to the others) it is easy to remove that part, and glue in the new postion. Be Well! Igkor

Υep! Managed to do it too! Be Well Igkor

Hello everyone, managed to take one more step ahead with this build by making the shrouds. To get this result I used the special tool provided with the kit, followed the instructions glued the horizontal and vertical threads at the intersection point with liquid glue for plastics (the one used to glue the plastic parts of the kit), let it dry for 1 day, then passed the end of the threas through the tensioners holes, made a small knob and cut off the remaining part The result was really nice, as the glue stabilized the threads and provided hardness on th shrouds, which actually can stand in place on their own! Next step is cutting off the shrouds in the correct length to attach them on the masts. Thanks and Be back soon! Be Well! Igkor

Βeatiful! Be well! Igkor

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Τhanks for the remarks Chris. Guess I should get back in literature about the U-boat types to improve my knowledge! I will go on "sinking" them a bit. Thanks again! Be Welk! Igkor

Thank you Jon, Maybe u are right, should consider a lighter way to fill the gaps Be Well! Igkor

Good Day everyone, Here is another WIP that has been challenging me. It is a meeting of two german submarines in northern atlantic. Wolfpack was a convoy attack tactic employed in the Second World War. It was used principally by the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic. In the Atlantic during the Second World War the Germans had considerable successes with their wolfpack attacks but were ultimately defeated by the Allies (thanks Wikipedia!!) So, I got two german submarines, TYPE II B and TYPE VII C/41 and put them side by side on a small base The base is made by a plastic part upon which I applied coloured cotton. I have made a water solution of blue color, on which I baptized cotton, which then I spread on the plastic surface and formed it by hand to have the wave effect. I let dry for 3 days, then coloyred white the wave peaks and finally applied clear acrylic lacquer on top. I made a wooden frame, painted it black and after it dried I rubbed it a bit with sandpaper, to get a somehow worn-out look. To fill the gaps, I will use cotton and then cover it with a plexiglass cover, which I made by cutting and glueing 3mm thick plexiglass parts Unfortunately during the process some U-boats parts broke, so they have to be made from scratch. I started working on other projects too, so I left this one behind for almost 2years!!! (can't say when I start something I finish it! Always behind schedule.....Hahaha) Any comments welcome. Be Well Igkor

Nice work, Jon. I will be following up with great interest. Be Well Igkor

Hello Peter, Thats an incredible, fascinating, detailed beatiful work. Makes me wanna re-start an older build i have done of HMS King George V, cause I feel so small.... Be Well Igkor

Really nice job, love the painting. Be Welk Igkor

Although for some reason the pictures don't open for me I understand u have a very interesting and detailed job going on. 👍 Hope to see at least the outcome in all its glory. Be Victorious Igkor