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U-BOOT TYP VII C - 1/38 (minifig) scale with full interior. ~ 177 CM (~70 INCH) LONG ~ 15.000 PARTS ~ 4.5 YEARS OF WORK GOALS The model was supposed to represent a ship from the initial period of the war. It does not show a specific copy, but it should resemble uboots such as U-69 or U-96 (known from the classic Das Boot movie). I wanted to get a fairly good representation of both the curves of the hull and as many pieces of internal equipment as possible. MODEL CHARACTERISTICS It consists of 6 modules that naturally represent the 6 sections of a real ship: 1. The forward torpedo room and crew compartment [Bow: ~ 3600 parts] 2. Officers', radio and listening room [Front mess: ~ 2000 parts] 3. Control room with conning tower [Control room: ~ 2700 parts] 4. Petty Officers' romm and galley [Rear mess: ~ 1700 parts] 5. Diesel engines room [Diesels: ~ 2400 parts] 6. Electric engines and aft torpedo room [Stern: ~ 2800 parts] In each module, the port and / or starboard can be removed. So the entire model can represent the ship from the outside or with an open interior. The target configuration is with the starboard closed and the port open. I finally made two photo sessions of the entire model - in a fully closed configuration and with a closed starboard and open port side. Adittionally I have prepared presentation of individual modules separately. [b][CONSTRUCTION][/b] The construction was planned to be made in sections and I started from the control room. Each module was first designed in LDD (first the hull, then the interior) and then built in reality. The modules were created in this order: 3. Control room 2. Front mess 1. Bow 4. Rear mess 5. Diesels 6. Stern Designing started on 26.12.2017. [b][PHOTOS][/b] I invite you to view photos. I'm sorry that there are so many, but I couldn't resist. (it took me about 3 months to photograph and post-process them) Flickr albums (part of the photos): 0. Overall: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082599 1. Bow: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077412 2. Front mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086873 3. Control room: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082694 4. Rear mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082699 5. Diesels: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086878 6. Stern: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077462 0-6. Alltogether: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300076411 BS (all photos): 0. Overall: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584704 1. Bow: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584706 2. Front mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584707 3. Control room: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584708 4. Rear mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584709 5. Diesels: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584710 6. Stern: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584711
Amazing Type VII 1/38th scale
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