Voice duct on conning tower....
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Hi everybody,
after a long period of inactivity, I resumed work on U 552, starting from where I left off, the exterior of conning tower.
I was not satisfied with the photoetched hatches applied ( they were too protruding from conning tower surface ) and with the photoetched air intake grill ( it was too flat, not very "real" ).
I solved the problem of hatches heating them with the tip of the welder ( I replaced the hinges too ).
About the grill, I rebuilt it by scratch.
Here some photos...
As visible in the last photo, I made by scratch also the part of conning tower surface with the drainage holes...
Cheers9 Photos👍 1Comment
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Hi everyone,
as noted by a modeler, in Trumpeter's model the conning tower interior floor is totally wrong, at the deck level.
I had to drill the deck, reproducing the conning pressure hull shape; I used the half shell of conning pressure hull ( I'll will make visible all the interior of conning tower ) to extend the missing part.10 PhotosComment
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Before gluing the top cap of conning tower pressure hull, I will redo all the details, removing the existing details.
Obviously, I'll have to build by scratch the inner conning tower floor...
Stay tuned...6 PhotosComment
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Hi everybody,
I made the first attempt to build the inner conning tower floor, with all the drainage holes...I'm not totally satisfied with it, maybe I'll do another try...
In the meantime I started with the attak periscope post, and precisely with the commander seat; in Trumpeter's model the seat is too flat, and I tried to give to it more "thickness"; now I'm making the seat support with spring system...
Stay tuned...7 PhotosComment
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Hi everyone,
as promised I post the photos of the commander's seat on attack periscope inside the conning tower, in comparison with the Trumpeter's one...5 Photos👍 1Comment
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Hi buddy,
I've never seen this seat before, do you have any pictures of this in an actual U-Boat, not saying it doesn't exist, I would add this details to my U557 build as I'm near to painting at this stage.
Rob''We're after men, and I wish to God I was with them........!''Comment
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Many thanks.
So it's inside the Tower, phew, for a minute there I thought I'd missed something.
Rob''We're after men, and I wish to God I was with them........!''Comment
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Unfortunately I did not get the hoped-for help for the attack periscope casong inside conning tower, so I had to content myself with the material in my possession.
Here the first steps in scratch build....
P.S. : someone could tell me where to find a tutorial on how to fold and shape copper cables ?7 PhotosComment
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Unfortunately I did not get the hoped-for help for the attack periscope casong inside conning tower, so I had to content myself with the material in my possession.
Here the first steps in scratch build....
P.S. : someone could tell me where to find a tutorial on how to fold and shape copper cables ?
You do magnificent work, sir!
DavidWho is John Galt?👍 1Comment
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