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Excellent....

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Now seeing these photos again: Did you leave out the anchor well?...

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Very nice.....you are a master of your art

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Left behind the door the rack with the short wave transmitter Lo40K39 (top) and the respective power supply (below). I'm quite happy, but one won't be...

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Working on the radio cabin that was located port side of the control room. Walls are white, the table, similar to the VIIc boats, was painted green. Below...

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I think all photos above are from the post war boats that served as first subs in the Deutsche Marine. So I'm notrs sure how representative they are for...

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Painted the underside of the floor of the control room and glued it into place. Fits. Next I dry-fitted the pressure hull and the little cabin for the...

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I agree, there are allot of similarities between the boats. The XXIII was developed so fast and with so little resources, that the designers tried to...

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I use the two books by Kohl and Rössler and the plans. For the details it's a tremendous ammount of research. The Diesel e.g. is based on plans from the...

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Started with the structures below the control room floor. Blow the pressure hull of the control room were the two pressure tight regulating tanks. Within...

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Photo-etched parts.....railings, ledders, the guns...

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Thank you sir. The PE drove me nuts....

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My I-400....in 1:350.










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I printed allot, most of the parts 3-5 times, adjusting strategy, orientation and parameters to get things right. From the final parts I started building...

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That's the book tht contains above plans. Highly recommended....
https://www.amazon.de/Vom-Original-M.../dp/3763760237...