U 214, type VIID Minelayer Submarine, Revell 1/144

[BerndM]

Hi, here is my first Topic in Britmodellers "Naval department"

Its a Type VIID Submarine from Revell in 1/144 scale, started many years back and stalled for some reason. It went back on my bench some weeks ago. Its more or less out of the box, i added some details on the main gun with stretched sprues and copper wires, the barrel is painted dark gray on the topside and light gray on the upper side.

There is a compare picture with a 8,8cm gun right out of the box.

The barrel of the 20mm gun was replaced with a steel needle. The antennas were made from stretched sprues and Ez line

The isolators on the antennas were drops of wood glue.

Weathering was done with a black wash from acrylic color and a lot of drybrushing and some slight barely visible rust shades on the underwater part of the hull.

I hope you like it and i wish all Britmodellers and their families a happy new year.

Cheers

Bernd

[Brad]

That's pretty good, I like it.

[BerndM]

That's pretty good, I like it.

Thanks Brad :-)

[RNoAF Aerobatic Team]

It looks AWESOME!

[BerndM]

It looks AWESOME!

Thank you very much for this compliment, sadly the camera is unvorgiving, i found some "glitches" while editing the photos.

[PlaStix]

Hi Bernd. I didn't know you'd gone over to the dark side of maritime models! To my shame I don't visit this section of BM as much as I should.

Excellent submarine you've made there. Very nice detailing and weathering. Always useful to get a sense of scale with the matches too.

Well done.

Kind regards,

Stix

[BerndM]

Good morning Stix and thank you, the dark side has a lot of interesting "stuff" to offer.

Submarines in 1/144 are a perfect match for modellers with not much space (and budget)

Will do in 2015 a mix of AFVs,Naval and aircraft as well.

[whitestar12chris]

Cracking job Bemd, love the finish. Welcome to the dark side lol, space is one of the reasons I model submarines as well.

All the best Chris

[BerndM]

Thanks Chris, the dark side is also a nice place, we have cookies :-)

Your subs are great,

Cheers

Bernd

[longshanks]

Neat Job !!

Kev

[BerndM]

Thanks Kev :-) That is the first finished naval kit for years

[HOUSTON]

Bernd,

EXCELLENT submarine..

She looks very good.

BRILLIANT job...

Bernd,

EXCELLENT Submarine build.

She looks AWESOME.

BRILLIANT JOB.

[BerndM]

Hi Houston, thaks for this nice compliment and for joining in, very appreciated.

I am glad you like it :-)

[Alan P]

Very nice work. And a Happy New Year to you too!

[BerndM]

Very nice work. And a Happy New Year to you too!

Thank you very much and a Happy new year to you :-)

[Gremlin56]

I didn't know you had posted this one Bernd, looks great !

[BerndM]

Thanks Julian, my first finished naval kit in years, did you see the 1/700 Tirpitz in the background on one of the "bench pics" ?

This can be Nr. 2. All these details in 1/700 hefty stuff, but save a lot of space :-)

[Spookytooth]

A very nice sub my friend, I like it a lot.

Simon.

[BerndM]

Thank you Simon, i am glad you like it.

Cheers

Bernd

[Darby]

Achtung Flugzeug! Tauchen, Tauchen, Tauchen.

[BerndM]

Achtung Flugzeug! Tauchen, Tauchen, Tauchen.

For faster crash diving i glued the hatch closed......

[Skyhunter66]

Absolutely superb Bernd - inspiration for mine!

Chris

[mick]

great work

[BerndM]

Thank you very much for these compliments, guys :-)

There will be another type VII subs in the future, a VIIC and a VIIC/41 types in 1/144. Lots of interesting camo schemes, hard ro choose.

[Stesca]

Excellent Bernd, like this a lot.