Zulu

[trout]

i am very interested in how it turns out, I need to make some gratings for the Walrus I am building.

[HardRock]

This is the deck plan. Almost ready to etch some brass.

[HardRock]

I started with a hand draw plan of the vent holes; then re-drew it using Inkskape in black and white, then (the interesting bit) I reversed the image and printed it out. What you see is a trial fit to make sure that the printed image is the correct size for the boat. Once I've done the deck and all the gratings, I'll print it off on the laser printer onto a piece of Press n' Peel blue etch mask, then run it through a laminator with some brass sheet to transfer the image onto the brass. Then paint the back side of the brass to protect it before dunking it in feric chloride for about 30 minutes. After all of that, I might have some usable vent holes!

[Tirfing]

Very nice! How did you do your fill up work for the result you show here?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

OK Men..... herewith the planned vent hole pattern for the Zulu. I asked a professional etcher to do this work for me but his head exploded when I sent him the drawings. Sigh. So, I'm going to do it myself, myself etc etc. You might remember that when I attempted to do this on the Romeo build it resulted in an unholy ****up, BUT, I have learned since then that the artwork is actually important. Black has to be black etc etc. With that in mind I have taught myself to use Inkscape and produced the drawings for the brass etching. Here is the vent pattern. Please have a look and let me know what you think.

Nice and tight. You da man!

David

[HardRock]

OK Men..... herewith the planned vent hole pattern for the Zulu. I asked a professional etcher to do this work for me but his head exploded when I sent him the drawings. Sigh. So, I'm going to do it myself, myself etc etc. You might remember that when I attempted to do this on the Romeo build it resulted in an unholy ****up, BUT, I have learned since then that the artwork is actually important. Black has to be black etc etc. With that in mind I have taught myself to use Inkscape and produced the drawings for the brass etching. Here is the vent pattern. Please have a look and let me know what you think.

[DrSchmidt]

And lent from a Type XXI

[Tirfing]

The stern of the Zulu prior when launching., The shape is very Close to the later Foxtrot.

[Tirfing]

Boat from behind and forward.

[Tirfing]

This boat seems to be subject to maintenance, (hopefully not to be scrapped...yet)

[trout]

Here are the images for a test:




Buy a Mac, it works :-) (I am just joking, I use both operating systems).
Peace,
tom

[Tirfing]

This photo is interesting. The view is clearly showing the shape of the bow. Unusual Picture.

[Tirfing]

Another prior to launch photo

[Tirfing]

Note the bulbous bow on this individual. It seems all boats did not have this configuration. It might be one of the later ones.

[Tirfing]

Zulu boat prior to launch