U-552 Trumpeter 1/48 static

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  • trout
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    Nothing you are doing is causing this, Photobucket just recently cracked down on 3rd party hosting. In otherwords, if you posted your pictures from photobucket, they want you to pay for a premium package. For me it ends a relationship with Photobucket.

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Hi everybody,
    today I realize that I cannot see the photos of other membres of this forum, and, instead of the photos, appears this message: PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT TO ENABLE 3RD PARTY HOSTING : whai Have I to do ?
    Thanks in advance for help....
    Work in progress on the hull surface...

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  • DrSchmidt
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    The Trumpeter VIIc seems to be a well adapted copy of the Revell 1:72 VIIc and the interior repeats many mistakes of the CMK resin compartments for the 1:73 Revell VIIc. But e.g. from the wrong periscope in the control room, I take it, that the kit designers also made a trip to the last remaining real VIIc in Laboe.

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  • steveuk
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    It is disappointing when model manufacturers don't do their research enough and introduce errors. Trumpeter kit is not cheap either. I saw this unveiled at a model show and my first thought was "the deck slots are wrong in shape and pattern".

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Hi Steve,
    as I said, the Trumpeter's U-552 repeat the same errors as the Revell's 1/72: about the bow, all the flooding holes are wrong, in number and shape; the torpedo shutters are too much long; also the rivet's pattern and the welding lines are wrong, but this last error is not easily visible at not expert eyes....

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  • steveuk
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    Outstanding detail work! Is the bow badly inaccurate in your opinion? Where is the error?

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Continues the work on hull:
    - modified the flooding holes under forward torpedo tubes;
    - modified th flloding holes above the torpedo tubes;
    - shortened the torpedo shutter doors.
    Opinions welcome.
    Cheers.
    Filippo

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Forward pressure hull cap, not yet finished....

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  • bianco64squalo
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    The work on forward torpedo tubes continues...

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Work in progress...

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  • trout
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    Excellent work! This will be fun to watch you build your sub!

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  • bianco64squalo
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    This weekend only torpedoe's room pieces cleaning.
    Started the sperdetailing fo torpedo's tubes, with addition of flange with bolts on top of tubes near the breech door, absent on the model...

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Hi eveybody,
    building the Trumpeter1 1/48 U-552, I have the possibility and the intention of scratchbuild the whole bow structure, outside and in front of pressure hull; for doing it, I have only the drawings of David Westwood's book ( Anatomy of the ship ), that I post.
    Unfortunately, from those drawing, I'm not able to reconstruct the the complex structure of bow external casing: is there someone who had tried, in past, to do that ? Are available some 3D or axonometric drawings ?
    I'd like very much to scratchbuild this part of U-Boat, and the 1/48 scale allows a good precision, but I need help from U-Boat's experts....
    I hope someone can help me.
    Thanks in advance.
    Filippo

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  • bianco64squalo
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    Work in progress...

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  • greenman407
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    Excellent. Looking forward to seeing it

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