Diesels on US subs....

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Status Quo of my build of Germany‘s first military submarine S.M. U1 in 1/48 scale. Most of the details are on, everything is filled, sanded, and...

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Finished my blast from the past, the Airfix Starcruiser 1 that I first built as a kid. A legendary Garry Anderson design, slightly altered by me and with...

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Adding more details on my U1. The conning tower got its signal horn, the little platform between the periscopes, rails and struts. Quite a job to get...

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Just watched a tour through the USS Blueback on Youtube. I thought that the diesel engines look kinda simlar to those on Gato class boats. So I lokked...

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You mean Revell? Which one exactly?...

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Similar look, but very different size. Most of the conning tower you see on the U1 is the cast pressure-tight section with allot of windows to grant visibility....

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Adding more photo-etched parts: first I put down the bunker hatches....quite a few, but as these areas are pretty much flat, it was basically just measuring...

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It seems to come together nicely....the PE fit is quite good....

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I finished filling and sanding the SM U1, then I applied a 2K filler, followed by more sanding and filling and sanding. Dirty job but worth the effort....