Insights in the German U-Boot-Waffe and German 212A submarines.

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Designated scale would be 1/35 .... about 55 cm in length. Would be a nice RC size. But before that ... SM U1. After the Type II with interior I'll get...

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Thanks Dave....I hope to make it a model....

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Still working on the drives for the control planes. I finished the outboard feedthrough for the rudder. Outboards there was a stuffing box surrounded...

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Still waiting for the rivet decals from the US.....on their way. So I worked a bit on the remaining details. The kit's railing is far too clumsy. 1 mm...

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Madsen 20mm AA gun is done. Looks good even in a macro photo. For size comparison: this is a gun on a toothpick . Still waiting for decals to continue...

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I ordered from their website https://www.archertransfers.com/ last week ... stuff is on its way ... at least I have a tracking number and something is...

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It actually worked out quite well. After a few tries I managed to 3D-print all parts of the 20 mm Madsen deck gun for my 1/72 scale Type II submarine...

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You fix clear parts with super glue? That's courageous. Don't you fear that the super glue fumes cause a white fogging on the windows?

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Could be done, but yet again, for the amount of rivets that go on that boat, it would be a allot of work, and I doubt you could match the precision and...

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Easier than 3D-printing would be 0,3 mm styrene sheet with drilled holes. Hard stencils have the issue that if you try to apply a thick coat (needed to...

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https://youtu.be/sWTGIVrELms?si=4r2i8a_B3FdER7NI

https://youtu.be/0uUnJWtvfZI?si=mLT7gMlRtL583Vd0

https://youtu.be/QDqIiY3n...

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3D-printing oof the Madsen deck gun...took some tries, as in 1/72 the thing is tiny, but so far so good.




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Rivets, rivets, and even more rivets. Vesikko was not welded but riveted together. The kit lacks these details, so I decided to add them myself using...

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A little progress on my 50 years old Airfix Starcruiser 1 kit, i.e. the Interceptor module. As mentioned earlier, I modified the exhaust, included a proper...

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And then you have to take it around every hose, every cylinder, every box etc. to get the full shape information....

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I don't think that'd work, as a photo or a laserscanner could not capture the complete geometry of the parts, as the stuff in the "shadow" is...

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The main parts of the boat finally are coming together. I glued the conning tower into place, and voila, looks like a submarine. You may notice the white...

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For sure...I'm not interested in firearms at all.

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That thing is going to be printed 1/72 scale. 20 mm in real burns donw to 0,27 mm printed. So there are linits to what goes on a given piece. You will...

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I took the dimension from those photos....