Victor III

[bwi 971]

Hope you dont mind.. i havent been here in a long time
but wow Bart your project is stuning! And the subject...
yha!!!!!!

Why should I mind Tom, thks for the compliment,.....once she will be finished.
Grtz,
Bart

[Tom Spettel]

Hope you dont mind.. i havent been here in a long time
but wow Bart your project is stuning! And the subject...
yha!!!!!!

[bwi 971]

All the gratings and hatches in the sail are done.......test fitted all, there are 37 pc of them.



They follow perfectly the double curvature of the sail, that was my intention.





In addition, on the real sub the sail is provided with cameras and sensors protected by polycarbonate, those pieces (blue arrows in pic) I want to cast in clear resin to simulate this, think this will be a nice detail.



On the SB side of the sail the hatches and gratings are glued in place and to let them pop out I scribed the contours. And yes on the real sub the gratings also do not aline at the bottom.



the evidence



grtz,
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

and who's fault is that?......and don't look behind you.
Grtz,
Bart

… just passing the virus down the line. You're welcome.

David

[bwi 971]

Advanced Modeler's Syndrome

David

and who's fault is that?......and don't look behind you.
Grtz,
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

OK you got me here.......what AMS stands for?

Advanced Modeler's Syndrome

David

[bwi 971]

Surprised you didn't print the periscope support at the same time as the fin/sail.

With all the cavities that would not work Andy....the resin will stay in there, inpossible to get it out.........in addition the printbed was already full with one part of the sail.

Grtz,
Bart

[bwi 971]

I came across this picture of a door in the sail of a DELTA.....that will add a nice detail to the V3 was my reaction.



I gave it a try and added a framework to the door, I actually tried to do it with all the hatches but that failed......the door turned out ok.......looks like a Belgian waffle

[Subculture]

Surprised you didn't print the periscope support at the same time as the fin/sail.

[bwi 971]

You got AMS. BAD!@!!

OK you got me here.......what AMS stands for?

[The Boattrainman]

This is awesome work, with five kits/kit bashed subs behind me I would love to be able to do this and go from scratch.

Rob

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

If I ever go larger then scale 1/72 it will kill me for sure.

grtz,
Bart

You got AMS. BAD!@!!

[bwi 971]

Oh good grief. I'd forgotten what a MANIAC you are! Its only when I see that pencil next to the sail that I realize how finely detailed it is. Great work Mate.

If I ever go larger then scale 1/72 it will kill me for sure.

grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Oh good grief. I'd forgotten what a MANIAC you are! Its only when I see that pencil next to the sail that I realize how finely detailed it is. Great work Mate.

[bwi 971]

So glad I’m back here with you guys.

Finished the upper torpedo doors.






Started preparing all the hatches and gratings in the sail. The gratings will be integrated in the sail for casting all the upper hatches will be casted separate so one could choose to place them in an open or closed position.







Grtz,
Bart