Project 665 Whiskey long bin 1/50

[DrSchmidt]

Ahh...found him on Ebay.. Actually I've seen his U-Deutschland project somewhere online....

[JHapprich]

Never heard of him before. Is he still around? Did he sell hiss kits commercially or just within the community?

He sold them commercially. He's still on ebay.

[JHapprich]

India, Juliet, Golf, Akula II, Seehund ( am not sure ), SM U-151 Deutschland Submarine Cruiser, a large german SSK (209/212/214 not sure which one),Type XXI, Type X minelayer.

I have not seen a functional Whiskey Long Bin from him and only know of one finished model as static display,but i must say, that one is mostly stock and lacks many of the details and retains several errors of the kit.

[Albacore 569]

Lazar Kerzmann from Düsseldorf. Bob Martin purchased the molds, along with others of his large model kits.

What other hulls did Lazar sell?

[DrSchmidt]

Never heard of him before. Is he still around? Did he sell hiss kits commercially or just within the community?

[JHapprich]

Lazar Kerzmann from Düsseldorf. Bob Martin purchased the molds, along with others of his large model kits.

Thick, yes, but with a very thick gelcoat from the outside and only 2-3 layers of weave. His later Akula Kit has much thinner walls with more glass into them.
Pictures below from Lazar's original build on a russian modeller forum:

[Subculture]

Have a read of the first post on page one of the thread.

[DrSchmidt]

Who made the hull? That mus have been a monster job to make molds for such a big boat. And the casting looks ultra massive...l

[JHapprich]

I also gave the stern a coat of grey primer and found only minor faulty areas. Started to bring the bow chin sonar dome into symmetrie. Finally things are moving forward again!

Jörg

[JHapprich]

Both sides (almost) finished:

[JHapprich]

Scribing of the torpedo shutters:

[JHapprich]

My pleasure! Proxxon is just great!

[Albacore 569]

Hi, available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.de/Proxxon-Universalhalter-UHZ-Zwinge-28610/dp/B0017NOVR2/ref=asc_df_B0017NOVR2?mcid=44e445f5ad8d3d2d96dade5 d4b9ee8e3&th=1&psc=1&tag=googshopde-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697080321013&hvpos=&hvnetw = g&hvrand=6208550217909786270&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvq mt =&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9042931&h vt argid=pla-423451921377&psc=1&hvocijid=6208550217909786270-B0017NOVR2-&hvexpln=0

The desk clamp is removable.

Excellent. Thank you!!!!!

[JHapprich]

Yup! Many many hours of fun.

[Subculture]

Quite a bit of remodelling required at the stern.