1/48 scale Type VIIC U-201 build
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Periscope up!
Sounds like I’m gonna to need to add a high pressure water pump and nozzle to one of the periscopes! LOLComment
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No significant update tonight other than I’m getting the aft torpedo tube launcher parts designed. About 85% there. It is designed much like the launch tubes in the bow. The aft tube can handle both electric weapons as well as gas driven weapons. Debating currently on adding an opening muzzle door. Can’t find any detailed drawings or images on the web of what the type VII aft muzzle door looked like. I’m guessing it rotated up towards the deck like the type XI?Comment
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If I'm not mistaken this should be the stern torpedo tube, and like the Type IX submarine, the torpedo hatch is rotating open and closed.
This reminds me of a click-action highlighter I used to use, when not in use the nib is retracted and protected by a hemispherical sleeve, when in use just click the end of the pen, the hemispherical sleeve rotates open, then the nib sticks out and you can write, very much like the U-boat stern torpedo hatch opening and closing structure, isn't it?
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Thanks Sam Victory,
I tried doing a search for the pens you’ve described to get a look at one of these open but could not find any photos.
After my post yesterday, I decided to take another look through the many books and drawings that I have collected over the years on u-boats to try to find an answer to how the stern muzzle door opened on a Type VIIC. It appears from the drawings that the stern torpedo muzzle door was hinged at the 12 o’clock position perpendicular to the tube’s axial centerline as I suspected. In the drawings it appears there is a well just aft and above the top of the tube to accommodate the muzzle door opening this way.
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Thanks Sam Victory,
I tried doing a search for the pens you’ve described to get a look at one of these open but could not find any photos.
After my post yesterday, I decided to take another look through the many books and drawings that I have collected over the years on u-boats to try to find an answer to how the stern muzzle door opened on a Type VIIC. It appears from the drawings that the stern torpedo muzzle door was hinged at the 12 o’clock position perpendicular to the tube’s axial centerline as I suspected. In the drawings it appears there is a well just aft and above the top of the tube to accommodate the muzzle door opening this way.
NickComment
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If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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I’ve run across some great photos posted on other sites showing details of the rear tube and that is also how I recall the muzzle door and area just aft of it looking before the steel hull panels take on the tube shape the rest of the distance aft.
Unfortunately the U-995 that still survives today has had a lot of it outer hull details replaced and sealed up over the years to combat the deterioration. The forward torpedo shutters and aft muzzle door areas have been sealed up. Early photos of the boat when it was first placed where it is today clearly show the changes it has gone through when compared to present day appearance.Comment
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Hi Nick,
Here are the schematics showing the rear torpedo tube door and its associated linkages on a Type VII. This is from the book "Vom Originale zum Modell Uboot Typ VII" by Fritz Kohl:
The semi-spherical outer door is shown as a dotted outline I believe.
Hope this helps,
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Hi Nick,
Here are the schematics showing the rear torpedo tube door and its associated linkages on a Type VII. This is from the book "Vom Originale zum Modell Uboot Typ VII" by Fritz Kohl:
The semi-spherical outer door is shown as a dotted outline I believe.
Hope this helps,
Nate
This is great! Thank you! Yes it helps a ton! I have similar drawings but the details are much smaller to see.
This is what I have come up with so far for the Arkmodel type VIIC.
The image quality of the CAD screen shot saved at a low quality but it still shows the basics. Haven’t added the muzzle door well yet and have more design work to do on the various linkages and such. It’s getting there a bit at a time.
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Nate,
This is great! Thank you! Yes it helps a ton! I have similar drawings but the details are much smaller to see.
This is what I have come up with so far for the Arkmodel type VIIC.
The image quality of the CAD screen shot saved at a low quality but it still shows the basics. Haven’t added the muzzle door well yet and have more design work to do on the various linkages and such. It’s getting there a bit at a time.
Nick
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Thank you. Yes I did notice from the post you made earlier that there must’ve been more photos you posted but they weren’t showing up when I saw your post. I have had that happen with posts that I have made. If it is not too much trouble, would you mind posting the second schematic from your original post?
Thank you,
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Sam V,
Thank you. Yes I did notice from the post you made earlier that there must’ve been more photos you posted but they weren’t showing up when I saw your post. I have had that happen with posts that I have made. If it is not too much trouble, would you mind posting the second schematic from your original post?
Thank you,
Nick
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